Upon further investigation, a weathered assembly line build sheet was thought to have been discovered-still wedged ‘tween the springs ‘n’ stuffin’s of the El Camino’s ‘lectric headrest-equipped seat cushion. When a 3M Clean & Strip Disc-equipped die grinder revealed (roughly) the characters: H590000000, suspicions were raised. The rust-encrusted VIN number was like none we’d ever seen. French’s planned, subtle modifications could begin-and from that point, there’s been no turnin’ back.ĭuring the disassembly of this seemingly-ordinary, production El Camino, the keen eyes o’ the crew picked up a clue or two, which indicated that this particular El Camino may not be so ordinary after all. Serious reconstructive surgery would be required before any of Mr. Once the El Camino was stripped of its multiple layers o’ deceptive sin, you could say we were in deep. The ugly truth was first uncovered by HR&CS media blaster, Zach. Here in fact, an excellent cover-up job had been done. In certain instances well-hidden issues can escape even the well-trained buyer’s eye. Those who’re familiar with the earliest of El Caminos already know they’re vulnerable to rust, especially so in their floor pans and bed floors-and ‘the one’ that made the cut was no exception. After a thorough scouring of the greater United States area, the search concluded in Wisconsin-not in a dilapidated barn at an old abandoned dairy, not on the front line at Honest Guido’s abused car lot, but maybe, just maybe, buried at the bottom of a stack o’ soon-to-be-crushed salvage at Junkyard Johnny’s-as this version of the story goes. For the final five of the aforementioned fifteen or more, the search was serious. I practiced on my kids' Lowrider bicycles until I felt comfortable enough to try it on my own car.Hot Rods & Custom Stuff customer, David French had been desirous of a ’59 El Camino for fifteen or more years. "I started watching YouTube videos and Googling how to use different painting techniques. Even more remarkable, his past experience was with pearl and metallic paint, not candy. "I had painted cars before but only as a hobby, never professionally," he says. His first task was to paint and pattern it a task he took on himself. The El Camino floated around from shop to shop until Ruben brought it home to do work on it. "I also started taking up as many side jobs as I could to be able to build it the way I wanted it," he explains. One day, Ruben decided to commit his whole time to finishing up the El Camino and he knew that the only way to do that was by getting rid of his other projects. I wasn't planning on going as far as I did I just wanted a cruiser." The work on the El Camino was put on hold for two years since he was working on a few other project cars. "I got it running, but only took it for one spin because I always had plans of restoring it. "The El Camino was just sitting on side of the street and my co-worker and I would always say, 'That's my dream car.' One day it had a 'for sale' sign on it, so I took down the number." Ruben called the owner about purchasing the project car, made the deal, and took the car home. "I found my '59 El Camino many years ago, as I would pass by it many times on my daily work route," explains Ruben.
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