Talk:Monster Garage

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Newbie comment

Wow, how informative! -- 80.186.144.210 (Talk) 00:20, 18 February 2005

Hello :-). Please could you sign talk pages with 4 tildes (~~~~} . Duke toaster 13:23, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the Rock'em, Sock'em Robots failure

I don't remember the heads being welded to the cars as indicated in the article. Originally Jesse made two heads and identically tack welded each to a plate. The teams where then allowed to mount the _plate_ as securely to the vehicle as they could. One of the teams had the idea to mount the plate on springs(valve return springs IIRC). This caused a controversy because the other team felt, correctly, that the springs would allow the head to take a much greater hit without breaking the tack welds than a more rigidly mounted one. I believe the inclusion of the spring mount arouse out of a difference in interpretation of the 'off the cuff' mounting instructions given by Jesse about attaching the plates. The issue was settled with a coin toss by Jesse, I do not recall the exact resolution at this time. Perhaps someone with the episodes on DVD (if they're available) confirm this? AnotherBrian 12:19, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The whole section of the article was dead wrong--it listed the xB as losing the contest. (It didn't.) I rewrote it; someone feel free to check my math. --Billfred 01:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Last episode?

In the season finale "Ultimate Old School Wagon," it's mentioned that the Monster Garage is closing for good. --CCFreak2K 01:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last Episode

The "Series" Finale aired on June 12, 2006. Sadly, Monster Garage is no more. Trustonay1 03:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC)trustonay1[reply]

perhaps somebody could ad some information regarding that midget so frequently seen lurking around the reconstruction area?

midget

if i remember correctly he's called Body Drop. That should be a start if anyone is interested. His name is Chris Artiaga, enjoy. 70.224.42.216 01:52, 18 August 2006 (UTC) xenokilla 8/17/06[reply]

Cancellation

Why was the show canceled? Was it because the producers/Jesse didn't want to continue, or because of ratings? ViperBite 02:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was a falling out between Jesse and the producers. Specifically Jesse wanted to do an Iraq build and the producers did not. So Jesse walked away from the show and produced the Iraq show himself. Because of the presumably bad feelings between Jesse and the producers the show dissolved. Nodekeeper 09:17, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, this is after much forum research, else I would put in the article. Nodekeeper 09:45, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the whole thing was a bit of a mystery why it lasted so long.Landroo (talk) 00:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 02:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

De Lorean DMC-12 Hovercraft

Was this supposed to be a bad pun reference to the Back to the Future trilogy?

but ultimately ran out of time

DancingMan (talk) 06:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Big Schwag and Frankie Whiteside

Hi everybody. I'm contributing to the monster garage in french, and I see that none of you talks about The Big Schwag and Frankie Whiteside. Neither talking about the ritual quotes for opening and closing episode (available on IMDb). I'll not edit this page because I'll just make mistakes in your language, but think about it! 81.220.253.225 (talk) 10:55, 1 August 2008 (UTC)Factory[reply]

Vehicles

On the show this generally meant making one vehicle that could transform into another such as a PT Cruiser which could change into a wood chipper,

Clumsy wording. A wood chipper is not a kind of vehicle. I don't have a specific citation for this at the moment. 24.45.249.139 (talk) 22:50, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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According to Edd China's 2019 autobiography

Grease Junkie: A book of moving parts, The idea for the show was derived from the shortlived 2002 UK series Panic Mechanics. 194.207.183.182 (talk) 11:08, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]