“You Can’t Fail - Impossible to Fail” - TJ Hunt’s Journey and What’s Next

For the final episode of season 3, Very Vehicular is delighted to present none other than TJ Hunt! Rolling up to the studio in a minty white V8 Vantage, with the all-time longest Very Vehicular episode record firmly in his sights, TJ hasn’t come to play, he’s here to win! In a departure from form, Scotto has the mic turned around on him as TJ unleashes his pent-up questions in desperate need of answers. This reverse interview has it all: origin stories, the dawn of YouTube, the art of growing a business (and what happens when you lose one!), love, loss and identity, even movies: it’s practical therapy, people! So unhook your phone (shout out, landline generation), slip out to grab some milk & cigarettes, do whatever you must - this episode is not to be missed! Most of all? As ever, enjoy.

@TJHunt

@BrianScotto 

@321ActionAction

Partners:

Vyper Industrial

FCP Euro

Heatwave Visual

Wera Tools

KW Suspension

Producer: Nick Rutter @nickrutterarts

Music: SlikSound 

Patreon: https://patreon.com/u37266647

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00:00 - Welcome & Introduction

00:36 - Heat Wave Visual & KW Suspensions

02:15 - The Name’s Hunt… TJ Hunt (that new Vantage)

05:10 - California Cop Stories

08:45 - That Time TJ Was in a Ford GT Commercial

10:45 - Early Days on YouTube and Vlogging

19:11 - BRZ Forums and Blackjack

23:22 - A Shift of Business Mindset

30:30 - GT3 Conversions. For When You’ve Run out of Kinks

38:29 - Cars as Trading Cards

39:07 - Why Builds Beat Driving

40:34 - Back When TJ Was Kinda Hating on Hoonigan

44:37 - There’s Always a Bigger Fish

50:03 - How the Hoonigan Zumiez Deal Happened

50:48 - Sponsor: FCP Euro

01:05:23 - How Daily Transmission Happened

01:13:12 - Studying Ken Block’s Playbook

01:15:31 - Formula Drift or NASCAR?

01:17:46 - Getting Back to Just Having Fun in Cars

01:21:14 - Dreams From Magazines to Movies

01:24:38 - Hollywood Gatekeepers and Indie Film

01:29:40 - Trauma, Burnout, and Identity Therapy

01:48:55 - Scaling the Business of TJ Hunt

01:51:59 - Would Hoonigan Survive Today?

01:57:38 - Skills Learned Building Hoonigan

01:59:44 - When I First Met Ken Block, I Wrote This Down

02:03:56 - Sponsors: Vyper Industrial & Wera Tools

02:05:12 - Wheel Pros Renaming - TJ’s Take

02:07:52 - Why YouTube Beat TV

02:11:01 - Just Down the Block from the Berrics

02:16:45 - Is Racing the Next Chapter?

02:23:40 - Competitiveness And Hyperfixation

02:26:33 - Building Hunt & Co and Street Hunter

02:28:42 - Culture Vultures - When Collabs Aren’t the Real Deal

02:42:55 - What’s After YouTube for TJ?

02:59:10 - Would Scotto & TJ… Make a Film Together?