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all the time to get a glimpse of what we’re doing. This is a working shop, and we’re doing some proprietary stuff in here.”
Speaking of the fans, groups of people will begin to line the outer perimeter fence almost every day just to see inside the shop. However, a perimeter fence keeps the fans at arms’ length and out of the way of the working staff and the crew. Filming takes place every day of the week, so film taken today by a fan could potentially ruin a scene six months down the road.
Gas Monkey Garage is not a garage so much as it is an attitude. Rawlings figured this out early while settling on a security system, and knew that cameras installed around the working garage would also be of interest to his fans. KB Technolo- gies dug a trench between the shop and the Merch store, laid in fiber and displays real-time video from inside the garage on TV. It also doesn’t hurt that Rawlings will wander outside the garage to meet and greet the fans throughout the day.
Security cameras took on another duty, after hours. There was the usual rea- son of making sure no one stole, and that happened... once. But then, there was the time that the cleaning crew posed with a recently refurbished Ferrari.
“Things that just happen, and are caught by the security cameras, have also turned into a marketing advantage,” Rawl- ings said. “There are 50 cameras around the facilities, and we’re about halfway there to the security that we expect. All the camera feeds go into Daphne’s office, and she keeps track of the business.”
All in the Family
Daphne Kaminski is Rawlings’ sister. As he explains it, she has been with him, “well, all of my life.” She keeps it all to- gether and running on time, every time. While there haven’t been any huge security challenges, it is partly because everyone knows there are cameras in place to keep the shop secure, and under surveillance.
The cameras are always recording, but even that changes when there is motion. Once motion is detected in any camera range, recording speeds up from real time to 30 frames per second, and via a cell phone app, Rawlings gets an alert that something is moving inside the garage. Rawlings recognizes his strengths in the business world being his ability to find the right people for the job. From the security perspective, he found the perfect solution with Keith Daulton and Keith Bell, and allowed them the space to do what they do best. While the facilities are electronically secure, Gas Monkey Garage also employs a full time armed guard to further secure the premises 24/7.
Security plays a vital role in this real- world hot rod shop. Cars are built fast, within 21 days, and there isn’t time to worry about intrusions or theft. Rawlings doesn’t want to worry about the details of security because, as he writes in his book Fast N’ Loud: “Being a Gas Monkey is about getting out there and getting dirty with your hands, having a good time and enjoying the fruits of that labor.”
Ralph C. Jensen is the editor-in-chief at Security Today magazine.
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