Key Takeaways
- Christie Brimberry, known for her role in Fast N' Loud, has battled cancer and is now in the best shape of her life.
- Brimberry worked as the Office Manager at Gas Monkey Garage, handling accounting and scheduling projects.
- Gas Monkey Garage has transitioned to new platforms and a smaller staff after the show's end, but Brimberry's impact still remains.
The Fast N' Loud TV series followed Richard Rawlings' team through the process of building hot rods, muscle cars, and restoring classic cars. With 100 episodes under the show's belt between 2012 and 2018, Christie Brimberry featured in 55 episodes. She worked in the Gas Monkey Garage office, both in real life and in the show. Brimberry kept track of the workshop's accounts and assisted Rawlings in organizing the growing business.
UPDATE: 2023/09/16 07:39 EST BY SIMRAN RASTOGI
Certain details of what Christie Brimberry was up to after Fast N'Loud were under wraps for a while, but it seems she's back to being open about some of her endeavors. We've updated this article with more recent information on Christie Brimberry's life after Gas Monkey Garage, and how she's battled cancer and bounced back.
After the show, Christie Brimberry hasn't exactly slipped out of the public eye, though she doesn't work with the Gas Monkey team any longer. She's survived Richard Rawlings sometimes-caustic personality, and more importantly, cancer, and by her own words, is in the best shape of her life. If there's a lesson to be learned in how to make the most of any situation, look no further than the former Gas Monkey.
Related: Richard Rawlings Reveals The Real Reason Why Fast N' Loud Got Canceled
Who Was The Secretary On Fast And Loud?
A cast member on Fast N' Loud, Brimberry worked as the Office Manager to Rawlings' Gas Monkey Garage. Featuring on the Discovery Channel's show between 2012 and 2017 Brimberry's work included accounting and scheduling the workshop's projects. Purchasing cars, new parts, making sales, and paying staff are simply too much for the owner of the garage, Rawlings, to handle alongside hosting the show.
Speaking in 2013 on the Gas Monkey Garage and Richard Rawlings' YouTube channel, Brimberry tells the story of how she ended up working at Gas Monkey Garage. Her husband was Rawlings' hairstylist. Needing an administrator, Rawlings approached Brimberry. First appearing in the episode "Frankensteined Ford," Brimberry helped the team get the parts they needed for their projects. That particular project continued to evolve and in 2014 received a supercharged 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine.
In the same interview, Brimberry speaks about the other responsibilities in her work. "Dealing with Tom", she said, is one of these. Tom was an incredibly hyperactive member of the team. Brimberry had to remind the mechanic that he was inside and needs to keep his voice down or leave. Answering a peculiar question Brimberry claims that Tom would win in a fight between him and a sickly ape.
Just like Rawlings, Brimberry's tattoos are instantly recognizable and add to the image of Gas Monkey Garage as a home for hot-rodders. A sign of confidence in herself, Brimberry points out her ankle barbed wire tattoo as a reminder of her younger self.
Who Still Works At Gas Monkey?
As the show left the Discovery Channel, some cast members took the opportunity to take other work. Gas Monkey Garage has transitioned to new platforms and an all-new crew. Instead of documenting their business on television, Gas Monkey Garage now does their builds on YouTube and live streams. With this came a slimming down of the company's staff, instead the team now just has the mechanics and a few videographers. Priding themselves in their lack of assistance from producers, Rawlings is especially proud of how much his team can get done. However, it seems likely that there are a few people tucked away that have taken over from Brimberry.
Related: Here’s Where The Cast Members Of Fast N’ Loud Are Today
What Does Christie Brimberry Drive?
Rawlings' car collection, like most hosts of Discovery Channel motoring shows, is truly insane. With a modified Mustang, Dodge Challenger Hellcat, and Lamborghini Countach. Brimberry's collection is more modest. Consisting of at least one fun vehicle, a modified black Jeep Wrangler. With round headlights and orange reflectors adorning the front grille, her Jeep is a TJ. In production between 1995 and 2006, the TJ is one of the more beloved Jeep generations.
Customized by Dennis Collins of Collins Brothers Jeep, a specialist in post-1976 Jeep models' restoration and modification. Her car is now all black. Making this car look even more intimidating are the off-road customizations of a winch, and a roof-mounted light bar. The TJ generation of Jeep came with a range of PowerTech engines, 2.4 and 2.5-liter in-fours, and a 4.0-liter six-cylinder engine. Brimberry hasn't made it public knowledge if her Jeep has had performance modifications like the cars to leave Gas Monkey Garage. Collins Brothers Jeep does provide Hemi kits for customers, including the Hellcrate.
Related: Here's Why The 1997 Jeep Wrangler TJ Was A Mixed Bag
What Does Christie Brimberry Do Now?
Unlike stars of older motor-based reality TV shows like American Chopper, Brimberry is content to slip out of the public eye, in a sense at least. Still living in Texas, Brimberry's social media makes it clear she is proud of her family's college and athletic achievements. However, like all celebrities who were once in the limelight, she has to contend with fake accounts attempting to scam her fans.
At the end of 2021, Brimberry celebrated being cancer-free for five years. The Gas Monkey Garage star was the victim of hacking, with some personal media leaked online. Thankfully, that breach of her personal space has since been fixed. In a more recent development, it seems that that Christie Brimberry has a reinvigorated sense of confidence in herself, and her body, after battling cancer. Brimberry does do some modeling shoots, and as a confident 51-year old woman who's survived cancer, more power to her!
