The Outer Side

#106 - DESIGNED & BUILT

The Outer Side

Show Notes

Richard Swindel-Hurst is the man behind Designed & Built.

Richard is a fully certified engineer, worked extensively on the Next Gen Ford Ranger program, has built some insane custom 4WDs, froths Mountain Bikes & Dirt Bikes, and has built a significant following for his custom builds on his YouTube channel - Designed & Built.

Tony and Richard chat about his early experience at Ford working on the Ranger development, his transition into full time content creation, his 'Douma' business developing custom bike racks, his recent move into vehicle compliance engineering under VASS certification, and heaps more.

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