He added Cragar wheels, a tachometer and temperature gauge. He painted over the original white with the El Camino GM tripoli turquoise metallic, a popular color in the 1960s. The vehicle has three ...

This is the original color, but the car has been repainted to look like this – and there are also fresh 17-inch Torq Thrust alloy wheels shod in 245/45 and 255/50 rear tires.

From the June 1979 issue of HOT ROD: Typical of today’s princes of power is Duke Temple, lord of an oil-slick-pearl, GMC-6-71-blown, 327-powered ‘68 El Camino.