Fist time I ever agreed with Donald Trump!

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Some things should be understood.

Sr originally had a steel construction business and bullt bikes on the side. This consited of just getting a stock frame and other parts, etc and giving it a custom paint job........ nothing too involved.
I had friend who got a bike from him back then and although it was nice, it was still nothing special or custom besides the paint.

JR took some metal fabrication courses from a local vocational school and learned how to properly fabricate metal..... make custom parts and OCC was born as they were now able to offer true custom bikes.

The discovery channel originally had a different shop for the show but, the deal fell through.
So, one of the producers said he knew of a shop up in orange county NY where they could film a pilot instead of the original choice.
When sr started to rant and rave at jr in the pilot, they new that had a "winner" and the rest is history. If it was not for sr's ranting and raving, there would be no show and the producers freely admit to this.

In a sense, if it was not for jr, there would be no OCC as you know it and no tv show.