Marriage, Mayhem & Motor Oil: 29 Years of Wrenching on Life with Marilyn Brown

This one’s personal.

In this special episode of Repair Shop Reckoning, Kevin sits down with his wife of 29 years, Marilyn Brown. The woman who’s been there since the beginning. From beer bottles at Frigate’s in Walled Lake to building a family, surviving broke-as-hell Christmases, and running businesses together, nothing’s off-limits in this conversation.

They dive into the real side of marriage and entrepreneurship — the fights, the forgiveness, and the funny-as-hell moments that kept them going. Marilyn opens up about raising kids, dealing with exes, working her way up in corporate life, and eventually running the backend of Kevin’s shops. Together, they break down what it really takes to stay married, stay sane, and stay in business when life keeps throwing punches.

You’ll laugh, you’ll shake your head, and you might even feel a little better about your own chaos.

Because at the end of the day success, marriage, and business all come down to the same rule: work your ass off, tell the truth, and don’t hold grudges.

Topics Covered:

• The wild story of how Kevin and Marilyn met (and the beer bottle incident 🤕)
• What it’s really like being married to a mechanic-turned-business owner
• Parenting, adoption, and surviving blended-family chaos
• The early days of being broke and building from nothing
• Why communication (and not giving a damn what people think) saves marriages and businesses
• Payroll screwups, scammers, audits, and the emotional roller coaster of owning a shop
• The difference between loyalty and permission in relationships and leadership
• Why feelings don’t belong in management meetings

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