Diggin' In The Tapes | The Alexander Brothers

In this episode we had the pleasure of interviewing two ledgend's the A- Brothers!
The A-brothers were pivital to the custom car world as well the production automotive world building some of the cleanest customs and hot rods and working with designers at Crysler and GM.
In 2005 Bob, Johnny and myself had the oportunity to interview both so we packed up and headed to Detroit to spend time learing about the cars and techniques the used to build such amazing cars.
The Alexander Brothers were not only ledgends but we concidered them friends. We miss Mike and Larry and seeing them at show's was always a pleasure.

[@dennismetz3553]

Nice to see MFS segments on KZbin ! I have some of the DVDs & remember this segment on the A Bros . Had the pleasure & the honor of meeting & talking to each of them at the Detroit Autorama in 2002 when they received special recognition for their careers & contributions to the custom car world. Read the old car magazines even before I was of driving age that featured their " how to " articles . Larry & Mike talked with me like I had known them for Years ! Thanks for that memory ! Rest in peace Alexander Brothers !

[@timferriss905]

These brothers are my favourite custom car builders of all time. So humble and so cool pity people took advantage of them. But there legend will live on forever. Especially with the footage you took all those years ago. Absolutely love this footage. Piero your the tops. Take care all the best Tim.

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Yeah they did a lot in a short time considering guys like Barris, Winfield, Hines were doing it for a really long time.. I couldn’t imagine the cars they could have produced if they continued..

[@timferriss905]

Absolutely. I suppose when you take the knocks of loosing your shops like they did must take the wind out of your sails.

[@timferriss905]

I still wish they had got that book together. I wonder what happened to all the photos and memorabilia that Mike had.?

[@douganderson771]

I was lucky be born in Detroit and raised in Dearborn . The Catalo car was always in our neighborhood, The fam0ily owned a small store on the corner of Kendal and Warren ave. Clarence was older than me but I hung around when ever I saw the car. A couple years later on I helped build a hot rod in the rear garage of Pete's coney place. I would ride my bicycle up to the Alexander brothers shop just to see what was new. Had . a scrape with the law and left to join the Army. Great v0i0deo , lots of great stories .

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Man that is a great story! So cool you got to be there in a moment of hot rodding history!

[@joelstinson2886]

I never thought about that being 2 separate interviews at different houses. Some good editing there it all flows together so well. And some amazing cars

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Thanks yeah Bob was a little confused we went to Mikes first not Larry’s. Larry was suppose to be at mikes and wasn’t feeling good so we postponed it for the next day but we could only do it the next for like 45 minutes cause we had more filming to do around the mid west.. it was like MFS was on tour haha

[@OKspeedandcustom]

Epic. So cool. I'm glad you got them on film! Legends

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Thanks Me too!

[@larryreece1403]

What an awesome job! Its like we're sitting in their living rooms with you! History that could have never been seen! Thank you!

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Hah it is 🤓. My pleasure thanks for tuning in!

[@dinxsy8069]

yet another story told that could easily gone on for hours. Great they found their true calling in life and achieved the so much.

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Yeah crazy right.. so many road blocks and yet they still ruled!

[@JohnnyJalopyArt]

dude so glad to see you back at it. hope you recovering well and looking forward to more of these. hope you can get back at what you love doing soon! much love man!

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Thanks Johnny! I’m almost fully recovered felling great..and already back to normal activities :) just finding time for it all is the hard part..

[@murdoc6501]

Fantastic work capturing two legends! Amazed by how humble they appear considering their place in customizing history! Thank you for having the foresight to do these important interviews! A-and thank you for sharing them again! Go Piero and Mad Fabricators, keep moving forward!

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Our pleasure! Yeah they were super cool.. very humble

[@thumpershd]

I really loved this story on the Alexander Brothers. Great job with the interviews and putting this video together. Thanks so much for sharing this Piero!

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@steveturnbow5755]

Wow thank you so much Piero for doing this series !!! I love it!!! 😎👍

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@protc]

They built some nice cars. great episode

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Thanks! 👊🏼

[@ohhhtom1]

Thank you, thank you for another great video.

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

You bet! Thank you for watching !

[@32road]

Man, that was great! Thanks!

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheOldParakaoStoreCafeBar]

Great show love it 👍🏼take it easy mate 👍🏼😎🇳🇿🍻

[@tf68charger]

Great episode

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

👊🏼

[@iancameron198]

Larry was in our model car club DAMM DETROIT AREA MODELERS.hell of nice guy full of great info

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Rad! He was the coolest!

[@GreggGonzalez-ei1gu]

That was awesome 👍

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Thanks man!

[@martinharris5017]

I remember this one on DVD. A great interview with two of the best custom car builders of all time. 9:26 that looks suspiciously like the Barris Ala Kart.

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

They were the best! And yes it was the Ala Kart burnt up after a night out the worn out gas lines ignited the engine bay. At the time it was touring around the US and was owned by AMT. it went back to Barris and got repaired shortly after that. The Abros were housing it.

[@martinharris5017]

@@MADFABRICATORSTV Ah yes, I remember reading about it catching fire. That explains things.

[@rgs4x]

Take care of yourself, we need you back working on TB.

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Oh I am! Not going through that again :) I’m back better thank ever. Thanks!

[@kevinbarrett9615]

Wow $300 for the Deora rights, Mattel should have made that right, amazing video.

[@formspimp]

Excellent

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Thanks

[@knutbkristiansen]

Awesome video buddy

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Thanks 👍

[@karensavarese5684]

The "Adonis", is my fav., but the clone didn't get the radiused r wheel wells? They made the car! IMHO, of course,,,,LOve,,,,,DUBS,,,,,

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

The radius rear was a later version.. it also had the fins cut down and was painted blue..

[@tertessa]

Hope you are doing better

[@tertessa]

Enjoyed very much

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

Yes.. thank you much better!!

[@TrashcanGarage]

Bitchin' 🤘😎

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

👊🏼

[@rosskroetch9443]

A coal miner😂

[@MADFABRICATORSTV]

I alway LOL when he says that ha