Are El Caminos Trucks, or Muscle cars?

Part car that can't haul passengers.  Part truck that can't tow diddly.  In Australia and New Zealand a vehicle built on a passenger car chassis with the cargo bed integral to the body is a "ute" or "coupe utility". On Archer it was referred to as a "automotive hermaphrodite".

My first car, and my car through high school, was a '64 Ford Ranchero. First of all it had a huge comfy seat so plenty of room. And it could carry my dirt bike as needed. So I have a soft spot for these half truck half car vehicles. It's final sale is lost in my memories but I recall after high school graduation getting ahold of a case of beer and arriving at the local drive in on a Saturday night with the case chilled in a cooler in back. Word spread quickly and beers were had. I believe it was a James Bond movie.

I should add it was a very small Nevada town - more cattle than people

Call it whatever you want...it's one of the coolest things ever designed IMO...and it would technically fit the criteria for both races if you wanted to make a case for it

Answer: Yes.

But it all depends on if the race host will allow it or not.

We should probably make an all-Ute / El Camino / Ranchero style race sometime. Who is up for hosting such a tournament?

Edit: I see the El Camino Beano was put in as a tournament, but wasn't that only one particular casting? Let's get all those Utes and El Caminos and Rancheros out there!

I think from now on, any time a race specifies it is a truck race, I will enter an El Camino, as it has a truck bed, and is therefore a truck. At the same time, if anyone is running a muscle car race, i will again enter an El Camino, as it is based on a muscle car chassis (the Chevelle), thereby making it a muscle car. And, as Australia classifies it as a utility coupe, or "Ute", I will again send in an El Camino to participate, as it is a utility coupe. 

Three different kinds of races, one vehicle. I guess I  better get stocked up on those El Caminos ....