Found this custom Monte pickup in Google images.

It's an'04 LS customized into a El Camino looking pickup.

Sold at Barrett-Jackson in '06 for 21K+.

What do you think?

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...M-PICKUP-39926

 

I saw a similar conversion a few years ago, I think they said it was a Holden conversion. Pretty cool but it needs some more pizzazz?? Ground effects maybe? Great find!!

 

There is a 2004 monty convertible on google search, did not look that good.

 

I've seen this one before. It looks decent from the back, but the pics never show the angle I want to see. The car is probably ridiculously un-functional, having scrapped the back seat and trunk but failing to really gain a truck bed.

I liked El Caminos and wished they'd brought those back. I've seen some get truck conversions on Caprice Classics and Buick Roadmaster Wagons. The Monte Carlo would seem a decent fit (for a car newer than those models), but I think it needs to be longer.

 

Theres a place in Australia that does these conversions.. Idk how I feel about them.. The holden version of this "pickup car" is WAYYY better looking..

 

I agree other conversions are much sportier, but I gotta' give the guy credit for the smoothness of how they blended the body styling. That's a real art.

Here's an old thread I found from founding member "Space" on the Holden conversions:

https://montecarloforum.com/forum/of...-v8-ute-27791/

Here's a few more articles about "Ute's"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)

https://www.holden.com.au/cars/ute/ss

 

Since I've always liked El Caminos, I like this "Monte Camino" too.

Found a couple more photos of it:




And just for comparison, a couple photos of the stillborn Pontiac G8 Ute version that was in the works before the big GM shake-up of 2009:




Man, the Australians got some really fookin' good genuine GM stuff, and we didn't...

 

to me it looks like an el camino that didnt make the cut just my 2 cents lol