World's First AWD B-Series El Camino Body Swap: Turbo Installed, Body worked, & Motor Pulled!

In this episode of my AWD Honda-powered El Camino build, we make significant progress on both the turbo setup and the bodywork. I start by fitting the intercooler piping and finalizing the turbo kit. From there, I dive into body prep, laying down guide coat, blocking it for a perfectly straight finish, and tackling the tailgate fitment. Custom bumper brackets come next, followed by stripping the paint off the tailgate and doing more bodywork. After another round of priming, I take a quick break to show off my new Brunt Workwear boots before getting back to prepping and removing the Honda B-Series motor. Once the engine is out, I clean up the motor and engine bay before wrapping up with some final thoughts.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro and overview of the video
01:56 - Fitting intercooler piping and finalizing the turbo kit
03:36 - Applying guide coat and blocking for body straightening
04:57 - Fitting the tailgate to finalize the rear end
05:33 - Creating custom bumper brackets for the rear bumper
08:47 - Stripping paint off the tailgate and starting bodywork
12:56 - Blocking out the body and showing guide coat technique
14:42 - Priming the entire car, full and spot coverage
16:06 - Showing off my new Brunt Workwear boots
18:21 - Prepping the Honda B-Series motor for removal
21:22 - Removing the motor from the Honda CR-V El Camino
24:18 - Pressure washing the motor and engine bay
26:06 - Closing thoughts and wrapping up the episode

[georqedubyakush]

Honestly it sucks that the various factors of YT have caused us to think hes working slow on this. A body swap at this stage in around half a year is impressive. Homie is busting his ass for us to watch for free and we expect him to work faster.

[h.a.bgarage]

Man, this channel deserves to have like 1 million subscribers this dude is dope and funny

[paulwignell]

Seen loads of body swaps, you are by far the best... methodical, precise, and functional. No doubt this will look factory when you're finished, your work is amazing

[curtisbauer]

Keep it up Adam. You're killing it. Can't wait to see the finished product, no matter how long it takes.

[petem]

My uncle said your doing a great job, considering all that goes into this type of job I would say your making great time and progress.

[GSMMW]

Happy to see you are finalizing the last of the finalizing steps before finalizing the finalized build!

[jimsubtle]

Awesome update. Love all of the progress so far! Thank you for you posting

[appleapple]

some people think this is taking too long? Wth?

You are doing fantastic my guy. Thank you!

[ACCORDriver_NL]

Y E S ! ! ! ! Another video on this awesome project! Giving it a thumbs up before even seeing it. I was looking forward to this! Thanks, man. You're awesome.

[robertbisson]

My uncle brush painted his 56 Belair 2 tones and left with it has soon has he was done, he said it would dry up on his way back. ( true story ) i was about 14 and now 76 and still remember it. keep those video's coming.

[brentthomas]

Your attention to details is unprecedented & your professionalism is off the chain. Keep doing you & this little community will promote the Bode standard.

[bazilwreckerloughead]

Looking so great, I never want it to end, but I want to see what the finished product looks like!

[calvemar]

Nice progress man! Can't wait to see the end result!

[BassManBobBassCovers]

Coming together crazy fast! Especially for a car that's never been made before. The cool thing about buying a car with a large number of missing items is when you get all the new parts on with the fresh paint, it's going to look nuts!!

[seanwilliams]

My Uncle was more of a big block guy, but he would have respected this build for sure.

[ZILAwelds]

My uncle expected this video a day or 2 ago

[Hectorthainspector]

My Uncle and I say you have the cleanest builds on YT … killin it homie !

[JustinKapow]

I was so exited to see the engine come back out. Can’t wait to see how you do the engine bay.

[mattcrotts]

Great job! Thanks for the update. Keep up the good work

[craigallenbeckett]

Looking great! I like when you provide details of ‘how’ you do things. I have painted cars and realize the amount of work it takes. You are killing it! This has to be my favourite build so far, not because I particularly like the CRV or El Camino, just because the uniqueness of it and I can apply some methods you are using to my own projects.