RIDES
Ben Schaffer
CAR TUNNING OF THE FUTURE
OVER THE PAST TWO-PLUS DECADES, BULLETPROOF AUTOMOTIVE AND UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE HEADMAN BEN SCHAFFER WENT FROM A TEENAGE CAR-ENTHUSIAST, (ILLEGALLY) STREET RACING IN HIS NATIVE MASSACHUSETTS TO A VERITABLE CAPTAIN OF THE TUNING INDUSTRY. IN A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH DTK MEN, THE BIGWIG REVEALED HOW A GIG AS A RACING EXTRA ON 2001’S THE FAST & THE FURIOUS TURNED A MARKETING MAJOR INTO AN ENTREPRENEUR AND WHAT PROMPTED AN UNFATHOMABLE FORAY INTO MODIFYING ELECTRIC CARS.
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By Themistoklis Alexis
What made you decide to turn this interest in car tuning into your life’s work? I took two weeks off of Arizona State University, and while I was an extra for filming The Fast & The Furious, I saw a lot of people in [the] tuning industry that, for me, was just a hobby.
DTK MEN |FAS T & FURIOUS
