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Ah yes one of my favorite segments……..because I am the only one on camera. LOL! Alright that’s enough of that!

Anyways in this weeks webisode we take care of a much-needed wheel upgrade on the Elco. No DONKS on this ride! This is a muscle car! We get a hold of a nice new set of aluminum Torque Thrust wheels and paint’em up! Wow, paint a brand new pair of wheels??? Who would do such a thing!? We do and so can anyone else! We break out our Wheel Paint Line and two tone these wheels something fierce and I think you will love the end result. Once the new shoes get mounted up with those raised white letters and two tone Torque Thrusts, it really starts to bring the Elco together. Check it out!!!

Next week we dive in head first into the interior of this ride. MAN WHAT A MESS!!! It is pretty amazing how we turn a 30 year old interior into something worth saving with our Vinyl and Fabric Paint.

I hope you all are enjoying my poor acting skills so far…LOL. Well DCTV isn’t about acting, it’s about learning and seeing what can be done using Dupli-Color and VHT products on your own vehicle. In this episode B3 and I continue work under the hood. We refinish the Valve cover, engine accessory brackets, cooling fan and air cleaner housing. One of the products we use is our unique VHT Wrinkle Plus. This is one of my favorite products and something I have used on my own ‘79 Malibu as well. You will see what I mean once you check it out. What you don’t see is how many times B3 ran the paint on that valve cover…..man… I am always fixing his work!!! When is that boy gonna learn!?!? Maybe he should have let Jessie take over…..Oooooo! Just kidding Bri!!!

At the end of this webisode you get a quick look at what the engine starts to look like as we start bolting things back together. Make sure you stick around for next weeks episode because we start to show some love the underside of the Elco.

So it was up to me, Brian (aka “B2”) to locate a vehicle for our restoration challenge since I am the resident car guy and known for my fleet of cars. As the other Brian (“B3”) mentioned, I wanted to get a hold of another Cutlass (yes it is an addiction). I had to resist this time because we needed something in which we could use the majority of our products on. We also wanted something that was different, original, unmolested and relatively rust and dent free since we didn’t have the time or equipment to repair any major damage. We also wanted to choose a vehicle that many DIYers might be familiar with.

The vehicle of choice was a two tone powder blue 1979 Chevy El Camino. The El Camino was absolutely PERFECT for what we envisioned. We could use most of the products we offer including our Truck Bed coating. It is a TRUCK after all.

Since the El Camino was going to be used as a prop for our quickly approaching AAPEX trade show in Las Vegas we had to work very quickly. At the same time we wanted it to be unlike any other vehicle there and we also wanted the ability to drive the Elco to local car shows if we wanted to. The concept was to demonstrate how anyone could restore a vehicle using Dupli-Color and VHT products in their own garage. So why not create a real life representation of this! HOW DIFFERENT WOULD THAT BE!!! We decided to restore ONLY HALF of this vehicle. Yeah, laugh it up now. You will be amazed how this car gets transformed into a looker instead of a laugher!

In this first webisode it all starts under the hood where we tear into the engine bay. We had to clean up 30 years worth of grease in order to get it all ready for paint. Tune in and follow along each week as we restore each area of this Elco with detailed step-by-step instructions.