![]() Mike knows that he cannot possibly restore all the cars he owns in this lifetime and age is starting to catch up with him. But cars are his obsession alone and he doesn’t want his wife or kids to deal with the Tappen property and all that sits on it after he is gone. Hanging off cliffs and blowing stuff up is how Mike got his nickname – Rasta Blasta. He has previously appeared as rock climber on the show ‘Highway Through Hell’ which features daring rescues of road accidents in the treacherous terrain of the British Columbia mountains. Speaking of “hanging from cliffs”, this is not the first time Mike has been on reality tv. Apparently, Mike has made all his money in the construction business and most of it has gone into buying old junk cars. Before he went into restoring cars full-time, Mike owned a slope stabilization business, Chimera Springs Rock Works, which he summarizes as “hanging from cliffs and blowing shit up”, in typical Mike fashion. Since Mike is not active on social media, there is no more information present about the identity of his wife or other kids apart from son Connor, who also is a part of the show’s main cast. That’s why Mike has to keep all of his collection in Tappen. It is known that Mike’s wife does not share her husband’s crazy love of cars and has forbidden him from bringing any old cars onto their farm. On the show, Mike has not talked much about his family but we do know that he lives with his wife and dog Minnie on a 26-acre farm. Although not many details about the man are public knowledge, it is widely believed that Mike received all his education in Canada itself. Tappen is where Mike owns about five acres of land near Shuswap Lake where he keeps all of his 400 vintage cars. The show ‘Rust Valley Restorers’ is set in the little town of Tappen in British Columbia. Mike first started his vintage car collection as a teenager and has amassed 400 odd cars in a span of 40 years. Mike moved to Kamloops as a kid after his dad got a job with CP Rail. ![]() The eccentric hippie is Canadian through and through, born and raised in Saint Boniface, Manitoba. ![]()
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