This was magnificent: a glossy black El Camino SS with plenty of chrome trim.

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@jbm 1972 🙂

@stevenray Thanks for the ID! Clearly your El Camino knowledge is way deeper than mine.

Is the clue in the shape of the front lights, or the typography of the badging, or... ?

@jbm sure thing! It’s totally the shape of that corner plastic thing covering the turn signal.

I had a ‘71 Chevelle (not an El Camino though) and I still have a ‘66 Malibu. Need to get rid of that car. I’ve always for some reason had a thing for Chevys of the 50s, 60s and 70s and been able to figure out model year by grills, tail lights and whatnot.