Gregory Abbott, known professionally as Reverend Gadget, is a steel fabrication artist, craftsman, prop builder and television personality based in

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. He is best known to television audiences as part of the build team on the short-lived

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series ''

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'' and has more recently been part of their other series '' Monster House'' and ''

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''. He is currently working with ''EarthxTV'' on his own series ''Reverend Gadget's Garage'' – also known as ''Gadget's World'' – in which he shows his advocation of

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sources by converting gasoline-powered vehicles to electricity. Abbott took the name "Reverend Gadget" to reflect both his craftsman works and the fact that he has been an ordained minister since 1986.

Early life and education

Abbott was born in Torrance, California. He attended one year of college at Menlo College before dropping out. More than half a decade later he returned to school to study economics and business at Santa Monica College as well as computer programming at UCLA.

Career

Abbot is the CEO and president of Left Coast EV. In 2011, Gadget was part of a documentary titled '' Revenge of the Electric Car''.

Recognition

He currently holds 10

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for his works, some of which were with the ''Big!'' build team.

References

External links

Left Coast EV
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