04.26.2019 - By Brian Stupski,Brad King,Alex Welsh
“TWO STEPS FORWARD, NO STEPS BACK.”
Jimmy Falschlehner, better known as Jimmy Shine, the man behind Shine Speed Shop joins the Gearheads on a freewheeling episode loaded with road trip tales, hot rods, history and a re-imagining of where the brand as a whole is headed into the future. Oh, and an explosive Conan O’Brien set. There’s that, too.
THINGS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
* Talking projects in the shop
* Jeff Allison concepts for shop projects
* Early days and getting into the industry– The “Shine” nickname– “Flesh Hammer”– The first car, nearly thirty-four years to the day
* Exercising restraint on a build
* Billy Gibbons’ Whiskey Runner – The 24V landing light– The SEMA Ignited traffic story– The Conan O’Brien explosion
* The ’56 Monterey New Orleans road trip
* The new shop
* Future projects in the wings – A lakester
* The red hat at Bonneville with Tony Thacker
* Surfing and hot rods
* On taking the hot rod thing seriously
* The TV years
* Getting a foot in the door at So-Cal Speed Shop– The interview with Pete Chapouris– A tattoo bond– A veritable who’s who of hot rodding at So-Cal in the 1990’s– Bunking with
* Taking a bigger hand in the business side of things
* “Losing him is like gaining two good people”
PLEASE VISIT OUR SPONSOR
We are proud to have this episode brought to you by Trailer Tug. Please visit their website to learn more at TrailerTug.com
Round Six Podcast listeners get 10% off by mentioning the podcast when ordering by phone, or by entering “round six” in the discount code box at checkout on the website.