---
title: "Rusty Wallace’s Custom 1966 El Camino Pickup Is Going to Auction"
description: "Could this be one of the nicest looking El Caminos in the world?"
date: "2017-12-02"
modified: "2017-12-04"
authors:
  - name: "Brian Beers"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/brian-beers"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/16627/rusty-wallaces-custom-1966-el-camino-pickup-is-going-to-auction"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Auctions"
  - "Barrett-Jackson"
  - "el camino"
  - "Rusty Wallace"
  - "Scottsdale"
---

# Rusty Wallace’s Custom 1966 El Camino Pickup Is Going to Auction

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The [upcoming Scottsdale Auction](<https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Home/Scottsdale-2018/93f04d0d-614b-4e1c-b4ca-c87d88b709c4>) promises to bring together an exciting lineup of highly coveted custom cars and trucks.

NASCAR fans will most certainly have their [eye on a lot for a 1966 Chevrolet El Camino](<https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/RUSTY-WALLACES-1966-CHEVROLET-EL-CAMINO-CUSTOM-PICKUP-212568>) that was built by [West Coast Customs](<https://www.westcoastcustoms.com/>) for racing legend Rusty Wallace.

![message-editor%2F1512240942919-rusty-wallace-interview.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1512240942919-rusty-wallace-interview.jpg>)
**AP Photo/Reinhold Matay**

The pickup sits on a custom Roadster Shop chassis and features several upgrades by another renowned builder, [Detroit Speed](<https://www.detroitspeed.com/>). It has a 505hp, 383ci V8 engine and a 700R4 automatic transmission mated to a custom carbon-fiber driveshaft.

[According to the listing](<https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/RUSTY-WALLACES-1966-CHEVROLET-EL-CAMINO-CUSTOM-PICKUP-212568>), the exterior features a custom blue metallic paint with a set of custom front fender wells. For the interior, it has a custom tan leather look with all sorts of modern digital controls and "an incredible sound system."

![message-editor%2F1512241869336-screenshot2017-12-02at1.45.18pm.png](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1512241869336-screenshot2017-12-02at1.45.18pm.png>)
*The interior of Rusty Wallace’s ’66 Chevrolet El Camino Custom Pickup, *Barrett-Jackson**

Wallace's El Camino was featured on an episode of the television series *West Coast Customs* titled *"El Rusty"* back in 2014*.*

The 47th Annual Scottsdale Auction by Barrett-Jackson will be held between January 13-21, 2018, at WestWorld of Scottsdale in Arizona.

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