What is Paul Jr Designs doing now?
After waiting out a one-year non-compete clause with Orange County Choppers, Paul Jr. began building motorcycles at PJD, which is featured on a new series, American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior, on the Discovery Channel. The company now competes directly with OCC. Former OCC employee Cody Connelly has since joined PJD.
Is Paul Jr Designs moving?
Some of you have noticed that we moved Paul Jr. Designs and have been asking why. In part, it’s because we wanted to have a place to welcome the public and showcase our bikes.
Where is Paul Teutul Junior now?
Paul Teutul Jr. has been pounding metal into shape since he was 12, and he has not lost his touch. After leaving Orange County Ironworks, where he was the head of the rail shop, he set up a shop in New York to rival his dad’s company, but he has since come up with bigger plans.
Did Orange County Choppers lose their building?
and Orange County Choppers — the business he founded and owns — isn’t going anywhere. Teutul told the Journal the business will remain in the building and continue to operate its custom motorcycle, restaurant, merchandise and retail operations. “We’re in good shape,” Teutul said.
Is Orange County Choppers still in business?
The facility has been closed since March. Seventy-five percent of their retail business is international and that was cut off. It was time to think about what to do to survive.
When did Paul Jr Designs start?
Paul Jr. Designs, Luxury Motorcycle Brand Paul Jr. Designs was launched in April 2010, one year after the non-compete clause ended; looking back, he said that his father did him a huge favor when he fired him. Working on the stand for my Coca-Cola Sprite Boy sign for the showroom.
Why did Paul Jr Designs team up with Orange County Choppers?
That also marked the first time Paul Jr Designs staff teamed up with Orange County Choppers, making it the perfect opportunity to clear up any traces of old animosity between father and son.
Who are the real-life employees of OCC?
Audiences became transfixed with not only the motorcycle miracles made from metal and paint, but with the real-life employees of OCC, chief among them impressively mustached (and often contentious) shop boss Paul Teutul, Sr. (or just “Senior”), his son Paul Jr. (“Junior”), Mikey Teutul, Vinnie DiMartino, and Rick Petko, among others.
Is Paul Teutul Jr still with Chopper?
Paul Teutul, Jr. is successful in both fields, co-founding Orange County Chopper with his father in 1999, and then co-starring on American Chopper. In 2010, Teutul left the family business to strike out on his own, opening Paul Junior Designs.