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Project Flashback: Kid Rock’s El Diablo

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August 6, 2015

In 2005, Jesse James and West Coast Choppers built a special El Diablo II bike for musician Kid Rock. Mike was brought in to do the artwork on this special bike.

This ride has a chromed frame, black wheels and a vibrant orange paint job. Many other small custom additions make this bike stand out from your standard WCC El Diablo.

The tank features Mike’s signature True Fire™, and a stylized West Coast Choppers cross logo. The gas filler cap is made to look like a loaded revolver…

The rear fender has some more fire, a small portrait of the “General Lee” from The Dukes of Hazzard
and a fiery skeleton. The title from Kid Rock’s “American Bad Ass” sits arched above it.

The rest of the other painted parts all got a touch of fire added as well.

This bike, along with Kid Rock himself and Jesse James were featured in Motorcycle Mania 3 – Jesse James Rides Again in which they ride across the deserts of Northern Mexico, down to Copper Canyon.

We hope you enjoyed taking a look back at this project. Let us know if there is anything you would like to see us post here in the future!

Maybe this project gave you some ideas, or you already have an idea in mind for your own car, truck, motorcycle, refrigerator, etc?

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Tags: airbrush, American Bad Ass, art, El Diablo, General Lee, Jesse James, Kid Rock, killer paint, mike lavallee, Motorcycle, true fire, West Coast Choppers

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TV Flashback: The Monster Garage Gravedigger Hearse

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June 25, 2015

This project originally aired Oct. 27, 2003 on “Monster Garage” (Season 2, Episode 7)

In this episode, Jesse James and his team revisited a previously failed challenge. The goal was to make a backhoe/hearse “gravedigger” vehicle. The last time they tried to put a backhoe in a hearse (Season 1, Episode 6 “Grim Ripper”), things didn’t quite work out. This time, they had better luck.

Mike got called in on the project to add his unique touch to the build:

The hearse got artwork from bumper to bumper. A gigantic Grim Reaper dominates each side of the vehicle, and since it was missing a headlight, Mike candied the other headlight a sinister red to match the ‘Reaper’s eyes…

…and with a little more paint, the hydraulic digging arm was transformed into a giant skeletal arm and claw, as if the Grim Reaper itself was reaching out to dig graves.

Fittingly, the morbidly-themed episode aired just in time for Halloween. Mike recalls that the car gave him the creeps because the interior still smelled of embalming fluids.