Summary: JF LAUNIER BREAKS THE RULES… AND HAS SOME PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE OF HIM<br><br> <br> Episode twenty-three heads to The Great White North and drags JF Launier back like a felled case of Labbatt Blue. JF is a long-time friend of Brian’s, and brings his outstanding, catchy spirit of what hot rodding really is to the podcast. Who else can say that they’ve built a Ridler Award winner and then done donuts in Cobo Hall with it? Or driven it at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge?<br> No one that we know outside of this JF guy.<br> Aside from a veritable metric ton of Canadian references to get the show rolling, it all goes onto mind-blowingly cool territory with a guy who just gets it.<br> THINGS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:<br> <br> * An almost uncomfortable trip North of the border<br> * Brian and JF hint at current projects<br> * Talking Detroit debuts<br><br> – The new rules regarding any pre-show coverage of debut cars<br><br> – The risks involved with social media involvement vs keeping a new car “secret” until the show opens<br><br> – JF’s personal experience with leaked images and the Ridler judging rules<br><br> – Having a rule put in place to ban tire-smoking donuts on the show floor because, well… JF<br> * Where passion rules the project<br> * Not building cars but being the steward to someone’s dream<br> * The Kaiser build<br><br> – Learning along the way<br><br> – Innovating and persevering<br><br> – Showing up at GNRS with a Kaiser<br><br> – Spitting the pinion out of the car<br><br> – Jeep Liberty headlamps, and where to use them<br> * French-Canadians and the art of cursing<br> * Beating the heck out of a Ridler-winning car<br> * The ’55 Chrysler Phantom Wagon<br><br> – Installing the wood headliner and clocking screws<br><br> – Being an Jack-of-all-trades on a project out of necessity<br> * “Car Club Night”<br><br> – Offering a chance to “lease the shoes of an Olympic athlete”<br><br> – A group effort<br><br> – Learning by doing<br> * “Rivision”<br><br> – A team effort that bred priceless friendships and memories<br><br> – When group participation trumps magazine coverage<br><br> – The only Ridler winner to not be featured in Hot Rod Magazine or Street Rodder Magazine<br><br> – The helping hand at Rad Rides<br><br> – Being an ambassador to hot rodding<br><br> – Pushing 150MPH in a Ridler-winning car<br><br> – Post Barrett-Jackson Cup Hijinks<br><br> – The Symphony of boost<br><br> – The sound effect stylings of JF<br><br> <br> * Doing donuts in Cobo Hall with <a href="https://roundsixpod.com/2018/07/27/sixteen-minutes-to-solvang-chip-foose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chip Foose</a> in the passenger seat<br> * Scaring Jacques Villeneuve with a Buick<br> * Nature time with Alex: The Plecostomus<br> * Acadian VS Nova<br> * Drifting in the snow<br> * Re-return of the Aquarius wheel<br> * A well-endowed giraffe<br> * Eric’s bad taste in wheels<br> * Canadian Tire gets an open invite to sponsor this mess<br> * “The Canadian Ballet”<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-round-six-podcast/id1331245201?mt=2" style="display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; background: no-repeat; width: 200px; height: 73px; background-size: contain;"></a><br> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0MMewqxTjuRJy3Li1og1Ju" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"></a><br>
