Midwest Outlaw Garage

10/10/2026

🏁 NINE NOMINATIONS! 🏁

Midwest Outlaw Garage has been nominated in NINE automotive categories for Best of Southwest Iowa 2026!

🏆 HERE'S WHAT WE'RE UP FOR:

🔧 Best Alignment
🛞 Best Brake Service
🚗 Best Car Repair
👨‍🔧 Best Mechanic — Austin Rief
🛢️ Best Place for an Oil Change
🛞 Best Place to Buy Tires
💪 Best Diesel & Heavy Duty Repair
🔩 Best Diesel & Heavy Duty Mechanic — Austin Rief
⚙️ Best Small Engine Repair

We're pretty excited about this! We've worked hard to build Midwest Outlaw Garage into what it is today, and it's great to see that hard work being recognized.

Now we need YOUR help! 🔧

🗳️ HOW TO VOTE:

1. Click the link below to go directly to the Automotive voting page.
2. Enter and confirm your email address at the top.
3. Scroll through the categories and select Midwest Outlaw Garage or Austin Rief in the categories we're nominated in.
4. Once you've made your selections, scroll to the bottom and click SUBMIT.

You can vote in ALL NINE categories with the same email address! Each email address is allowed one vote per category.

🏆 Voting closes October 30th!

🔗 https://bestofsouthwestiowa.com/vote-automotive/

We truly appreciate everyone who continues to support our shop, recommend us to others, and trust us with their vehicles. Thank you for helping us represent Shenandoah! 🏁

Best Alignment

09/27/2026

What an AMAZING turnout we had today for the ShenFest 2nd Annual CarShow hosted by our shop! 🏁🔥 We could not get all of the hustle and bustle in one picture (we need a drone 😂)

A huge thank you to O’Reilly Auto Parts for sponsoring, and to everyone who helped make today possible!

Most importantly, thank you to all of the participants and fellow car enthusiasts who came out and made the day such a success. We couldn’t do it without you!

We’re already looking forward to making next year even BIGGER and BETTER! 🏆🚗💨

09/25/2026

🚗✈️ **REV THOSE ENGINES & LOOK TO THE SKIES!** ✈️🚗

Join us for the **2nd Annual SHENFEST CLASSIC CAR SHOW during ShenFest Airport Day, proudly hosted by yours truly, Midwest Outlaw Garage!

📍📆Sunday, September 27th, 2026 at the Shenandoah Municipal Airport (2033 Manti Rd.
Shenandoah, IA 51601)

🕗 **8:00 AM – 3:00 PM**
✔ Registration: **8:00 AM – 10:00 AM** (registration fee $20.00 per vehicle)
🏆 Awards: **2:00 PM – 3:00 PM**

**Awards Include:**

🏅 Plaque Awards for the Top 25
🏆 Large Quad Column Trophy for Best of Show

Triple Column Trophys given for:
⭐ Best Truck
⭐ Best Car
⭐ Best Paint
⭐ Best Interior
⭐ Best Engine Bay
⭐ Best Patina
⭐ Best Ford
⭐ Best GM
⭐ Best Mopar
⭐ Best Muscle
⭐ Best Import
⭐ Best Rat Rod

Unique Awards for:
👦 Kid's Choice Award
🔥 Midwest Outlaw Garage Choice Award

🍳 **Fly-In Breakfast**
🕢 **7:30 AM – 10:30 AM**
🥞 Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast
💵 Freewill Donation

🌭 **The Shenandoah Veterans Memorial Museum will be serving up all-beef hot dogs and brats beginning at10:30 AM, so come hungry and help support a great local organization!

🚒 **Touch-A-Truck**
Meet your local heroes and check out **emergency vehicles** up close! Kids (and adults!) will have the opportunity to explore fire trucks, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, and more.

🍺 **Adult beverages will also be available** for those 21+, making it the perfect way to spend your Sunday afternoon.

✈️ **Airplane rides** will also be available throughout the day for anyone wanting to experience Shenandoah from the sky! (Ride pricing is determined by the organizers.)

Whether you're bringing a show car, flying in, grabbing breakfast, checking out the emergency vehicles, enjoying the food, or just spending the day with family and friends—there's something for everyone!

🚗 💥 Bring your classics, oldies, newbies, muscle cars, trucks, imports, hot rods, rat rods, customs, and everything in between. If it has wheels and you're proud of it, park it with us! 😎🏁
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Bring the family.
✈️ Enjoy the airplanes.
🎉 Let's make this the biggest ShenFest Classic Car Show yet!

Thank you O'Reillys for sponshoring this show!

09/08/2026

🚨IT’S OFFICIAL — OUR EPISODE IS LIVE! 🚨

From a 300-square-foot home garage → a 22,000-square-foot facility → and now our story is headed to AMAZON PRIME. 🤯🔥

🎬 Watch our full Legacy Makers episode below! 👇

It’s honestly crazy to look back at where Midwest Outlaw Garage started.

There was no huge shop. No big name. No guarantee that any of this was going to work.

Just a love for horsepower, a crazy dream, a relentless work ethic, and two people willing to take some pretty big risks to build the life we wanted.

Austin and I come from very different backgrounds, and we definitely don’t always think the same way or see things from the same perspective. 😂 But somewhere along the way, we learned that those differences are actually one of our greatest strengths. We challenge each other, balance each other out, and when one of us has a crazy idea, somehow we figure out how to make it happen.

That little home garage eventually became what Midwest Outlaw Garage is today — a business that has been voted Best of Southwest Iowa multiple years in a row and one that is constantly busy. Along the way, we are raising three kids, built another completely different business with Lil’ Grease Monkey Childcare, survived plenty of chaos, learned some hard lessons, celebrated some pretty incredible wins, and just kept pushing forward.

Now we get to share a piece of that journey with the world. ❤️

Our Legacy Makers episode with Inside Success is officially available to watch NOW, and when the full season is released, you’ll also be able to watch us on Amazon Prime! 🎥🔥

We couldn’t have built any of this alone.

To our employees, customers, friends, family, community, and every person who has trusted us, recommended us, voted for us, supported our events, shared our name, or simply cheered us on...

THANK YOU. ❤️

You have all been part of this story.

And just a heads up... we’re still just getting started. 🏁🔥

BLOOD • SWEAT • WH***EY
BUILT, NOT BOUGHT

🔥 Go watch it and let us know what you think!

Discover how Austin and Hannah Rief transformed a two bay garage into thriving businesses while building a legacy through risk, family, and determination.

09/07/2026

🔥🎬 OUR LEGACY MAKERS TRAILER IS LIVE! 🎬

Here’s your first look at the story behind Austin & Hannah Rief — the hard work, the risks, the setbacks, and everything it took to build what we have today.

We’re incredibly excited to share this with everyone, and this is just the beginning. 👀

🔥 Watch the trailer now — then tune in TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH at 7 PM for the FULL STORY! 🔥

We can’t wait for you guys to see it. 🏁

***ey

09/07/2026

🔥 IT’S ALMOST TIME! 🔥

Our Legacy Makers trailer drops TODAY at 3 PM! 👀🎬

We’re beyond excited to finally share a glimpse of our story and our journey!

⚡ 3 PM! ⚡

***ey

09/01/2026

🏆 HELP US MAKE IT 5 YEARS IN A ROW! 🏆

👇 NOMINATE MIDWEST OUTLAW GARAGE HERE:
https://bestofsouthwestiowa.com/vote-automotive/

Best of Southwest Iowa nominations are officially OPEN, and we’re asking our amazing customers, friends, and community to help put Midwest Outlaw Garage back on that ballot! 🔧🔥

Thanks to YOU, we’ve been honored to bring home Best of Southwest Iowa awards FOUR YEARS IN A ROW — and we’re ready to go after year #5! 💪

There are multiple Automotive categories you can nominate us for, so don’t be afraid to show us some love in more than one! 👀

🏆 Best Alignment
🏆 Best Brake Service
🏆 Best Car Repair
🏆 Best Mechanic—Austin Rief, Midwest Outlaw Garage
🏆 Best Place For An Oil Change
🏆 Best Place To Buy Tires
🏆 Best Diesel & Heavy Duty Repair
🏆 Best Diesel & Heavy Duty Repair Mechanic — Austin Rief, Midwest Outlaw Garage

Every nomination means a lot to our entire crew. We’re a small-town, locally owned shop, and we wouldn’t be where we are without the customers and community who continue to support us year after year.

👇 NOMINATE MIDWEST OUTLAW GARAGE HERE:
https://bestofsouthwestiowa.com/vote-automotive/

Let’s make it FIVE YEARS STRAIGHT! 🏆🏆🏆🏆➡️🏆

Midwest Outlaw Garage
🔧 Built Not Bought
🥃 Blood • Sweat • Wh***ey

Best Alignment

08/31/2026

🔥 MODERN MUSCLE MONDAY 🔥

Old-school attitude. New-school horsepower. 💪🏼🏁

Whether it’s a Camaro, Mustang, Challenger, Charger, Corvette, or another modern-day monster—we want to see it!

👇 Drop a picture of your modern muscle in the comments! 👇

Let’s see who’s bringing the HEAT this Monday. 🔥

Midwest Outlaw Garage
🩸 Blood • Sweat • Wh***ey
🔧 Built Not Bought

***ey

08/11/2026

🔧❄️ FROM TORN APART TO BACK TOGETHER — ANOTHER EVAPORATOR JOB COMPLETE! ❄️🔧

This Chrysler Town & Country came into Midwest Outlaw Garage needing an A/C evaporator replacement, and these pictures show exactly why an evaporator job is such a labor-intensive repair!
The evaporator is buried deep inside the HVAC box behind the dashboard of these newer vehicles.
✅ Evaporator replaced
✅ Dashboard and interior completely put back together
✅ A/C system serviced
✅ COLD AIR IS BACK! 🥶💨
Jobs like this are a great example of how sometimes replacing the part is the easy part — getting to it is where the work comes in!

08/10/2026

WE'RE HIRING – DIESEL TECHNICIAN 🚨

Midwest Outlaw Garage is looking for an experienced Diesel Technician to join our team in Shenandoah, Iowa.

If you're the type of technician who takes pride in your work, can diagnose problems instead of just replacing parts, and wants to work in a fast-paced shop that values quality over shortcuts, we want to talk to you.

What we're looking for:
Strong diesel diagnostic and repair experience
Ability to work independently and efficiently
Own tools preferred
Valid driver's license
Positive attitude and dependable work ethic

What you'll work on:
• Power Stroke, Cummins & Duramax trucks
• Diagnostics & drivability concerns
• Engine repairs
• Suspension & steering
• Performance upgrades
• Fleet maintenance
• And much more

Why Midwest Outlaw Garage?
✔ Very Competitive pay based on experience
✔ Full-time position
✔ Modern diagnostic equipment
✔ Variety of work—no boring assembly-line repairs
✔ Family-owned shop with a reputation for quality

If you're tired of being just another number and want to work with a team that values craftsmanship, this is your opportunity.

Stop by the shop, send us a Facebook message, or email your resume to [email protected]