By combining truck with car, Ford may have birthed this breed with the Ranchero, but Chevy built it better, as well as longer. Chevrolet sold nearly 1 million El Caminos between 1959 and 1988, and many still can be seen standing tall today in regular use, not to mention in noted car collections. The whole story is told concisely along with colorful up-close photographs showing everything from mundane sixes to brutal 454 cubic-inch big-blocks, Spartan accoutrements and lavishly optioned cockpits.