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Grandma's garage gets its chapter on Westen Champlin Podcast

Westen and Garrett revisit the Smokestang build and the car-flipping beginnings behind All Caught Up #12.

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The Story Behind Westen Starting His Business - All Caught Up #12

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1:09Westen and his co-host discuss Patrick Stewart, Jean-Luc Picard and Star Trek.
34:10Working through weekends prompts a conversation about how difficult they find switching off.
36:00Garrett describes video creation and custom car building as more mentally draining than physical ranch labor.
40:35Garrett recalls building the Cummins-swapped Smokestang with basic tools in their grandmother's garage.
49:00Westen explains his aversion to debt and financing equipment.
53:00The hosts recount their car-flipping beginnings and business guidance from their cousin Keith.

How did the Smokestang come together before there was a well-equipped workshop? Garrett remembers basic tools, their grandmother's garage and a build completed in a matter of months.

That recollection sits at the heart of Westen Champlin Podcast's only new upload, "The Story Behind Westen Starting His Business - All Caught Up #12". Westen describes rebuilding an engine in Grandma's driveway at 14, while the later conversation traces their beginnings flipping cars and the business advice they received from their cousin Keith. His short version of those early priorities: "We didn't go party. We worked."

The episode takes its time getting there. Star Trek, travel ideas and an extended aviation discussion precede the business story, which gathers shape around the conversation about working through weekends. Garrett describes making videos and custom cars as more mentally draining than physical ranch work. The episode includes paid sponsor segments.

It reached roughly 22,000 views in its first seven hours and is the channel's busiest video right now. "Why Westen Stopped Uploading On Youtube - All Caught Up #11" remains the next strongest source of daily views, followed by "Our Worst Deal Weve Ever Made - All Caught Up #9".

The channel gained about a thousand subscribers over the week, although its current daily viewing is below its usual level. Among similarly sized podcasts, Fear& also added subscribers at that modest weekly pace, while On with Kara Swisher is having a much busier viewing day than usual.

Under Westen's new episode, viewers have a practical request: more of the people and work behind the builds. Several ask for team members to join the sit-down chats, longer behind-the-scenes sections and a return to fixing troublesome cars for resale.

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What viewers say

Man these sit down chats are great! Y’all should start having each member of the team on, from mechanics to marketing.
@Safely_StrappedSee it on YouTube
I'd like to keep seeing some of those old builds fixing the lemons and selling them for a profit
@sneezinhatchSee it on YouTube
37:45 honestly seeing more behind the scenes stuff would be awesome and make the videos longer for the fans I know I wish I could see more of that
@Justinlovelace-fh6isSee it on YouTube

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who's driving the Forklift outside? 😂
@Cherry_KoolaidSee it on YouTube
not only is he one of the homies, but he likes star trek. westen we gotta hang out some time
@Blueout23See it on YouTube
Man this hit home today keep speaking like this it hits more people then you realize
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The facts

Channel: Westen Champlin Podcast
Subscribers: 386,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 315,410
Videos published this week: 1
Video published: November 7, 2026
Video views so far: 22,108

The numbers

Here is the week in views and subscribers for Westen Champlin Podcast.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

4,909,085

2,014,370

856,091

759,886

520,794

404,979

Westen Champlin Podcast

315,410

Side Dish

77,477

subscribers

386,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

24,577,264

views per day

20,407

typical day: 33,770

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

449,000

438,000

393,000

389,000

Westen Champlin Podcast

386,000

381,000

372,000

330,000

307,000

As of November 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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