Sales dropped to 14K units versus over 21K Rancheros, ... The El Camino, as we know it, went dark in 1960 before returning later in the same decade with a fresh face and a longer tenure on the market.

1960 was a horror year for the El Camino. Its sales went down significantly from more than 22,000 units in 1959 to just 14,000 vehicles, so Chevrolet had no other option than to make the obvious call.

The El Camino began with its first generation that only spanned two years of 1959 and 1960. Then, after a three model year layoff, Chevy came back with the intermediate size El Camino from 1964 to ...