Vilynn is “SHEGON’S Mechanic” and Pinkie’s hubby! Vilynn has been into hot rods and racing since high school when he started building engines. He built the engine for his 1965 Chevy C10 short bed fleet side when he was a Junior in high school!
Vilynn still has his old truck today, thanks to his wife who re-purchased it and gave it to him on their 20th anniversary! To read the full story, click this link: “If my truck could talk!” Vilynn’s truck still has notches in the dash from the street races he won!
Leslie says, “The best part of SHEGON’s mechanic, I am married to him!!! Vilynn is an amazing mechanic! Very detailed! He was in the Air Force as a Crew Chief on F-111 fighter jets! SHEGON is an easy build for him compared to jet engines He makes all the modification decisions and performs all the work! He is definitely making SHEGON faster.”
“It is awesome because we are a husband and wife team and we love garage built race cars like SHEGON! We tell people, it is never too late to pursue your passion! We are trying to help our son get into racing much sooner than we did! He has a 2004 Mustang GT!”
For years, Vilynn and Leslie would go to drag race events and often say, “We will not be spectators forever!” Vilynn also has goals for their 2011 Shelby GT 500!!! His plan is to give SHEGON a run for her money one day with the Shelby! He is already known as “He Gone” since the Shelby is Supercharged!!! The Shelby currently puts down 519 rwhp with 540 ftlbs of torque!