WEARING DOWN ENAMEL....MAN O Man!  😂. Love ya Jay!!  We will endeavor to raise the bar, even on the "quickie" ....ehem..."restoration".... You make me smile and I appreciate that!

I don't remember if we removed those studs when we "rebuilt" that engine. I would assume we did...but I agree...they should not have been that stuck!

Thanks Steve...trying to figure this stuff out...more How To's....keep the show interesting and moving and still educational.....I am learning!

I am "negotiating" access to interviews with a bunch of WW2 vet's...including these two. The stories are fantastic.  The gentleman who sat shotgun lost his hand to artillery in the Battle of the Bulge - drafted in HS, didn't finish basic because he was needed on the front, sought shelter in a house in the first month or so in theatre and lost his hand. Humbling.

Bring that carburetor up to the shop and let's fix it!  Sounds like a fun challenge!!OK Mr Focus, od stuff it is...at least for ShopTime™.  I have my other "channel"....because I do enjoy these other activities...I am actually thinking about splitting the show into "two"....with Tipton Tuesday being what happens every Tuesday when this cast of characters gets together and rebuilds whatever and then a second show just about fixing one thing.  Example:  today I am building a Carter BB1 Weasel carburetor that is completely disassembled.  I will film it - maybe extremely close up and post with minor editing, but with voiceover explanation.  What do you think?

Important feedback - thank you!  Mat's service station jeep engine has not been started yet because he decided to repaint "Cooter".....soon! More How-To's on the way.

We appreciate you being here Bruce.  I have a number of "how-to's" that I haven't posted because like the shop work, I keep thinking they can and should be better. You inspire me to "ship".  Part 1 of the Oxy video will be uploaded shortly.  Couple of other videos going up this weekend.

I just re-read this comment:  "DISASTER-STRUCK".......outstanding!🤫

Come on out!  We will put you to work and raz you a bit in the process!🤣

Thanks Dana.  I love seeing the human handiwork on these vehicles - like your "extra spotwelds".  Somehow, it makes me feel "closer" to the folks who built them, probably because as a craftsman, I appreciate when folks notice "craftsmanship"....even when it involves me fixing a mistake. I would say that "my people" pay attention to these kinds of things - they "see" when most of the world is completely oblivious to these details.You have a lot of manufacturing experience....I would like to think that these parts weren't pitted when new, but I can definitely see how things could happen that would make for a less than cosmetically perfect part. A pitted part could still be perfectly functional. I imagine that no wartime inspector would reject that part with quotas to make etc.....