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Two Wheel Thunder TV & Rusty Coones one of the Stars from the Hit Show Sons Of Anarchy.
VIDEO - http://youtu.be/kzychdIEU8o
Rusty Coones has lived what could easily be a "Sons of Anarchy" plot line.
A
tower of a man with tattooed arms jutting from his sides like turrets,
Coones is a longstanding Hells Angel and bike builder who owns Illusion
Motorsports in Westminster -- a custom shop that specializes in burly
black bikes that would be right at home on the hit FX show that
re-imagines "Hamlet" with a gun-running motorcycle club doling out
eye-for-an-eye justice in a small California town.
With recent
appearances on "Sons of Anarchy" and bikes he's built for the show's
creator, Coones blurs the line between reality and fiction. In two
episodes leading up to Tuesday's grisly season finale, Coones played
Quinn, president of a Sons of Anarchy Nomads charter, riding one of his
own Illusion customs. Coones says he'll be back on "Sons" next season in
the role that has him playing himself, essentially. In real life, he
was president of the Angels' San Fernando Valley and Orange County
chapters.
It's well-known that "Sons of Anarchy" creator and
executive producer Kurt Sutter regularly consults with the Hells Angels
to ensure the show's authenticity. Coones first met Sutter when show
creator and lead actor Charlie Hunnam came to an open house at the
Illusion shop in 2008, after which he was asked to build a custom bike
that was featured in the DVD extras for the show's third season and
later auctioned for charity.
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