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  • @moe8024
    @moe8024 24 дня назад +106

    At 19 year-old borrowed money from his girlfriend and today she’s his wife, now that’s a keeper!!

    • @landonnice2272
      @landonnice2272 24 дня назад +2

      No shit shes his wife

    • @BuGGed0utKeV
      @BuGGed0utKeV 24 дня назад +5

      She stuck with him the entire way, too! That's a SOLID bond❤

    • @timotheegoulet1511
      @timotheegoulet1511 23 дня назад +2

      Funny how that works out like that sometimes.

    • @jessihawkins9116
      @jessihawkins9116 23 дня назад +1

      maybe she made him marry her to ensure the debt was paid back 🤔

    • @BuGGed0utKeV
      @BuGGed0utKeV 23 дня назад +1

      @jessihawkins9116 if he's happily married to her, I'd say he won the lotto.

  • @scottsmith5623
    @scottsmith5623 24 дня назад +78

    Rags to riches to rags, but… you did what a lot of us have dreamed of but not acted on. That’s a WIN in my book.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      Livin' the Dream and Livin' the Fantasy!

    • @justinx9892
      @justinx9892 17 дней назад

      That’s a VIN in my book

    • @justinx9892
      @justinx9892 17 дней назад

      Nah he failed. He’s not like Trump who knows how to adapt and succeed. He’s probably a lib.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 11 дней назад

      @@justinx9892 TRUMP 2024...The franchise system failed, but my original store carried on for another 20 years. After selling my last store, I became a commercial landlord and own several retail properties and help my small business tenants. To this day we host several large Cruise Nights throughout the year!

  • @houseofshow8914
    @houseofshow8914 24 дня назад +56

    Now this by far has been one of just the craziest stories yet. The pageant topped the cake!

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +3

      48,000 people attended the final Ms. Fantasy Beauty Pageant in 1986 (at the Cervantes Convention Center) in downtown St. Louis, MO

    • @houseofshow8914
      @houseofshow8914 22 дня назад +1

      @@jimsmoot2985 That’s neat! I used to live about 15 min away from stl. Never even heard about this till now.

    • @PowerSports
      @PowerSports 21 день назад

      Search for "The Fantasy Girls: 1985 "Ms. Fantasy" Beauty Pageant" and the video should come right up. I got permission from "Fantasy" Jim himself to restore and upload the video.

    • @PowerSports
      @PowerSports 21 день назад

      We uploaded a restored video of the pageant. Try searching youtube for: The Fantasy Girls: 1985 "Ms. Fantasy" Beauty Pageant.

  • @RailRover65
    @RailRover65 22 дня назад +12

    Great St. Louis memories here. My buddy and I entered the first Fantasy Coachworks "Run for the Sun Road Rally" in 1984 (I think), I was the driver, he was the navigator. They gave us a route around STL with various stops and questions that you had to answer at each stop. Lots of cool sports cars in the rally, and here we are in my four-door Buick. Most of the pack took off and was trying to get to each location as fast as they could. But my buddy and I quickly figured out the winner would be whoever answered the most questions right. So we took our time and tried to do that. I distinctly remember one of the stops was a Pantera's Pizza out in Maryland Heights or St. Charles, and the question asked how many hot air balloons were pictured on one wall of the restaurant, so we went in and counted them. We ran the route and finally came to the end of the run at Laclede's Landing (STL riverfront tourist area). We were one of the last, if not the last, ones to arrive. Turned in our sheet, and after all the scores were tallied...we WON the race, because we had the most correct answers of anybody. That was a shocker for both me and my buddy, and probably Jim Smoot too, but he was very nice about it and gave us the award, which is still buried somewhere in my basement. And that's how the first Fantasy Coachworks "Run for the Sun Road Rally" was won by two nerdy teenagers in a blue 1980 Buick Skylark with houndstooth seats.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      That is a FANTASTIC story and SO TRUE...This was a "Fun Rally" and not a race! Best score WINS!! So happy that you have great memories of this event, makes me smile!

    • @RailRover65
      @RailRover65 18 дней назад +1

      @@jimsmoot2985 You know what is funny. I remember the custom vans back in the "good old days" at your shop. Really neat vans (and cars, and trucks). About 13 years ago I became a church van driver for our church on Barracksview, just down from Dave Sinclair Ford. Doing it still today. Polar opposite vehicles...just typical 15 passenger vans with lots of "quirks and features", lol. That teenage kid in the race never would have thought I'd be doing this, yet wouldn't trade this ministry or the people I've met for anything. Turns out vans have played a major role in BOTH our lives.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 18 дней назад +1

      @@RailRover65 That's very cool and I'm glad for you!

  • @MaxSpeedMike
    @MaxSpeedMike 24 дня назад +35

    High school girlfriend became his wife. Rare story to tell these days. Love to hear it

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      Was love at first sight for me!

  • @savedin87ify
    @savedin87ify 24 дня назад +20

    Being born an raised in St. Louis. In the 70's and 80's spent a lot of money at Fancy coachworks.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      Really appreciate your business...Hope you're doing well!

  • @ixeroi
    @ixeroi 24 дня назад +11

    I would have loved to go to Jim's pageant! That would have been one hell of a time!

  • @stevenmc62089
    @stevenmc62089 24 дня назад +7

    We need more of this guy! I’ve always loved the 70s-90s custom car and truck scene

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      That's a huge compliment...Thank you!

  • @timhall5827
    @timhall5827 24 дня назад +17

    Bringing back the memories of cruising Lindbergh. Driving right by the shop multiple times a night. Thanks for another great video 😎

    • @gmoney8087
      @gmoney8087 23 дня назад +2

      It sure does! $10 put gas in the car and got you 6 jack in the box tacos

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      We have hosted more than 15 Cruisin Lindbergh events in the past 3 years...Always a great time!

    • @Highgear145
      @Highgear145 22 дня назад +2

      Man I remember that place....My family would travel to STL every year for a few days to take us to the STL Zoo and Six Flags, We always stayed at the Ramada Inn hotel on the right as you got off i-55... I remember always looking for Fantasy Coach works on the right on our way to McDonald's....One time I remember seeing a Ferrari sitting there

    • @PowerSports
      @PowerSports 21 день назад +1

      Here is a video of the 50th Anniversary Lindbergh Cruise that was organized in part by "Fantasy" Jim: ruclips.net/video/aR0T2ukAuWE/видео.html

  • @earlhorton1092
    @earlhorton1092 23 дня назад +6

    Miss seeing the old shop on Lindbergh. Good memories cruising Lindbergh

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      The "new kid" on the block (5616 S. Lindbergh) is Richline Motorsports! Plus we own the building, so there is a "Fantasy" connection.

  • @EdBolian
    @EdBolian 24 дня назад +28

    Some great entrepreneurial lessons here

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      You learn a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes!

  • @mikewalsh2751
    @mikewalsh2751 24 дня назад +6

    Great to see Jim. It was so much fun to work for him.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      Hi Mike...Always one of my best Store Managers! Hope you're doing great!!

    • @anthonyyates616
      @anthonyyates616 19 дней назад +1

      One of my uncle's worked for a coachworks franchise in a small town named golden in illinois he use to tell me about it and how much fun it was.

  • @Highgear145
    @Highgear145 22 дня назад +3

    Man I remember this place off Lindbergh blvd

  • @seanfritz1355
    @seanfritz1355 24 дня назад +11

    Well that screams all 80s St. Louis it brings back memories. Custom cars and vans. Girls night, KSHE and Panteras pizza.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      KSHE radio was always a "go to" rock station that we used to "cross promote" these events!

  • @PowerSports
    @PowerSports 21 день назад +4

    Here are links to several of Fantasy Coachworks' commercials; digitized, restored and uploaded with permission from "Fantasy" Jim himself.
    1980: ruclips.net/video/Xploi3UBZmo/видео.html
    1983 #1: ruclips.net/video/nPEzF1j0lDU/видео.html
    1983 #2: ruclips.net/video/leyigVHXBP4/видео.html
    1985 #1: ruclips.net/video/pkLu1srECYo/видео.html
    1985 #2: ruclips.net/video/LOT62vQBKzw/видео.html
    1985 #3: ruclips.net/video/RY-z9pjZJAs/видео.html
    1986: ruclips.net/video/Jsgdet43XIg/видео.html
    1987: ruclips.net/video/46qTZmlglMo/видео.html

  • @ChefJon68
    @ChefJon68 22 дня назад +2

    Always heard the Fantasy commercials growing up.
    I saw the guys from Fantasy show up to a car show we attended with their Mazda Mini Trucks and pulled the convertible top. I saved every penny I earned to do that to my mini. 1989 or so.

  • @collinsnyder4239
    @collinsnyder4239 24 дня назад +5

    So glad to be a part of the reunion this weekend 👍👍

  • @colebertils7359
    @colebertils7359 23 дня назад +3

    While he might not have realized it at the time, the marketing he did in the early days was genius. It was an easy yes for local bars and restaurants if he could bring in traffic on what’s typically a slow night.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      Cross promotions were a tremendous success and we ran with it! Still works in today's market, but the media is different.

  • @thesyco
    @thesyco 23 дня назад +4

    The bookkeeper scamming him is the reason why anyone in the finance sector has to take one or two weeks off, so their replacement see's any scams getting pulled.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      I should have known better!

  • @violinmiata
    @violinmiata 23 дня назад +3

    Great tale! This is Vinwiki

  • @ThatandCo
    @ThatandCo 24 дня назад +6

    As a highschool kid in the 80's in STL Fantasy coach works ads were all over radio and TV. Made a lot of guys want the bed / party on wheels .

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      So many guys have told me that they remember Fantasy as a kid growing up in St. Louis and that they got their love of cars from these commercials & events.

  • @Halfstep2024
    @Halfstep2024 24 дня назад +5

    I’d love to see a video from someone that knows the history on Chattanooga Choo Choo customs. They were a huge deal in the 90’s especially in our area. You didn’t have a nice car if it wasn’t done by them

    • @earlbrown
      @earlbrown 22 дня назад

      I installed car audio in quite a few of those back in the 90's. God they were awful.
      Wood inserts screwed into the plastic dashes with deck screws, lots of stickers and rope lights. It's hard to describe just how tacky those 'custom' cars were. And that's during the tail end of the 80's.
      For those that's never seen one of those cars, trucks, or vans in real life, it's pretty much impossible to describe just how horrible that ''custom'' work was.
      On the upside, I made about 4X the money on repairing faulty wiring from them as I did on the stereo work I was there for. So I didn't hate seeing them show up.

  • @gmoney8087
    @gmoney8087 23 дня назад +2

    I'm from St. Louis and Fahtasy Couchwokrs brings back some memories

  • @overbuiltlimited
    @overbuiltlimited 24 дня назад +5

    This guy had many ups and downs over years and almost lost it all, and yet somehow doesnt come off as bitter as Doug T, who still runs a thriving bussiness. Imagine Doug T if half this stuff happened to him...

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +3

      When you can only "blame" yourself, it's hard to be bitter...My motto is "No Mistakes, only Lessons Learned".

  • @PJtheAudiTech2
    @PJtheAudiTech2 24 дня назад +9

    When I started seeing vans being modified in Japan, I thought there might be a small chance of this trend coming back. I was wrong 😂

    • @MK-1010
      @MK-1010 24 дня назад +3

      I guess the "Dodgeyban" experience is strictly a limited market.

  • @jamesworley2674
    @jamesworley2674 23 дня назад +2

    What a time to be alive

  • @Anthonylehner
    @Anthonylehner 23 дня назад +2

    Holy cow.. I haven't heard "Barbazon modeling" in a loong time

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад

      That first model cost me $150. But that led to the model search & beauty pageant promo, so $150 well spent...LOL!!

  • @anthonyyates616
    @anthonyyates616 19 дней назад +1

    One of my uncle's worked for a coachworks franchise in a small town named golden in illinois he use to tell me about it and how much fun it was.

  • @chri55cott
    @chri55cott 23 дня назад +2

    I’m stuck at rented a storefront for $500, $500 gets you a back room with 1 outlet these days

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      It was only 900 sq. ft....Room for a small sales counter, some parts on display and a single car garage...We did most of the work on the parking lot (in the early days) and remember that's $500 in 1984 money (which is more than $2,000 today).

  • @2000TA
    @2000TA 12 дней назад +1

    I'm originally from St Louis and this brings back some memories. Pantera's pizza was really good pizza.

  • @tips4truckers252
    @tips4truckers252 20 дней назад +1

    Amazing video jim. Can't wait for cruising Lindbergh tomorrow 😍

  • @garygloversgt_dbl_g5557
    @garygloversgt_dbl_g5557 20 дней назад +1

    Spent many weekends in the St. Louis store. Always fun.

  • @dealticket6170
    @dealticket6170 21 день назад +2

    You all have to do a follow up with Jim at some point, he has more stories than this. I used to hang with some younger guys that worked for him in the fat and lean years and they had a crazy ride. Women in the back room with his young employees doing god knows what people did back in the 80s. If I remember correctly Jim and his brother did the Cannonball too. There was a big circle of guys around St. Louis that did it. Some guys that lived down the street from me, in Fenton, did it in a Lotus Esprit and the Fantasy guys did it in that orange van. We all used the same mechanic, The Sports Car Centre. I had a Datsun 510, a Mazda B2000 lowrider and eventually a Saab 900 Turbo. I think that Fiero in the picture was my friends. He eventually took all of the springs out of it and drove around on the bumpstops. He lived right by where I went to High School, Lindbergh HS in Sunset Hills MO.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 21 день назад +2

      Myself, "Radical" Randy Shekell & Mike Giaffino (Both VP's of Fantasy), did the Four Ball Rally, from Boston to San Diego in 1984. Our team mechanic was Bill Burns, owner of Burns Auto Service. That red Fiero was mine, but your friend may have bought it used (after I sold it).

  • @johnburch6927
    @johnburch6927 24 дня назад +2

    Late night Saturday commercials in St. Louis back then.... Fantasy Jim followed by an ad for The Waterbed Store.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад

      Believe it or not...We still have our hand carved canopy bed with mirrors from the Waterbed Store...But just a regular mattress now!

  • @Drinstall
    @Drinstall 23 дня назад +3

    Bro this guy started the fast and furious idealism in the 80s

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      Another HUGE compliment, and somewhat true...We were customizing Datsun Z's, Mazda RX-7's, Toyota Supra's and many muscle cars (like Camaro's, Firebirds, Mustangs, etc.) way before the Fast and Furious franchise.

    • @PowerSports
      @PowerSports 21 день назад +1

      ​​@@jimsmoot2985 Somewhat true!?! Dad, have you seen the way I drive these days? Growing up with Fantasy Jim taking me for rides to school in his Porsche 930 put octane in my blood!!! 🔥 Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift 🔥

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 7 дней назад

      @@PowerSports I've seen you drive...And quite the "wheel man" you've become!! Congrats on that 2nd place finish in your first Road Race with that Road Warrior Porsche 944 with the LS motor!

  • @John1911
    @John1911 23 дня назад +3

    Child-“Grandpa, What were the 80’s like?”
    Gramps Holds up this video- “Watch this.”

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      Who are you calling a Grandpa?...LOL!!

    • @John1911
      @John1911 22 дня назад +1

      @@jimsmoot2985 Me!!!! 😂

  • @gsmith207
    @gsmith207 24 дня назад +3

    that was great! the high flyin ‘80’s!
    And if you don’t get any life lessons learned out of that story, then nobody can help you! Thanks, Ed! It’s definitely in the top 10

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      WOW...Top 10? That's an amazing compliment, Thank you!

    • @gsmith207
      @gsmith207 22 дня назад +1

      I graduated HS in 1985, so I kinda lived it with you. Even in Maine, we heard of you.

  • @shitbox_diaries8689
    @shitbox_diaries8689 24 дня назад +3

    Finally a cool story after many duds

  • @blairwilliams136
    @blairwilliams136 20 дней назад +1

    This is the type of content I'm looking for !

  • @dicthorian
    @dicthorian 24 дня назад +3

    I was always wondering what happened to them. I grew up watching his adverts and getting his newsletter. For a 13-year-old kid what was not to love. Pretty Girls & Cool Cars.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      Pretty "spicy" newsletter for a 13 yr. old...Guessing your Dad signed you up??

  • @nunya9068
    @nunya9068 24 дня назад +2

    Panteras Pizza had a location in my town in Illinois....they used to bring in one of the owners Pantera cars occasionally (a black one).....I have wanted one of those cars ever since.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      I've got photos of his Pantera's and their hot air balloon when they were props in some of our TV commercials.

  • @LizzieMcgraw
    @LizzieMcgraw 24 дня назад +23

    Love your style, keep rocking it!

  • @keithjaxon
    @keithjaxon 24 дня назад +2

    This story was insane

  • @j.sargent9172
    @j.sargent9172 24 дня назад +2

    To have those recaros from the 70s nowadays, in good condition would be insane!

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +2

      I've got two in my Orange Quest Rally van and a third spare in the garage...Super sweet!

  • @Gimmiedat80
    @Gimmiedat80 24 дня назад +3

    I used go to the one in Fairview heights Illinois

    • @alanprobsten2858
      @alanprobsten2858 24 дня назад +3

      Me too man, I had totally forgot about that place. Remember the red Mazda truck? I do

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      That was the last store that we ever opened and it was our Super Center! Really neat place with a large showroom & huge service department. Sold that plaza, years later to a Doctor.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад

      @@alanprobsten2858 We customized 1,000's of mini trucks! I'd go to the Mazda dealer and buy 6 trucks at a time and totally trick them out and then resell them as a Fantasy Eurotruck. Full ground effects kit, lowered 3 inches, sun roof, sound system, Recaro seats, short shift kit, bed cover, stripes & graphics kit and 10" wheels all around, plus a "straight pipe" exhaust system.

  • @jonsm114
    @jonsm114 21 день назад +1

    Great story!

  • @Barton_Motors_Ltd
    @Barton_Motors_Ltd 19 дней назад +1

    Love it
    Great story

  • @ToastNBricklin
    @ToastNBricklin 24 дня назад +6

    Good to see you Jim!

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад

      Thanks...Love those old Bricklins!

    • @ToastNBricklin
      @ToastNBricklin 22 дня назад

      @jimsmoot2985 cant wait to finish mine and show it to you at a cruisin lindbergh

  • @allenkranawetter9482
    @allenkranawetter9482 23 дня назад +1

    I've also owned five or six Vans years back

  • @bulletproof2100
    @bulletproof2100 24 дня назад +2

    Omg. St. Louis resident here. This takes me back to my childhood.

  • @TheMattC9999
    @TheMattC9999 21 день назад +1

    Man, Pantera's was the shit back in the day- the original $5 extra large carry out deal

  • @allenkranawetter9482
    @allenkranawetter9482 23 дня назад +1

    I used to work for pantera's on South Broadway

  • @braydensdeals
    @braydensdeals 24 дня назад +1

    Epic story. Thanks for sharing

  • @averageaquarium
    @averageaquarium 14 дней назад +1

    Jim is one of the coolest guys I know!

  • @Doreybrown12
    @Doreybrown12 17 дней назад +1

    Jim is the man!!

  • @rpturbo
    @rpturbo 24 дня назад +1

    Have some great memories from the North County location. Was friends with a couple employees at the time. Definitely had some perks.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад

      That was our store in Florissant, Mo

  • @austinwilburn1772
    @austinwilburn1772 17 дней назад +2

    I don’t normally say this but his life story would make for a pretty decent movie.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 16 дней назад

      Can I choose Brad Pit to play "Fantasy" Jim? LOL!!

  • @heatvision21
    @heatvision21 22 дня назад +2

    Never let anyone sign your checks folks. The 80s were wild times!

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      YEP...Another lesson learned!

  • @micanro
    @micanro 24 дня назад +2

    Always a great show

  • @shafferjoe1962
    @shafferjoe1962 24 дня назад +1

    Awesome story.

  • @Yeths10
    @Yeths10 24 дня назад +1

    Great video Ed

  • @dougr5809
    @dougr5809 24 дня назад +4

    Marketing prior to the internet was the Wild West! Bigger, bolder, sell more…

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      And none of it was "free"...We had to BUCK UP for print, radio & TV. And that's why the "cross promotion" technique was so successful.

  • @ALE5six1
    @ALE5six1 23 дня назад +1

    Holy $@#& this guy knows how to throw a party!!

  • @jonsm114
    @jonsm114 21 день назад +1

    Where is Jim Curry today? The Van Attic!

  • @torhne
    @torhne 24 дня назад +2

    I dig this guy.

  • @johnlauer2516
    @johnlauer2516 24 дня назад +2

    This is the most 80s thing that ever happened

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      We defined the '80's...Just kidding, but we did have a lot of FUN while working hard.

  • @rickkkclunk9799
    @rickkkclunk9799 23 дня назад +1

    OMG!

  • @ComDiosSiempre
    @ComDiosSiempre 22 дня назад +2

    Great Fuckinn Story The Real American Dream

  • @adb99999999999
    @adb99999999999 23 дня назад

    As a native Saint Louisan, can confirm these guys were all over the place in their heyday. The vehicles they built looked positively stupid in period, but we're talking about an era where Chrysler K-cars sold like hotcakes, so it's hard to fault Jim for that. He knew his market and catered to it flawlessly. Loved the reference to Pantera's Pizza and the owners' stable of Panteras. Their north county location was across the street from our store and a Pantera was generally backed in to the parking space in front of the door every weekend night.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      We customized more than 50,000 cars, vans & trucks in 32 years. Most were Vans, Mini-Trucks & Sports Cars! A "Chrysler K Car" might have slipped in there...LOL!

    • @adb99999999999
      @adb99999999999 22 дня назад +1

      @@jimsmoot2985 You guys built some absolutely wild stuff back in the day. There should be a business school case study on your marketing genius.

  • @Drinstall
    @Drinstall 23 дня назад +2

    This reminds me of Wayne’s world

  • @Nektopoulo
    @Nektopoulo 24 дня назад +1

    Literately the Miss Howard Stern BEFORE Miss Howard Stern

  • @AeosDrop
    @AeosDrop 24 дня назад +1

    this that new new

  • @joseph_the_human
    @joseph_the_human 19 дней назад +1

    God Bless the Bimbo Era!

  • @Rhenthalin
    @Rhenthalin 24 дня назад +1

    Love it, absolutely Looney Toons event

  • @darrenbyrne4622
    @darrenbyrne4622 24 дня назад +2

    The accountant always screws you mark my word

  • @dannybailes3948
    @dannybailes3948 24 дня назад +1

    Because of the implication

  • @timjohnson8725
    @timjohnson8725 22 дня назад

    Where is your spaceship Bob Lazar

  • @jamesomahoney2181
    @jamesomahoney2181 20 дней назад +1

    Good old days.. feeling invincible.. I mentioned before.. some of these stories should be filmed re-enactment.. this would be a great one.. not just because of hotties in swimsuits..

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 16 дней назад

      Definitely have to include the "Babes"!!

  • @therandumbcarguy
    @therandumbcarguy 24 дня назад +4

    Anyone can do it… ya just need to have money..

    • @therandumbcarguy
      @therandumbcarguy 24 дня назад

      But if you do, be careful, because people will rob you..

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад

      Or so I thought...ended up not even close to the reality of running a small business (sadly).

  • @helidude3502
    @helidude3502 24 дня назад +1

    This dude related to Rabbit 🤷‍♂️

  • @markk3453
    @markk3453 22 дня назад +1

    people dont understand what scaling your company means.

  • @dth32379
    @dth32379 22 дня назад +1

    “Because of the implications”

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      Got phone calls and letters from upset females (which was hilarious) since it was just a TV script.

    • @PowerSports
      @PowerSports 21 день назад +1

      ​@@jimsmoot2985 didn't the local PTA also come after you or something? LOL!!!

  • @Pete-uc6le
    @Pete-uc6le 23 дня назад +1

    That's a 924 turbo...

    • @PowerSports
      @PowerSports 21 день назад

      the one in the 1987 commercials was a 930 Turbo

  • @bobsoxx5008
    @bobsoxx5008 20 дней назад +1

    pretty girls next to cool cars, two things that go good together. VERY looked down upon these days.

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 11 дней назад

      Sad isn't it! Woke culture trying to make it a "no no" for guys to like pretty gals! Let nature run its course!

  • @dougshaw2944
    @dougshaw2944 24 дня назад +1

    Sounds like it could have been a lot worse.
    And built some nasty looking imports along the way!

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 11 дней назад

      We did a lot of custom work on Mazda RX7's, Datsun Z's, Toyota Supra's & Celica's in addition to all of the domestic sports & performance cars! Thousands of mini trucks too!

  • @livin4dios
    @livin4dios 24 дня назад +2

    First!

  • @erickbernard8208
    @erickbernard8208 24 дня назад +1

    80s women had NO buns tho😂

  • @samuelfoote9135
    @samuelfoote9135 21 день назад +1

    Nay not be suitable 😂

  • @Trimusa
    @Trimusa 20 дней назад

    So his franchising plan was so bad, he knew he could rob you is crazy

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 19 дней назад

      And you came to that conclusion...How?

  • @ksteak27
    @ksteak27 23 дня назад +1

    9:33 - a rare photo of Mike Lindell with Hillary Clinton

  • @CraigSmith-qq3sr
    @CraigSmith-qq3sr 24 дня назад

    This would be considered a huge scam in todays age. Snake oil car builders,but they were very successful in the beginning 😮😊

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад +1

      No...nothing even close to a "scam"...We had 2 very successful stores (that were built from the ground up) when we started franchising. Everything was documented, and with registered trademarks and legit.

    • @PowerSports
      @PowerSports 21 день назад

      Craig, you are definitely confusing this with something else??? These guys actually customized vehicles for customers every day, nothing they did was a scam.

  • @teleporttc9905
    @teleporttc9905 24 дня назад +1

    Such a boomer story. Starts business with nothing but $500 and makes bank 😂

    • @jimsmoot2985
      @jimsmoot2985 22 дня назад

      "Made it" then lost most of it and had to start all over!

  • @know-body2519
    @know-body2519 24 дня назад +1

    They have been using hot dudes for "female" bikini models for a long time...😂