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PHOTOGRAPHY BY Brian Goude/GrinderTVhat’s the old adage about a painter and his personal projects? Something along the lines of “never getting done”? Whatever it is, we’re here to dispel that pseudo proverb, as we present you with a legit painter’s pride: IKandy Paintworks proprietor Frank Rechlin’s 1963 GMC.
Teaming up with next door neighbor Tre 5 Customs (led by owner Jeremy Rice along with Hector Garcia, Travis Rawleigh, Brian Vowel, and Olin Glick) as he’s done with his own crew (Travis Hearning, Manny Rodriquez, and Scott Dafoe) on numerous projects each year, Frank decided back in November of 2019 that it was due time he put a set of wheels on the street for himself. Having recently painted two first-gen C10s at the time is what primarily biased his decision on what exactly he wanted to build—and with the help of his good friend Mark Shroeder, once the ball got rolling, it wouldn’t be long before “Borracho,” so aptly named after one late-night, inebriated conversation with his wife, Jaclyn, IKandy’s official shop truck, full came to fruition.
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY Brian Goude/GrinderTVhat’s the old adage about a painter and his personal projects? Something along the lines of “never getting done”? Whatever it is, we’re here to dispel that pseudo proverb, as we present you with a legit painter’s pride: IKandy Paintworks proprietor Frank Rechlin’s 1963 GMC.
Teaming up with next door neighbor Tre 5 Customs (led by owner Jeremy Rice along with Hector Garcia, Travis Rawleigh, Brian Vowel, and Olin Glick) as he’s done with his own crew (Travis Hearning, Manny Rodriquez, and Scott Dafoe) on numerous projects each year, Frank decided back in November of 2019 that it was due time he put a set of wheels on the street for himself. Having recently painted two first-gen C10s at the time is what primarily biased his decision on what exactly he wanted to build—and with the help of his good friend Mark Shroeder, once the ball got rolling, it wouldn’t be long before “Borracho,” so aptly named after one late-night, inebriated conversation with his wife, Jaclyn, IKandy’s official shop truck, full came to fruition.
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With the truck assembled and the 10th Annual Dino’s Git Down quickly approaching (the soft debut was the Git Down Mixer hosted by Tre 5 and IKandy Paintworks), it was all up to the assembly team followed by Steve Yiu/Elevated Design to handle the upholstery and JL Audio/Pioneer sound system. The truck’s bench seat and ididit column-topping steering wheel are courtesy TMI Products (color-matched with the accompanying interior sheetmetal); the instrumentation via Dakota Digital’s state-of-the-art HDX system; interior door handles courtesy All American Billet; and everything is powered up thanks to a Painless Performance harness wired by Tre 5.
And come November of this past year, on the eve of Dino’s Git Down literally blocks down the street from IKandy Paintworks, Frank’s pride and joy was revealed to all in attendance (and subsequently, to the rest of the world via social media of course!).
