The guy I bought it from was the second owner. The first owner, was a friend of his. They came back from Vietnam early in 69, and he was supposed to go buy his wife a new family car. He went and ordered this L78 El Camino, auto, with gauges, cowl induction, and a 4.10 posi. His wife was so mad, and stayed mad at him as long as he had the car. The friend started trying to buy it, and after 3 yrs., finally did. He ran around Knoxville and raced anyone and everyone. He told me stories, and then a mutual separate friend of theirs, told me the same stories. They raced out Chapman Hwy, between Seymore, and Knoxville, and had 2 friends who were sheriff deputies. They would block the highway around 10:30pm with their patrol cars, at the Pixie drive in, (a local car hop place), and line up what cars had races that night. Both said the car I bought was never beat on the street. I spoke to another guy from up there, and he told me similar stories, but remembered the actual cars that my car raced. The area was where they filmed parts of Two Lane Blacktop, and all these guys went to the same high school together, so everyone knew each other. Two were in the film in the black LS6 El Camino. Gerald said mine was the quickest car up there and had rode in it many times.
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