Merlin’s Barn Podcast

Photos of the whole project from school here: http://www.hansonmechanical.com/MetEV/metrestoration.html

And more photos and story here (scroll down to the little red car, it’s an OLD site)

www.hansonmechanical.com

Merlin tells about his students deciding he was not Mr. Hanson.

Merlin, Tasia & Nicole talk about collecting radios, cameras, Troll dolls, fossilized turtles and death marches to collect buckets of spoils that just might have a tiny tooth in it. Matt even speaks on occasion.

A quick reminisce about the Alaska or Rust trip with Merlin. “The Patterson” DJ-3A was just at the Mason Dixon Willy’s Jeep Gathering and moments before it left Merlin regales us with the Day One list of breakdowns.

Join the gang for a Georgian lemonade tasting and more stories from Matt’s rambles abroad.

What does Matt do in his spare time while in Brussels? He finds you, dear listener the dullest statue imaginable, and a few really cool ones. Apologies podcast listeners, this minisode is best viewed in addition to listened to.

Larry’s 1982 flight over LA captured the attention of the early internet and turned him into a legend. But he wasn’t the first nor the last to take up cluster ballooning. In this episode our research goes to to new heights, even for us.

Edit: Here is the link to the David Letterman Appearance.

Through the heart of Paris runs a very, very busy river. Packed with commercial barge traffic, tour boats, pleasure boats and one car. A 1964 Amphicar lives on the stern of the Peniche a Dutch barge turned home and office owned by the architect Jacques Rougerie.

Rougerie’s work is quite interesting. He works in the domain of underwater habitats. You can see a bunch in this Atlas Obscura article: The Retro-Futuristic Undersea Habitats of Jacques Rougerie The Amphicar is quite fascinating as well. But the 2007 flooding in England and the role played by one of these little cars in helping people out is quite a good read over here: Flood Friday

I hope you enjoyed this minisode. Next Tuesday will be another full length podcast. Looking, this time at another decidedly different mode of transportation.

Join us as we dive into Deno’s world! We discuss starting a shop, cars, customers, planes family and more. We will definitely have Deno back for another session. Enjoy a slice of Deno’s world.

In 1887 Mitrofan Lagidze developed a line of fruit and herbal flavored sodas. These became popular in the Soviet Union and can still be found in Eastern Europe but are almost unheard of in America. Full episode to air later this year with the history of these drinks and so much more. For today it’s just a taste.