Car
Acura CSX
The Acura CSX is a compact car made by Acura, which is Honda’s luxury brand. It’s the kind of car you’d see for regular driving, not an off-road or heavy-duty vehicle. In the episode, it’s mentioned because it was spotted in town.
Term
Right hand drive
Right-hand drive means the steering wheel is on the right side of the car. That’s how many cars are made for countries where people drive on the left.
Term
fleet inspired paint job
A fleet-inspired paint job is a car paint scheme that looks like it came from a company or city vehicle fleet. It usually uses practical, easy-to-spot colors and patterns.
Concept
long in the tooth
“Long in the tooth” just means it’s getting old. With a car, it usually means it’s showing its age and may not feel as modern anymore.
Concept
throwing parts at
This means swapping parts without really knowing what’s broken. It usually wastes time and money because you might replace the wrong thing first.
Term
Triagnostics
They’re talking about “diagnostics,” meaning figuring out the real cause of a problem. The idea is to test things instead of just swapping parts and hoping it fixes it.
Term
diagnostics
Diagnostics means figuring out what’s causing the problem by checking the car carefully. Instead of guessing, you test and confirm what’s really wrong.
Car
Ford Taurus
The Ford Taurus is a passenger car meant for everyday driving, like commuting and family trips. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because it has a special-looking paint job. That usually means it’s a visually notable example of the car.
Car
Jeep M38
The Jeep CJ is an older Jeep model that’s known for being built for off-road driving. In the podcast, it’s mentioned as part of a group of vintage vehicles. People often talk about CJs because they’re classic and commonly restored.
Term
paint jail
“Paint jail” is slang for when your car gets stuck waiting at a body shop for paint work. Instead of being finished quickly, it just sits there longer than you hoped.
Term
sandblasted
Sandblasting is a method where a shop blasts abrasive material at a surface to strip off old paint or grime. It can be a problem if it gets into places it shouldn’t, like around seals.
Term
drive line
The “driveline” is the parts that send power from the gearbox to the wheels. If those parts get blasted or contaminated, it can cause problems later, especially around seals.
Term
seal surfaces
Seal surfaces are the tight-fitting areas that help keep oil or other fluids from leaking. If grit gets into those areas, the seal may not work properly and you can end up with leaks.
Concept
gaskets
Gaskets are thin sealing pieces that stop fluids from leaking where parts meet. They’re important because they keep the engine/drivetrain from leaking.
Term
blast media
“Blast media” is the gritty stuff used to blast a surface clean, kind of like sandblasting. It helps remove old grime/paint so you can repaint the parts.
Term
transfer case
The transfer case is the part that sends power to the front and rear wheels on a 4x4. It can also provide low gearing for slow, tough off-road driving.
Term
axles
Axles are the parts that connect the drivetrain to the wheels so the wheels can turn. They’re a key part of how power gets to the ground.
Term
transmission
The transmission is what changes gears so the engine can deliver power effectively. It helps the vehicle move smoothly and efficiently.
Concept
flatbed
A flatbed is a tow truck/trailer that carries a vehicle on a flat platform. It’s used when the car isn’t safe or possible to drive.
Term
SEMA 2025
SEMA is a big car-parts show where companies and builders show off their newest upgrades. Saying “SEMA 2025” means this build was shown there in 2025.
Car
Gladiators
The Jeep Gladiator is Jeep’s pickup truck. It’s basically a Jeep that you can also use like a truck, and it’s popular for off-road upgrades.
Brand
Mickey Thompson
Mickey Thompson is a brand that makes off-road tires. In this context, they’re connected to the Jeep build through the specific tire setup mentioned right after.
Term
44 inch Baja bosses
This is talking about extremely big off-road tires—44 inches tall. Bigger tires help a Jeep roll over rough terrain, but they usually require other upgrades to fit and work correctly.
Part
8 inch iron rock long arm
This is a suspension upgrade from Iron Rock Off Road. “Long arm” usually means the suspension is designed to move more over bumps, and “8 inch” means it lifts the Jeep a lot for bigger tires and tougher off-road driving.
Concept
pushed the bounds of what could be done to these Jeeps
They’re basically saying the builder kept pushing the Jeep farther than usual. The idea is to make it handle extreme off-road stuff without giving up the ability to drive it normally too.
Car
1964 CJ6
A 1964 Jeep CJ6 is an older Jeep model built for tough, practical use. People often restore these because they’re simple and capable off-road, and this one is a long version of the CJ line.
Term
glazing of the glass
“Glazing of the glass” means the windshield glass has turned hazy or cloudy over the years. It’s a sign the glass may be worn out and might need more than just cleaning.
Term
seal of the windshield
The windshield seal is the rubber gasket that seals the windshield to the body. If it’s bad, water can get in, which can cause rust and damage inside the Jeep.
Term
turnkey
“Turnkey” means you can buy it and drive it without having to do a bunch of extra work first. It’s basically ready to go as-is.
Term
SEMA rig
A “SEMA rig” means a Jeep that’s been customized in a show-style way—like the kind of builds you see at the SEMA event. It’s usually more than stock and meant to stand out.
Car
Ford Model T
The Ford Model T is a very old car from the early days of mass-produced vehicles. In the episode, it sounds like someone is restoring or building parts for it, including floorboards. Because it’s an older design, parts and materials often need to match the original style.
Part
planishing hammer
A planishing hammer is a special hammer used for fixing dents in sheet metal. You use it to gently reshape the metal so the panel ends up smoother and closer to its original shape.
Term
dents overstretched
Overstretching means you stretch the dented metal a little too far on purpose. Then you use other steps to pull it back so it ends up looking right.
Term
hand Dolly hammering
Dolly hammering is how you fix dents by using a hammer plus a backing tool (the dolly). The dolly supports the metal so you can reshape the dent more accurately.
Term
heat shrink
Heat shrink is a dent-repair method where you heat the metal and let it cool so it tightens up. It helps pull stretched or wavy metal back closer to the original shape.
Term
Diesel gladiator
Diesel engines work differently than gas engines: they use compression to ignite the fuel. They often provide strong pulling power at low RPM, which is useful for heavy work and off-road driving.
Concept
platform
A "platform" is the shared foundation a car is built on. It can include the main structure and how key parts are mounted, so different models can use the same basic design.
Car
Jeep Wrangler
The Jeep Wrangler is an off-road SUV made for rough roads and trails. It’s designed to be tough and capable where normal cars struggle. It’s also a popular vehicle for people who like customizing and upgrading their cars.
Concept
Diesels... bogged down with the number of components
The host is saying modern diesel engines can have lots of extra parts to meet emissions rules. That can make them more complicated to service and troubleshoot than older designs.
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I will work for Coffee Cake
We don't want to do that again
We're not doing that again
That was the maddest mad scientist
Scott Brown speaking on nobody's behalf
I thought it was perfect
We're running downhill to Banham Week
And I was like, yep, I'm just gonna wear that shirt
I love it, I love it
That was a good one
That was not like on a panel
That was so good
And then the Italian stallion
The producer, Jeff Shiramate
And today
What's rolling into town?
Big Boy
Big Boy, 4014
I'm real big excited
And if you want to know what I did over the weekend
Which is relative to Big Boy
And everybody else's weekend updates
Stay tuned through the outro credits
And we'll talk to you then
But yes, tomorrow
Well, so Big Boy actually enters Connie this afternoon
I'm assuming four or five o'clock by what I know
It actually may be a smidgy bit earlier
But then it will be departing
Continuing on its eastbound thoroughfare
And if you're unfamiliar with our physical location
Of a business
We actually sit
Not 10, 20 feet from
I mean, if you go back to early episodes of our podcast
You could hear the trains in the background
Right
Prior to us building the studio
I can't throw a ball worth a crap
And I could probably hit a train car
Yes
From our parking lot
Without question
Oh yeah, I mean, you can touch a train
I don't recommend that by any stretch
Not who?
So when everybody else
At elementary school was learning
Stop, drop, and roll
Or the fact that quicksand was going to bury everybody
Our elementary school was doing train safety
And they used to show this absolutely atrocious video
That was made in the really terrible 60, 70 video
Of this guy dying via train
Stepping precariously between the cars
And taking off
So it wasn't the beginning of Fall Guy
Where the car smashes in the train
And bursts into flames
No, no, no
This was this daunting
Like, I'm just going to lay down here
I'm going to walk through the train yard
Take a nap right here in the middle of the train yard
And then it's like
It goes black screen
And you just hear train horn noises
And crunching sounds
Like, this could be you too, kids
Because Cony, Ohio is a train
It's a train town
We actually have both
At this point in time CSX and Norfolk Southern
Running through our town
So the North tracks, the South tracks
And we had train station, train depot
And then we actually have a full holding yard
One of the actual national spots
And Big Boy will be sleeping
It was not technically open to the public
Not a public viewing per se
Big Boy will just be sleeping here
In the yard overnight
But tomorrow morning
If you're feeling froggy
As it departs eastbound
It literally has to sit outside our shop
And we've done this before
With other kind of interesting historical trains
And so I'm looking forward to
Just getting to experience that moment
With other enthusiasts
And people are like, well, what else?
Are you guys doing anything else?
I'm like, nope, we're just watching the train
After the train leaves the yard, y'all go home now
We got work to do, right?
We're good
There's no train cookies here
There's no train activities
We're going to watch it
And then I'm going to go back to work
In the comments this morning
We got Nate first saying good morning
Then Billy Joseph saying good morning
Nate then asked anyone ready for Bantam
I think nobody is
But that's going to be fun anyways
Jaga Jeepers, good morning SFJ
Chip Fury, good morning
Michael Gooda says good morning SFJ
Then we've got Bradford saying train train
Tony suggesting that they time the big boys
Arrival pretty poorly for some of them
Sorry Tony
But also just don't hit it with a drone
So there must be a story there
A drone got sucked into big boys
Steamer over the week
Oh
It's Aura for to use the new terms
It was actually somebody was flying the drone
At a precarious height
Basically head level for the conductors
And as big boy came through
Somehow it got kind of sucked into
Big boys space
I don't actually understand that
But it's drone and steam and
Magic happen
And the drone went and imploded
Just on the side of the train
And shrapnel air quotes from the drone
Went into the crowd of bystanders
Oh wow
Yeah people had big feelings about it
I bet
Nate asked if there will be a coffee cake
For the big boy viewing party
Definitely not unless you're bringing it
Bradford said snidely whiplash
And Joe Bryan, good morning
And Jeanie, good morning
I'm so thankful to you that I got
Cookie Monster back
You are all awesome
See you soon
Excellent, excellent
Good morning to everybody
Thank you so much for joining us
It is always always imperative
That I remind our listeners at home
Because the vast majority are listening
In your ear holes at a later date
But given the opportunity to find
A Monday morning where you are available
You too can join us live on the
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Log in, hang out in the comment section
Communicate with other good Jeep owners
And just enjoy, you know
All things mechanical and automotive
And just a good community to be part of
I'm totally excited about
Big Boy
Obviously we have to kind of
Overcome that influx
And kind of, you know
Just something different in our workflow
I actually was thinking about the fact
That we don't have a swag exchange
Giveaway this year
And I thought over the weekend
I'm okay with that a little bit
Because there's a lot of life right now
Well, not only is there a lot of life
But for our listeners and followers
And Jeep family who did participate
Over the last couple of years
That becomes uniquely special
Right?
Like that happened
Like the meat exchange
The coffee cake exchange
It happened
Those people got the shirts
They got to rep the thing
They got to be part of something
It's kind of like
I was explaining the
The Guinness Book Parade
And it's like
People who participated
In the anniversary parades
Or the Guinness parades
That's a big deal
That's very exciting
You do it every single year
You're not going to hit that
Yeah, it takes something away from it
It takes something away from a little bit
And I thought to myself
You know what?
That little bit of exclusivity
The people who got to be part of the exchange
And we had fun
And they got the limited swag
Because we literally only made swag
For the exchange
Like that
Nothing takes that away at this point
You know what I mean?
So
You know
Maybe in the future
We'll do it again
But this year
You know what?
If you didn't do it
With the meat exchange
Or the coffee cake exchange
You missed out
That's what I was thinking
So today
We are going to be talking about
The concept of trusting the process
And I think Scott said something
Last week
And if not Scott
There was definitely some internal conversation
But in general
We talk about our process
And we did have this experience
And Jeannie has already alluded to it
With her Jeep Cookie Monster
Which is this super cool Jeep
I mean she used it at length
In her professional career
It is a right hand drive vehicle
And she used it
For postal delivery services
And then she equally used it
For Jeep excursions
And she has traveled the vast majority
Of the United States
And portions of Canada in it
And obviously
She has it thematically decorated
And then presents herself
And her and Jeff do these really fun
Just generally trying to make people happy
Events with it
She's literally giving out cookies
She has a little remote Jeep
And everything
What's really fun is her story behind that Jeep
Because that wasn't even the color she wanted
I remember this
She did not want the blue Jeep
So that's what sent her down into the theme
And for those that don't know
Right hand drive
You kind of get what you get with that
They're always a mishmash
And honestly, most of the time
They're like white or red
So the fact that she has two
That are not just colors
Interesting colors
I think there was a couple of silvers
I think there were silvers in the older models
But what I'm saying is more of that fleet
Fleet inspired paint job
The fact that it exists in the blue
And then she has minion in the yellow
Is kind of unique
It is very unique
But ultimately after a sorted affair of life
The Jeep is long in the tooth to say the least
And she gets into an accident
Which she narrowly avoids
Impact with another individual
Which could have been more devastating
To the occupants of the vehicles
And more so the vehicle
But the Jeep gets totaled in the process
Right
And we then start what feels
Like an arduous death march
Of rebuilding the vehicle
This will start out as a death march
At first it was like, oh, we see this
We know we're going to find more
We can handle this
Parts are hard to find
We got this
We can find the parts
I mean, it's important to know
Track bar is backwards
There's lots of things that are on the opposite side
And the front axle was severely damaged
In the accident
The frame was damaged in the accident
So we had to source some pretty
Pretty unique and hard to find components
But ultimately cookie and company
Are not alone in this
And ultimately it's a year and a half long process
And it's a roller coaster ride
Lots of ups and downs
Lots of ups and downs
And it really had me thinking
About the concept of trusting the process
Because the process
And what we kind of shared briefly
In our exchange over the weekend
Is this does cross over a little bit
To the conversations that we have
In the American Hustle
In the sense that it is kind of a
Social, emotional, self-improvement
Trusting the process
We are a society of immediate gratification
And not necessarily the patients
And processes that we know take
To create success
And I think even not just from the customer
Standpoint, but even from our own standpoint
As we're working to repair the jeeps
Trusting, hey, this part
We didn't expect that
But we trust that our process
Is the reason we found it
It's the reason that we're able to
Figure out what the next steps are
And go through that dyag
Sometimes that dyag looks ridiculous
And you're like, oh, this is going to take hours
But you trust the process of the dyag
You're going to find the problem
And having a process behind dyag
Versus just throwing parts at
What is that term?
Triagnostics
Instead of just triagnostics
It's actually doing diagnostics
To verify components and workmanship
How many times was it multiple parts
That were wrong?
So you could have changed one
And still had the similar word?
Well, and cookies aside
I think that this is applicable to
DIYers as well, right?
And so as part of this conceptualization
Of the talking points was
Actually made me think about
A conversation with you at one point
Where you had gotten fed up
With one of your projects
And just through us talking
It was a personal project
And I had encouraged you to
Not necessarily
Not to burn it down
Not to burn it down
But we know from our awareness
How many people do just burn down their projects
It becomes self-defeating, right?
They're so disgusted
They cannot make themselves come back to it
Correct
And it occupies our space
And our garage until the point
That we get so frustrated with it
We shove it into a pile
And we throw it out at the curb
With a cheap for sale sign on it
It starts affecting other parts of your life
Correct
When you start a project
It's supposed to be fulfilling
And it's a process
You're learning things
You get to do new things
And suddenly it comes so
Arduous that you're now
Not enjoying it anymore
Now it's actually impeding
Your forward progress
At least perception of that
And many people hit that wall
And they just say
Nope, I can't do this
I'm not going to do this
I cannot let this go
And they just never surpass that
Line in the sand
That is when you need to double down
Correct
And see it through
And people that do
And it doesn't matter if it's a vehicle
Or life choices
Or any of that sort of stuff
You get through that hard spot
Yes
And it starts to get a little easier
And people say like a door had opened
Or the sunshine came out
Behind the clouds
Or whatever you want to call it
And by overcoming that
You then are better prepared
For the next time
The wall slaps you in the face
And this is exactly what I was talking about
As a crossover to the American Hustle
It's this idea of
When the going gets tough
The tough get going
And I do think that there is
Value in also knowing
When to call it quits as well
Per se
And also knowing
When your chapter has closed
That's I think a little better way of putting it
That's a better way of putting it
Thank you for bringing that
Because that's what I'm wrestling with
Myself this weekend
Correct
And so many people
They think
And this is my analogy with vehicles
Is I am a caretaker of it
For the time I have it
And some people they take that very personal
And I'm going to care take this
Till I'm in the ground
Sure
And you know
We'll do everything I can
And I think this is
It's good natured
And people mean the best
But that is why vehicles sit
In fields and barns
And randomly with stuff piled on them
Because their intention is
I am trying to take care of it
I want to do something with it in the future
Life happens
Things get in the way
You age out whatever
And I've had to learn to myself
That it's okay to be like
Hey
I'm not as excited about this anymore
Because frankly houses
Vehicles
Some of these things that are mechanical
Are always a project
That are never done
That's kind of a running joke
That's kind of a running joke with Jeeps
Right
Absolutely
But it's okay to be like
Hey
I've seen the world
I've wanted to see with this Jeep
I've done the modifications I want to do
I've kind of fulfilled that dream
Now it's okay for me to sell off
This
And let someone else
Become this dream with it
And I
I am using
Jeanie and Cookie
And I did not speak to her
About her explicit permission
I tend not to try to talk about
Our customers as much
Unless they know I'm going to
I know she's on board
Yeah, hopefully she's on board
Right
But the difference I see
With her and Jeff is that
Cookie and Minion is kind of a stand-in
Right
He's a helper
But Cookie
I think we should clarify
Not me, Jeff
Her, Jeff
Oh, good clarification
Not everybody at home might know
That her husband
Yeah, it's a generational thing
Jeff, Jeffrey
So, yeah, her husband, Jeff
As a team
They are Jeep people
And yet their primary project
Was Cookie
Right
Whereas in my own specific situation
What I'm wrestling with
Is my love affair with
Arguably my first real truck
Right
Like my truck
And I'm struggling as an automotive enthusiast
To come off that sentiment
Despite the fact that that truck
Has not been a valuable asset to me
In almost five years
Yes
And so I've just been
Shunting it around the property
Despite the fact that I had
Procured a donor parts truck for it
A rust-free cab for it
You've done all the things
I've done all the things
Except for prioritize the time and energy
To work on the truck
But by extension
My homestead project with my wife
And then obviously the business
You guys always know that
But that is what's consuming
All my time and energy
As it should
And that is my primary project
And I'm just trying to do
15 minutes to an hour on that project
You know, a day or every couple days
And that's another important thing
To bring up with this
Is if you saddle yourself with
80 gazillion projects
That you need to put
Five to ten minutes into
To just move it slowly forward
I was there
I used to do that to myself
That is a death march
Beyond all death marches
And that's exactly what I'm bringing up with
With Jeannie and her husband Jeff
Cookie was their priority
Right?
I mean you have the other life things
That happen
But her sacrificial of energy
Of finances
Of talking points
Of part searching
Is into cookie
Right?
And whereas, you know
For me
I'm going, okay
I'm spending money on the homestead project
I've got my own love affair with Jeeps
I've got trucks and trailers already
You know
I've got little home equipment
Whether it be lawn mowers, tractors, whatever
And the good sign of that
Maybe this project needs to
Find the next caretaker
Have you replaced it in your life
And when you have done that
And it is now
Suddenly off to the side
Correct
And doesn't have a purpose
And I know like
That's kind of rudimentary
Like
To use that term loosely
Sure
But anyway
If you have moved on in life
And this can be with anything
Clothing, that kind of stuff
If you just have it to be reminiscent of
You honestly can be reminiscent without it
So we've deviated from the process at that point
You know what I mean
Whereas if that's not our case
If we go, hey
I'm about this car build
I'm about this Jeep build
I'm about this
This is what I've always wanted
This is
I see myself for the next
Five to ten years enjoying this
I have places I want to go
Things I want to see with it
When you hit the wall
Because you always do
Correct
You got to persevere and go through it
So now we're back into
And I just want to take that little deviation
To talk about
When the process may or may not be applicable
So now we're back into the process
And you know
Jeffrey had brought up diagnostics
In this point
And I do think
I wanted to use
The story of cookie as a
As a vessel
Because ultimately after a year and a half
Cookie does go on
It's made in
Re-voyage
And reunites with Genie and Jeff
All the dyag involved in that
It did
It had all the dyag involved in it
Likewise
We have
Some other Jeeps on property
That are longitudinal
We want as a society
We want things to be
Like on overhauling
I always use that in my brain
Where we can watch an entire car
Be built in 45 minutes
Or the home makeover shows
That
They restore the entire house
In 24 hours
Correct
And again
It's all about perception
We perceive that that car is restored
We perceive that house is fully sorted
And good for many years to come
But ironically
Adjust
I can't remember
It was the one with exhibit
That we go in
West Coast Customs too
No, no, no
Not West Coast Customs
They would come and kidnap your car
And they would like do PS2s
And stereos
And fancy paint jobs
That was West Coast Customs
No
No
West Coast Customs
Anyway, moving on
Who was the shop that they were doing the pit my ride with?
I don't know
But anyway, it was like
Alright, you keep doing your thing
The phones are coming out
So this was the classic for tourists
That us millennials remember
That Nana had and dad mom had
And it's what was on many shows
Growing up and everything else
And someone took a picture
They were at a pull apart
West Coast Customs
Yeah, buddy!
Anyways
Hey, when it comes to business
Business is my project
It's my process
Alright, go on
I didn't want to admit that
But it was right
Metell Effect
Anyway
They took a picture of this Ford Taurus
With its fancy paint job
And its wheels sitting in a pull apart yard
Yes
That, you know
That person was not equipped
To have a cool project
Sure
They took a vehicle that was just a random
You know, standard transportation
They made it cool
Therefore the person wants to hold on to it
Sure
They're not equipped to take care of it
They're not equipped to store it
They're not equipped to maintain it
And you've now condemned that vehicle
Thankfully it was just a Ford Taurus
It needed to be condemned
I've offended someone somewhere
It was in the show
Or something fancy
It was just a standard Ford Taurus
With a fancy paint job
And wheels on it
And it is now
In a pick a pull
Sure
You know
The part why I bring that
But I've seen that so many times
You know
Up by us
If you don't properly store your vehicles
You don't properly
House them
You are condemning it to death
And I've seen so many times
You know
Cool muscle cars or cool
Jeeps
That could have been something
And they don't
Because they get to the rotten part
Where
It doesn't make sense anymore
The
Original vehicles essence
Is kind of rotted in the earth
And all the cool parts that made it
That are now
Defunct
Sure
And yes you can bring them back from that
But it is
Your walls way thicker and way bigger
When you do that
Well I guess likewise
With the theme of trusting
The process
Is that I think that
Likewise
In a situation
Like your tourist explanation
I've seen plenty of these
Where they get to the hard part
And instead of
Continuing the attention to detail
And
You get to this hard part
And the shop
Or the DIYer
Or whatever it is
Starts taking the shortcuts
They do the trail fixes
They go well you know what
I'll come back to this I just want to drive it
Or they throw up their hands and go
I give up I can't figure this out
For you if in that shop situation
Well that's I feel like
Yeah I mean I feel like
That's yet even a different path
Right
For me I see the path
Where they start really strong
They've got
The making of a good project
Or a good restoration
Or a good whatever
Financially can happen as well
You have a nest egg
You're starting with the project
And it always costs four to five times
More than you think it's going to
At this point I can't even
BS my way into my wife with this
You know she's like oh what do you think
It's not a cost and it's like this point
It's just a laughing joke
So she can rub it in my face later
Of how much over budget
You have exceeded
But that's reality
And if you don't have the ability
To pause and rebuild that nest egg
Or prioritize
Other
Financials
That can kill your project right there
Well that's right you get to this point
And you're like okay well I'm tapped
I'm out of budget and the challenge
Is and you have been
At shops
We don't typically have this problem
Right
But where
Projects just sit
They linger
Absolutely I've seen five to ten years
Of vehicle
Will sit in the back corner of a shop
Completely ignored
We have the
Trust the process example
Sitting right in front of us with the M38
That's true
Where we picked away at that for a while
To make sure that we were
Attended to the detail the customer wanted
And that has been
A long
Arduous process
Finding the parts for it
Some of those parts didn't exist
You had to make parts for the vehicle
The radio box
The custom made radio box
The custom switches
And for our situation that was
Less on the customers
Where with all
And more so on what exists in society
Right but there is absolutely
You know I'm privy to a shop
That
There's a car sitting
And they
Wanted they came in for a paint job
Basically and
As they peeled away paint
Then all of a sudden there was body rot
Now you got to do metalwork and you did
Metalwork and while you're doing the metalwork
It was like well it's actually leaking
The engine is so let's pull the engine out
Right it starts to snowball
And
And
All of those things are very
They're merit worthy
Right is the engine you know
Puking and you
As an individual have to
Either know when to create
A boundary and be like I'm just
Doing the paint job and I'm going to let the engine
Puk because I don't have the finances right now
Or
You know I'm going
To
Figure out I'm okay pull the engine out
And do x y and z this is
Very quickly how things can
Snowball in personal projects
And with other shops because of course
I think that there's
A lot of well intentioned individuals
Who are not project management
Shops I think that's one of the things
That I pride us on
Is
We are a project management
Shop we can do
Longitudinal projects whether
That be a couple months or a couple years
We can
Bring that vehicle
To market in some way
I also want to bring up before we get too far
Off is sometimes the investment
You don't see is
You know about okay I need to have
Budget for paint job I have the budget
For the motor rebuild that kind of stuff
But if you're you're convinced
That you're going to do that yourself
What about the tools you need to do that project
And even as a shop
You know there's unforeseen things
And like I would have never
Known that we needed to make
A light switch for the m38
When we started that project
And I didn't have the tools
Necessary to do those
That job but over the
Course of the project I got those
Tools and invested in those things
But not because of the project it just
Happened to work out but it did allow me
To then up my
Anti of what we were going
To do to the Jeep
And fortunately that customer
Had a realistic
Expectation that
He would trust the process with us
Right and that
Worked in everybody's favor
Customer gets a better product at the end of the day
We have a product that we can stand
Behind if you all
Did or didn't catch on the live last week
That particular Jeep we're talking about
Did get its official invite for
In the convention to spend in the convention
Center display
In Las Vegas
SEMA 2026
So we'll have that Jeep
Kind of a culmination
Of trusting the process and that
Full nut bolt restoration
But
It took years, years and years
To get that Jeep from where it came into us
To where it's leaving us
And so
There's that old adage
In the mechanical world
Cheap, fast or right
You pick
You pick too
And
That is a
True sentiment
And quite frankly
Unless you're going to
Throw
A exorbitant blank
Check at a project
The likelihood is
You're going to be paying with it
In time equity
That's just
The average individual
Is in sweat equity and time equity
You're going to be putting in
What you have when you have it
And something else
Something I would suffer with
Is I would have expectation
Of seeing what I saw in the magazines
What my
People I look up to could do
And what I expected out of myself
And that my skill set
At that moment was not there
So I would be
Unforgivable for myself
To
Well I can't actually
I've tried four times and I can't get this
To come out the way I wanted to
And I would stop myself
And that project would come to a screeching halt
Because I would not allow myself
To pass that
And I was forgetting the important step
You have to crawl before you walk
And then you have to walk before you run
So if you're not willing to make mistakes
And you're not willing to
Develop that skill
You're never going to finish
The project
And you'll have to wait
Till the end but I was working on something
This weekend on my project
And I was slowly getting it
But it's still not
Perfect
And I finally had to go I've done the best
I can do
I've learned a lot in the process
It's never going to be perfect
But it's way better than it was
And be okay with that
I am
So I
We have this tiny house that we're not actually living in
But it's cool to look at
And then Jeff and I
And I set about building
A miniature version of it
In a she shed for my wife
And I have
After we framed it
I have then since
Enclosed it
Now this is a
For me doing the homestead stuff
And the building and the
Semi carpentry framing
And so on and so forth
Has been a welcomed
Itch
That I can scratch
When you take your personal passion
Which was jeeps
And building jeeps
And off-roading jeeps and parts logistics
And you turn it into your career
Sometimes
It certainly hasn't lost any luster for me
The biggest challenge I have is space
Space, we don't have anywhere to work
On my own junk because we have so many customer vehicles
Coming and going
You never have enough space
So I have
Found that doing
The homestead build
Stuff has been very
Fulfilling for me because it
Scratches that same kind of builder
Mechanical
Mentality
And it's something that I can do in my free time
That is very fulfilling, much like
Building the jeep for me
Is or can be
But I have my own space to do it
And the shed is a perfect example
You've had a lot of help from
Very good friends over the course of the build
Of the house that maybe
You're involved but you're not
Driving that nail or you're not
Cutting that board and you're kind of like
You're a little bit of the helping hand
Of that process but it exposes you
Intimately to the process
So then you get to go do the shed
And you get to put the nail in
And make the cuts and make
The mistakes but
You grow as a
And specifically
And so specifically
With that
You know to your
To your storyline here
I started with an existing structure
And I improved upon it and so while we did
Drive the nails and put the boards
We then had those helping hands
We had those professional carpenter characters
Come in and kind of give us the tips and tricks
I did hire
An Amish crew to do the rafters
Which is a cathedral ceiling
Common rafters
Set up blah blah blah
So when it came to the shed
It was just Jeff and I
And then
When it came to
Even with that though
We had to trust the process of building the shed
On level ground because we didn't
Have a foundation
And that involved pivoting
And figuring out new ways to make it work
Which I assume those temporary blocks
Are still there
100%
They're perfectly fine
I look at them all the time
They're holding strong, everything's great
I actually removed a couple of them
Shimmed under the shed
But that's neither here nor there
I trust the shed is well built
At this point, long story short
There is I'm trimming
The metal roof and the fascia boards
And the soffit and the gable ends
Which is all
I have zero experience in
I have zero knowledge of
And I had somebody else do that
For me previously
But I'm going okay
I actually am enjoying myself
So I want to learn
But I cut something wrong
The other hours
And I have
And how often this happens
With your own projects
You only have a limited amount
Of material or product
And you've done something wrong
So now you're buying it again
Or in this
Specific situation I figured that
I actually came out okay
But I was pretty defeated
In that moment I actually came out okay
Because I was able to flip this piece
Around and cut off 10 inches
And now I had a fresh piece
You know kind of seemingly a fresh piece
And the place where I screwed up
Would be buried and underneath
You know blah blah blah
So that was okay but in that moment
I had screwed up
In such a way that I just kind of like
Contemplated right
And we've all been there where the floor is damp and cold
And I've got the transfer case out
And it's sitting on your chest
And you're like what am I doing right now
Like in life I'm contemplating life
Because this sucks
I remember
Doing a Comanche rear main seal
With caro heaters
And
The hot work lamps you know what I mean
Given off heat and the floor was wet
And it was dripping on me
And I remember laying on there going
Why am I doing this this sucks you know what I mean
But trusting in that process
That this is that moment I have to go
Okay
I gotta be creative
I gotta double down
And the rewarding feeling
Of completing it and looking back
I did that you know there's something
To be said there
Geekers is in the comments saying
All he's hearing is the she said needs
Axles under it so what are we doing
That
I'm not going to get into that
That's a whole other story line
I actually really like the idea
Of like a little pavilion on axles
But
You know you can move it
Sunny areas on your property
That's daydreaming
Oh god stop it
Stop it
But I guess you know
Ultimately my
My thought process here
Is for those of you who
You know look out on the horizon
Of the jeep community
And you see
The very cool jeeps
That are wheeling at the bigger
Parks around the country
Or you know people are traveling
For jeep beach
Or bantam
Or you know wherever
Right sima or whatever
It might be and that just seems
And it feels really really far away
But understand that
If you trust in the
Process
Your ability to move through
Might not be perfect
It might look like a roller coaster
It might have ups and downs
It's not might it's gonna
It's going to you're right
It's not might it's going to have
All of these less than desirable
Qualities
But
By trusting in the process
You get to then have this
This amazing final moment
And we have a
Customer
I'm gonna throw him out there
I don't know if he'd be okay
So I in part
Learned this from Jeff Babak
And he had
A pseudo religious experience
When he picked his jeep up from us
And his jeep this was
2018
He tore it apart or stopped driving
In 91-ish
It was between 91 and 94
But early 90s he
Stopped being a useful vehicle
Stopped being a useful vehicle
And he had gone through all
You know he'd gotten
Put in the back corner of the garage
They had piled stuff on it
They had taken it to a shop
It goes 25
It goes 20 some years
Of his ownership
Arduous
It's sitting in a garage
And I would say
Knowing Jeff well enough
It did not
Another Jeff for listeners
Holy cow
Knowing him well enough
I mean he didn't have
A whole lot of other projects
Life happens like anybody else
It was beyond
His abilities
Way beyond his abilities to do it himself
And he did
I think he even tried a little bit
But he was employing places
And those places weren't
Fulfilling the obligation
And eventually it ends up at a body shop
Which attempts to
Do a restoration for him
Which is a nightmare
It's those stories you read about
Paint jail
It's paint jail
And they did some really crazy stuff
And I always have to bring this up
But they sandblasted
The drive line
In its entirety
As an assembly
The axle
The sand
The media
The blast media
Penetrated all the seal surfaces
All the old original
Gaskets
Every part of that vehicle
Had blast media in it
The axles, the transfer case, the transmission
Everything
But it was gorgeous
Because they blasted it all clean
And then they painted it all black
It was a gorgeous
Visual
The paint looked nice
But they were not a mechanic shop
Not at all
And eventually they weren't a good shop at all
Because they actually went bankrupt
They closed doors in the middle of the night
And thankfully he was able to get his jeep back
But now it's half
Torn apart in random boxes
It's a boxo jeep at this point
In the corner of the garage
And I remember us going up the look
At it and he's
At that point in time it had ended up on a flatbed
That shop without his
Permission per se
Shipped it to another shop
Where it ended up outside
He had to go find it
And that's when many
Projects go to die
100%
The fact this one made it through is amazing
We're 20 plus years in
In his ownership of it
Not being a useful vehicle
The shop started it
Had a bunch of cash into it
It becomes
Bupkiss
It goes onto a flatbed yet to another shop
He has to go find it
Figure out where this shop is
His property is missing for
All intents and purposes
He procures it
They basically don't want anything to do with it
They're in over their head
The whole project is in over his head
And eventually
That's when he contacts us
After a period of time of it sitting back
In his garage
In his garage
And you're right, we then go
We look at it and we decide
We can help him out
It does go
We spend about a year with it or so
Before
We revealed it
At Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival 2018
If I recall
As a
Mechanical restoration
We didn't do the paintwork or anything like that
But
But around there
Is when he picked it up
And he picked it up in an afternoon
Period of time
And he ends up driving it home
Towards westbound in Ohio
A long Lake Erie at sunset
And he has this pseudo-religious experience
Where
Decades of trusting the process
In his own way
In his own right
Comes together for him
What an incredible experience
That is
For those of us who endeavor
Into these adventures
And the best part of that story
That I love is him coming up to me
And
In the course of this Jeep just sitting
In random spots
In many boxes
He had a relationship
Had a child
And he was teaching his daughter
How to drive stick
In his Jeep
That at all
Her whole life
This has just been an inanimate
Metal object in the corner
With boxes piled around it
And then she got to drive it
That was so cool
It was a very cool experience
And to be part of that
With these individuals
And now we've had multiples of those
Opportunities where we've been able
To bring something back to life for people
And to be part of that
But for us
We have experience in the process
I was going to say it's not even just about
Restoring the Jeeps but even doing
Major builds like Johnny 5
I mean that was a process
There was a lot of customized work to do this
And that was a brand new vehicle
300 miles on it
And look what it became
And you know I think
That's a great pivot
Or segue into that say
That's not just restoration
It is this fulfillment
Of a vision or a dream
That a person has
It can be literally anything
Getting an education
It can be so many things
And J5
Was a great example because
You know kind of dipping his toes in
Josh is a great dude
That owner of J5
And he talked with Jeff
First as my understanding
And said yeah we can help
You get from point A to point B
And it was supposed to be
A tire wheel package
And a small lift kit
And then to help him go camping
And then it just continued to progress
And he enjoyed the process
He loved the process
I mean it was literally
What else can we add to it
Hey while we're doing this this is fun
What else could we do and he was learning
In the process as we developed it
You ended up adding stuff
Scott added stuff and he just
He loved it. He ate it up and he just kept
Building. And he kept building
And eventually that becomes one of the most
As far as I'm concerned
One of the most notable
Gladiators
That certainly was at SEMA
2025
It goes on to have a direct
Relationship with Mickey Thompson
Repping their 44 inch
Baja bosses
It's got a stunning
8 inch iron rock long arm on it
It kind of pushed
The bounds of
What could be done to these
Jeeps
And still have them be
Off-road and on-road
Capable and
That's again about trusting the process
And we did some things to it
Where it was touching
Go as far as
We were a little worried about stuff
A couple different times
We were pretty worried
We pushed it beyond the boundaries
We've ever thought to push it
So many times people
Will do a project and I'm like
I didn't quite hit the mark
Or I didn't quite get the
Fanfare or the attention
Or whatever because any other day
That some of that is in part of the project
That I expected
That's because you weren't willing to push
The boundary
And to get uncomfortable
Because you don't get
That fanfare from
Just sitting back and doing the
Stasqo and doing the same old thing
And doing the vanilla
Because then you sit back and all
The vanilla is just together
If you want to have something that stands out
And to be unique and to be different
You're going to have some arduous
Uncomfortable times
Where you go
Everything's on red
Is it going to go through or not
100%
100%
And I did just for talking points
Because out to our audience
I am understanding that
J5 is going to be going up for sale
Honestly
So those of you who are familiar with that one
I think Josh just got some
Further interest and
He had a couple of trucks
With us and
Growing up in
Vintage vehicles
There was
Two types of guys
Builders that don't
They just enjoy the process
They enjoy the journey, the finding the parts
Figuring out the problems, putting them together
And then at the end
Of that project you have a vehicle
And they drive it for a little while
And they're like this isn't exciting to me
And they would go and sell that
And then they buy something else
That needed full done and they do that
And then there's other people that just want to
Drive it and just want to enjoy it
So it is perfectly fine also
At the end of your project if you go you know
Yeah, I done it
Woo-hoo
Now I want to do it again
And in order to do that I need to sell this
Completed project
And I think that that's
Worth kind of expanding upon as we close
Out this conversation because
There is something to be said
About
The person who just
Wants to
Consume
The end product
And I say that kind of
So when I pulled
Blue out of the pasture
My goal with
With old blue and if you're not familiar that was a
1964 CJ6
And it had been
Passed over and thrown into a pasture
In
A rural western PA
Or eastern Ohio I don't exactly recall
At this point but regardless
My goal there was to
Have
I don't want to say as little invested
Because it wasn't that
But I wasn't going to get
Stuck on the fact that
The glazing of the glass
Was going and that the seal
Of the windshield was bad
Or that the body work
Was not good and the body was
Oil canning when I was wheeling at
Right
You wanted to see if you could make it run
I wanted to see if I could make it run
Then when sad accomplished and you went
Can I drive it and you did
The best thing possible you involved
Your kids and it was a learning experience
And hey we're not going to do this perfectly
Correct
To push this vehicle into the shape
Of a vehicle and kind of make it useful
Again
And understand that that's
Sometimes only a brief moment
And so ultimately
And that's the thing is somewhere I think
I start around 16 or 17 I was actually
Recently looking at pictures of it
But
You know to think that I actually
Had that Jeep in my life and then wheeled it
I actually it was almost three or four
Years total and
That three or four years
Arguably goes by in the blink of an eye
But it was so fulfilling
And I didn't get
Hung up on the build process
Which oftentimes we do
Or we can now
Did I absolutely break
Hubs because they were just the
Regular old school hubs
That were crap absolutely did I catch it
On fire totes
Did I you know did I
I have these setbacks that the body
Mounts continue to collapse around me
Yeah at the end
I don't get to enjoy blue
Anymore right because blue
I took
An end of life Jeep and I finished
It off yeah right
But how cool though in the interim
Like it was in Toledo inside the convention
Center it got wheeled
At anthracite it went out with its boots
On it went out with its boots on yeah
And I loved
That experience
With that Jeep
And you're
And I say you're right it's not you
It's just you the universe I didn't get
To have it forever it's not going to be an heirloom
I'm not going to pass it on it's going to be turned
Into a pop can and overseas market
But but arguably
I enjoyed the driver experience
Now
There is something to be said about
The builder experience Ryan
With hashtag not a restoration
Loves the build experience
Loves the build experience
Loves the project management
Experience learning he loves to
Learn yep and
So and to say there's nothing
Wrong with that as well now now
That he's got a taste of the final product
He's kind of his his his heels
Have cooled off a little bit as far
As the build project he wanted to jump right back
In yes right
And tried a couple of times
Sure but he hasn't
Totally gotten out of it either right and
He's excited about getting back into it
And and and life
Happens for everybody we have to take
That into consideration so I think
It's valuable to kind of sort out
To say sometimes we are sometimes
We are builders sometimes we are drivers
Kind of knowing exactly where your
Strength is right because
You know with with Ryan
For an example I don't
Think Ryan would love blue right
To say you're
Doing a hill climb with your family in the vehicle
And all of a sudden you know the engine
Based art smoking and you know you have a
Small under hood fire I
Don't think Ryan enjoys that part
No but I do
Right I I
Take that in stride and I certainly
Throughout my off-road experience
In my camping in my outdoorsmanship
I recognize I meet
So many different types of people
And there is
Absolutely a population of
Of people and they oftentimes are
Ex-J owners that
Like to take an absolute dumpster
And go and see how far
They can push it and I
Don't think there's anything wrong with that
But when it comes to the
Project side the build side
Life in general the compound
Effect of going
Hey I'm going to start at point A
And I want to end at point Z
You have to trust the process
All the way through the alphabet
You have to say every letter of the
Alphabet in order to say
That you you sang the alphabet song
Right and and that to me
Is part of that trusting of the process
So I hope that
This has been a fun and or
Interesting topic
Maybe one that encourages you
To noodle on where you
Land in trusting the process
Are you a person who just wants to get in
And get out are you immediate gratification
You know nobody loves tires and wheels
More than I do you know
Changes the immediate look of a vehicle
In a heartbeat
But within you know
Reason where do you fall
On that scale
And you know
When it comes to the projects
You know how far do you
See yourself going with it
I know we're going to be talking a little bit about that stuff
In our own personal lives here after
The outro credits we'd always love to hear from you
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Or you can stop by
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This Thursday through Sunday
It'll be
Myself and a handful of volunteers
Helping support the booth space
We'll be showing off some very cool projects
Couple vehicles that I know
Will be going up for sale
There's going to be a cherry
Absolutely gorgeous XJ there
That will be up for sale
Like I said J5 is up for sale
So if any of our listening audience wants a turnkey
SEMA rig
Basically you know both of these
Are stunning vehicles
Absolutely functions
Both of these vehicles
We are functional
Jeep experts
So everything we'll have represented
Will be about utilization
So we'd love to chat with you
Hang out with you
Make sure you stop by and say hi
We do have a lot going on
As always
So until next time
Jeep on
So all about the
Trusting the process and learning
I tried to make
What I did make floorboards
For the Model T project
Which are originally made out of wood
There's this whole good story
About that they use like
Packaging lumber
Because back in the 100 years ago
Things came in crates
So they would take things apart
For floorboards and that kind of stuff
But in any regard
It just fits perfectly
Into what our topic was
Because I had measured it
Oh it's three quarter plywood
Cool
The bargain hunter my wife is
She's like no we're not going to go buy a new sheet
Let's go see what they have in the scratch
A dent pile of wood
We found this
Really nice treated piece
It's three quarter thick
The corner knocked off of it
Pool
Got it for dirt cheap
It wasn't three quarter inch
No it was actually half inch
But ironically
That's a big difference there
Mandela effect
It changed
When I measured it too
When it was
I wanted to get some more plywood
To do some seat
Upholstery with
Luckily
We rinsed and repeated the process
The only thing it's not
Is not treated
But I got a big enough piece
Even though the entire time I was doing it
I was whining I don't want a big piece
I don't want to deal with this big piece
Thankfully I did because I was able
To make the seat pieces
And the floor boards
Out of that so I finally got to sit in the car
Without my feet falling through the floor
Which is exciting
Also went ahead
And
Yesterday pulled the pasture door off
And for those that don't know
It looked like someone took a big sledge hammer
And caved it in
At one point and the inside of it
Has been torched out previously
Plus the top it got and cut off
Like in many people's worlds
This door was scrap
Yes
And I
You know just because they're expensive
You can literally spend a thousand dollars
A door on these doors
And I'm not doing that
I
Tried all the things
I took it off the car
Put the planishing hammer
Got some of the dents overstretched it
In the course of doing that
Tried out my new planishing hammer
That's a mobile
Kind of got a little bit better
Hand
Dolly hammering
Lots of that
Ended up having to heat shrink it
So you literally take a torch
And you warm up the panel
And you watch it move around
And grow
And dink and dunk
And then you take a rag and you quench it
And it makes it shrink
You're moving the molecules around
So I did that a bunch
First time ever doing that
After even doing that
More hammering
More stuff
And then I finished up with some welding
And while
Is it still dented
Are they caved in dents
No
It would take some bondo to make this flat
But I was able to trust the process
Get it back in the car
That just still looks way better than it did
By no means
Is it a perfect or nice door still
Like some snobbish
Restoration guy would turn up his nose at it
That's fine
I learned a lot of stuff on that door
And at the end of the day
This car
I brought it back from the brink of death
It was a scrap metal
I would have scrapped it
So I feel good
That I'm trusting the process
I'm making a vehicle out of it
And
I'm learning
And sometimes you gotta make floorboards twice
To learn how to do it
To plywood floorboards
Yes
I'm glad I did cut out the three quarter
Floorboard first
Because I learned a few things
And
When I put it in there and it was too tall
I was like that's not what I wanted
So
Are you done with yours?
Yep
So I had
As always
Adventure filled and fun filled weekend
As a
General
Gear enthusiast
Gear head enthusiast
Motorhead, gear head, whatever you want to call it
Fortunately
I have the privilege
Of
The angry turtle
Owner Jason
Great friend
And Jeep family member
Courages me to get out every once in a blue moon
And he got us hooked up
With Steam in the Valley
Which is this event where
The
765 from the old nickel plate railroad
Invades
It comes over from Indiana I think
I should know this one by heart
But
They bring it over
They actually have two restored
Air quotes restored
Ringling Barnum and Bailey
Brothers Circus cars
Which they have open air travel cars
On top of the Cuyahoga
Valley Railway
Passenger cars
Long story short we get to take this really cool
Train ride through the
Cuyahoga Valley
So
Prior to that
Which was a great
Great experience
We did it last year
We did it a little bit differently this year
We had a lot of fun because
When everybody else got off the train
They do these drive-bys
Motorheads, gear heads
We all have these
Aspects of childhood experience
That we just kind of can't let go of
And one of the things they do
Is there's a particular
Geographic location
Where the train tracks
Goes around a valley bend
Where it's basically obscured by
A
Wooded kind of
It's not really mountainous because it's Ohio
But you know kind of a hillside
And the Cuyahoga River is on the other side
And they take the train out of view
And they stoke up
The coals, they stoke up the fires
And then they let this thing rip
And go chugging through this whole viewing area
That's cool
It's this, it is 100%
Theatric, right?
Last year I got off and I watched it happen
This year we all
Stayed on
We
Managed
My wife and I and our kids
We navigated our way up to the
Standing open air cars
Which we actually did not have the appropriate tickets for
But don't worry we found ourselves there anyways
And we got to
Enjoy the experience from that
Side of it and that actually put us
Only
The third car back in line from
The steam locomotive so
You had the tender
A maintenance car
And then the open air cars and so it was
Just wicked cool
Just the horsepower of these steam engines
To just let it rip
In the horns and just screaming
Through the valley just super super fun
So
Very very cool experience
I already shared my experience doing some of the
Siding and
You know shed
Shed in the homestead work
I do feel like it's worth
Noting if you're on my personal
Social page you'll know that
My wife and I have added
A gladiator to our
Fleet at this point
But most specifically
In my own geeky nature it is a
Diesel gladiator
And so
Very excited we've worked
With a number of diesels
Since the
Platform became available in the
Wrangler and then in the gladiators
I'm glad to bring
A diesel under the roof
Of SFJ 4x4 so that
We can kind of continue to learn
That platform
Because I am a diesel
Nut I like that
Application I always have
You know modern day
Diesels
They're bogged down with the number
Of components
But otherwise pretty cool platform
So happy to
Add that to our
Repetoir
So back to the
Trust of the process
Voodoo
Corporation is expanding with
Two new franchise locations
So they're opening one in Kent, Michigan
And one in Hardin, Virginia
And what's
Really fun about that is
My week was spent training those individuals
With the franchise group
So they came in we had
A husband and wife couple from
Canton and then the individual owner
From Virginia that were
In our facility for the week
And the whole
Trust of process concept when you
Text that's what you want to do I was cracking up
Because that was literally what we were telling them
That week
Because
They came into this
Not knowing what
It's going to be like to open their own restaurant
You know one of them has
A lot of experience in the restaurant industry
From Virginia but the other
The couple they're
Near Detroit they are
Car industry they don't have
Restaurant industry experience
So it was a really fun opportunity
They came in you know there's a little bit of overwhelm
With all the information that's thrown at them
Throughout the week and they're working our kitchen
They're working our bar they're learning
Opening and closing routines
By the end of the week they literally said
When we were invited to come to Erie
We're like why do we got to go to Erie
What good is this going to do for us
At the end of it they're going this was
Absolutely worth it you need to send everybody through this
That's awesome kudos to you for that
You know I mean three months into business
Basically having that
Effect
Yeah and it was
But you too had to trust the process
In your jumping into the deep end
Of this experience
I had no experience going into it I didn't know what I was doing
I still don't but
Welcome to life
And that's the idea
It's always about learning and growing
And trusting in that process
Because it will get you somewhere
Whether it's the exact destination you thought it was going to be
Yeah
It's always going to be a reward at the end
In a religious piece we call it faith
Right but in a human piece
And certainly in project or any
Personal pursuit call it trust in the process
Right
Alright folks this was a fun one I hope that it kind of
Tickled your noodle
And it gives you something to think about
We have hopefully opportunities
To see a lot of our Jeep family
Throughout the coming week
Or so
Obviously we're going to be very busy with
Entertaining people and
Jeeps that we're trying to make leave property
And then transitioning out to the show
So if we don't exactly pick up the phone
Right away you might know why
Or if you're getting the phone
And you get Greg and he's like
Yeah
I'm trying to work on a Jeep
You'll know why
Until next time Jeep on
Jeep on
About this episode
Downhill banter kicks off the episode, then the hosts pivot from train-town stories to Jeep ownership realities—projects that stall, budgets that blow up, and hidden damage that forces deeper repairs. The core message lands as “The concept of trusting the process,” backed by examples from diagnostics, long restorations, and rebuilding after setbacks. Along the way, they share community event teases, talk about Jeep projects evolving over years, and close with a question about patience versus instant gratification.
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