When West Coast Customs needed help with the buildup of three trucks for an upcoming Sylvester Stallone film, they called on WyoTech, having a graduate from the school already on staff.

The task at hand was the ground-up restoration of a 1955 Ford F100 pickup for Stallone himself, as well as the build-up of two duplicate trucks. All three vehicles had to be completed in just three weeks.

Upon receiving the request from West Coast Customs, the WyoTech-Laramie campus carefully screened the students designated to graduate with top honors in the Collision Refinishing and Street Rod and Custom Fabrication programs. Owen Lubenow, Rusty McClintock and Matt Myers were the students chosen by the faculty based on the quality of their work, their campus and community involvement as well as their ability to represent the WyoTech brand.

According to Owen Lubenow, “I was speechless when I heard I was chosen and pretty excited that I had the opportunity.”

“Working with Wyotech was great for West Coast Customs. It was impressive to see the students’ skills fresh out of school. We gave them a pretty big project and a tough deadline," Ryan Friedlinghaus, CEO West Coast Customs, says. “Rusty, Owen and Matt really stepped up as part of the West Coast Customs team and got the job done."

In addition to the metal fabrication work, the former students helped install a 347ci Ford engine from ATK Engines, outfitted with an Edelbrock Total Power Package, into Stallone’s personal truck for an impressive 428.5 hp and 411 foot-pounds of torque.

For more information, visit www.wyotech.edu.