So, the Elco’s engine bay was essentially finished at this point and the next item on our checklist was the underbelly…and let me tell you – it wasn’t pretty. We had 30 yrs of brake dust, road grime, dirt and surface rust to tackle before we could even think about reaching for the paint cans.

Now you’ll probably notice the whole 3 seconds of my demonstrated scuffing technique, but what you don’t know is that it took quite a while and quite a few scuff pads to knock all the junk off that frame. And I’m still not sure how I ended up with all the dirty work and B2 got the “oh so hard” task of removing the wheels, but I digress… Anyways, once I had that frame scuffed down to the paint I really had to drench it with Dupli-Color® Prep Spray because the dust in that warehouse was unbelievable. After waiting for the Prep Spray to dry it was a quick mask job before getting to the fun part – painting. We decided on VHT® Roll Bar & Chassis for the frame and I have to admit that it ranks with some of my favorite products. It can take a beating and still look great; which was exactly what we wanted for the not-so-soft underbelly of the Elco.

After I had taken care of all the hard work (scuffing, cleaning, painting the frame, masking everything off, etc.), B2 magically appears with his Dupli-Color® Undercoating looking to steal my thunder… Let me tell you, as soon as those cameras went live he was like a hog at the trough. Ok, maybe not that bad… Well, surprisingly he did a pretty nice job and managed not to mess up my beautiful paint job. Once he knocked that one out, we were slapping the brake drum back on and checking the list again.

Next up — the wheels! Definitely tune in for this one next week and see how we roll with a 2-tone paint job!

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