Heres the cowl tag as i wrote it down it dosent say anything like my 63 like body trim paint acc,ect so here it is in the format as i saw it but im going to check it in a few mins just to double check it but its raining right now but here it is.



79 1AW80 R 057859
19V A52 40L 40U
10D 192575

If the above is wrong I will repost the corrected one when i recheck it later on after it stops raining i had to rush to get the hood closed before it stated raining but i want to know everything i can about the car from the trim tag. Couldnt find any websites with decoding the el caminos but i found them for my 63 belair.

I'll take a stab at it.

79 - 1979
1AW80 - Chevrolet El Camino 2dr pickup
R - Mfg in Arlington TX
057859 - Production serial number of body
19V - Black vinyl trim
A52 - Bench seat
40L - Lower color Pastel Green
40U - Upper color Pastel Green
10D - Built in the fourth week of October
192575 - dunno, maybe last six numbers of the VIN? My 79 Elky cowl tag doesn't have that number on it. Here is mine.

http://elcaminocentral.com/users/elcamino/pics/cowl_tag_Z15.jpg

Pick up this book by Cars and Parts Magazine if you want more info:

"Catalog of Chevelle, Malibu & El Camino ID Numbers 1964-87"
ISBN 1-880524-06-6