Classic 4x4

Josh Human launched Working Class Trucks to preserve the heritage and pay homage to the reason manufacturers started building trucks, to work!  Josh and Working Class Trucks are dedicated to the noble and powerful fuel chugging steeds that are driven to work each day to bring home the bacon.  Josh's love for working trucks was instilled early when he entered the workforce and utilized trucks every day to get the job done.  As a world class wood and metal craftsman at Modern Timber, Josh depends on two purpose built 12 valve Cummins swapped classic Ford trucks to run his business. Being a native Idahoan in the mecca of working trucks, there is no shortage of working trucks for him to preserve their legacy.

On this episode, Chris and Josh discuss the deep roots of his working truck passion that were planted early on in his native Idaho.  They also discuss his personal Cummins swapped working truck collection, the Toyota FJ62 that spawned his passion for 4x4s and a Bogus Basin Ski Area first generation Cummins powered Dodge truck with over 310,000 miles that Josh has known since it was originally purchased over 20 years ago as a new plow truck.      

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As a dedicated professional First Responder and classic Jeep historian, Josh Card is always following his passion to serve his communities.  Whether saving lives from fire or keeping factory correct AMC Jeep era history alive, Josh's altruistic lifestyle deserves the utmost appreciation.  Josh launched Survivor Jeeps with the mission to preserve history and be the premier information resource for factory correct AMC era Jeeps.  Over the years Josh has compiled terabytes of data and photos to uncover and preserve the information lost throughout the years as the Jeep brand transitioned through many owners since the end of the AMC era in 1986.

On this episode, Chris and Josh discuss how he has compiled and preserved an astronomical amount of information, his own epic CJ, SJ and J truck collection and the Jeep community he has so selflessly served over the years.    

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Being an 80s kid means much more for Chris Lott than just being a geriatric millennial.  Chris embraced car and truck culture early and developed a love for what some credit as the greatest Ford truck years, 1980 - 1986, the bullnose era. Chris and his father spend copious amounts of time together hunting, restoring and curating an epic collection of Ford trucks and Fox Body Mustangs, with some Dodge Ram Chargers, Jeep SJs and IH Scouts thrown in for good measure.  Each truck is rarer than the next with an amazing story of how it ended up in the collection.

On this episode, Chris and Chris discuss their shared passion for 80s classic 4x4s, the stories behind a few of the rare trucks in Chris' collection and his adventure hunting and saving two rare IH Scouts from a junkyard with their common friend and IH Collector, Eric Tessmer (@bareknuckleboneyard).

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Paul Potratz spent the majority of his career building a successful media and advertising agency before following his passion to build the finest Land Rover Defenders known to many and founding Helderburg.   Helderburg was born from the passion of hobbies and interest of making a Land Rover Defender a modern daily driver and grew into a Bespoke Program with clients throughout the World.  Helderburg works with select individuals to design a one-of-a-kind Defender that takes over 3,000 hours to build.  Their focus is keeping British heritage “Hand Built in England” alive and ensuring each individual Helderburg Defender is a Unique Piece of Art that can be cherished, driven, and practical for several generations to come.   

On this episode, Chris and Paul discuss how he started buying Defenders to modify into daily drivers as a hobby and it quickly grew into an International business, making Helderburg 1 of the 3 largest in the world.  They also discuss how his passion originated from the time he spent growing up and working in his father's repair and body shop.

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Seth Hensler embarked on a mission many years ago to save old vehicles from the junkyard one day at a time.  He is successfully accomplishing that mission through a couple of Willys Jeeps, a crew cab dually GMC square body and several other interesting modes of transportation.  His days as a teacher are long gone and his life is now dedicated to his family and sharing his passion and projects in the Red Eye Garage with the world on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram @redeye_garage.  Whether performing a VW diesel engine swap on a Willys Jeep, just tinkering in the garage or travelling the long way home in the backcountry, there is always something to learn from Seth.

On this episode, Chris and Seth discuss how Red Eye Garage started and eventually became a social media titan, his classic 4x4 collection and all the wild projects revolving around that collection.      

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When Eric Tessmer isn't on the road touring with his band, he is planning epic trips to buy and tinkering on early International Harvester light and medium duty trucks.  As a Wisconsin native, growing up in the International Harvester homeland, Tessmer developed his love affair with music and classic trucks through a kind of familial osmosis.  Both his grandmother and father played guitar and his father and uncle always drove International Harvesters and Dodge Power Wagons.  Tessmer moved to Texas straight out of high school and he quickly garnered a formidable reputation there for his fierce fretwork, explosive live performances and his collection of 1937 to 1961 International Harvester 4x4s.  In addition to his career as a successful musician, Eric chronicles his epic adventures, on Instagram @bareknucklebinder, saving early IHs from destruction after decades of neglect, getting them running and road tripping them thousands of miles back to Texas.

On this episode, Eric and Chris discuss his early years growing up on a farm in Wisconsin to becoming a legendary Austin, Texas based musician.  They also discuss his early IH collection and his last two wild trips from California to Texas in rescued rare early IHs that had been sitting since the late 90s.  

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Josh Kauffman grew up in New Jersey but made his way to Nashville via Florida.  Through his travels, he has amassed a classic 4x4 collection that "checks all the boxes".  From International Harvester Scouts, Land Rover Series, Toyota FJs and Jeep CJs and FCs, Josh's diverse collection has a little of everything and a cool story to go with each one.  Husband, father, collector, successful professional and great guy, Josh "checks all the boxes" too. 

On this episode, Josh and Chris discuss the roots of their classic 4x4 collecting passions and how those collections have evolved over the years from being 80s kids to adults.  They also discuss his extremely rare two Midas edition International Harvester Scouts, Jeep Forward Control and Land Rover Series 1 in his collection. 

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Dan Hayes, Founder of the Binder Boneyard, is a preeminent International Harvester light truck restorer, builder, historian and collector.  The Binder Boneyard is a full-service restoration, sheet metal repair, and modification shop focussing on vintage International Harvester products, as well as the manufacturing home base for the Harvester Hardware line of products made specifically for IHC light duty trucks.

On this episode, Dan and Chris discuss Dan's early life, the roots of his IH passion and how the Binder Boneyard came to fruition.  Also, they discuss some IH history and unique restorations Dan and his Team has built for customers. 

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Jared Friends, Founder of Merritt Motors Co., is an expert at the forefront of dry ice cleaning and preservation.  He also restores and collects classic Chevy and Ford trucks with a Harvester or Porsche thrown in here and there for good measure.  Merritt Motors Co. in Kannapolis, NC specializes in utilizing the latest minimally invasive dry ice cleaning and preservation technology and techniques on various automotive and industrial restoration applications.  Also, as a small collector vehicle boutique with a primary focus on sourcing quality vehicles with original personality, Jared and his team build, restore and pass on down the line some epic classic blue oval and bowtie trucks! 

On this episode, Chris and Jared discuss the amazing benefits of the relatively unknown dry ice cleaning and preservation process, Jared's passion for classic trucks and fast cars and how he turned that passion into a new career.  

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Iconic automotive designer and artist, Chris Piscitelli, turned his childhood dream into a successful career as a Jeep, Dodge and SRT Design Manager.   He developed a passion for cars and drawing very early on and pursued this passion at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied industrial design.  Upon graduating he immediately moved to the motor city where he pursued a second degree in automotive design at the College for Creative Studies.  He has worked as an automotive designer for over a decade, designing Jeeps on the road today and the future of Dodge and SRT muscle cars.  

On this episode, Chris and Chris discuss his epic Jeep Moab Special Project designs and builds that were featured on Jay Leno's Garage and inspired previous guest, Paolo D'Ammassa, most recent classic Wagoneer build.  They also discuss Chris' modern designs that shaped the Jeep, Dodge and SRT brands of today.    

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