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Mike Gardner
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Posted: 25 Jan. 2018 at 4:18pm |
hey guys. It’s been a while since I posted. I’m still beating the day lights out of my jeep but I just don’t make it on any forums much anymore. I wanted to share something that Merlin Hanson and I have been working on. Please take a few minutes to check out the first episode of Throwing Wrenches. We are currently filming a second episode and planning many more on Willys Wagons, 2A’s, MB’s, M38’s etc.. I’d love your honest feedback so let us know what you think. Thanks!
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mikec4193
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Thanks Mike...
I have watched it already twice...love it...you guys did and awesome job on it... MikeC
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I am the squirrel....
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jeeper50
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Great video! Hope to follow y'all videos very soon on the living room TV
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Belleview ol skool winch soon. '48 CJ2A 283 V8 sm 420 granny low, tera low D18, overdrive,lockers Texan at heart,Alabama by retirement |
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smfulle
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Mike,
I watched your first episode and loved it. Got a little confused at first about what you were doing. You said head gasket then pulled the whole engine out and had a 2nd engine being worked on while you were doing it. Finally made the connection, swapping them out. I would love to hear a little more tech talk about what you're working on at any given moment. What you're doing, why and how you're doing it. The historic tidbits in the subtitles are cool. I always like watching your vids. This is taking to the next level.
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Mark W.
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I worked with a guy at a Union 76 service station many years ago who threw wrenches. He was a really good mechanic but a bit of an odd duck. He drove a 46 Plymouth 2 dr sedan that was a survivor 218 flat head. He had been in Vietnam and I am sure now had some form of PTSD. He would be working away on something cussing up a stream and all of a sudden a wrench or ball pen or something would come flying out from under the car or hood and go clanging across the lube bay. He once rapped a knuckle on something while under a customers car with about a 12" adjustable end wrench. That thing came out from under that car (it was up on the lift) about the speed of a major league pitch and first bounced off another customers car I was doing an oil change to hit it right dead center in the windshield! then bounced into the sheet metal wall of the lube bay leaving a nice dent in the wall. He paid for the windshield and nobody ever said anything about it. But let me tell you when I was working in that lube bay with him I was all heads up.
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Chug A Lug
1948 2A Body Customized 1949 3A W/S 1957 CJ5 Frame Modified Late 50's 134L 9.25"clutch T90A D18 (1.25") D44/30 flanged E-Locker D25 5.38 Since 1962 |
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Freedom21
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That was great. I'd love to see a weekly show. What I really liked is the every guy feel. It looks like me and my buddies, not a million dollar showroom shop (No offense) building $100K crawlers. I also liked the on screen tidbits. I found it pretty funny when you guys mocked the drama. One thing I hate about so many "reality shows" is the forced, created drama. Great job, please keep them coming..
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jpet
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Cool video. Thx 4 posting. How's the new motor doing? I assume the motor is running strong now? What is the jeep event going on at the end of the video? Is that Mason Dixon? Edit: Oh, and thanks for the 16 minute break from work! Edited by jpet - 25 Jan. 2018 at 5:05pm |
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
MB #204827 "BAM BAM" "We do what we can, and we try what we can't" |
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Millennium falcon
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I enjoyed it. Keep up the good work!
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One2baja
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Great video! Keeps me motivated on wrenching on my own! Keep them coming!
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"I think that I have seen it all until tomorrow"
'46 CJ2A # 45124 '47 CJ2A #104643 "Betsy" '49 CJ2A # ?? '80 XJ '95 ZJ '17 WK2 |
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Nice video, fun and down to earth. I recognize the Mason-Dixon location. I was there a few months ago for the first time and talked with Merlin.
Steve
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1948 CJ2A - It goes nowhere fast, but anywhere slow.
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Mike Gardner
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Hey Jeff, I’ve been super busy with work and our new house. I’m still daily driving the Jeep but no crazy off road in some time. Were planning a rausch creek trip soon in flattys but not till it’s a little warmer.
I’m hoping to get it to ejs this year but as we close in on Moab it look less and less likely. The new motor is doing great. I need to tweak it a bit but I am very happy with how it turned out. A 300 dollar swap turned into a total rebuild, and tv show. I guess it worked out. Lol. That was the Mason Dixon Gathering.
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Mike Gardner
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jpet
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Easter Jeep Safari 2018 If you are there, look us up. We are in Canyonlands Campground. Back row. Just throwing this out there but I’ll be out east next month. I could pick your Jeep up and take it out to Moab for you. Then you could pick it up in Illinois at your convenience or I can bring it back to you sometime this summer. .... Think about it. |
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
MB #204827 "BAM BAM" "We do what we can, and we try what we can't" |
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Unkamonkey
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Nice, I have owned Jeeps since I was 13 and worked in Jeep shops for a while. I am down to 2 Jeeps at this time and I don't throw tools. (You have to go find them) I just drop them so you have to crawl under to retrieve them and whatever else I drop.
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Ol' Unreliable
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At first I thought you were referring to special wrenches made just for throwing.
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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timcj2a
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Nice job Mike, that was a great first episode.
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TXtea
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Hey Mike, it was a great show. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait to see more.
Also, I'm going to have the Truck-Lite headlights on mine as well, and you're partly to blame for the inspiration. I like the look.
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Ryan
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plowpusher
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I can really relate to the feeling you get when you drive one for for a daily vehicle the people you get to meet are really great. Lots of the folks I meet learned how to drive in an old jeep that was on the family farm or was granpa's. A friend of mine and myself went to a local event it was my first time showing my 47 it was amazing how much the little ones were drawn to our two old flat fenders ( the oldest at the show) As far as the wrenching goes wow been their done that wrecked a few T-shirts. I have a 48 that was used to plow snow for many years. I rebuilt 80% of the body. I had such a good time rebuilding it that It was almost anti-climatic to finish it. The nights me and my buds spent making body parts,taking Fred Flinstone's car and a pile of 18 gauge tin into a jeep was priceless.
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when i grow up i wanna be a kid
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