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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The 100% factory stock AC system in my El Camino will make you cold in 15 minutes on a 100 degree day. I used to have to park in in full sun at work, and get into a car that was 130 degrees and drive home on a 100+ degree day. My drive was 12 minutes. I had to turn it down or get cold before I got home. 38 degree air and massive amounts of it is wonderful on a hot day.
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We had a pair of 83 El Caminos with very disappointing ownership experience. The ol' 68 327 El Camino was awesome so how bad could these be right?
307 CA V8 was a gutless wonder. The cams went flat at 20k miles and since they were just out of warranty it was our $3500 problem, not the dealers. The suspension was so soft if you put a 350lb motorcycle in the back it bottomed out. The door and window electronics failed shortly after. Our $600 problem. We liked to take the 17' boat out to the river and even though the A/C worked great, the truck would promptly overheat while towing unless we turned it off. The trans would overheat towing up mountain passes. The CA emission control electronics burned up leaving a Ck engine light and reduced performance. Our problem, not the dealer, and they wanted $1200 to fix it, only for it to burn up again 6 months later, our $1200 problem.
Both of these trucks were a complete POS and we couldn't wait to dump them. I had been a loyal "Chevy guy" since 1971 but got burned so badly by Chevy, and later Ford in 1986, that I did not buy another American car or truck for 20 years. They were building crap and when it failed they told us to hose off. I took my 30 truck fleet purchases to Toyota and never looked back.