Old guys rule....

Awesome story!

Kenny is a legend. His funny car paint jobs in the 70/80s were amazing.

Thanks for the interview! I’d only known of Kenny’s automotive art before this interview.

Watching Stories in Steel kinda keeps me from wanting to retire. I'm 66 years old now, my biggest battle is with my eyes getting tired after hours of looking at things up close.

5:38 what kind of chalk do you use ?

Too cool 😎

Don't need the music

Boy I wish my mentor was like this one he owned a body shop and dragged me in at about 10 yrs except he never had a nice thing to say and his idea of that trade was to fix things as quickly and cheaply as possible quality was of no importance profit did the only thing he did which I liked was applying lead to metal it was the only thing he did well so I asked if he could give me a few pointers his answer go finish that job never mind this stuff it's of no use to you, I never asked again, and so had to learn my skills by doing it the hard way and making all the silly mistakes until finally something useful would pop out, I bought specialty how to magazines and by being consistent and tenacious started finishing what I started while putting up with dear dad's bitching to go finish cheesing up some taxi cabs he did business with, all you could see was yellow and blue hacks and inches of bondo dust everywhere it was the most depressing time of my life and since I lived at his house ZERO pay, I asked if I could further my education his answer, you have the money knowing full well he never paid so without doe it looks like you are staying here, right. These were the different extremes of that industry which went from the elites like Marcel's to the dumps like Willy's a more depressing job is hard to find, unhealthy, filthy, non rewarding, a classless job that others consider only the lowest form of human does, compare that to what is being described here which is the upper crust and leaves everyone is in awe, what a wide spectrum of extremes. Anyways, I managed to teach myself how to build cars by building and racing stock cars, they taught me about suspension geometry and how to modify motors, later a mechanic who knew dear dad bought a 1976 Ferrari Boxer 365BB which needed complete restoration the body was good needed paint so while stripping paint I noticed weld marks which sort of explained how the game was played, the tube chassis was accessible motor was out, I loved that car but without coin it was too far a reach unless I built it, the car was around for about one year so I bought tubing and basically copied the entire frame, the body was a different story I had never built anything of this magnitude so I bought any sheetmetal magazine I could find studied them and built my own wheeling fixture and had a tool and die guy make the wheels, I managed to get the upper section of the front cone roughed out and when I returned to work on it found a large piece was missing, what the hell I asked dear dad who did this, his answer, I used some to fix the flashing on the roof of the building so what he barks back, I could have killed the guy the car was being painted and I would not been able to lay any metal against it because it would have marked the surface and so made a fiberglass mold of the front and rear cones, I had read that the F40 was being built using Kevlar and so decided to build mine out of the same stuff, it took me years to finalize the project since I didn't have the cash for suspension and drivetrain and so it would sit until I could buy the necessary components from Ferrari for the car, they supplied all the suspension 2 doors, roof, and glass, the 12 cylinder Boxer motor I found used for 26 Grand in New York, I still own the car which was featured on the Television Show Sports Car Revolution after Tom Hnatiw saw it and asked if he could do a show on the car saying that he travels around the World and has never seen a project this complete and true to the model, boy that freaked me out I didn't know whether to sit, stand or spin, what, somebody actually appreciates something I've done, WOW, I didn't know how to handle this. My next project was to put together a 42 Willy's, I had found a really nice fiberglass body for it except the more I looked at it I started to not care about this or that and soon enough I didn't like much of anything so I took it upon myself to build my first complete body from aluminum, the entire car is made of aluminum, the frame, roll cage, new Corvette Z06 driveline and suspension which is all aluminum mated to an all aluminum Keith Black Hemi motor with Hilborn 8 port electronic injectors also aluminum, the project is 90% complete and even though I was told I have stage 4 stomach cancer hope the Good Lord will allow me the privilege of finishing this last project that took my entire life to accumulate the skills necessary to be able to accomplish my goal, the body is nice enough to not need paint what I would like to see is a mat or flat finish accomplished by some blast medium shot at it so it looks completely flat aluminum, polishing it is too blinding and no fun to look at but I could dig a smooth flat finish and no paint to hide the cheese work. This said I would like to encourage anyone who dreams of building their own car so another doesn't exist and do it your way all the way believing you have no other choice but to accomplish your goal and being willing to endure the difficulties anyone before you has can make this possible, the nice part about sheet metal is that it's very affordable, even if you destroy ten pieces trying it won't put you in the poor house and once you actually make something useful will appreciate the effort it took to attain this level of freedom and sophistication by being able to create items of extreme beauty by using some affordable sheet metal and your skills, nothing more is needed other than a few simple hand tools, there is nothing so expensive that it puts it beyond anyone's reach..

I enjoyed the shit out of this, man. That green really went good with those colors. New subscriber

Well I made it 20 seconds and the stupid intro made me just go on... You ruined it no matter what the content with that stupid intro!

That was a bunch of stuff I didn't know and I love Bonneville 2 I just want to get a 200 mile an hour hat and do it on my old Harley ask the grand total of my bucket list

One of my biggest pinstriping honors was doing repair work on a Peterbilt, out of BC, that Mitch painted. The owner then had me pinstripe the fuel tank. His reason was that I was the only pinstriper, he knew, that could paint in his style. I don't think I'm anywhere near Mitch's league, but I always strive to be. He's definitely a legend on the West Coast.

Awesome! Steve has been one of my mentors for many years especially while running my own shop! Thank you!

What a humble dude

Good people. Way better than our current political and business leaders.

I love your show. Your how to pinstripe and flames excellent. Enjoyed you show on Mitch Kim. I grew up in Portland Or. My two idles were Mitch and Gary Crisp. They were the best at there craft in the area. Thank you for your shows.

Ha! I've met Steve. but had no idea who he was! Guess I'll hafta stop in next time I'm up in the P'town area and reacquaint myself with him. Great job again Brad!

I’ve seen Steve’s name on some of the greatest and most elegant cars over the years - he has a great eye for detail. It was a joy listening to this interview, Steve has such a positive attitude and it’s great to hear from someone who loves what they do and is great at it. Again, a great interview. Also the one of one Frisbie car and Steve needs to be on Jay Leno’s garage -it’s such a cool story more need to hear the story and see the car.

--‘’DITCH’’ the hat,,

What’s with the backwards hat--definitely not cool no more, especially on old men,,--P--

Take some time off and give the employees a break from the boss. Tou never know, they might surprise you

That was me.. i was always with my dad.. he even got a new job at a shop and he took me to help unload his tool to the new job..and when i was done, he said.. youre staying with me.. The boss said, he cant work here..then my dad said..then im not working here.. So the boss hired me on the spot. A 15 yo kid. I love old cars.

HOLA... EXCELENTE... POR FAVOR... CUAL ES ESA TÉCNICA DE LA FRANJA DORADA... COMO SE HACE...

DAM!!!! You hit it out of the park again. One of my top 3 favorite builders. Excellent Excellent interview. Thanks again for all the hard work you do making these videos.

I live local and have followed Steve and his work for as long as I can remember. His shop put out some great stuff and the talent is off the hook.

Your mk4 painting brought me here. Your work is unbelievable

Awesome Kenny is killer !!

Man this series is so good, thanks for taking on this project. Important documentation, of unbeliveable talents

FCM was a premiere online magazine, not just car related, all subjects. I sure miss it. Thanks Kenny

Yvonne should airbrush custom one off hood ornaments and have a machinist make them out of billet Aluminum and polish them up.

What a cool human. To have been able to experience the things he did, create what he's been able to create, and yet to remain so cool and so down to earth. Thank you Kenny. Your work inspires me to push beyond what I've been doing, and to grow as a person and an artist!

Thanks so much Kenny for including me on this project. I had the honor to work on the murals at Lions Automobilia Museum with Kenny. It’s a MUST SEE. Actually saw grown men get choked up walking through there.

Pro street is awesome👍👍

That pink car is one of my favorite Car Totally a piece of art Love it❤

I just learned chris dunlop visits you.. lucky kid he is

I taught night adult ed classes ,those that want to learn they will pay attention keep it up!!

I visited Kenny's shop about 1991. At the time he had the Cadziila and the Hogzilla at his shop. They had done a photo shoot the day before. The reason why I went there was because I wanted to see for real how he painted the chrome the on fiberglas front ends of race cars. Very nice man.

Why aren't there more Subscribers? Stories 'n Steel is, by far..... The best channel on KZbin. It's as if the rest of the car-heads are going to catch on .... In a while!!!

I met Kenny at his studio years ago at his studio. As I opened the door he was coming down stairs to go to lunch. He took me upstairs and told me I could look around and if I had any questions just ask. He was so cool. Since we crossed paths many times and when I worked for PPG I was able to have him at our booth a SEMA signing art work for the fans. What a great friend and mentor to me. Excellent Storie Thanks!!!

Legendary person. He's an interview you don't need to ask any questions of, that was his abbreviated history in one speel! :) Loved it, such a huge influence on my illustration life.

DAM!!!!! You got The Man "Kenny Youngblood" on your show. HOW COOL IS THAT!!! Excellent Excellent interview. I've been freaking out over his stuff for YEARS. Thanks 😊

Kenny... I had the pleasure of meeting you years ago, I think you had an office on North Tustin? I just wanted to say that your talents (and several others you have noted) are a HUGE contributing factor in the explosion of the funny car in the 70's. It's one thing to have a pretty car, it's quite another, more infinitely marketable, thing to have created a "name", a personality and character for the car. It was a stroke of genius. The CAR was the star. You could book three different "Jungle Jim" cars at three different tracks the same weekend. Didn't matter as much who was driving, if it had the graphics! The idea that the CAR was the star, it could sell T-shirts, posters, and the beautiful creative graphics and characters you adorned the cars with facilitated that entire movement. The drag cars were already cool, but you guys made 'em the COOLEST! Thank you for your artistry. The world of drag racing owes you BIGTIME!

WOW, whadda guy! ...and I LOVED that actual footage! That's was totally BA!!! Having been to Bonneville, I can appreciate the time and work Danny and his crew had to put into getting this!! Well done everybody! Crazy about no oil too! (hate it when that happens!) :P Another great interview Brad! Keep 'em coming!

Awesome show!!! Great channel!!!

Love this episode, Sean is a great guy, super talented, but what a roll model. He would the person to motivate the young generation, and us old guys too!

Another great episode with a really interesting talented artist. Great life stories!

Great episode, great story, what a fortunate guy...does his passion and gets paid very well for it! I get the impression that his story could be a 3 or 4 hour episode with lots of interesting stories filling in between the chapters of his amazing career. You should have him on again. I sense some really inspiring things could have been left out.

I met Sean on a grand national project I briefly helped with. Nice guy with loads of talent!

WOW, talk about bouncing back after a life changing tragedy and landing on your feet, Sean is a living model! And his design work is phenomena!! No wonder he was able to make this extreme reinvention of his life so smoothly and gracefully. Sean can be a role model to anybody who's gone through a rough time in life and thinks that it ends here. WRONG! You can always create a new life and a new even brighter future for yourself and for those you love. You just can't be afraid to do the work. Nice job Sean!! The world is your oyster! Great interview Brad! Keep 'em coming brother!