OK it was a '70s era El Camino, don't know what year, I'm unfamiliar. They were gonna turn into a figure 8 racer or some shit. OK the truck may not fit the criteria of the HAMB, but she was beautiful, big, American and in primo condition. I turned away before I could see it being heartlessly destroyed. This shit's just plain wrong.
I liked the show when it first came out, but I don't bother watching it anymore. I think They should stick with trashing SUV's and 80's Mustangs....
I felt the same way when I first tuned in ever, they made the Zamboni machine out of a '94 Impala SS. I own a '96 Imp SS. I was horrified, particularly when they began to gut the interior out by hand, just ripping away. I know what the parts alone are worth (last time I checked, the console setup alone will fetch about $400 bucks...for the shitty '94-'95 non shifter model. Then after some digging, I found the word "clone". It wasn't a real Impala. Nevertheless, there were some real SS items on the car that would have been worth a nice profit if they wouldn't have been destroyed. That El Camino said SS all over it, I hope they didn't destroy a real Big Block Factory SS. They didn't make a whole lotta them...then there was that super sano '69 2 door caddy they turned into a DEMO DERBY car! Don't even get me started on that one. They need to stick to screwing up imports and SUVs...just my two cents...
he's like Nixon, he revels in your hatred. I had hoped after seeing the spoo on the rockers that perhaps the thing'd blow up before it hit the track and that the great Jesse James had been ripped off at the swap meet, but no such luck.
I thought it was funny...him dressed up like a dork buying the car... ....and then the door wouldn't even open! His attitude was cool, and his vision of little El Camino club dudes sitting around in their jackets on cruise night was hillarious! He LOVES the fact that they'll hate him for hacking an El Camino! I liked this episode!
you guys remember when the cut up that sixties slingshot chassis. now that hurt to watch. they cut it up because jessie thought it would look kooler doing wheelies. a perfect old school chassis that i would die to have, ruined for purposes of delivering hot dogs.
Jesse James is a cool guy when it comes to something he does good...doing bikes. Why he ever signed on for the bullshit monster garage show, I'll never know. It was cool for a couple episodes, but the ideas lately are so retarded, i dont care. And the fake soap opera attitudes and verbal fights put in for ratings, just blows. Its just as bad as monster house. I wish he could cut the contract and get his bike show back on the air. however, Id watch american chopper anyday of the week before i watched either of those shows now. just my opinion.
[ QUOTE ] Why he ever signed on for the bullshit monster garage show, I'll never know. [/ QUOTE ] Why = $$$$
A wise man once said "No matter how much we romanticize it, it still just piles of metal." Zor, you try to run an old digger through tech? MOKAN is one thing but unless they are historic cars worth restoring its just an old diger chassis. We have several up here that the guys are going to get banned and will need to replace at around $4500+ I happen to like ElCaminos, but I thought this was a fun episode. It is just cheap entertainment..better than Law and Order 53, PARKING METER VICE COPS
i'm over the show,too. cool the first couple but now...? the whole thing with the FREEBIES, FREE, NADA... bugs me. if they did all within the budget it would be a little more interesting. nic
jessie james is ed roth,von dutch,and george barris all rolled into one 21st century package.he's having fun and making money and skewering sacred cows every week.as far as i'm concerned the only el caminos that count were built in '59-'60,everything else is mulletville.my only objection is he paid way too much for that piece of crap,it was obviously cobbled together out of leftovers,it never would have sold to a hardcore factory numbers only freak.they should have bought an old sbc chevelle or nova but he picked the one that would piss off more people.would you have paid that much for that thing? i know i wouldn't...
I think $8500 was outrageous...but then, it wasn't HIS money, either! Yeah, the show can be lame at times, but it's fun to watch! If nothing else, my sister's kids dig it, and it makes them wanna work on stuff....my oldest nephew takes apart his sister's bike, skateboard, scooter, etc all the time...he's learned not to mess up his OWN shit! Coming from a guy who used to drive a 4x4 El Camino...I thought it was cool to see that overpriced Lawn Chair Mullet Truck hacked, raced and smashed!
Next week they are going to turn a bone stock 32 three window into something called a "rat rod".....oooohhhhh THAT'S scary!!!!
I hated seeing the caddy cut up more. I'd like to see a Yugo turned into some Roth-esque Drag car, now that would be fun!
I thought it was pretty funny.. personally, I think el camino's are horrible I figured he was doing mankind a favor by ridding us of yet another GM monstrosity. I also like the show, and his attitude.. it IS just metal.. all replaceable (look at some of the cars some of you guys build out of practically nothing...!) I like that he screws with people and calls them out on EVERYTHING.. everyone needs to be called out once in a while.. keep 'em in check.. anyway, just my $.02 Tiny
So yeah, that's still hollywood for you... I also thought it was a mullet-rod as well... so good going JJ in my opinion. Bad ass cage work going on there last night. It still beats the other crap on the tube + my boy and I get to watch it together. That's always nice. Earlier Elkies are the shit though. There's a air-dropped 60 in blue (patina) zipping around here. Appears stock till he sets it on the ground. A truely nice ride. I liked the girl-team on the demo-car. What a hoot!
So what would you all say if instead of the ElCabino the car would have been the original choice of a '40 Ford Sedan? Oh My!!! I can see the key boards burning up now!!!! Several months back when a buddy of mine got the call for the show that was what was described to him. Turn a '40 sedan into a figure 8 racer...... He couldn't get the time off.... Just remember that show is all about making $$$$ for JJ, and it is far better than Boy meets Boy, Providence, ER, etc. All that stuff fucking up the set these days....
I like watching the show. Its better than most of the crap on TV nowadyas anyway. I look at muscle cars as great parts cars forhot rods and when they cut up that camino that was great. I think they should buy a gold chainers billet rod and cut the snot out of it too.
I dunno Nads. There's an old saying - "The perfect is the enemy of the good." That's pretty much how I feel about Monster Garage... sure, some (a lot?) of it is cheesy and devoted to JJ ego-stroking, but consider the alternative. If somebody told me 5 years ago there would be a hit TV show devoted to torching, welding and kustomizing old cars I would have called them crazy. It's still better than 95% of the programming on TV and I don't begrudge Jesse James a bit for cashing in on the star-making machinery. On a related note... I learned thru the grapevine that Discovery Channel was in Chicago area last week filming at Troy Trepanier's shop in Manteno.
I owned (past tense) a 69 elco and had alot of fun with it but it isn't like the guy just butchered a Barris car or the D2 coupe give it a rest. How many of you (if the price was right) cut up a primo restorable A or T??? It is metal and he is doing it for ratings... So he can live in that big ol house and bang his soon to be wife (former girl on girl porn star, Who I jerk off to at least twice a week) feed his kids and put a little in the bank because no magic carpet ride lasts forever. I don't watch the show ( I have better things to do with my time then watch a light box suck the life out of me). Watch if want to or don't the only one making money is the network,the producers him and the film crew. Side note: One mans trash is another mans treasure.
Me 'n Fraz thought it was great. Course I love Mopars and he's into Buicks, and we both hate Chebbys. Although we both woulda cringed a bunch more if it was a 59 or 60.
He is just another money grubbin' asshole. Of course, one less Chevy will not make me lose any sleep. However it might be cool if he started to fuck with (in mass) some repop plastic fantastic billet laden 350/350 streetrods. Ah.....one can only dream of such a world!
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