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Page 1 of 4 Here at the Huntington Beach Bodyworks, we’ve done our share of rigs. The Meguiar’s big rigs have been the most popular, of course. There have been several others, including my own trailer complete with the works- skulls, skeletons, flames, and all. But even with all these projects in the past, we could not have predicted the challenge that was yet to come.
| | Rich Evans and his team had one week to restore this 1972 Eagle bus in need of some major work. | Things have been pretty hectic at the shop. In addition to the normal workflow, we just finished a project for MTV’s show, “Pimp My Ride,” which will broadcast at the end of the summer. Then I got a call from Thomas Pendelton, who has been a friend of mine for the last 15 years. He asked me to customize a bus for him that will be used in a pilot for the A&E television network.
The deal was that we had one week to restore and customize this bus for him to travel in and give tattoos. You might remember him from “Inked” on A&E. When I was approached with the opportunity to restore and customize this bus, I immediately accepted the offer. However, like always, it seemed we were in for more than we bargained for at Huntington Beach Bodyworks.
In a nutshell, this was a one-week, complete exterior restoration of a ‘72 Eagle bus in serious need of some TLC. Plus, throw in some custom metal work, wheels, paint, and a whole lot of airbrushing on top, ‘cause that’s what we do.
First appearances misleading
To start things off, I received pictures of the bus and it actually looked pretty good. It did have an awful pink paint job 
| | The first to go was the pink paint job and airbrushed landscapes. | with airbrushed landscapes, but from the photos it appeared to be in pretty good shape. When it arrived it was obvious that this bus had been ridden hard. It was evident it had lost its glimmer and shine a long time ago. A project as large as this was going to take some time, but we were going to have to fit it all into one week.
I couldn’t allow the weather to be a factor. With new challenges, sometimes it becomes necessary to invent a new system for completing such challenges. Luckily, I’ve been in this situation before, so I already had the whole project mapped out in my head.
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