Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns

Episoder

• 
  09.23.26 (MP3): Gearhead Conflagration! Flock Cameras ARE Spying On You (So Are New Cars), K-Cars & Red Sticky, GM Diesels & Allison Trannies, Specialty Parts Matter, Injector Cleaner on Schedule & ATF in Everything, RWD vs AWD vs FWD, + Desert Metal 29.09.2026 1t 6min

  So much brain, so little bandwidth...  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort invaded the Automotive A.D.H.D. studios and rallied Primary Knowledge Unit Matt West for an hour of high-density car-guy madness.  Pour the Thai tea and lock the hatch, because the gearhead time-space interruptor is on.  From the battle of Toyota versus Subaru to EZ Subies and blown 22REs, and the EJ257 versus the FA24, plus the eternal question of "If I bought 300hp, why can't I use them all?", these two overintuited car geeks went after it.  HFS.  More?  Junkyard versus O.E...  Where "red sticky" grease came from...  How International and Mercury made better engines than the factory...  Why your car is following you...  Why the O.E.s put SCCA memberships in the glovebox of new cars...  Tach dumps under the overpass, and mechanic-owned cars on the menu... While we're at it: Roy Scheider, "Final Countdown", cohost nicknames, boba from the Coffee & Tea Zone, and desert metal from Fatso Jetson, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Masters of Reality, Screaming Trees and Yawning Man.
• 
  09.23.26: Gearhead Conflagration! Flock Cameras ARE Spying On You (So Are New Cars), K-Cars & Red Sticky, GM Diesels & Allison Trannies, Specialty Parts Matter, Injector Cleaner on Schedule & ATF in Everything, RWD vs AWD vs FWD, + Desert Metal 29.09.2026 1t 6min

  So much brain, so little bandwidth...  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort invaded the Automotive A.D.H.D. studios and rallied Primary Knowledge Unit Matt West for an hour of high-density car-guy madness.  Pour the Thai tea and lock the hatch, because the gearhead time-space interruptor is on.  From the battle of Toyota versus Subaru to EZ Subies and blown 22REs, and the EJ257 versus the FA24, plus the eternal question of "If I bought 300hp, why can't I use them all?", these two overintuited car geeks went after it.  HFS.  More?  Junkyard versus O.E...  Where "red sticky" grease came from...  How International and Mercury made better engines than the factory...  Why your car is following you...  Why the O.E.s put SCCA memberships in the glovebox of new cars...  Tach dumps under the overpass, and mechanic-owned cars on the menu... While we're at it: Roy Scheider, "Final Countdown", cohost nicknames, boba from the Coffee & Tea Zone, and desert metal from Fatso Jetson, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Masters of Reality, Screaming Trees and Yawning Man.
• 
  09.11.26 (MP3): Vehicular Enabling of Summer (& 9/11 Not Forgotten), Take the Unbeaten Path/Lost 2-Lane/Route Less Traff*@&ed, & Above the Clouds Show in Woodland Park, Detailing Black Cars (911 & 5.0), Folding Phones & Spying TVs, + Surf Guitar for Scott 25.09.2026 1t

  Yeah, we've got a little catch-upping to do - busy happens...  On 9/11's 25th anniversary, the Garage Hour goons got a little lost in the moment (find the French documentary from NBC (?), find the Nova special about why the towers fell, and then pour one out for those who won't be coming back), but also honored the importance of living and doing with the tragedy still in mind.  With gearheads everywhere still rolling around in the tail end of summer - endless summer - it's time to detail up, cruise out, go where you feel, and enjoy the far end of summer.  Additional car guy goodness: gearheadventures with Matt at Automotive A.D.H.D., winged or wingless, Bobcat repair, gas prices, a Miata versus a 600RR, and another win for "32 Hot Rod Hits" There's more: don't spill your hydration, Regular Bill and Admiral Rickover, Link Wray and Dick Dale, and a very tired Hostus Maximus.
• 
  09.11.26: Vehicular Enabling of Summer (& 9/11 Not Forgotten), Take the Unbeaten Path/Lost 2-Lane/Route Less Traff*@&ed, & Above the Clouds Show in Woodland Park, Detailing Black Cars (911 & 5.0), Folding Phones & Spying TVs, + Surf Guitar for Scott 25.09.2026 1t

  Yeah, we've got a little catch-upping to do - busy happens...  On 9/11's 25th anniversary, the Garage Hour goons got a little lost in the moment (find the French documentary from NBC (?), find the Nova special about why the towers fell, and then pour one out for those who won't be coming back), but also honored the importance of living and doing with the tragedy still in mind.  With gearheads everywhere still rolling around in the tail end of summer - endless summer - it's time to detail up, cruise out, go where you feel, and enjoy the far end of summer.  Additional car guy goodness: gearheadventures with Matt at Automotive A.D.H.D., winged or wingless, Bobcat repair, gas prices, a Miata versus a 600RR, and another win for "32 Hot Rod Hits" There's more: don't spill your hydration, Regular Bill and Admiral Rickover, Link Wray and Dick Dale, and a very tired Hostus Maximus.
• 
  08.22.26 (MP3): Get Prepped for Four-Wheeling - Equipment, Vehicle, Mechanical, Technique, Knowing Where You're Going, Understanding What You're 'Froading, Modding What You Have, & Secrets of JFS4 (Hit a Town & Be In It), + Clutch, Helmet & Herb Alpert 08.09.2026 1t 4min

  A look over the shoulder from the Gearhead Consultancy about how to make yourself ready and able to enjoy a week off-roading in the hills...  We've got mechanical touchpoints to get after on your buggy (and in it), a basic list of tools and juices, ancillary gear that'll have you pretty damn prepared before you head out, and a few thoughts on sucking info and technique out of your fellow 'froaders rather than just sucking.  There's also some trucks worth taking, dude's worth having around, maps worth reading, tech worth ignoring, and ideas worth executing. There's more to it: marble in Marble, Irish whiskey in Justin, lumberjacks in Russia, and transmissions in LS400s.
• 
  08.22.26: Get Prepped for Four-Wheeling - Equipment, Vehicle, Mechanical, Technique, Knowing Where You're Going, Understanding What You're 'Froading, Modding What You Have, & Secrets of JFS4 (Hit a Town & Be In It), + Clutch, Helmet & Herb Alpert 08.09.2026 1t 4min

  A look over the shoulder from the Gearhead Consultancy about how to make yourself ready and able to enjoy a week off-roading in the hills...  We've got mechanical touchpoints to get after on your buggy (and in it), a basic list of tools and juices, ancillary gear that'll have you pretty damn prepared before you head out, and a few thoughts on sucking info and technique out of your fellow 'froaders rather than just sucking.  There's also some trucks worth taking, dude's worth having around, maps worth reading, tech worth ignoring, and ideas worth executing. There's more to it: marble in Marble, Irish whiskey in Justin, lumberjacks in Russia, and transmissions in LS400s.
• 
  08.12.26 (MP3): JFSummit4 Recap - Marble, Colorado Four-Wheeling in 4Runners, Grenadiers, Side-by-Sides & a Wrangler, w/ Rocks & Bonks, Trails & Towns, Damage & Drop-Offs, + Online Maps (Bad?), Offshoots (Good?), & Golf Carts (Cheating?) 31.08.2026 1t 17min

  The gearhead goons' annual getogether at JFS4 went off relatively hitchless - so much 'froading, so much food and a seriously good hangout at Eagle's Nest in Marble (got to have a driveway that's four-by only).  From classic trails like the famously lethal Schofield Road, multipersonalitied Pearl Pass, bottled up Gunsite Road, expansive Montezuma Basin, unappreciated Sheep Mountain, Lead King and Crystal Mill (get in there), we shoved everything from ultra-capable trail buggies to an Ineos Grenadier with the radar signature of the Pentagon through (almost) all of them (and you can too!).  ...And because we did everything and then some in trailed-out 4Runners and a Jeep, you probably can too - advocate for your access and your right to roam. More info in this extended-play look over the shoulder: BushDucks (has details), Admiral Rickover (knows stuff), community Marble (get some), vintage truck self-adjustment (because third-gen 4Runner), geniuses from Hughes to Musk, Ayatollahs from San Diego, plus Fatso Jetson, Kyuss, Earthlings, Truckfighters and Corrosion of Conformity.
• 
  08.12.26: JFSummit4 Recap - Marble, Colorado Four-Wheeling in 4Runners, Grenadiers, Side-by-Sides & a Wrangler, w/ Rocks & Bonks, Trails & Towns, Damage & Drop-Offs, + Online Maps (Bad?), Offshoots (Good?), & Golf Carts (Cheating?) 31.08.2026 1t 17min

  The gearhead goons' annual getogether at JFS4 went off relatively hitchless - so much 'froading, so much food and a seriously good hangout at Eagle's Nest in Marble (got to have a driveway that's four-by only).  From classic trails like the famously lethal Schofield Road, multipersonalitied Pearl Pass, bottled up Gunsite Road, expansive Montezuma Basin, unappreciated Sheep Mountain, Lead King and Crystal Mill (get in there), we shoved everything from ultra-capable trail buggies to an Ineos Grenadier with the radar signature of the Pentagon through (almost) all of them (and you can too!).  ...And because we did everything and then some in trailed-out 4Runners and a Jeep, you probably can too - advocate for your access and your right to roam. More info in this extended-play look over the shoulder: BushDucks (has details), Admiral Rickover (knows stuff), community Marble (get some), vintage truck self-adjustment (because third-gen 4Runner), geniuses from Hughes to Musk, Ayatollahs from San Diego, plus Fatso Jetson, Kyuss, Earthlings, Truckfighters and Corrosion of Conformity.
• 
  08.08.26 (MP3): Right to Repair & Why You Care, America's 250th Fly-Bys (as 250 Go By), Your Head On a Swivel (Don't Get Dead!), Who's Looking After Warfighters' Cars?, When Road-Rage Goes from Performative Tantrum to Danger Action, + Holst's "Mars" 25.08.2026 1t 3min

  Whether you're fixing your John Deere tractor or pulling fasteners out of your MacBook, your right to repair it seems like a no-brainer, but there are those who'd like to lock you out of your access to your own property.  No freakin' way, according to the Garage Hour goons (as well as the F.T.C., independent repairmen, Steve Wozniak, and makes and breakers worldwide).  While you're in there, have some fly-by stories from America's 250th birthday (and some F-14 Tomcat memories from the Hostus Maximus's childhood), tales of teaching kids to be good at things, what "new" is worth, dudes from Blue Man dodging dummies driving, a few thoughts on road rage, and a little decompression from JFS4. Also in there: some Rob (and some White) Zombie, a little Fatso Jetson, Die Krupps, and a thought about Holst's Planets and "Mars", plus an Excellent Weirdo R.I.P. for Ben Jones, the "Dukes of Hazzard's" Cooter and a proper two-fisted southern gentleman.
• 
  08.08.26: Right to Repair & Why You Care, America's 250th Fly-Bys (as 250 Go By), Your Head On a Swivel (Don't Get Dead!), Who's Looking After Warfighters' Cars?, When Road-Rage Goes from Performative Tantrum to Danger Action, + Holst's "Mars" 25.08.2026 1t 3min

  Whether you're fixing your John Deere tractor or pulling fasteners out of your MacBook, your right to repair it seems like a no-brainer, but there are those who'd like to lock you out of your access to your own property.  No freakin' way, according to the Garage Hour goons (as well as the F.T.C., independent repairmen, Steve Wozniak, and makes and breakers worldwide).  While you're in there, have some fly-by stories from America's 250th birthday (and some F-14 Tomcat memories from the Hostus Maximus's childhood), tales of teaching kids to be good at things, what "new" is worth, dudes from Blue Man dodging dummies driving, a few thoughts on road rage, and a little decompression from JFS4. Also in there: some Rob (and some White) Zombie, a little Fatso Jetson, Die Krupps, and a thought about Holst's Planets and "Mars", plus an Excellent Weirdo R.I.P. for Ben Jones, the "Dukes of Hazzard's" Cooter and a proper two-fisted southern gentleman.
• 
  08.02.26 (MP3): Politicians Drive Like They're "Special", Hyundai Beta Tests on You, Robot Cars Get Cornfused, MN Car Keyers Get Promoted, & a Few Good Things Happen to Americans' 2A, + S.T.P. All Show Long 19.08.2026 53min

  How 'bout it?  Robots; crashing their cars into you, versus people; crashing their cars into grandma's house.   Politicians; bad driving and continuing crashing (and more delusional demands for special treatment).  Hyundai; stacking up the recalls (seatbelt for me, seat fire for you).  Speed versus traffic.  Banana versus tailpipe.  Naked chicks.  Advertising in your car.  Flock in your privacy.  ...And a lesson about parking your car in Minnesota - don't, because the state will promote the guy who keys it. ...While we're getting back after it after a week in the rocks (with an episode from JFS4 is coming right up), the gearhead goons (gearhoons?) have whipped up an hour of General Chicanery (sir!) for you with this one. Also, some 2A goodness: silencers getting legaller, hunting getting more doable, (sort'a) fine chromed Turkish revolvers, and nothing but Stone Temple Pilots rolling background.
• 
  08.02.26: Politicians Drive Like They're "Special", Hyundai Beta Tests on You, Robot Cars Get Cornfused, MN Car Keyers Get Promoted, & a Few Good Things Happen to Americans' 2A, + S.T.P. All Show Long 19.08.2026 53min

  How 'bout it?  Robots; crashing their cars into you, versus people; crashing their cars into grandma's house.   Politicians; bad driving and continuing crashing (and more delusional demands for special treatment).  Hyundai; stacking up the recalls (seatbelt for me, seat fire for you).  Speed versus traffic.  Banana versus tailpipe.  Naked chicks.  Advertising in your car.  Flock in your privacy.  ...And a lesson about parking your car in Minnesota - don't, because the state will promote the guy who keys it. ...While we're getting back after it after a week in the rocks (with an episode from JFS4 is coming right up), the gearhead goons (gearhoons?) have whipped up an hour of General Chicanery (sir!) for you with this one. Also, some 2A goodness: silencers getting legaller, hunting getting more doable, (sort'a) fine chromed Turkish revolvers, and nothing but Stone Temple Pilots rolling background.
• 
  07.24.26 (MP3): Distracted Driving VS Uncontrollable Progress, TriState Driving Doom VS Cops Who Are Not, Critical Mass VS Flash-Takeover Hoodlums, Dodge It VS Ditch It, Skeletons in UK VS Cannonballs in MS, More Robot Car Fails + So Much Snail 31.07.2026 52min

  While Tri-State hoodlums make a mockery of Critical Mass and drivers in New Jersey are too distracted to see the cops, truck tires are attacking attentive freewaygoers and robot cars continue to plan your doom.  Whatever will you do?  Firstly, consult the experts: the Garage Hour goons are here for you - professional gearheads with geekpower aplenty, we've got da' Motts on your fear of flying tires, flying bears, flailing fat guys and flashmobbing urban slideshowers.      There's also car chases (#because), Johnny Cab (the first wave), cops in gillie suits (not a 'squatch, not a bush, and not eucalyptus), the Bodycount Conundrum (because technology is not on your side), and tuning your wheelbarrow (#becausecaveman). It's in there:  hardwood brooms, Richard the Third, our famous Dig Two Holes in England and You'll Find One Skeleton theory, Civil War cannonballs for fun and profit, and just about all of Snail's "Feral".
• 
  07.24.26: Distracted Driving VS Uncontrollable Progress, TriState Driving Doom VS Cops Who Are Not, Critical Mass VS Flash-Takeover Hoodlums, Dodge It VS Ditch It, Skeletons in UK VS Cannonballs in MS, More Robot Car Fails + So Much Snail 31.07.2026 52min

  While Tri-State hoodlums make a mockery of Critical Mass and drivers in New Jersey are too distracted to see the cops, truck tires are attacking attentive freewaygoers and robot cars continue to plan your doom.  Whatever will you do?  Firstly, consult the experts: the Garage Hour goons are here for you - professional gearheads with geekpower aplenty, we've got da' Motts on your fear of flying tires, flying bears, flailing fat guys and flashmobbing urban slideshowers.      There's also car chases (#because), Johnny Cab (the first wave), cops in gillie suits (not a 'squatch, not a bush, and not eucalyptus), the Bodycount Conundrum (because technology is not on your side), and tuning your wheelbarrow (#becausecaveman). It's in there:  hardwood brooms, Richard the Third, our famous Dig Two Holes in England and You'll Find One Skeleton theory, Civil War cannonballs for fun and profit, and just about all of Snail's "Feral".
• 
  07.14.26 (MP3): What Welders for Welding? Gearheads Talk New & Used - Miller, Lincoln, Esab, Forney, Omnipro (Harbor Freight?), & Welds @ Trailers, Bumpers, Repairs, Artsy-Fartsy, & Thicker, Juicier & Soberer Welds, + Fried Squid VS All-You-Can-Eat Sushi 29.07.2026 52min

  While the hills smolder and good folks wonder why the Front Range won't open up logging (or encourage heating with wood), the Garage Hour goons gathered out in B.F.E. for an hour of knowin' - when it's time to shop for a welder, what do you want?  What welds require which machine?  How much power will you need?  How do you hook it up?  What brands matter more?  What welding are you doing?  New welder or used?  Prices and availability? Recommendations for the rest of your day: try the fried squid but avoid all-you-can-eat sushi.  Cats may not be as evil as we think, but horses and golden retrievers might.  Rabbit meat is pretty damn good in spaghetti sauce.  Be nice to Israel or your pants might explode with you in 'em.  Also, WE'RE STILL PG.
• 
  07.14.26: What Welders for Welding? Gearheads Talk New & Used - Miller, Lincoln, Esab, Forney, Omnipro (Harbor Freight?), & Welds @ Trailers, Bumpers, Repairs, Artsy-Fartsy, & Thicker, Juicier & Soberer Welds, + Fried Squid VS All-You-Can-Eat Sushi 29.07.2026 52min

  While the hills smolder and good folks wonder why the Front Range won't open up logging (or encourage heating with wood), the Garage Hour goons gathered out in B.F.E. for an hour of knowin' - when it's time to shop for a welder, what do you want?  What welds require which machine?  How much power will you need?  How do you hook it up?  What brands matter more?  What welding are you doing?  New welder or used?  Prices and availability? Recommendations for the rest of your day: try the fried squid but avoid all-you-can-eat sushi.  Cats may not be as evil as we think, but horses and golden retrievers might.  Rabbit meat is pretty damn good in spaghetti sauce.  Be nice to Israel or your pants might explode with you in 'em.  Also, WE'RE STILL PG.
• 
  07.11.26 (MP3): Best Junkyard Show @ Best Parts - Demolition Derby Cars, Auto Glass, Car(cas) Demand, European Parts Buying, The LA/San Diego Run in Under 11 Parsecs, Beer Tasting, Dude Fooding, Oil Heating & Mexican Food 22.07.2026 1t 1min

  Gearheads doing gearhead stuff...  What better a Saturday than sips and shocks; beers and brakes; glasses of ale and boxes full of used parts?  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and Brown Ryan rolled to the urban fortress that is the grade-A junkyard at Best Foreign Used Parts for an hour of good beer (some local, some very international), good shopping (when your salvage yard is so good people incorporate it in their summer travel plans), good Mexican food (now you know), and good stories about the sipping scene in the 'Springs itself.  Don, Jake and Sam joined in, but Tom and the 'yard dogs were off that day. Beer here: Outlaw Lager, Breck's Funslinger (and a few I.P.A.s), Odell's Blackberry, Hillas and Mythos (from Greece), and Berthod's I.P.A..  Dude Food: Old Chicago, Lou Malnati's, Breckenridge Brewing, and enough Mexican to plug the hole in the Titanic.
• 
  07.11.26: Best Junkyard Show @ Best Parts - Demolition Derby Cars, Auto Glass, Car(cas) Demand, European Parts Buying, The LA/San Diego Run in Under 11 Parsecs, Beer Tasting, Dude Fooding, Oil Heating & Mexican Food 22.07.2026 1t 1min

  Gearheads doing gearhead stuff...  What better a Saturday than sips and shocks; beers and brakes; glasses of ale and boxes full of used parts?  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and Brown Ryan rolled to the urban fortress that is the grade-A junkyard at Best Foreign Used Parts for an hour of good beer (some local, some very international), good shopping (when your salvage yard is so good people incorporate it in their summer travel plans), good Mexican food (now you know), and good stories about the sipping scene in the 'Springs itself.  Don, Jake and Sam joined in, but Tom and the 'yard dogs were off that day. Beer here: Outlaw Lager, Breck's Funslinger (and a few I.P.A.s), Odell's Blackberry, Hillas and Mythos (from Greece), and Berthod's I.P.A..  Dude Food: Old Chicago, Lou Malnati's, Breckenridge Brewing, and enough Mexican to plug the hole in the Titanic.
• 
  07.04.26 (MP3): Happy Birthday, America! Independence Day in B.F.E. (Hangout in da Garadtch), w/ Truck Parts, Good Engines, Wrecked 4Runners, Co. Springs WW2 Air Force Museum, Fireworks VS Mortars, Marines VS Army, Kiel VS Nillson, + Rock & Roll 17.07.2026 58min

  The Garage Hour goons assembled at Location BFE for an hour of good garagey fun - salvaging parts from rolled trucks, hubcaps versus center caps, some of the more durable engines, and current catalytic convertor costs.  There's also some villains, some mortar rounds, a look at the 'Springs' WW2 Air Force Museum, some dead baby jokes (yeah, I know, we couldn't help ourselves - the chicken started it), and an Excellent Weirdo R.I.P. for Kjell Nillson - better known as Lord Humongous. Still in there: clips versus mags, extension cords, questionable fireworks, a fancy starter, JFS4, the live-fire zone that is Colorado Springs on Independence Day, flybys from the U.S. military (and the French?), and Five-Horse Johnson sets the mood.
• 
  07.04.26: Happy Birthday, America! Independence Day in B.F.E. (Hangout in da Garadtch), w/ Truck Parts, Good Engines, Wrecked 4Runners, Co. Springs WW2 Air Force Museum, Fireworks VS Mortars, Marines VS Army, Kiel VS Nillson, + Rock & Roll 17.07.2026 58min

  The Garage Hour goons assembled at Location BFE for an hour of good garagey fun - salvaging parts from rolled trucks, hubcaps versus center caps, some of the more durable engines, and current catalytic convertor costs.  There's also some villains, some mortar rounds, a look at the 'Springs' WW2 Air Force Museum, some dead baby jokes (yeah, I know, we couldn't help ourselves - the chicken started it), and an Excellent Weirdo R.I.P. for Kjell Nillson - better known as Lord Humongous. Still in there: clips versus mags, extension cords, questionable fireworks, a fancy starter, JFS4, the live-fire zone that is Colorado Springs on Independence Day, flybys from the U.S. military (and the French?), and Five-Horse Johnson sets the mood.