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00:00On this episode of Hot Rod Garage,
00:02we got Giant by White.
00:04Wheels and tires, that is.
00:27Welcome back to Hot Rod Garage.
00:28I'm Alex Taylor.
00:29And this is Lucky Costa.
00:30Hello.
00:31We have our Pro Street El Camino back in the shop.
00:35Pro Street, I should say Pro Street,
00:37because right now we're currently on our quest to Pro Street.
00:40It's kind of like amateur street right now.
00:42We're just getting started.
00:43But we have plans.
00:44We have big plans.
00:45So last time this was in here,
00:47we made a really expensive blower stand.
00:50Engine, questionable.
00:51Everything else, questionable.
00:53But we have something that gets us
00:54towards the looks of Pro Street.
00:56So the next step for us in getting closer toward our Pro Street goal is having a really big wheel and tire in the back.
01:04Which, that presents another problem because this El Camino is an X-frame car.
01:09And that makes it a little bit harder to just put a narrowed rear end with a big wheel and tire back there.
01:14We have a lot more to do than that.
01:15Yeah, generally automotive frames, truck frames also, are just big squares with suspension in all four corners.
01:22Back in the day, they literally ran the frame about to the middle of the car and then they crossed it for structure, apparently.
01:29And then brought it back out to the back, which means if you're going to do anything in the back half,
01:33you have to start with a very small area.
01:35So we are going to be building a complete rear section to the car, which is going to be a good time.
01:40There will be some cutting and some welding.
01:42It's going to be interesting.
01:44We have a kit from Chris Alston that is a kind of kit for this car.
01:50It's not vehicle specific because, again, this is an X-frame.
01:53There's going to be a lot of figuring.
01:54But we have some frame rails already bent.
01:56We've got a couple pieces that will help make this a little bit easier.
01:59But we do have our work ahead of us.
02:01But when we're done, we're going to have some really nice big-by-wide, giant-by-wide wheels and tires under there.
02:07And I feel like it's going to be one step closer to actual Pro Street vibe that we're looking for.
02:13Right.
02:13And to keep everything absolutely correct, we have a lot of shiny BDS amazement on top of a lot of, like, grease and disgust.
02:21So in the back, we're going to put just the ultimate in power rear differential frame structure wrapped in 2x4s and rust.
02:29So we'll have the front covered, the back covered, and then everything else in between, that's to come at a later date.
02:35But those are two of the really big components of Pro Street.
02:37So I'd say at this point, it's time to get this thing in the air and see what we've got to cut up, figure, and measure underneath, and then get started.
02:45So are you sure this is how clouds are made?
02:47No, but it's really one step closer.
02:49Okay, cool.
02:49Yeah, we're good.
02:52So some of the fun parts of working on a vehicle with the X-frame are actually pickup points where you're able to put a lift on it to pick it up.
02:59This vehicle has sort of reinforced rocker panels, which are actually part of the body.
03:02Some of them are intact, some of them are not.
03:06There's some foam filling up one of them.
03:08So we kind of strategically moved the lifts around to a spot that's kind of symmetrical,
03:12because we're going to have to be doing some pretty accurate measurements.
03:15And I think it's going to go up pretty even, but no promises.
03:20So you guys haven't necessarily seen under here, but right back here is our X-frame.
03:39And right in this area where we get to the suspension, that's where the problem comes.
03:46Cut?
03:47Yeah.
03:47Yeah.
03:48So right here you have suspension in front of rear end, which is coming right after the X.
03:53We can't just narrow the rear end because of that.
03:56Right.
03:56Normally the suspension would be further out and attached to like a box or an H-shaped frame.
04:03This is an X-shaped frame where everything goes to the smallest.
04:06Which I don't even understand the design here.
04:08We did look at different options when we were originally thinking about how do we want to do this,
04:12where maybe we could relocate this and then change this angle.
04:15We spent a lot of time sitting in chairs underneath this car.
04:18We did.
04:19Chit-chatting.
04:19Now, there may be a way to actually just narrow this up and use some form of this stock style
04:26frame and suspension.
04:28However, to get the big payoff that we want with those big wheels and tires.
04:31What are the measurements again?
04:32Giant by wide?
04:33Uh-huh.
04:33Yeah, see?
04:34That won't fit right here.
04:35We figured the easiest, not that it's going to be easiest,
04:39but the easiest and the nicest end result would be to do the four link like we're talking
04:44and then just back half the car basically.
04:46Right.
04:46But I think we should start by removing our gas tanks here and then starting to take the suspension down
04:52and then we need to come in and figure out where we want to make our incision point and then start
04:56figuring from there and measuring from there.
04:57We are incisionist.
04:59Precision incisionist.
05:01I'm not going to go that far.
05:07Now, all this work is quite possible.
05:09There is no gas in here.
05:11However, I did need a two by four this size for something for the project I'm working on.
05:15So we'll save that.
05:19Ready to try and lift it?
05:22Try and lift it.
05:23Have you seen my muscles?
05:24I have seen them.
05:30There we go.
05:31All right.
05:33Clean it up.
05:34Aisle two.
05:42There we go.
05:44All right.
05:45Cool.
06:01That's good.
06:10All right, so that was easy.
06:12Yeah.
06:12Unfortunately, I think taking the rear end out is the only easy part of today.
06:16I believe so.
06:17You go that way.
06:18I'll follow you.
06:18So one of the most daunting parts of a project like this.
06:23Hold on.
06:24Siri, what's daunting mean?
06:26One of the most intimidating parts of a project like this is figuring out the starting point in
06:31the game plan.
06:32So basically the one measurement that is a universal measurement that we're just going to use and
06:38reference throughout all these instructions is that from the axle center line to your cross member,
06:43the front part of your cross member, you want 26 inches.
06:47Now that's important because the four link bars and everything like that is based off of that
06:51measurement being correct because you have a bracket that attaches to your axle and you have
06:55a bracket that attaches to the backside of your cross member.
06:58Right.
06:58But some of the catch we're going on with there is aesthetically the wheel has to look right in
07:04the wheel well and it's sort of a classic car.
07:06We don't want to cut it up too much, but we want the wheel to look right.
07:10So basically there's a couple different ways that we could have taken this.
07:1426 inches, we just look at visually, we've already removed our rear end that was in here,
07:19but we talked about, well, okay, we need to go 26 inches just from where that axle,
07:23the center of that axle line was forward.
07:26However, that was with a much smaller wheel and tire.
07:30The new ones that we're borrowing the ones off the Savoy because we don't have our new wheels and tires
07:34yet, but they're the same size.
07:36So we're going to use those as a reference for making sure that the wheel and tire is in the center
07:41of the wheel opening because visually, if it's not very ugly, next thing is we have found a point
07:48on this body and frame where we want to tie into for structural reinforcement.
07:54Yeah. There are very few structural spots on this frame, but I think we found the last two.
07:58We did. So there's actually a reinforcement that goes through the floor right here and that's
08:04where we wanted to put our cross member. But then when we have this 26 inch number,
08:08it's like, well, that kind of throws that off. I remembered on my 55 and I think the Savoy may be
08:14the same way. Basically, we have a double cross member. So it's where we use one cross member for
08:19reference or for our instance, it was for rules with NHRA specs and stuff, but basically do a double
08:25cross member where we tie into the X frame and tie out to the body for structure. And then we do a
08:30double cross member back further. That way that we can use that as our point for that 26 inches. So that
08:35way that can move anywhere, but we can still use the structural point that we want, but we can use that
08:40second cross member with a drive shaft loop to get our 26 inch measurement. Just for suspension.
08:46Yep. All right. So our first steps to get to all of that is we're going to start by cutting out the
08:51frame. So cut from a little bit forward from our X, get ready to unbolt it, drop it on the table,
08:57rob some parts, do a couple measurements and then cut the floor. And then we can get started on the new
09:02parts. We could take this out the same way we took out the rear differential. That's a good idea.
09:06Okay. That's the plan. I feel good about that. I feel good. Hey, I said, I feel good. I feel good
09:12about that too. I felt good about that first.
09:25Okay. So me and Alex have spent a generous amount of, well, in my measurements, a generous amount of time
09:32actually sciencing the heck out of this to figure out exactly where we're going to cut.
09:35And then in my defense, I added two inches to everything that we figured out to make it a little
09:39bit longer. Easily take it off. Not so easy to put it back. I'm going to do a couple of surgical incisions
09:48right here, close to the X, leaving the body mounts hooked up. Once I do the incisions with the cutoff
09:55wheel, it will be a sawzall party, giving the rest of the stuff you can't normally reach. I don't have to
10:00worry about fuel lines, replacing them. Brake lines, oh, replacing them. I don't think there's anything
10:06else back here that matters. I think I'm just going to start cutting stuff. Cover me. I'm going in.
10:30All right, so Lucky just got access to the frame. The frame has been severed. Now we just got to
10:50unbolt it and drop it out. So as you can see, this is really close to dropping out.
11:04I got it. Now that that's done, we got a whole lot more coming up.
11:08All right, we had big plans of cutting our wheel tubs out yesterday. Until the dust monsoon blew
11:18through. I mean, I found an air blower and a lot of dirt. That is true. Who would have thought that
11:25much dirt and filth would live inside a cream puff like this? So now that the dust has settled,
11:31literally. I see what you did there. That's pretty good. Yeah. We are going to start cutting.
11:38So we're going to make space for bigger tires. Yep. While you're getting bigger tires. Correct.
11:43I'm going to go find the Savoy, drive it over, take wheels and tires off. Lucky and I have come up with
11:47a game plan. Our new tires from Mickey Thompson are going to be 33-inch tires. This wheel tub opening,
11:54the stock wheels opening, tub opening is 35 inches. So we're going to try to use the stock wheel tub
12:02and then just extend it in. Right. Just the opening, just the front, the back. Yeah.
12:07It's going to be a lot wider. Yeah. So right now we do know the section that has to go
12:12close to it. So we're going to rough that in so I can grab the wheels and tires. And then we can use
12:16those to mock fit this all together. Find our critical measurement of 26 inches to the cross member.
12:22And then we actually have something to work from at that point. Perfect. Now,
12:25so let me just make sure. I'm just supposed to cut between here. Yeah. And here. Uh-huh. And no
12:31further than this. Uh-huh. And at least to here. Correct. Got you. All right. Glad that's sorted.
12:36So your turn to make a mess. I'm going to find a car. Oh, run for your life because I've,
12:40I got some mess for you.
12:52I dropped the car. My bad.
13:10See how I did that?
13:19That was me. What side? I was the power. Thanks for rad me out. You're welcome. All right.
13:24Uh, so the caveat to this. Caveat? Hold on. Siri, what's caveat mean?
13:31The catch to this is that these are bigger height than I, like they're taller. They're actually
13:39narrower. So as we do our measurements of figuring out how this is placed in here, we'll keep that in
13:44account. But these are going to be good for mock-up. Just for visual. Are you mocking me? I am not.
13:51However. We're mocking the car. Sure. I really am whistling. Maybe I was mocking you. Sorry.
13:59Okay. I'll hold these here and try not to get crushed.
14:09This seems safe.
14:10Stop. All right. So there's two main measurements that we're trying to get right
14:23now. One is our axle center line. So we figure out how far forward our cross member needs to be.
14:28And the next one is going to be our frame rail width. So that way we can start mocking that up
14:33and building that on the table. And then kind of just to get me a rough idea, I'm going to pull a
14:38couple measurements so that way we can work on figuring our rear end housing width. But that
14:44won't be totally based off this. We'll get into that later. Gotcha. Yeah.
14:58So there has been a lot of arithmetic involved. So one of the main ones that we just did was
15:04refining the axle center line to the front of our cross member. We have used this tape measure here
15:09because we're looking for 26 inches. So we have in our X-frame, we have our horns where we have cut
15:15them off. We're going to be welding our cross member to that point. So we need from the center line of the
15:21axle to that measurement to be 26 inches. How confident do you feel in that? Very confident.
15:27We're going to add a quarter of an inch on this side to what is already marked. That will put us at
15:31exactly 26 inches. Correct. Now something actually pretty cool that we're able to do is we're going to
15:39use the stock opening of the wheel well. So we actually kind of have a visual reference for when
15:45the wheel and tire is in the center of that. So that way we make sure it's the same this side to that
15:49side and we can kind of see here. So if you just had a big open space, it could be like this or like that.
15:55You don't have that visual cue. So that's nice. We've also got this tube here. It's tuned.
16:06See, perfectly tuned. Tuned tube. So we use that to kind of get everything to make sure that they are
16:11running across from each other properly. Simulated axle center. Correct. So we have that measurement
16:18figured out, which allows the final cut of those frame horns. To true them all up. Yes. Get those
16:24accurate. We're going to do a couple more measurements just to check. Remember that our
16:29measurement here, we're going to have a little bit wider tire. So the next thing that we're going to
16:34find is our frame width. We want to get as wide as we can with allowing clearance for our new tire,
16:41but having no less than a 20 inch spread per the instructions. I understand. Okay. So upcoming,
16:48we're going to find our frame rail width. And then I am actually doing some, I've already done some
16:53backwards math on how wide we want our axle to be. I don't want to bore you with that. That's a lot of
17:00arithmetic, but maybe we'll get into it later. That's exactly where my headache came from, right there.
17:05You didn't even do it. You just watched it.
17:07All right. So last night I got both of the rocker panels patched. That's the only part on the car
17:16that's halfway not rusted. And they rock. They thoroughly rock now. I see what you did there.
17:22Yeah. Yeah. So now it's time to put the cross member in, which Lucky welded up yesterday.
17:27Mm-hmm. You feel good about that cross member? Let me, yeah, I feel good about it.
17:31Yeah. So that was a kit from Chris Alston chassis works, but had to be cut and the drive shaft loop
17:36had to be moved to the correct position for us. It's going to be right in the center because we
17:40have to go through this part of the X frame. Right. So now the point that we're at is everything is
17:46going to be built off of this cross member. So we need this to be as square as it possibly can be.
17:52And to be, um, everything just needs to be in line and correct measurement. This is our 26 inch
17:58measurement. So this is like, this is our cornerstone basically. Everything is based off of this.
18:03Right. Since we just rough cut these ends off, we are trying to get them square because this is
18:09where we need our 26 inch measurement. So we found where that 26 inch mark is going to be,
18:15but these are not square. So we've found the bottom line to be straight with the frame,
18:21because that's the part that we're referencing right now, because we just need this cut to be square.
18:25And then we have the vertical line as where we're going to use to cut our ends off to make them square.
18:41All right. So we're just test fitting these frame rails just to make sure what our heights are going
18:45to look like with the drop and some of the stock locations. So we have them clamped to the table and
18:50kind of an ish right measurement with the right spread. So we're just kind of going for a visual,
18:56uh, visual test drive right now.
19:03Okay. So you know what? It looks like it's right at the bottom. Like, wow, somebody did the math here.
19:08We wanted to make sure that where the cross member welds onto this piece right here onto our lower front
19:15rails. Um, we want to make sure that it's going to line up with our X frame here. And then in the back,
19:21we wanted to make sure it has the right exit point where it will come under this piece here. So that way
19:28it can bolt like in stock location, how the body mounted to the frame. I actually think it looks
19:33really surprisingly good. I would say probably the next step is to cut notch for the cross member up
19:39there. Right. And then we could weld the cross member onto the frame horns. Yes. All square. Right. And then
19:45we can keep building. Hmm. Okay. Help me up. Don't pull that. It might break in half.
20:09All right. So we're putting our four link bracket
20:38on everything else is welded. It's square. It's good. So now it's time to put these on so we can
20:44start building on our suspension pieces. Um, these are actually pretty simple. They just come in the
20:48instructions. You match it up to the curve, connect the dots. I have to tack this before Lucky disowns me.
20:59Okay. So that was a successful day of chassis fabricating here at Hot Rod Garage. We don't get
21:05to say that very often, but every time we have in the past, it turns out cool. Absolutely. I just
21:10looked back at the Savoy, not going to lie. Cool part of the whole chassis works kit is pretty much
21:15all the parts included. Yeah. Every time I was just like, what do I do? It's written down right there.
21:20Yep. Luckily there was absolutely no math in this whatsoever. Every time I came out,
21:25all the parts were laid out and ready to go. It was amazing. Lots of math, but we got it figured out.
21:31So that's one of the things while this is a kit that's got all the pieces to it, you have to do
21:36the math and the figuring and how you want to build it and where everything lies. We did a lot of
21:41figuring. I don't, I don't remember any of that. You were there. Okay. But just remember the, we said it
21:46once, we'll say it again. The X-frame made this even a little bit more complicated so we could only
21:50kind of look at the instructions. We couldn't really copy the instructions. Is it still an X-frame you think?
21:55I mean, it's a kind of X, short X. Exclamation. Exclamation about these big tires that are about
22:01to go under there because that's exciting. Nice. No question mark there. All right. So coming up,
22:05we're going to be rolling this under the car, doing one more check, weld a couple tabs on there so that
22:11way our body will have a place to mount to. And then we're finally at the point where we can weld this
22:16to our kind of X-frame and start building a cross member forward of that. I'm done with all that.
22:23Uh, this is upside down. We need to flip it back over. Flip it over, roll it under. After it cools
22:28off. Tomorrow. That's a tomorrow thing. Okay.
22:35Okay. We are back at it, back at Hot Rod Garage and we are back happening in El Camino.
22:42That's right. We're putting giant by wide tires back here. It's a little bit complicated because El
22:47Camino has an X-frame. So we have built a rear subframe here with really nice narrow rails. That way we
22:53can put giant by wide tires, which you're going to see about 20 inches wide, 31 inches tall, a whole
23:00bunch of greatness in this non-existent bed. What were those measurements again? Giant by wide. By?
23:05Giant. And? Wide. Perfect. Yeah.
23:10All right. So this is the first time we're seeing this with our frame rails cut off and our end cap on. So
23:21we got to come up with a measurement now to find where we want to mount the rear to so we can weld
23:27some tabs onto that. And then at that point, we'll be getting close to being ready to weld this thing in.
23:32Looks pretty good under here, huh? I don't dislike it. I actually like it a lot.
23:48Okay. So 21 and 5 8.
24:0621 and 5 8. Okay. Do you want to just pack that real quick? Sure.
24:11Okay. So we spent a good amount of time measuring, as we should, and making little shims and spacers
24:19and stuff and stacking wood and boxes. I have a pry bar under my foot holding the wheel because the
24:25floor is not quite level. We had the level on the table, the level on the frame, the level on the car,
24:29the level on the lift, the level on the front. And now we're going to tack it.
24:41That's good. All right. So this is the first time yet that our frame is hanging on its own up here.
24:55So we don't have it on a table. The table can go. Granted, we are holding it with C-clamps right now
24:59because we are going to figure out how we want to mount it. But it's, it's, it's doing its thing.
25:04It's, it's holding its own weight. It is for once, for once in a long time.
25:09It's holding its own weight. So is this thing, it's still Amateur Street, right?
25:15It's still Amateur Street. It's on its way. It is.
25:18Silicon Pro Street. Kind of has a sponsor now.
25:21Yeah. So it's, it's getting there. It's almost on its way.
25:24But we're looking for that big sponsor of it so it can be Pro Street. Right now it's Minor Street.
25:28Right. We were Amateur Street. We're going to come into Minor Street.
25:32And eventually we're going to Pro Street. I say we hit the local donut shop for sponsorship.
25:36Those are round.
25:37Apple fritters. Yes.
25:39Okay.
25:40That's full Pro.
25:41Pro. All right. We have more work to do before we're there.
25:44But we're close.
25:45Okay.
25:47All right. So we just lowered the car down on jack stands in the back, simulating the rear wheels.
25:52And the front wheels are on the ground, on the front suspension.
25:56We're going to transfer where we were picking it up.
25:59The pickup points were the body of the car where there's a little reinforcement there.
26:04And the front section of the X frame.
26:07Now we're going to actually pick it up on the frame.
26:11Then we'll be able to do some shimming and some bushings and some body mounts.
26:15Whipped up these little brackets right here.
26:17I'm going to weld these directly to our new frame.
26:19Probably going to put two or three of these in the back.
26:22Plus the one Alex is building.
26:24The super extreme one I want to add at Alex's building for the front.
26:27It's not only going to hold the cab.
26:29Hold the back of the vehicle.
26:30Hold the frame.
26:31Stop it from articulating from left to right.
26:33But it's also going to leave a spot to bolt the floor down.
26:36So I'm just making this one.
26:39She's taking it to the next level.
26:41All right, I don't know what all this talk is about cookie breaks.
26:55I don't really take that many cookie breaks.
26:57So I want to just get rid of that rumor that I'm always on a cookie break.
27:01But speaking of breaks, we're putting Wilwood brakes on the front of the 60 El Camino.
27:05I'm going to snatch the wheels off, pull off everything and put the new stuff on it.
27:08I'm going to do it right now.
27:10So this has clearly got an aftermarket disc brake conversion on it.
27:13I'm pretty sure it's good product.
27:15However, it did not work great.
27:18The quick performance rear differential that we have coming,
27:21custom made, is going to be set up for Wilwood calipers.
27:25Therefore, we have a complete Wilwood kit front and back.
27:28They might as well match.
27:40I can only let it go.
27:42Let me know.
27:43Yeah.
27:44And we're ready.
27:46Okay.
27:47I am super happy with the amount of work that we got done in such a short period of time.
27:50I mean, it started off rough.
27:52The car is still rough, but the part that we have done, it's nice.
27:56Absolutely.
27:57ChassisWork sent us an erector set and some instructions, and it actually worked out.
28:02It did.
28:02Now, if you remember, because we've said it a billion times, all of this is very custom,
28:07especially because of our X-frame here.
28:09So it's not just a order this, bolt this in.
28:11We had a lot of figuring to do.
28:13With that said, if you see, we still don't have a rear end.
28:17We are missing a few differential components.
28:20Yeah.
28:20But not for lack of availability, but we had to build all this and then measure the car
28:27to determine exactly the backspacing and offset and size and width of the rear end.
28:32And we sent that to them just two days ago when the math was done, right?
28:36Yep.
28:36So we'll have it in a couple of days, which is an amazing turnaround.
28:39Quick Performance is building the correct width rear end, sending us over a third member as well.
28:45Wilwood is sending brakes, so we had to wait and figure that out to go with our rear end here
28:49and then Billet Specialty is building wheels with correct backspace to go with our Mickey Thompson tires.
28:54So now that we have all of that figured out, we're actually able to order the parts that we need.
28:58So long story short, they're coming and we're legitimately waiting on parts, not from lack of preparedness.
29:05Right.
29:05So you're going to go racing.
29:07I am.
29:08And all the parts are going to get here.
29:10That's true.
29:11And I get to put them together.
29:12Yeah.
29:13I'm totally fine with that.
29:16Normally, we would be doing this project here and you guys would see it, but I am leaving.
29:20He lives down the road.
29:22Good work.
29:23This is the same as working in my own garage.
29:24I'm okay with it.
29:25Okay.
29:26All right.
29:26So next time I see this, it's going to look different, I hope.
29:29Can I call you?
29:30You can call me.
29:30If I need something?
29:31Okay.
29:31You can call me.
29:31We're good.
29:32Okay.
29:33All right.
29:34You got a lot of work.
29:36Good luck.
29:36I do.
29:37Goodbye.
29:37Okay.
29:38That's it?
29:40Goodbye.
29:40Goodbye.
29:40Goodbye.
29:40Goodbye.
29:40Goodbye.
29:43Okay.
29:44We are back.
29:45This is the 1960 Pro Street Festival Cruisin' Tire Fryin' Blown El Camino.
29:52You know, we're building a hot rod garage.
29:53You know, like, that's what we do here.
29:55Anyway, took the four links out.
29:57I'm going to take about two inches out of this so that we can move the wheel well a little
30:00bit further forward.
30:01It's going to look better, I think.
30:03Okay.
30:03So I've used a little green two-inch tape to mark approximately two inches.
30:07But after I cut that two inches off, there's not going to be a lot of thread left.
30:12So we have a tap.
30:13We'll tap them nice and deep so there's plenty of thread inside there.
30:18Paint them black and then reinstall them in the vehicle.
30:22What'd you think I was going to say?
30:23Okay.
30:27Okay.
30:27So I just got done actually getting the differential centered in the wheel well, taking care of
30:33the four-link links.
30:34The next thing we need to do is start fitting the wheel wells on the top.
30:38I personally have never done wheel wells like this before.
30:54I built them from scratch.
30:55This is a pretty straightforward deal.
30:57Once you take a look at the way they bend it and mold it and the fact that this looks a
31:01little long, like maybe it's already been stretched, pre-stretched, just this little lip right
31:06here, makes some kind of sense.
31:08I'm going to just sort of kind of center it right now and start rolling the edge over and
31:14tucking it in.
31:15It may shoot out across the room.
31:17I could be getting the stitches.
31:19I'm not sure just yet, but it does kind of seem like it goes together.
31:27What I'm doing is sort of rolling the wheel cover right here over, prying it against my
31:35little cart right here to allow it to curve.
31:39And I don't necessarily know that this is exactly how you're supposed to do this, but
31:46this is exactly how I'm doing it.
32:02And you can see that that cleaned up all those little waves and everything and made it nice
32:06and straight.
32:07Okay, let's just see.
32:14Man, it looks like some kind of wheel well to me.
32:17Yes, sir.
32:19I'm not hating it.
32:37Okay, wheel well, installed.
32:52It was, I'll be perfectly honest, it was a little bit of a handful.
32:55I have very few incisions.
32:58No, I think I'm good.
32:59I think these will heal fine.
33:00They won't hardly scar.
33:01Either way, it shows up in a flat box.
33:04We figured out how to put it together with no instructions and didn't watch any videos.
33:08Pretty simple.
33:10I'm going to use a couple of more stingers and push that thing up, do a little fine tuning
33:14before we fire up the MIG welder and start putting it in permanently.
33:18Everything you saw me do here, I'm going to do again with my left hand on the other side.
33:24And then I think we're going to be done with the back of this bucket.
33:27I believe we have to do some more fabrication, maybe some metal collage to sort of patch up
33:32some of the holes back here.
33:33But if we patch up all the holes, where's the smoke going to get out from?
33:37I might have to leave a couple.
33:49You have been busy.
33:50I have been a busy beaver for sure.
33:52Busy beaver.
33:53Yes, there's some woodwork in the back, but you don't want to look at it.
33:56Okay.
33:57I saw your woodwork.
33:58You don't want to look at my wood.
33:59Wood butcher is on my resume.
34:03Clearly.
34:03Okay, that's great.
34:04I have to say, though, look at this.
34:07It looks pretty sick.
34:08It's starting to look pretty pro-streety.
34:10The stance is starting to look right, the wheels and tires.
34:13It's an interesting take on pro-street, but it's got the look.
34:17Yeah, it's faux-street.
34:19Faux-street, yeah.
34:20It's got our twist to it.
34:21If you just don't raise the hood or look at anything from back a cab forward, it's very pro-street.
34:28Yep.
34:29How was it putting that wheel and tire on?
34:31That was super easy to do.
34:35Liar.
34:35That's an absolute lie.
34:37Okay, but I have to say, because I was worried about the looks with the way the mouth was going to work out and trying to make sure it has enough inset, but not too much.
34:46I actually like the way it looks.
34:47It fits.
34:48It's tucked.
34:49That all looks good.
34:50It's just not user-friendly.
34:52Well, the thing is-
34:53I'm talking about taking suspension components off, undoing shocks, probably moving some exhaust.
34:56Do you want to look cool or do you want to be calm?
34:57I'll go with cool.
34:58I'll go with cool.
34:59Absolutely, 100%.
35:00All right.
35:00Then that's-
35:01Yeah.
35:02We're there.
35:02Worth it.
35:02Remember, pro-street is a little bit more about looks than performance.
35:10I concur with your diagnosis, Dr. Taylor.
35:12We are looking good.
35:14So I think we keep saying that the engine's not there and we got the looks, we don't have
35:19the performance.
35:20I think we should actually put that to the test.
35:22You think it has one more smoker in it?
35:25Let's hope that there's smoke coming off the tires.
35:27Not out of the exhaust.
35:28Yeah.
35:29No, I think we should take it for a test drive because you didn't take it for a test drive,
35:32right?
35:32I did not.
35:33I did not.
35:34Okay.
35:34Do you have any concerns it's going to rub and-
35:38Yeah.
35:38Scrape, rub, break, crack.
35:41Glad we got that sorted.
35:42Exactly right.
35:43Okay.
35:43If anything goes wrong, I'll get the blower, you try and get the rear wheels.
35:47Oh, I see what you did there.
35:48We run for our lives.
35:48I see what you did there.
35:49Okay.
35:50So let's go for a test drive, identify rubs, bumps, scrapes, issues, and see how long this
35:56all lasts.
35:57You are speaking my language.
35:59Does a burnout include like sparks and fire and stuff?
36:02It's not supposed to.
36:04But it could.
36:04I have expectation this one might.
36:06Let me put the test drive.
36:20I'm scrubbing.
36:26Let me look at that.
36:31Tire falling off?
36:37It's a fog.
36:38Great.
36:41It sounds like it's catching on sheet metal.
36:43Well, it'll uncatch.
36:45Uh-huh, uh-huh.
36:50That's not good.
36:51We went on a really long test drive.
36:58Basically, as soon as we turned out, we can hear something rubbing a lot.
37:03Like, a problem.
37:05Like, if we keep going, we're going to have a problem.
37:07So we're going to rack it, check it, and then hit the road.
37:12Told you it was broken.
37:13Okay, so that was an unsuccessful test drive.
37:16We made it to the doorway, barely outside, and then it ends up that the vehicle was too low.
37:24So I had to adjust the shocks.
37:26Just adjust the shocks, and we're back on the road.
37:29Let's get in the car.
37:30You don't have to say it like that.
37:42So we're back.
37:44We're at it.
37:45We are on a drive in the El Camino.
37:48It's not rubbing.
37:49It's gassing.
37:51Oh, my God.
37:51It smells terrible.
37:53Or is that you?
37:54No, it's not me.
37:55I did have chili, but that was not me.
37:58So, uh, it's at least not rubbing.
38:01The blower sounds great.
38:02I think the car looks great.
38:05But we just don't know if it's got any power or performance.
38:07Let me check.
38:09Nope.
38:10Okay.
38:11Hey, we look prostrate.
38:15We are intimidating as hell.
38:17And technically, it's not got to perform.
38:20It's just got to look right, right?
38:22Yeah.
38:22Though we tried to get out of the shop, we just didn't have the equipment.
38:26True.
38:27So we went back in the shop, and against all recommendations of Alex, I'm not even hardly allowed to say it out loud.
38:34I lifted the back of the car just a little bit.
38:35Actually, it gives it a little bit more rain, so it looks okay.
38:38It's just, it looks good.
38:40Yeah.
38:40So, uh, we're looking for what we want to do, but right now we're just cruising it, seeing how it feels, seeing if it, it is smoky.
38:48It is bad.
38:49Seeing if it makes it to where we want to go to do some burnouts.
38:53Pretty happy with this thing.
38:54We did good.
38:55It's not bad.
38:55I didn't know if back-happing an El Camino with an X-frame would be doable, but it was.
39:03It was doable.
39:04It was very doable.
39:08That's it.
39:11It ain't got no power.
39:13It ain't got no gas.
39:15Period.
39:15Oh.
39:15There'll be no more of that.
39:22We're going to have a burnout just from-
39:28In the car.
39:29Yeah.
39:29All right, so we stopped by Lucky's friend's parking lot, and he's willing to let us try to make some rubber marks with our Mickey Thompson tires on his driveway.
39:42So, the question is, will this thing do a burnout?
39:46We've got the blower.
39:48We've got the Giant by Wide wheels and tires with Mickey Thompson tires, built specialty wheels.
39:53The question is, will we explode it?
39:55Will it be a dud?
39:57Or will we be really excited?
39:59Lucky!
40:06I think it may be a dud.
40:08The smoke you saw, I think was actually engine.
40:12Oil issues.
40:14Are we in the water?
40:17Neutral drop it!
40:25Looks like we need to put a motor in this, boys and girls, so...
40:36Get more water.
40:37Get more water.
40:38Hey, I look at the front of me.
40:39I need some more water.
40:41Get more water.
40:42Get more water.
40:44Get more water.
40:47Cut!
40:47Oh!
40:49He did it!
40:50He did it.
40:56You know, that's not what I meant by burn...
40:59Ha!
40:59Ha!
40:59Ha!
41:00That's not what I meant, dude.
41:01You said to do that thing that...
41:03I said, do a burnout, not burn it up.
41:07Wait, what's the difference?
41:09Burn out, burn it up.
41:11I get it.
41:12Hey, who was driving?
41:15Look, he broke it.
41:17Whatever.
41:18At least that means we get a new motor.
41:19Good job.
41:20Good job.
41:21Job security.
41:21Nice work.
41:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:25How'd you like that?
41:27You know, I always hate when we end something with something broken, right?
41:30All right.
41:31So, this is unfortunate.
41:32We knew it was going to happen.
41:34I can't say that we didn't do it intentionally.
41:37Hopefully, that way we could upgrade.
41:38Because our pro street looks good from the outside,
41:42but our under-the-hood situation is very amateur street.
41:45Yes, it is very faux street.
41:48It's very, it's gross.
41:50Yeah.
41:50I think we're going to have to back it back into a parking spot
41:52and go get the truck and trailer.
41:53Logic wins.
41:54Yeah.
41:55All right.
41:55So, wait, is that it for this episode?
41:57It actually is.
41:58What the heck?
41:59Hey, do you, oh, wait, we have a couple people to thank.
42:01Yes, we do.
42:01We have, of course, Mickey Thompson, as always.
42:05They keep us hooked up with all kinds of different tires for every application.
42:08I see why you did that.
42:09Uh-huh.
42:09Right.
42:10And how did we attach those Mickey Thompson tires to this vehicle?
42:13So, this time, we had Giant by Wide Villette specialty wheels in the back,
42:16which was actually 15-15 with a nice, skinny front runner in the front.
42:20We did our own little bit of a different take on it with a little bit more of a modern wheel
42:24for our Pro Street era that we're looking for.
42:27Sure, yeah.
42:27Uh, but yeah, two great companies that made this part of the looks possible.
42:32The looks.
42:33The looks.
42:33Performance, not so much.
42:35We'll get to that.
42:36Yep.
42:36We will get to that.
42:37Cool.
42:37Uh, so...
42:38So, wait, is that it?
42:39It is.
42:39Well, um, do you...
42:41Do you...
42:41Do you have social media?
42:43I do.
42:45That's crazy.
42:47What is yours?
42:47Oh, I am Mobile Tech Lucky on all the platforms.
42:49What is yours?
42:50I am Alex Daly Racing, and we are Hot Rod Garage Show.
42:53Yes, we are.
42:54I'm going to close this now.
42:55You should.
42:56That's ugly.
42:56All right, yeah.
42:57Okay.
42:57All right, clean up that mess.
42:58Let's go.
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