When Martin Bishop fancied getting a Chevelle, he ended up instead with a pick-up, but it was far from a compromise: “I bought this in June 2014 as a bone stock El Camino with factory-fitted 396cu in V8, four-speed manual transmission and 12-bolt Positraction rear,” explains Martin.” I’d been looking for a 1969 but couldn’t find one in the UK, then as I was leaving for the Nostalgia Nationals a friend asked if I’d seen the ’66 for sale in Classic American. I stopped off to pick up a copy of the magazine then left a message for the seller. He phoned back on the Monday and it turned out he was in Norfolk, over 250 miles from me. He had someone else interested, but when I said I’d drive up right now
