Meet Bryan Fuller from Fuller Moto, Host of Car Fix and Caffeine and Octane (Organization Conversation, Episode 55)
Bryan Fuller, Owner of Fuller Moto and host of the shows Caffeine and Octane and Car Fix, joined the show to talk about his work and upcoming projects. He talked with host Richard Grove, Stephanie from Uncommon Outpost and Adam Lazy Guy DIY about his shop, which is next door to Wall Control, the shows he hosts, new projects coming up, including Fuller Moto’s 2oth Anniversary Celebration, and much more.
Organization Conversation is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Fuller Moto
Fuller Moto is a leading automotive and motorcycle design and customization shop that inspires, educates, and entertains those with a creative spirit, a do-it-yourself attitude, and a passion for anything on wheels.
We seek to share the interests, the attitudes, and the way of life of the unique automotive and moto community. The products we sell, the content and the stories we create, the people and places we share, all reflect and promote this culture.
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Bryan Fuller, Founder, Fuller Moto
Incredibly passionate about his craft and making dreams come to life, Bryan created Fuller Moto as the ultimate toy shop and place to truly experience life to the full(er). Bryan is a Master Builder, Designer, TV Personality and Author. Bryan realized his passion for cars as an eighth grader while helping his dad rebuild a 1965 Ford Mustang.
In High School he built two cars of his own, including a souped-up 1930 Ford Model A with a Chevy 327 V8 engine. At the time he considered building cars just a hobby and went on to college, earning a biology degree with the hopes of becoming a chiropractor. However, the unforeseen death of his father while at the early age of 20 changed all that. Bryan grew determined not to waste his life doing something he didn’t absolutely love and instead set out to make his passion his career.
After graduating from University of North Texas, Bryan enrolled at Wyoming Technical Institute where he learned advanced technical skills that helped shape him into the fabricator he is today. Drawn in by the west-coast car culture, after school Bryan moved to California and began a two-year apprenticeship with So-Cal Speed Shop.
While working for Foose, Fuller helped the team win the Riddler Award for Best Car in Show at the Detroit Autorama in 2003 and 2005. Bryan also began his TV career at that time, with appearances on 10 episodes of “Overhaulin’” and several episodes of “Rides”.
In 2005, Bryan decided to set up his own shop and moved to downtown Atlanta, where his wife had family. Having been born in Jacksonville, Texas, Bryan stayed true to his roots, naming his first Atlanta based build the “Texas T”. That year, he competed and placed 4th place overall at the AMD World Championship of Bike Building for Freestyle. He then won the coveted GM Design Award in 2010 at The SEMA Car Show with the “Impaler” and the 2013 Birmingham World of Wheels Best in Show with a one-of-a-kind Cadillac hearse, named the “Thundertaker.” During this time, Bryan continued his TV career as host of “Two Guys Garage” and made several appearances designing and competing with his own designs on episodes of “Biker Build-off” and “Cafe Racer TV”. Bryan also hosted “Naked Speed” on the Velocity Channel, a show dedicated to the design, build and ride of unique custom motorcycles. In 2003, he was hired by renowned artist, designer and fabricator, Chip Foose.
He is currently host of “Car Fix” on the MotorTrend network, the ultimate “how-to” series. He also hosts the TV series “Caffeine and Octane”, which highlights the culture and community of the largest monthly gathering of auto enthusiasts in the USA. This TV Series is currently in its sixth season. In addition, Bryan is the co-author of a series of how-to-build books, “Full-Bore Welding” and “Full-Bore Sheet Metal” published by his own publishing company, Full-Bore Publishing. Alongside his writing partner, Mark Prosser, Bryan also shares tips and tricks via videos and workshops throughout the country. Bryan and the Fuller Moto team specialize in unique custom car and motorcycle builds.
About Organization Conversation
Organization Conversation is hosted by Richard Grove and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.
Richard Grove, Wall Control
Richard Grove‘s background is in engineering but what he enjoys most is brand building through relationships and creative marketing. Richard began his career with the Department of Defense as an engineer on the C-5 Galaxy Engineering Team based out of Warner Robins. While Richard found this experience both rewarding and fulfilling, he always knew deep down that he wanted to return to the small family business that originally triggered his interest in engineering.
Richard came to work for the family business, Dekalb Tool & Die, in 2008 as a Mechanical Engineer. At the time Wall Control was little more than a small ‘side hustle’ for Dekalb Tool & Die to try to produce some incremental income. There were no “Wall Control” employees, just a small warehouse with a single tool and die maker that would double as an “order fulfillment associate” on the occasion that the original WallControl.com website, which Richard’s grandmother built, pulled in an order.
In 2008, it became apparent that for the family business to survive they were going to have to produce their own branded product at scale to ensure jobs remained in-house and for the business to continue to move forward. Richard then turned his attention from tool and die to Wall Control to attempt this necessary pivot and his story with Wall Control began. Since that time, Richard has led Wall Control to significant growth while navigating two recessions.
Outside of Richard’s work at Wall Control he enjoys helping other business owners, operators, and entrepreneurs along their own paths to success by offering personal business coaching and advising through his website ConsultantSmallBusiness.com. Richard has developed an expansive and unique skillset growing and scaling Wall Control through a multitude of challenges to the successful brand and company it is today. Richard is happy to share his knowledge and experience with others who are looking to do the same within their own businesses.
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About Wall Control
The Wall Control story began in 1968 in a small tool & die shop just outside Atlanta, Georgia. The first of three generations began their work in building a family-based US manufacturer with little more than hard work and the American Dream.
Over the past 50+ years, this family business has continued to grow and expand from what was once a small tool & die shop into an award-winning US manufacturer of products ranging from automobile components to satellite panels and now, the best wall-mounted tool storage system available today, Wall Control.
The Wall Control brand launched in 2003 and is a family-owned and operated business that not only produces a high-quality American Made product but sees the entire design, production, and distribution process happen under their own roof in Tucker, Georgia. Under that same roof, three generations of American Manufacturing are still hard at work creating the best tool storage products available today.
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