{"id":6842,"date":"2012-08-14T11:36:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T18:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2012-08-14T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T22:48:45","slug":"history-channel-hits-a-basis-loaded-home-run-counting-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=6842","title":{"rendered":"History Channel hits a basis-loaded Home Run: Counting Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\"facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>
\"Danny<\/a>
Danny "The Count" Koker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Most people in Las Vegas<\/strong> bet with chips, but Danny “The Count” Koker<\/strong> bets with cars. Known from his numerous appearances on Pawn Stars<\/strong>, this Sin City legend walks, talks and breathes classic American muscle cars. When he sees a car he wants, he will do whatever it takes to get his hands on it\u2014including making on-the-spot cash offers to unsuspecting owners. On the HISTORY<\/strong> series Counting Cars<\/strong>, Danny and his team restore, customize and sell cars in a hurry, scrambling to keep their Las Vegas shop in the black. From vintage Thunderbirds to classic Corvettes, toy cars to souped-up sidecar motorcycles, Danny and the crew of Count’s Kustoms<\/strong> will stop at nothing to find and flip the greatest rides of all time.” read more from the History Channel<\/a><\/p>\n

The Count – A.K.A. “Count Cool Rider<\/strong>” as the head of the Koker & Family<\/strong> ownership group “purchased Channel 33<\/strong>, Inc. (first air date, 1989.) Under the Kokers, KFBT<\/strong> was an independent station with a firmly local flavor and soon garnered much acclaim with features such as the scary B-movie night Saturday Fright at the Movies<\/strong>, hosted by Count Cool Ride<\/strong>r, which aired at 10 p.m. Count Cool Rider<\/strong> was actually Danny Koker<\/strong>, one of the station’s owners, who has since gone on to become a respected builder of custom motorcycles, as well as a regular expert on the History channel<\/strong> series Pawn Stars<\/strong> and host of its spinoff, Counting Cars<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

PAWN STAR\u2019S<\/strong> bike-expert and way-cool, Danny Koker – AKA -The Count<\/strong> owns, operates and performs at COUNT\u2019S VAMP\u2019D<\/strong> – a Las Vegas rock \u2018n\u2019 roll club that was co-owned by Motley Crue<\/strong> frontman Vince Neil. \u201cCount Vamp\u2019d<\/strong> is the old Feelgoods in Vegas<\/strong> that was opened by investors with Vince Neil<\/strong> of Motley Crue<\/strong> being a minority investor and marketer. Once Neil got divorced he had to sell his stake in the business and the name had to change. Vamp\u2019d is a dracula-themed rock club, bar\/restaurant. Yes, it\u2019s all those things. Unfortunately, I have not caught a show there yet so I cannot speak to the concert setup or sound. I do know they attract national to local acts, George Lynch probably the biggest name that hits there regularly, and local Vegas Iron Maiden tribute band \u2018Aces High\u2019 is also a regular. The bar itself is very cool, has lots of guitars behind glass, cool decor, and rock-star type memorabilia.\u201d Access a previous LasVegasBuffetClub<\/strong> post on COUNT’S VAMP’D<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

…Not to mention, Count’s Kustoms
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\nThe History Channel’s Official Website<\/a>
\nCOUNT’S VAMP’D Official Website<\/a>
\nCount’s Kustoms Official Website<\/a>
\nMain pages of LasVegasBuffetClub.Com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the HISTORY series Counting Cars, Danny and his team restore, customize and sell cars in a hurry, scrambling to keep their Las Vegas shop in the black. From vintage Thunderbirds to classic Corvettes, toy cars to souped-up sidecar motorcycles, Danny and the crew of Count’s Kustoms will stop at nothing to find and flip the greatest rides of all time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[1116,1115,1114,1117,28,1014],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6858,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions\/6858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}