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Orange County Choppers
Paul Teutul Sr.
His bike shop may be only 4 years old, but Paul Teutul Sr's love of
riding and fabricating custom motorcycles dates back to the 70's,
inspired by such films as "Easy Rider" and Marlon Brando's quint
essential "The Wild One". Since then he's worked in steel
fabrication, nurturing his Orange County Ironworks into the booming
commercial business it is today.
But it was Orange County Ironworks' very success that allowed Paul
Sr. to pursue his passion for building motorcycles in his downtime,
and in 1999 he recruited his son Paul Jr. to become the chief
fabricator and designer for the new enterprise: Orange County
Choppers. OCC jumped on the scene at Daytona Biketoberfest 1999 with
"True Blue" a classic chopper built in Paul Sr.'s basement.
Today Paul's Three sons all work in either his steel business or
Bike Shop. Danny, 26, is the general manager of Orange County
Ironworks and the father of a 2-year-old daughter, Gabriella. Paul
Jr., 28, is the chief fabricator at Orange County Choppers. Michael,
24, answers phones and orders parts at OCC. Daughter Kristin, 21,
attend nursing school in Rochester, N.Y.
Paul Teutul Jr.
Paul Teutul Jr.-a.k.a. Junior or Paulie - was born with sheet metal
in his blood. From the age of 12 on, he spent his summers at his
father's steel business learning all the skills of fabrication that
he would later use building motorcycles. While in high school,
junior also took part in the Board of Cooperative Educational
Services (BOCES) program, which allowed him to further hone his
craft.
Soon after graduating Paul Jr. went to work for his father's Orange
County Ironworks, becoming head of its railing shop. But as his
father began to spend more time building motorcycles for pleasure,
he approached his son to assist. It was then that Paul Sr.
recognized his son's design and fabrication talent, and with his
blessing, junior left the rail shop to help establish Orange County
Choppers as a business in 1999.
That year, the father-and-son team debuted their bikes in daytona to
massive interest, and they never looked back. With Paul Jr, as the
chief designer and fabricator, and with Paul Sr. lending his
considerable business acumen, OCC is unstoppable.
Mikey
Like his brother, Mikey went to work for Orange County Ironworks at
age 12, working on and off until he graduated from high school. From
there he went on to community college, but after a series of zeroes
he realized it wasn't quite his scene. It was back to Dad's company.
Mikey toiled at Ironworks until he turned 20 and moved to Tempe,
Arizona, where he had six different jobs in five months:
Bouncer at a bar, which didn't work out because it interfered with
his night life.
Busboy, which didn't work out because he was "treated like crap".
Telemarketer selling cell phones and cell-phone services, which
didn't work out because he hates being bothered at home by
telemarketers.
Valet parking attendant, which didn't work out because they made him
run... and shave.
Movie-theater guy, which was enjoyable because he didn't really do
anything but see free movies.
But overall, Arizona wasn't quite Mikey's pace either, so Rock
Tavern beckoned once his money ran out...
Back at home Mikey did carpentry with a friend for a year before
again returning to Orange County Ironworks and working with his
brother Daniel. Then, after two years of a job that was
"unrewarding, cold and cruel," he went to a tavern one January night
and met the man who would advocate his hiring at Orange County
Choppers: Rusty, a.k.a. Russell Muth, producer of American Chopper.
Mikey was soon on board at OCC, answering phones, picking up parts,
popping bubble wrap and taking out the trash. But within two weeks
of his new job he was already on the road attending bike shows with
his brother and father, and his stand-in was already out preforming
him. So while he has two people working under him now, he's not
quite sure what his job is anymore. But does that really matter?
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