![]() 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. Hot Rods & Custom Stuff customer, David French had been desirous of a ’59 El Camino for fifteen or more years. ![]()
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