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

Don't ruin the giving season with gift cards and missed targets.  You can pimp your geek-power by thinking up ideal presents for all the aspiring gearheads on your list (and elevate your satisfaction in the process). The Garage Hour goons lay out automotive tools you didn't know about, used tools needing using too, shopping at pawn shops, and tools that fill a need.  There's more, too: consumable...

Don't ruin the giving season with gift cards and missed targets.  You can pimp your geek-power by thinking up ideal presents for all the aspiring gearheads on your list (and elevate your satisfaction in the process). The Garage Hour goons lay out automotive tools you didn't know about, used tools needing using too, shopping at pawn shops, and tools that fill a need.  There's more, too: consumable...

Scratch that itch - what's that line from Dirty Harry?  "I gots to know!" The Gearhead Consultancy is fueled by the geek brain, always connecting the dots, pulling the threads, and more often than not, poking da' bears.  We got a truckload of itches scratched and laid out some questions about why the mask fear-pressure freakout ain't making sense at a nuts-and-bolts level. Don't box yourself in wi...

Scratch that itch - what's that line from Dirty Harry?  "I gots to know!" The Gearhead Consultancy is fueled by the geek brain, always connecting the dots, pulling the threads, and more often than not, poking da' bears.  We got a truckload of itches scratched and laid out some questions about why the mask fear-pressure freakout ain't making sense at a nuts-and-bolts level. Don't box yourself in wi...

If you don't take care of small repairs, they'll rot into big ones - it can be said about a million things, including ex-girlfriends and garbage disposals, but in this case, it's the easy stuff like brake pads, fuel filters, timing belts, tires, batteries and 100 other silly fixes that will bite you in the shiny metal ass if you don't deal with them pronto.  So: don't be THAT guy, because SMBF. Jo...

If you don't take care of small repairs, they'll rot into big ones - it can be said about a million things, including ex-girlfriends and garbage disposals, but in this case, it's the easy stuff like brake pads, fuel filters, timing belts, tires, batteries and 100 other silly fixes that will bite you in the shiny metal ass if you don't deal with them pronto.  So: don't be THAT guy, because SMBF. Jo...

Wow.  This is why we don't drink BEFORE the show - no script, bottle openers and too many secrets.  ...Somehow a fun episode happened - rare form, this one.  On-air sauce includes copious dude food, vintage rock, sunken ships and submarines, Dodge VS Ford, U.P.'s turbine locomotives and towing houses. It doesn't stop there - introducing Mr. Three-Letter Agency himself, "Regular" Bill, as well as S...

Wow.  This is why we don't drink BEFORE the show - no script, bottle openers and too many secrets.  ...Somehow a fun episode happened - rare form, this one.  On-air sauce includes copious dude food, vintage rock, sunken ships and submarines, Dodge VS Ford, U.P.'s turbine locomotives and towing houses. It doesn't stop there - introducing Mr. Three-Letter Agency himself, "Regular" Bill, as well as S...

Why ruin each day with two piece of shed drives from noisy kids to crappy boss and back - enjoy your commute instead.  The Garage Hour goons have been molesting traffic since watching "Bullitt" in high school, and you can too.  This episode has ideas on what to leave behind when you back out of the driveway, how to make every on-ramp an exercise of talent, and how to best time a close-fender fly-b...

Why ruin each day with two piece-of-shed drives from noisy kids to crappy boss and back - enjoy your commute instead.  The Garage Hour goons have been molesting traffic since watching "Bullitt" in high school, and you can too.  This episode has ideas on what to leave behind when you back out of the driveway, how to make every on-ramp an exercise of talent, and how to best time a close-fender fly-b...

The Gearhead Consultancy would like to assist you in your efforts to find a good used car. More importantly, we're geeks and we're here to help, specifically help you make hay with a $500 pony. This isn't rocket-surgery, kids, it's a few rules like working from the cheapest to most expensive parts, knowing the platform's faults, and knowing when to fix and when to live with it. We'll walk you thro...

The Gearhead Consultancy would like to assist you in your efforts to find a good used car. More importantly, we're geeks and we're here to help, specifically help you make hay with a $500 pony. This isn't rocket-surgery, kids, it's a few rules like working from the cheapest to most expensive parts, knowing the platform's faults, and knowing when to fix and when to live with it. We'll walk you thro...

It's here - beer radio with the Garage Hour goons.  What beers?  Hazy Doodle, Hype Forager, Pliny the Elder, TPS Report, Pale Pumpkin & Dark Tourist, and beer for space (cadets).  What breweries?  Pizza Port, Russian River, Metric & Red Leg, and obviously, Trinity. There's so much more, we're just going to pile it right here: Infinite hops, beers to (plus for and from) India, mystery water, timely...

It's here - beer radio with the Garage Hour goons.  What beers?  Hazy Doodle, Hype Forager, Pliny the Elder, TPS Report, Pale Pumpkin & Dark Tourist, and beer for space (cadets).  What breweries?  Pizza Port, Russian River, Metric & Red Leg, and obviously, Trinity. There's so much more, we're just going to pile it right here: Infinite hops, beers to (plus for and from) India, mystery water, timely...

Too much good stuff.  The Garage Hour goons got together for an hour of cars, trucks, beers and guns at F:30 in Colorado, and good talk happened all over the place.  Joined by Distraction Monster, the F.N.B., Mr. Chungus, Butters, Arson, the Russian, with a late appearance by Green Tip and some wild asses, Hostus Maximus tries to get a rope around this episode and almost pulls it off. Good stuff m...

Too much good stuff.  The Garage Hour goons got together for an hour of cars, trucks, beers and guns at F:30 in Colorado, and good talk happened all over the place.  Joined by Distraction Monster, the F.N.B., Mr. Chungus, Butters, Arson, the Russian, with a late appearance by Green Tip and some wild asses, Hostus Maximus tries to get a rope around this episode and almost pulls it off. Good stuff m...

The much-requested followup to our September used-car what-the-Hell episode - it's Used Cars 101. Sadly, the Gearhead Consultancy needed about eight hours to cover all the bases on what to look for when buying something used for yourself, but there was time to hit the high points. Long story Fort, anchor your eyeballs in common sense and don't be a fool (plus some things like what to care about an...

The much-requested followup to our September used-car what-the-Hell episode - it's Used Cars 101. Sadly, the Gearhead Consultancy needed about eight hours to cover all the bases on what to look for when buying something used for yourself, but there was time to hit the high points. Long story Fort, anchor your eyeballs in common sense and don't be a fool (plus some things like what to care about an...

There is no Zuul, only Dana (50 and 60). The Garage Hour goons dove into a Dana 50 steer-axle on an F-250 and it was easy (never done it before). Career guys might laugh, but there's plenty of geeks with tool-skill who might be skeered to take one apart.  Don't be - and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help. From parts sources like West Coast Diffs and AutoZone, Ventures Truck Parts and Denny's...

There is no Zuul, only Dana (50 and 60). The Garage Hour goons dove into a Dana 50 steer-axle on an F-250 and it was easy (never done it before). Career guys might laugh, but there's plenty of geeks with tool-skill who might be skeered to take one apart.  Don't be - and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help. From parts sources like West Coast Diffs and AutoZone, Ventures Truck Parts and Denny's...

We're here:  It's Colorado time.  Garage Hour goons finally found a free hour (with all the minutes next to each other) to chat beer at Trinity, and it's siptastic.  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort even pinned down Matt Dettmann, the new captain of this beermaking cornerstone, and then it was trube this and yeast that, with Trinity's XToberfest, Wrath of God, Dark Passenger, and guest appearances by In...

We're here:  It's Colorado time.  Garage Hour goons finally found a free hour (with all the minutes next to each other) to chat beer at Trinity, and it's siptastic.  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort even pinned down Matt Dettmann, the new captain of this beermaking cornerstone, and then it was trube this and yeast that, with Trinity's XToberfest, Wrath of God, Dark Passenger, and guest appearances by In...

2020 hindsight is still coming to get you, but the Garage Hour goons are in the best place to catch it on the back foot - a gun store in Colordo.  The 2A is back and we're here to help, with Green Tip, the Russian, Wolf, and special guest The Compressor. When the die-down won't lie down and die - it's a more legitimate second wave than the Chinese bat plague ever managed... There's also the usual...

2020 hindsight is still coming to get you, but the Garage Hour goons are in the best place to catch it on the back foot - a gun store in Colordo.  The 2A is back and we're here to help, with Green Tip, the Russian, Wolf, and special guest The Compressor. When the die-down won't lie down and die - it's a more legitimate second wave than the Chinese bat plague ever managed... There's also the usual...

Put professional gearheads together and good tales from the crazy old days (back when SEMA was still business and not a car party) flow, with the Gravedigger, OE rules for dollar trucks, and all the plans Matt has up his sleeve to rescue 2020 from itself.  Find this guy if you're in the Chicago area - he's one of the best. Matt Dinelli of Attitude Performance (with Mini Matt on-air too, whether he...