We’re kicking it old school this week with one of the OG competitive rock crawlers, Charlie Melchner. Charlie comes with a unique knowledge of cars and what they can do, but a limited sense of how to build “I can measure with a yardstick, mark it with a crayon and cut it with a torch.”  He left the finesse to the builders.  Join us for a great conversation while Charlie fills us in on wheeling with all the greats of the sport.

3:16 Lessons learned: Never compliment a salesman on his truck, you might end up changing careers.

4:43  The moment Charlie’s life changed forever and what Bigfoot had to do with it

10:49 What do you mean you’re out of gas money?  You only made it to Indiana…

16:29  Lost in Johnson Valley, this is starting to be a common theme in our podcasts

30:53 BFG introduces a new unobtanium tire to rock crawling

47:34  Why you shouldn’t test the buggy the night before a competition

54:04  Introducing the Poop Chute

1:06:39  How Charlie came to race KOH by accident

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