1968 Chevrolet El Camino
Updated September 4, 2026
| Lot number | 34 |
| Category | Vehicles & Automotive |
| Auction | Bees Fall Classic & Collector Car Auction |
| Date | October 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM CDT |
| Auction house | Bees Auction |
| Location | Chino Valley, Arizona |
The following was extracted by A.I. from a Sport Truck Magazine feature story. I have redlined errors and added corrected text in parenthesis (red letters). THERAPY STREET TRUCKS Sport Truck Magazine April 1992 By Rob Kinnan The theme of this issue of Sport Truck is "How To Build A Modified Street Truck," and we couldn't think of a better example of home-engineered machinery than the '68 El Camino that belongs to Dale and Debbie Keiser. An electrical engineer by profession, Dale decided that after a complete day of work he needed some therapy. Not the type of person to spend an hour three times a week sprawled out on a psychiatrist's couch, Dale decided his therapy would consist of modifying his daily-driver El Camino. As Dale says, After working all day on schematics and microelectronics, it's nice to torque on a 1/2-inch bolt. The truck was originally purchased to be a driver so that Dale's '63 Impala SS (his first car) could be taken off the street and saved. The Elky was originally a plain Jane, but rust-free Arizona truck with a 307/Powerglide drivetrain. It was decided to leave the drivetrain stock for a while-and concentrate on cleaning up the Chevy's appearance. Working alone in their two-car garage, Dale and his wife, Debbie, learned the true meaning of elbow grease when they sanded the entire truck down to bare metal and started painting it. Shooting candy paint is tough enough for professionals in a spray booth, but the Keisers didn't realize this and decided to paint the truck themselves with candy tangerine lacquer. Thirty coats were needed to cover all the runs, sags and fisheyes, but the final result was worth the trouble. Not satisfied with the performance of the 307, Dale swapped in a B&M-blown 350/TH350 combo. The Elky was streetable and ran consistent 13.3-second e.t.s at 99 mph and was driven daily for two years in this configuration. Then Dale's brother gave him a 454 short-block (long-block built for a blower) and the project took a turn for the better. Dale had never built an engine, and wanting to try something new, he started building the Rat motor to handle the load of a supercharger. The first plan was to top it with a 6-71 blower, but economics told Dale that a second mini blower was cheaper than a big Jimmy huffer, and since he already had one on the small-block, the idea of twin blowers surfaced. TWICE BLOWN THERAPY Pairing the two blowers and making them work together represents the majority of Dale's fabrication. Dale made a model of the mount out of wood, complete with threaded bolt holes, and mocked everything up, making sure that the valve covers could be removed with the blowers in place. This wooden model was then transferred to aluminum, using a 1/2-inch plate and a table saw. Dale offers some advice on this technique: "Use a carbide blade, stand way to the side and wear eye guards and long sleeves." Good advice. After a machine shop trued everything, a pop-off valve was mounted in the adapter to c
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