Taken from JRE #1982 w/John Hennessy:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LAHk8UOD0nTOIUfQwyarM?si=c3466b20893c416a

That fucking vehicle that you have built is the most ridiculous thing I've ever been inside of my life I can't believe how fast it

Yes 1817 horsepower and 3,000 pounds So you got some power to weight ratio to work with there.

That's like 700 more horsepower than a Tesla Plaid.

Yeah, it's like taking a McLaren 765LT and adding 1,000 horsepower to it.

Something nobody needs, but we've sold 36 of those.

What happened to you in your life that you needed to make these Preposterous cars.

did you get to be this guy like what did how did this start out where you you know making these?

it's probably kind of like you know the pool hall deal when we were younger like I Didn't have a good relationship with my old man.

He was a car guy, but we didn't get along And I don't know maybe 6 years later.

You know I'm 60 now I've got you know still feel like I got a little chip on my shoulder or something to prove maybe a little bit less Now but but for sure

Isn't it interesting that you would never want that to your for your son?

No, boy Is that a great motivating factor?

Oh for sure for sure yeah, I'd live up But you know grow up in a kind of an abusive situation and neglect and you know now all of a sudden I've got all this motivation.

I've had all this motivation for the last you know 40 years of my business career, so it's been good

It's funny because you would never want that for your children now I mean, it's amazing how well it's worked out for people like you or for me.

Yeah, I mean, I you know I don't think everybody out there that has some level of success has not necessarily been abused and motivated by negativity, but I can definitely see with our 5 kids, with the nurture mainly from my wife, Hope, they're gonna turn out just fine and they'll be plenty successful, but that's just, I don't know your story, but that's my road, how I got here.

It can lead you to be very ambitious and very successful, but it can also just fuck your life up.

And you can be very ambitious and very successful and also be like happy.

I mean, you know, to have an opportunity to build Toys for people, you know, whether it's a you know 7 800000 horsepower pickup truck or a venom f5, you know, we're talking earlier.

Yeah, something nobody really needs nobody needs to go to comedy show MMA, but they do it for entertainment.

I tell people all the time, we're more, are those stars up there?

After the Ric Flair gummy bear, they're gonna really start flying.

Yeah, so now I feel very blessed, and we're definitely, you know, people come to us because they want to entertain themselves with their vehicles.

That's a great way of looking at it too, because that's really what those kind of cars are.

Like when I try to describe my love of old muscle cars for people because, you know, they kind of are not super reliable, they're not so great at handling, and you know, so I turn them, I get them done into resto mods.

But still, when I drive them, the experience is entertaining.

But does it take like when you drive your Land Cruiser you drive, you know, 1 of your older cars Does it take you back to that time either when you had that car you aspire to have that car you knew the guy or The girl that had that car Kind of growing up and you wanted it back then, but you didn't know how you're gonna get it

Oh, yeah for sure with my Chevelle definitely my Chevelle Have a 1970s black with the white stripes the tuxedo Chevelle

Well, it actually is a 454 under the hood and Calvin Casey Calvin's Fucking love that dude.

Those vacuum hoses a good old and crack and

yeah It's a it when I was a kid when I was about 16 years old 1 of my friends picked me up his friend had a 1970 Chevelle we were going somewhere and I just remember getting in the backseat of the car going how is it possible that this kid owns this car?

It was the best looking car I'd ever seen in my life.


Speaker 0: The Jorogun experience. That fucking vehicle that you have built is the most ridiculous thing I've ever been inside of my life I can't believe how fast it

Speaker 1: is. We only did a speed limit today, right? Yes

Speaker 0: But we got there very quickly.

Speaker 1: We got there very quickly. Yes 1817 horsepower and 3,000 pounds So you got some power to weight ratio to work with there.

Speaker 0: That's like 700 more horsepower than a Tesla Plaid.

Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like taking a McLaren 765LT and adding 1,000 horsepower to it. Something nobody needs, but we've sold 36 of those. The Venom F5.

Speaker 0: What has happened? What happened to you in your life that you needed to make these Preposterous cars.

Speaker 1: Well, you know like

Speaker 0: what what is going

Speaker 1: on? Yeah How

Speaker 0: did you get to be this guy like what did how did this start out where you you know making these? 1,800 horsepower

Speaker 1: it's probably kind of like you know the pool hall deal when we were younger like I Didn't have a good relationship with my old man. He was a car guy, but we didn't get along And I don't know maybe 6 years later. You know I'm 60 now I've got you know still feel like I got a little chip on my shoulder or something to prove maybe a little bit less Now but but for sure

Speaker 0: Isn't it interesting that you would never want that to your for your son? No, boy Is that a great motivating factor?

Speaker 1: Oh for sure for sure yeah, I'd live up But you know grow up in a kind of an abusive situation and neglect and you know now all of a sudden I've got all this motivation. I've had all this motivation for the last you know 40 years of my business career, so it's been good

Speaker 0: It's funny because you would never want that for your children now I mean, it's amazing how well it's worked out for people like you or for me.

Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I you know I don't think everybody out there that has some level of success has not necessarily been abused and motivated by negativity, but I can definitely see with our 5 kids, with the nurture mainly from my wife, Hope, they're gonna turn out just fine and they'll be plenty successful, but that's just, I don't know your story, but that's my road, how I got here.

Speaker 0: It can lead you to be very ambitious and very successful, but it can also just fuck your life up.

Speaker 1: Oh, sure.

Speaker 0: And you can be very ambitious and very successful and also be like happy. Like that's possible too. Absolutely. That's possible too.

Speaker 1: Yeah. You

Speaker 0: don't have to have a tortured childhood.

Speaker 1: For sure. No, I'm very blessed. I mean, you know, to have an opportunity to build Toys for people, you know, whether it's a you know 7 800000 horsepower pickup truck or a venom f5, you know, we're talking earlier. It's about first world problems, right? Yeah, something nobody really needs nobody needs to go to comedy show MMA, but they do it for entertainment.

I tell people all the time, we're more, are those stars up there?

Speaker 0: Yeah, they fly.

Speaker 1: Oh, wow, am I in Rolls Royce?

Speaker 0: Yeah, they're shooting. There's a shooting star.

Speaker 1: After the Ric Flair gummy bear, they're gonna really start flying. Yeah, so now I feel very blessed, and we're definitely, you know, people come to us because they want to entertain themselves with their vehicles.

Speaker 0: That's a great way of looking at it too, because that's really what those kind of cars are. Like when I try to describe my love of old muscle cars for people because, you know, they kind of are not super reliable, they're not so great at handling, and you know, so I turn them, I get them done into resto mods. But still, when I drive them, the experience is entertaining. It's like a ride. Like I'm not just in a Corolla.

I'm not just in some quiet Subaru. I'm gonna ride

Speaker 1: But does it take like when you drive your Land Cruiser you drive, you know, 1 of your older cars Does it take you back to that time either when you had that car you aspire to have that car you knew the guy or The girl that had that car Kind of growing up and you wanted it back then, but you didn't know how you're gonna get it

Speaker 0: Oh, yeah for sure with my Chevelle definitely my Chevelle Have a 1970s black with the white stripes the tuxedo Chevelle

Speaker 1: sure

Speaker 0: and when I went on it What's that

Speaker 1: got the calendar?

Speaker 0: Well, it actually is a 454 under the hood and Calvin Casey Calvin's Fucking love that dude. Yeah, he hooked up the cowl so that it

Speaker 1: Those vacuum hoses a good old and crack and

Speaker 0: yeah It's a it when I was a kid when I was about 16 years old 1 of my friends picked me up his friend had a 1970 Chevelle we were going somewhere and I just remember getting in the backseat of the car going how is it possible that this kid owns this car? Yeah. This is crazy. Yeah. It was the best looking car I'd ever seen in my life.

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