Hmm ...

[Blake Noble]

Anyone else seeing some connections here?

Edited May 18, 2008 by YellowJacket894

[K.C.]

I thought that back in 79 when the RK came out. Interesting connection. Brought back good memories.

[Camino LS6]

Did you guys know that technically, the Royal Knight is an SS?

[Robert Hall]

I remember that ad from the mags back in the day..don't recall if I've ever seen one in person. Didn't GMC have a package like that also (El Diablo or something?).

[K.C.]

I didn't realize that. I just thought it was a trim level I thought it had the same 305 that was optional in the base El Camino.

[Camino LS6]

The SS could have either the 305 or the 350 back then and a manual was still available until the '82 model year.

Yes GMC had their version as well: The Caballero Diablo.

[Camino LS6]

Right around this time Pontiac built a prototype version based on the Lemans, something tells me that the Royal Knight package may have been originally envisioned for that car.

[K.C.]

Any pics of the Pontiac version on the net I wonder?

[Robert Hall]

Any pics of the Pontiac version on the net I wonder?

Someone posted pics of the Pontiac prototype on here a while back..looks like a '78 Grand Am front clip on an El Camino body...black, IIRC, and the GM Heritage Center Museum or something like that?

[Camino LS6]

Here ya go:

By CaminoLS6

[Camino LS6]

Someone posted pics of the Pontiac prototype on here a while back..looks like a '78 Grand Am front clip on an El Camino body...black, IIRC, and the GM Heritage Center Museum or something like that?

Yes.

It is in the Heritage Collection and Fly got a fuzzy pic of it when he was there.

[Blake Noble]

The ST has been a long time coming at Pontiac, don't you guys think? :AH-HA_wink:

[K.C.]

Oh hell, that's pretty nice. I didn't know about the Pontiac version. Cool.

[Camino LS6]

The ST has been a long time coming at Pontiac, don't you guys think? :AH-HA_wink:

Much longer than most people think, and this isn't the oldest example!

[K.C.]

Damn, love that one!

[daves87rs]

Pretty cool looking.....

Any pics of the last few years of the GMC version?

[Camino LS6]

Pretty cool looking.....

Any pics of the last few years of the GMC version?

Not on my machine, but they are identical to the Caminos except for badging.

[Blake Noble]

Shake hands with The Devil and his Knight. :AH-HA_wink:

Interesting link:

http://www.angelfire.com/az/caballerodiablo/

[Camino LS6]

Beat me to it, YJ!

[Blake Noble]

Beat me to it, YJ!

I am liking what I see in this interior shot from the 1978 Caballero brochure:

I wouldn't mind restoring a Caballero (or a Sprint) or even cloning one.

[Camino LS6]

This one of one Camino is on Ebay right now with a starting bid of 25k and a "buy it now" of 35k.

I'd love to own it and have been trying to find out what happened to it for years.

By CaminoLS6

[ocnblu]

Looks like they're loading cans of GOAT MILK into that GMC in the one picture. Weird!