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Gas Monkey Garage Cast and Dallas Location

Gas Monkey Garage cast consists of Richard Rawlings, Aaron Kaufman, Mike Coy and Christie Brimberry. The garage is located in Dalla Texas.

It was launched by Richard Rawlings in 2002 after selling his printing press Lincoln Press in 2004.

The garage gained its popularity through Discovery Chanel’s TV show, Fast N’Loud.

The show featured a group of people who include extraordinary engineers and technicians that reinstate and auction vintage cars.

It was a part of Discovery from 2012 till it premiered its final episode on June 8, 2020. Finally, on December 15, 2020, Richard appeared 1578th episode of ‘The JOe Experience’ podcast and revealed the reason for cancellation.

The reason for the closure of the garage apparently may be to stop the spread of Covid 19 however, the actual reason may be complicated while being associated with the pandemic.

Although the show stopped, Richard still uploads videos on YouTube and other social media platforms.

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Meet The Cast of Gas Monkey Garage

The cast of Gas Monkey Garage are Richard Rawlings, Aaron Kaufman, Mike Coy, and Christie Brimberry. Richard Rawlings is the owner of the garage.

Richard Rawlings

Born on March 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, Richard is an American entrepreneur, media face, producer, and, actor. He runs the Garage.

The star of the reality TV show ‘Fast N’ Loud’ apart from the garage, owns Gas Monkey Bar N’Grill and Gas Monkey Live Music in Dallas, Texas. The ventures are now rebranded.

As a child, Rawlings often went to car shows with his father, which enhanced his interest in this field. Eventually, in 2002 he founded the shop.

The manager of the garage joined the YouTube channel on June 27, 2012, where there are 549 videos.

Throughout the Fast N’ Loud show, the proprietor had several clashes with his employees. Anyone who had a tiff with him was seen quitting the show such as Aaron Kaufman, Tom Smith, and Jordan Butler.

On May 12, 2015, Rawlings published his first autobiography entitled Fast N’ Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers.

Aaron Kaufman

Aaron Kaufman is an American TV star, racing driver, and owner of Arclight Fabrication. He is a former lead mechanic for the garage.

He worked at a local garage in Dallas before joining Monkey Garage. Richard invited him to join the team after being impressed with his tearing and redesigning skills.

He was considered the main center of the show because of the talent he had for remodeling a car torn down to pieces.

He left in 2017, stating personal reasons.

After the split, Aaron owned his shop, Arclight Fabrication in Dalla, Texas. He also returned to TV with two shows, Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman and Aaron Needs a Job.

Mike Coy

Mike Coy was the painter for Fast N’ Loud on discovery channel. He is the owner and painter at Tex Mex Motors.

He earned a lot of fans with his amazing spray paint gun skills. Born in Mckinney, Mike was keen on automobiles since childhood and did certain jobs in the related field during his teenage.

Mike Coy worked with Richard for over a decade before leaving in 2017 after a few miserable clashes with producers.

His work is appreciated by celebrities also. His talent with the brushes can be seen in the ultimate result of the car.

Christie Brimberry

Christie Brimberry worked in the garage’s office, both in real and reel life. She kept a record of accounts and helped Rawlings in growing the business.

Purchasing cars, new parts, making sales, and making payments to the staff are some of her duties. Brimberry appeared in 55 episodes out of 100 episodes from 2012 to 2017.

Her husband was Richard’s hairstylist. Richard in need of an administrator, approached her and hired her.

Christie from the garage shop has a tattoo on her hand, which add to the picture of the garage as a home for hot rodders.

What Happened To Chase From Gas Monkey Garage?

Chase from Gas Monkey Garage left the show because he wanted to focus on his own career. Chase Fillion was a young gun lead mechanic at the garage.

Before he was 23, Chase had already had a build in SEMA.

Chase went from Uber’s young lead mechanic to an unwelcomed person.

As can be seen from his Instagram profile, Fillion is a car enthusiast, a custom car builder, and agrees to anything that makes money.

Since the actual cause of Chase not being with the team is unclear, one of his fans posted on Reddit, that Chase might have gone through a lot at such a young age as a lead mechanic at a huge shop like the Garage, which was hard at last.

Other fan says that Richard is to be blamed for all this because, in the end, he takes credit for all the work done by his crew.

Currently, as per his Instagram photos, he posts a lot of videos of DTX vehicles and less of him. He keeps the viewers engaged as he did in the show.

Gas Monkey Garage Location

The Gas Monkey Garage is located at 2330 Merrel Rd, Dallas Texas. The time of the shop is 10 am to 5 pm, Monday to Sunday.

The shop is open to the international market. Currently, shipping is allowed in more than 30 countries.

As per the official website of Gas Monkey Garage, the shop remains closed on a few occasions, such as Thanksgiving Day, December 24th-26th, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day.

Is Gas Monkey Garage Still Open?

Yes, Gas Monkey Garage is still open. The Discovery show Fast N’ Loud featuring the garage and its employees got canceled.

The reason for the cancelation may be many. Starting with the pandemic, which led to lockdown, and therefore shooting was not possible. Many people have different versions for the reason of cancelation.

As some believe that the landlord asked to vacate the garage premises, while some believe it was a legal case that was going on with Richard about his ventures.

The Garage is operated from Merrell. Richard Rawlings is the proprietor of the shop since 2002.

The shop is a custom car-making and repairing classic damaged cars hiring a team of engineers and technicians.

They now have a YouTube channel named ‘Gas Monkey Garage & Richard Rawlings’. The channel has subscribers of 1.1 million with 549 videos.

The latest video was uploaded on 09-06-2023 with 497,666 views. The highest number of views is 9.8M whereas the average view is 200,000.

They have followers of 4.9 million on Instagram with 6,757 posts. most of the comment section shows some eager views with questions and suggestions, whereas some draw conclusions independently.

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