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http://throwinwrenches.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tw-christmas-2019-mono.mp3 The stage is set. Christmas is here, and you don’t have to roll into work for the next few days. Perhaps the family is in town and you’re looking for things to do. Why not introduce your friends and loved ones to the Throwin’ Wrenches Christmas Podcast? This year’s episode doesn’t feature Chevrolet Astro or Plymouth Volare stories. Instead, Eric and Daryl decided after watching Ford V Ferrari that it might be fun to rattle off a list of car films they enjoy watching.  Films we enjoy watching over and over… Much to our wives dismay! Not every film on Eric and Daryl’s “TopRead More →

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Welcome to Episode 26 of the Throwin’ Wrenches Podcast.  This is our last regular podcast of 2019!  Thanks for riding along with us on this automotive adventure throughout the year, and we hope you are buckled up for the 2020 season. 🎧 Download | 🔔 Subscribe | 📬 Email Here’s a catchphrase for ya: We are the automotive podcast with the best Christmas Episodes! While there has been some contention that last year’s show was “not that great”, we hope you give our Christmas 2019 a chance when it comes out in a week or so. We promise there won’t be any Chevy Astro stories thisRead More →

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http://throwinwrenches.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/TW-25.mp3 We are back!  Eric and Daryl saddled up for a new Throwin’ Wrenches podcast to keep you warm as we roll into December.  Throw some wood in your Franklin Stove and get the chestnuts warming…  Christmas is around the corner.  And lucky for you, So is our Christmas show.  Watch for it next! (Here is last year’s holiday yule log to tie you over.) 🎧 Download  | 🔔 Subscribe | 📬 Email Thanks for listening and being active members of the show.  Please share our little automotive podcast on Facebook and other social media sites so that we can spread that word that cars andRead More →

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OK… I know we are all feeling the same way about this new Tesla “Cybertruck”. Is it scary? Does it lack design? Is it a practical joke? Is it a poor man’s Batmobile? Perhaps Elon is secretly prepping us for his Mars vehicle. Have we seen this truck in a H.R. Giger landscaped movie or something James Cameron devised for the Terminator? I don’t think it’s a joke. I think Elon really believes that these hard edges are the sci-fi future design that will get him and his customers noticed when they make the all-electric truck purchase. Why buy something that is indistinguishable from theRead More →

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  Greetings, speed demons. Welcome back to another episode of Throwin’ Wrenches, where “That’s the way this podcast heard it.” Eric has decided to channel a little bit of the Mike Rowe with this week’s catchphrase. We’ll see if that sticks, but for now, we’ll promise to keep working on that catchphrase. 🎧 Download  | 🔔 Subscribe | 📬 Email Our guest this week is the ever-knowledgeable Regan from Toyota, who is officially our most frequent returning guest. Thanks for not getting scared off easily, Regan. We should point out that Regan is very much like Mr. Wolf from Pulp Fiction. He’s the guy thatRead More →

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After we released the George Beres interview, I made a comment to Jared Olar from the Pekin Library asking for help.  I have known Jared to be a local history buff from his time at the Pekin Times and his posts while working at the Library. I thought, “Hey, he might dig up a pic that I can use”.  Well, he dug up a bunch, and in typical Jared fashion, included lots of info. I am going to post these pictures from the Facebook post here with his comments for posterity.  They are too good to be gone in the blink of a social mediaRead More →

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Welcome to the automotive podcast that continues to get the best guests! Daryl and Eric are pretty thrilled to share this interview.  Sometimes we work and struggle to get guests on the show…  and other times an opportunity falls in our lap.  This was the latter. While talking to a customer a few weeks ago, the customer made mention that his Grandfather was George Beres.  That name might ring a bell as it was synonymous with auto sales in Pekin since the 1950’s.  One thing lead to another, and Eric is giving his 30-second “elevator pitch” to Mr. Beres in hopes he would do theRead More →

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We have had him on the show a few times… But we have never dove into the story of how Regan got to the hallowed position of Field Technical Specialist with Toyota. Along the way during this “interview”…  We talk about how a kid from the Northern Illinois town of Freeport goes from vocational classes at High School to the Automotive Engineering program at SIU Carbondale.   The options were unlimited when it comes to taking a job post-college.  Why did he choose Toyota? Also in this show we touch on a subject that has been making the news.  We talk about the looming tech crisisRead More →

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  Listen 🎧 http://media.blubrry.com/…/uploads/2019/09/TW-Episode-23.mp3 Subscribe 🍏 https://podcasts.apple.com/…/throwin-wrenches-…/id1398126760 Read 📖 http://throwinwrenches.com/episode-23-donuts-dubious-driver… Send 📬 info@throwinwrenches.com Welcome to the latest episode of The Auto Podcast… for people who get it.   (Eric’s toes are curling) We love when people listen, so thanks for listening.  We also love when people share this goofy show, so feel free to share this episode on Facebook and other social media sites.  Thanks for your support. Sponsors Casey Law Office  Fort’s Toyota of Pekin Our few minutes of sponsor talk on every episode helps the show stay online.  Otherwise… We are just two guys telling the wives we are paying out of our pockets to do this!Read More →

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Welcome to episode 22 of the Throwin’ Wrenches Podcast, the auto podcast that has no time limit! We love to yammer on about the latest automotive industry news, projects we’re working on, and chatting with our guests. Speaking of guests, we’re just a dynamic duo this week as we get caught up after some time off, family road trips, and long drive through the countryside. It’s great to be back! Sponsors Casey Law Office Owned and operated by Gabriel Casey, the Casey Law Office is proud to make its services available to the Central Illinois area. The Casey Law Office is dedicated to an honestRead More →

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