Growing up, Eddie Gunder and his core group of friends would do the typical neighborhood kid stuff that went down in the ’70s—riding bikes, taking part in football and baseball pickup games—all the things considered normal in the town of St. James in Long Island, New York. One thing from the old neighborhood that stuck in Eddie’s mind over the years was a gold ’72 El Camino SS. The hauler belonged to a local plumber and was used as his everyday work truck. At the time, Eddie didn’t think too much about it, but that Elco was a staple of Long Island for many years.
As time went by Eddie found himself in the muscle car and hot rod scene due to his dad and uncle’s interest in vintage muscle cars. “Growing up, I was always around cars, being that my dad and uncles were always wrenching on and had hot rods around,” Eddie remembers. “So, that’s where it all started
