Welcome back to Pass Gas, everybody. This one is a good one. We're talking about Bill, the lead slinger Heinz.

Honestly, one of the most influential people that we've maybe ever talked about on the show, but nobody knows his name.

Probably have never heard of him, but he innovated so much. He melted lead. He made custom work. He chopped roofs.

He installed some of the first hydraulics and got them to be mainstream.

Bill worked on many cars that helped launch the car scene down here in Southern California

and thus influenced the rest of car culture overall through his work.

He helped, like, create lowriders.

That's a pretty big deal.

Also got to do a little tiff with a guy George Bears.

And that guy Johnny too.

And this guy Johnny, that guy sucks.

So find out who all these people are.

It's Bill Hines.

Let's get into it.

Summer of 1955 in the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan,

a modest garage with clients' cars lined up on the street

waiting for custom body work. Inside this garage, a small garage with clients cars lined up on the street waiting for custom body

work. Inside this garage, a small-statured man with a cigar hanging out of his mouth. He's

cutting steel, melting lead beads and shaping them to create his unique brand of custom cars,

renowned moving pieces of art known for winning at shows. The man's name was Bill the Led Slinger Hines.

Bill Hines is regarded as one of the greatest car customizers of all time.

He traveled across the country with his cars and worked with so many different names

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