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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 Jul 22, 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

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
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 Jul 22, 2026 01:01:42 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 incorpora
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
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 Jul 22, 2026 01:01:42 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 incorpora
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
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 Jul 17, 2026 58:29 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 i
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
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 Jul 17, 2026 58:29 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 i
06.26.26 (MP3): When DO Animals Attack the Garage Hour? More Hype but Same Man-Eating... Bullets for Bears, Wandering Wolves & Bad Bureaucrats, Fighting & Fleeing for Humans (Even the Dumb Ones), + Citizen Vigilante, Stereo Connectivity & Electric Wizard
06.26.26 (MP3): When DO Animals Attack the Garage Hour? More Hype but Same Man-Eating... Bullets for Bears, Wandering Wolves & Bad Bureaucrats, Fighting & Fleeing for Humans (Even the Dumb Ones), + Citizen Vigilante, Stereo Connectivity & Electric Wizard Jul 4, 2026 01:02:22 Here's the top line (up front, for once...): bears and wolves and meese and bees and pigs and all sorts of wildlife attack humans - you're on their menu.  If you're prepared - right caliber, correct mindset, and knowing we're superior because of our brains and our tools (not our claws or our ability to rip a Honda apart with our teeth), you'll be fine.  However, so many people are wandering into t
06.26.26: When DO Animals Attack the Garage Hour? More Hype but Same Man-Eating... Bullets for Bears, Wandering Wolves & Bad Bureaucrats, Fighting & Fleeing for Humans (Even the Dumb Ones), + Citizen Vigilante, Stereo Connectivity & Electric Wizard
06.26.26: When DO Animals Attack the Garage Hour? More Hype but Same Man-Eating... Bullets for Bears, Wandering Wolves & Bad Bureaucrats, Fighting & Fleeing for Humans (Even the Dumb Ones), + Citizen Vigilante, Stereo Connectivity & Electric Wizard Jul 4, 2026 01:02:22 Here's the top line (up front, for once...): bears and wolves and meese and bees and pigs and all sorts of wildlife attack humans - you're on their menu.  If you're prepared - right caliber, correct mindset, and knowing we're superior because of our brains and our tools (not our claws or our ability to rip a Honda apart with our teeth), you'll be fine.  However, so many people are wandering into t
06.22.26 (MP3): Are Robot Cars Free Doom? Flying Teslas Kill Grandma (Who's First?), Drones Hunt Their Pilot (& Skeet w/ Prizes), Waymo Taxis Get Attacky (& Thousands Recalled), Construction Workers (on Robot Menu), Robot Weapons (Case in Point), + Snail
06.22.26 (MP3): Are Robot Cars Free Doom? Flying Teslas Kill Grandma (Who's First?), Drones Hunt Their Pilot (& Skeet w/ Prizes), Waymo Taxis Get Attacky (& Thousands Recalled), Construction Workers (on Robot Menu), Robot Weapons (Case in Point), + Snail Jun 30, 2026 01:02:02 Tech... is still not on your side - from the Garage Hour to God's ears.  Gearheads and geeks are here to help, though, reporting on the disturbing increase in incidents the are either blamed on artificial idiocy or the result of it.  From thousands of robot cars ala Waymo and friends with "software issues" that cause them to hit construction zones at freeway speed (and hit semis, and hit SWAT stan
06.22.26: Are Robot Cars Free Doom? Flying Teslas Kill Grandma (Who's First?), Drones Hunt Their Pilot (& Skeet w/ Prizes), Waymo Taxis Get Attacky (& Thousands Recalled), Construction Workers (on Robot Menu), Robot Weapons (Case in Point), + Snail
06.22.26: Are Robot Cars Free Doom? Flying Teslas Kill Grandma (Who's First?), Drones Hunt Their Pilot (& Skeet w/ Prizes), Waymo Taxis Get Attacky (& Thousands Recalled), Construction Workers (on Robot Menu), Robot Weapons (Case in Point), + Snail Jun 30, 2026 01:02:02 Tech... is still not on your side - from the Garage Hour to God's ears.  Gearheads and geeks are here to help, though, reporting on the disturbing increase in incidents the are either blamed on artificial idiocy or the result of it.  From thousands of robot cars ala Waymo and friends with "software issues" that cause them to hit construction zones at freeway speed (and hit semis, and hit SWAT stan
06.12.26 (MP3): Road-Racing & Hillclimbing (Bigs @ Europe & America) - Pike's Peak Intl. & 24 Hours of LeMans, w/ The Drivers, Cars, Some Classes & Some Details, Rules VS Racing, + Another Electric Car Explodey Battery Recall & Z-Trip
06.12.26 (MP3): Road-Racing & Hillclimbing (Bigs @ Europe & America) - Pike's Peak Intl. & 24 Hours of LeMans, w/ The Drivers, Cars, Some Classes & Some Details, Rules VS Racing, + Another Electric Car Explodey Battery Recall & Z-Trip Jun 14, 2026 57:48 Racing, racing, everywhere, but not a drop left to spend because it's a great way to make a small fortune (out of a big one)... We've got a pile of left-right road-racey sticky tire preambling from some of the most legendary automotive races in the world (until we start racing spaceships) - the 24 Hours of LeMans is on right now, and the Pike's Peak International Hillclimb comes up next weekend.  
06.12.26: Road-Racing & Hillclimbing (Bigs @ Europe & America) - Pike's Peak Intl. & 24 Hours of LeMans, w/ The Drivers, Cars, Some Classes & Some Details, Rules VS Racing, + Another Electric Car Explodey Battery Recall & Z-Trip
06.12.26: Road-Racing & Hillclimbing (Bigs @ Europe & America) - Pike's Peak Intl. & 24 Hours of LeMans, w/ The Drivers, Cars, Some Classes & Some Details, Rules VS Racing, + Another Electric Car Explodey Battery Recall & Z-Trip Jun 14, 2026 57:48 Racing, racing, everywhere, but not a drop left to spend because it's a great way to make a small fortune (out of a big one)... We've got a pile of left-right road-racey sticky tire preambling from some of the most legendary automotive races in the world (until we start racing spaceships) - the 24 Hours of LeMans is on right now, and the Pike's Peak International Hillclimb comes up next weekend.  
06.02.26 (MP3): Gearhead Awesomepile! Seatbelts VS Physics, Tank-Dozer VS Local Gov't, Ferrari VS Attractiveness, Audiot VS Golf Kart, Porsche Week VS Black Paint Month, 787 VS Gravity, Poop VS Mailbox, + Angry Midgets, Vaughn's Finger & The Professors
06.02.26 (MP3): Gearhead Awesomepile! Seatbelts VS Physics, Tank-Dozer VS Local Gov't, Ferrari VS Attractiveness, Audiot VS Golf Kart, Porsche Week VS Black Paint Month, 787 VS Gravity, Poop VS Mailbox, + Angry Midgets, Vaughn's Finger & The Professors Jun 12, 2026 01:01:11 First, let's get this clear - typing with a smashed finger is hard.  On the plus side, it's not Vaughn's finger, which is now missing (keep your hands inside the truck on-trail).  Another warning: seatbelts are good (especially when Audiots are known to be in the area).  This episode's one of those gearhead-sink specials, where everything is interesting and there's too much geek goodness for one (
06.02.26: Gearhead Awesomepile! Seatbelts VS Physics, Tank-Dozer VS Local Gov't, Ferrari VS Attractiveness, Audiot VS Golf Kart, Porsche Week VS Black Paint Month, 787 VS Gravity, Poop VS Mailbox, + Angry Midgets, Vaughn's Finger & The Professors
06.02.26: Gearhead Awesomepile! Seatbelts VS Physics, Tank-Dozer VS Local Gov't, Ferrari VS Attractiveness, Audiot VS Golf Kart, Porsche Week VS Black Paint Month, 787 VS Gravity, Poop VS Mailbox, + Angry Midgets, Vaughn's Finger & The Professors Jun 12, 2026 01:01:11 First, let's get this clear - typing with a smashed finger is hard.  On the plus side, it's not Vaughn's finger, which is now missing (keep your hands inside the truck on-trail).  Another warning: seatbelts are good (especially when Audiots are known to be in the area).  This episode's one of those gearhead-sink specials, where everything is interesting and there's too much geek goodness for one (

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