A six-wheel Ferrari Testarossa with 1,200 horsepower sounds like a stunt until you hear how Richard Rawlings actually thinks about building it. We’re at Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas talking through the newest “nobody else would do it” project, why trial and error is part of real fabrication, and how the team moves fast without letting the work turn sloppy. Richard also shares what it takes to finish show-level builds in 40 to 50 days and why committing to one project at a time is the only way to ship anything ambitious.

From there, we zoom out to the collector car market and the business side of car culture. Richard explains why the glory days of trading 50s classics and early Fords as a broad market are fading, why 80s and 90s cars are climbing, and how “investment grade” vehicles fit into his long-term plan. He gives a rule that every car flipper should steal: if your first instinct is to sell it the second it arrives, take the loss and move on before you throw good money after bad.

We also get into building a brand tied to your face, creating community with the Beer Me coin, and diversifying Gas Monkey beyond TV into products, bars, and more. To close it out, we go full watch nerd: what Richard wears daily (Rolex Deepsea Challenge), how he matches watches to cars, and the hilarious “bad juju” story of a Quorum Lucifer that nobody can stand to keep. Subscribe for more conversations at the intersection of cars, watches, collecting, and business, then share this one with a friend and leave a review: what’s the boldest build you’d actually drive?