For the past two years we’ve been sponsoring the Street Rodder Road Tour and our Eastwood Summer Classic has been the kickoff event for the eastern leg of the tour. Recently we just inked the deal to once again become the official tools sponsor of the 2013 Street Road Tour build. This year the guys at Honesty Charley’s Garage will be building the 2013 road tour car. The base car this year is a 1951 Ford that’s in less than ideal shape.
While at the 2012 SEMA show Brian Brennan of Street Rodder Magazine and Street Rodder Radio interviewed myself about last year’s road tour car and we covered what’s going into the 2013 car. We’ve already sent a large care package down south to Honesty Charley’s Garage for the 51 Ford, and I’m sure more will be on its way soon. They’ll be fabricating patch panels and performing some custom metal work on the car with our Pro Hammer and Dolly Kit, Economy Bead Roller, Versa Bend Metal Brake, Panel Beater Sandbag, and Plastic Metal Forming Mallets, and much more.
Even though we’re “officially” the tools sponsor of this car, the team asked our help in the fight against rust. Since they need to treat and seal many rusty areas on the car, they asked us to send them some of our innovative paints and chemicals. We were happy to oblige. They’ll be sealing up and protecting hidden and boxed areas of the ’51 Ford with our Internal Frame Coating, and treating just about the entire car and chassis with our famous line of Rust Encapsulator. You can be sure that the car will be free of ANY rust or corrosion; these guys mean business!
Once the crew gets a little further along on the build they’ll need to reassemble the car and turn it back into a roadworthy vehicle. For those mechanical projects they’ll be using the full line of Eastwood Hand Tools. They’ll be some of the first professionals to get their hands on our new ratchets, sockets, screwdrivers, ratcheting wrenches, aviation metal snips, and anything else a serious “wrencher” needs in their toolbox!
Check out the full interview at SEMA at the link below. Some of the great personalities in the classic car and hot rod community today stopped by to visit Brian Brennan including Troy Ladd from Hollywood Hot Rods, Corky Coker of Coker Tires, and Brian Downard of Lokar Performance, so it’s definitely worth the listen!
http://www.streetrodderweb.com/radio/
Watch this space as the build really is just getting started for the 2013 Road Tour Car. We’ll be sure to give you some insider information on this years car as things progress!
-Matt/EW
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