After serving four tours in combat, Jose Pacheco might be a battle-tested marine, but nothing could prepare him from the proverbial blight – and fight – it took to complete his 1948 Aerosedan.
No stranger to lowriding, Jose has five other builds under his belt, including a ’64 Impala, a few bombs, two Datsun 510s, as well as a ’49 Fleetline he built while in Iraq – a feat he orchestrated by phone along with the help of family and friends.
Building this ’48 was a different story.
No stranger to his problems, anyone who ever built a custom car – especially a lowrider – knows just how notorious body shops are for being quick to take a deposit but slow to work. It’s so common, in fact, that most of them share the same sob stories with those “two-week” promises turning into years. So, after two failed attempts using two different body shops, Jose had enough and drove down to the shop and took a more hands-on approach.