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

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

Justin Fort 885 episodes Nov 5, 2026

Hank Watson's Garage Hour is a talk radio show focused on cars, trucks, beers, and guns. Since 2009, it has delivered gearhead content including canyon carving, off-roading, firearms, and blue-collar humor. The show features explosions, epic fails, and a style reminiscent of Top Gear.

Episodes

10.16.26 (MP3): Time To Rethink Electrics? Hazardous, Driverless, Mindless & Political... Ford F-Series Fuel Tanks Falling Off? Drive-To Music? A & B-Size Cars Unsafe? Electric Busses a Failure? + Dude Buys Ghost Town & You Should 'Froad There
10.16.26 (MP3): Time To Rethink Electrics? Hazardous, Driverless, Mindless & Political... Ford F-Series Fuel Tanks Falling Off? Drive-To Music? A & B-Size Cars Unsafe? Electric Busses a Failure? + Dude Buys Ghost Town & You Should 'Froad There Nov 5, 2026 58:59 Okay, brass tacks... Remote cameras: deactivated or removed (Flock and your municipal enablers, we're looking at you)?  Auto recalls: are more good or bad, and at what point should the corporate makers just make better corporates cars (ahem, Ford and Subaru - two sides of the recall coin)?  Are we watching the beginning of the pushback against electric cars and their smaller, hazardouser fellow ma
10.16.26: Time To Rethink Electrics? Hazardous, Driverless, Mindless & Political... Ford F-Series Fuel Tanks Falling Off? Drive-To Music? A & B-Size Cars Unsafe? Electric Busses a Failure? + Dude Buys Ghost Town & You Should 'Froad There
10.16.26: Time To Rethink Electrics? Hazardous, Driverless, Mindless & Political... Ford F-Series Fuel Tanks Falling Off? Drive-To Music? A & B-Size Cars Unsafe? Electric Busses a Failure? + Dude Buys Ghost Town & You Should 'Froad There Nov 5, 2026 58:59 Okay, brass tacks... Remote cameras: deactivated or removed (Flock and your municipal enablers, we're looking at you)?  Auto recalls: are more good or bad, and at what point should the corporate makers just make better corporates cars (ahem, Ford and Subaru - two sides of the recall coin)?  Are we watching the beginning of the pushback against electric cars and their smaller, hazardouser fellow ma
10.06.26 (MP3): Buffalo (Bison?) VS Pickups, B-Size Cars & Carts VS Traffic, Birds VS Auto Glass, Junkyards VS Parts, Automakers VS Politics, BMW VS Driver Satisfaction, Electric Runabouts VS Small & Efficient, + Excellent Weirdo RIP, SR-71s & Amon Tobin
10.06.26 (MP3): Buffalo (Bison?) VS Pickups, B-Size Cars & Carts VS Traffic, Birds VS Auto Glass, Junkyards VS Parts, Automakers VS Politics, BMW VS Driver Satisfaction, Electric Runabouts VS Small & Efficient, + Excellent Weirdo RIP, SR-71s & Amon Tobin Oct 31, 2026 01:06:17 Soooooo much going on...  We've got a good pile of the gearhead questions that stir your brain: birds that crash into cars, 18650 batteries that power stuff, buffaloes (or is it bisonoes?) that don't like pickemups, why Dad insisted we  find parts at the junkyard (Volvos and Cutlasses and Lambda Sond, oh my), why tiny cars and side-by-sides won't survive American traffic, whether Porsche can get i
10.06.26: Buffalo (Bison?) VS Pickups, B-Size Cars & Carts VS Traffic, Birds VS Auto Glass, Junkyards VS Parts, Automakers VS Politics, BMW VS Driver Satisfaction, Electric Runabouts VS Small & Efficient, + Excellent Weirdo RIP, SR-71s & Amon Tobin
10.06.26: Buffalo (Bison?) VS Pickups, B-Size Cars & Carts VS Traffic, Birds VS Auto Glass, Junkyards VS Parts, Automakers VS Politics, BMW VS Driver Satisfaction, Electric Runabouts VS Small & Efficient, + Excellent Weirdo RIP, SR-71s & Amon Tobin Oct 31, 2026 01:06:17 Soooooo much going on...  We've got a good pile of the gearhead questions that stir your brain: birds that crash into cars, 18650 batteries that power stuff, buffaloes (or is it bisonoes?) that don't like pickemups, why Dad insisted we  find parts at the junkyard (Volvos and Cutlasses and Lambda Sond, oh my), why tiny cars and side-by-sides won't survive American traffic, whether Porsche can get i
10.02.26 (MP3): Surveillance & "Flock" Issues - Two Sides of Motorist Monitoring (Necessary, Unconstitutional & Evil), Flock Lashes Out (& Knows It's Wrong), Non-Destructive Protest (Life Gets in the Way), Minibike Madness VS Civil Order, + Fatso Jetson
10.02.26 (MP3): Surveillance & "Flock" Issues - Two Sides of Motorist Monitoring (Necessary, Unconstitutional & Evil), Flock Lashes Out (& Knows It's Wrong), Non-Destructive Protest (Life Gets in the Way), Minibike Madness VS Civil Order, + Fatso Jetson Oct 21, 2026 01:00:00 This stupid "Flock" blanket-camera issue isn't stupid anymore - the good ol' U.S. Constitution did its job and got in the way of illicit, illegal and immoral tracking of you and interfering with your right to roam sans Big Gov't's intrusion.  Loss of trust?  Misuse by authorities?  Local municipalities fighting with the operators over who gets to sell your data?  Warrantless investigations?  Compa
10.02.26: Surveillance & "Flock" Issues - Two Sides of Motorist Monitoring (Necessary, Unconstitutional & Evil), Flock Lashes Out (& Knows It's Wrong), Non-Destructive Protest (Life Gets in the Way), Minibike Madness VS Civil Order, + Fatso Jetson
10.02.26: Surveillance & "Flock" Issues - Two Sides of Motorist Monitoring (Necessary, Unconstitutional & Evil), Flock Lashes Out (& Knows It's Wrong), Non-Destructive Protest (Life Gets in the Way), Minibike Madness VS Civil Order, + Fatso Jetson Oct 21, 2026 01:00:00 This stupid "Flock" blanket-camera issue isn't stupid anymore - the good ol' U.S. Constitution did its job and got in the way of illicit, illegal and immoral tracking of you and interfering with your right to roam sans Big Gov't's intrusion.  Loss of trust?  Misuse by authorities?  Local municipalities fighting with the operators over who gets to sell your data?  Warrantless investigations?  Compa
09.29.26 (MP3): Gearhead Does Guns - 2A News & Views (DOJ vs MN, Ukrainians & Shotguns, POTUS & Suppressors, Good Kids w/ CCWs, Banning Pets VS Prohibiting Trans, Hitting Deer and/or Pedestrians), + Toys 'R Us, Recycling & Da Bears' Matt Suey
09.29.26 (MP3): Gearhead Does Guns - 2A News & Views (DOJ vs MN, Ukrainians & Shotguns, POTUS & Suppressors, Good Kids w/ CCWs, Banning Pets VS Prohibiting Trans, Hitting Deer and/or Pedestrians), + Toys 'R Us, Recycling & Da Bears' Matt Suey Oct 8, 2026 56:37 The Garage Hour used to do a lot more Second Amendment things, but times are so full of gearhead news (and client to-dos) that we've been remiss.  No longer!  This 'uns a bit of a catch all catch-up, with tales of the White House standing up for our rights in and out of court, folks doing the right thing even when someone else cries shame, how fighters and citizens in Ukraine have embraced the sho
09.29.26: Gearhead Does Guns - 2A News & Views (DOJ vs MN, Ukrainians & Shotguns, POTUS & Suppressors, Good Kids w/ CCWs, Banning Pets VS Prohibiting Trans, Hitting Deer and/or Pedestrians), + Toys 'R Us, Recycling & Da Bears' Matt Suey
09.29.26: Gearhead Does Guns - 2A News & Views (DOJ vs MN, Ukrainians & Shotguns, POTUS & Suppressors, Good Kids w/ CCWs, Banning Pets VS Prohibiting Trans, Hitting Deer and/or Pedestrians), + Toys 'R Us, Recycling & Da Bears' Matt Suey Oct 8, 2026 56:37 The Garage Hour used to do a lot more Second Amendment things, but times are so full of gearhead news (and client to-dos) that we've been remiss.  No longer!  This 'uns a bit of a catch all catch-up, with tales of the White House standing up for our rights in and out of court, folks doing the right thing even when someone else cries shame, how fighters and citizens in Ukraine have embraced the sho
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
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 Sep 29, 2026 01:06:02 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 ete
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
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 Sep 29, 2026 01:06:02 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 ete
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
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 Sep 25, 2026 01:00:00 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 ever
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
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 Sep 25, 2026 01:00:00 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 ever

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