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Ed Story Time! (apologies in advance...)
Those of you who watch the Cold War Motors YouTube channel already know how wonderful the shenanigans
are with that bunch of "agents" in Alberta Canada...
(I stumbled upon the channel like a dozen years ago, whilst on one of my recouperations after cancer surgery
number whatever that one was....and was hooked. I believe Scott is right when he says he did the "will it
run?" type videos of old junkers first.)
Scott, the channels' owner, is a pretty damn good "tin man" by trade and he does it old-school style, in ways
that are at times quite amazing - but he's blessed to be so talented at it, too.
He's also a fun-loving, not-pressed sort of a fellow too - and he loves old cars. ANY old cars, pretty much.
His collection (don't call it junkyard!) is over 50 in quantity and they span the gamut of a lot of old 50's and 60's
Mopars, but there's tons of others makes too (he loves Citroens, for example).
He likes having them around and they occasionally offer up parts (or become the next project!).
His body/metal skills are for real, he's very meticulous when needed, not so much when not - and very mechanically
inclined in general. He doesn't care if he doesn't leave his "compound" for days sometimes - he lives what
he does there and prefers it to much of anything else.
It's the sort of place I wish I lived near; I'd be very comfortable being an "agent", I think.
He and I have regularly corresponded over the years, by comments posted on his videos or emails or whatever...
but a few years back, he was at a crossroads with production of new stuff for the channel.
It takes a lot of time (which means $$$ to a self-employed guy like him) and the channel wasn't producing the
amount of views needed to make a living off of - so he was about to stop doing new stuff for the show and
go back to full-time body shop employment.
When he spoke of this to me, I urged him to at least try a Patreon account first; I thought (and still think) that
what he does on the channel matters to a lot of people, far beyond just documenting all the goofiness and
restoration work that goes on up there.
I said "what the hell, give it a whirl. If it fails then hey, at least you tried - but I'm guessing the support
will be far greater from others than you think."
Scott being the humble sort didn't believe anyone much would support the channel that way...but he agreed reluctantly
to at least try.
Well, the rest is history...and the support came!
Despite next to zero help from the infamous YT "algorithm", the channel not only survived but support for it
was strong enough - maybe even stronger than I suspected, which is wonderful!
Scott was again humbled by all the support and it got to be enough for him to devote to doing full-time projects
and producing the content of the channel, something he spends countless hours on as the obligation to the
subscribers leads him to. He doesn't have to take on paying gigs anymore at all if he doesn't want to.
In the live chats and such, he always mentions to folks who it was that put the Patreon bug in his ear, too...
and that's my time to be humbled and grateful.
It's a serious "bucket list" thing that I somehow make my way up to visit CWM one day, it really is -
but the realist in me knows the likelihood of that at this point of my life isn't very high, especially given
that I don't fly....
That's ok - I'm just tickled that small group up in Androssan AB are still at it and sharing it with anyone who
watches - and I'm very proud of Scott, too.
His decision to go this route took a ton of courage and good things should happen to good guys...
at least sometimes anyways, right?
Ok, all of that to say this:
Scott is a Mopar guy, amongst other weird stuff. His favorites are the Fury from the late 50's/early 60's, along with big
ol' c-bodies from the early 70's. Another of the gang who also likes c-bodies is Myles, who has built more than a few BB
Mopar engines over time and currently owns one he's ressurected.
Myles likes to talk about an engines' lope with a big cam as having a "chop" to them; it's sort of a running gag on the
show and Scott often wonders what would happen if Myles and I got in the same room and yakked about big blocks.
Myles had asked in a live chat one day if I had anything online he could see/listen to on Fred (my '68 GTX) and Scott
immediately led him to my own pathetic YT channel....he wanted to hear Fred's "chop".
I posted a link to one of my videos on the Patreon "Community" page so Myles would be able to refer to it.
Next thing you know....it's Fred's 10 seconds of fame!
Scott has taken a small sample of one of my videos of Fred, then the same from a recent video featuring Myles' 383 and made
the "cold open" scene on the current CWM episode:
Lookit, none of this matters to much of anyone except those directly involved, I know - I ain't nobody, after all - but the huge
grin I got on my face when I recognized Fred's sound on that cold open lasted quite a while anyways.
Even better, my wife immediately recognized Fred's sound when she happened by my computer when I was watching the
video, too!!
It really is the little things in life, isn't it?
Those of you who watch the Cold War Motors YouTube channel already know how wonderful the shenanigans
are with that bunch of "agents" in Alberta Canada...
(I stumbled upon the channel like a dozen years ago, whilst on one of my recouperations after cancer surgery
number whatever that one was....and was hooked. I believe Scott is right when he says he did the "will it
run?" type videos of old junkers first.)
Scott, the channels' owner, is a pretty damn good "tin man" by trade and he does it old-school style, in ways
that are at times quite amazing - but he's blessed to be so talented at it, too.
He's also a fun-loving, not-pressed sort of a fellow too - and he loves old cars. ANY old cars, pretty much.
His collection (don't call it junkyard!) is over 50 in quantity and they span the gamut of a lot of old 50's and 60's
Mopars, but there's tons of others makes too (he loves Citroens, for example).
He likes having them around and they occasionally offer up parts (or become the next project!).
His body/metal skills are for real, he's very meticulous when needed, not so much when not - and very mechanically
inclined in general. He doesn't care if he doesn't leave his "compound" for days sometimes - he lives what
he does there and prefers it to much of anything else.
It's the sort of place I wish I lived near; I'd be very comfortable being an "agent", I think.
He and I have regularly corresponded over the years, by comments posted on his videos or emails or whatever...
but a few years back, he was at a crossroads with production of new stuff for the channel.
It takes a lot of time (which means $$$ to a self-employed guy like him) and the channel wasn't producing the
amount of views needed to make a living off of - so he was about to stop doing new stuff for the show and
go back to full-time body shop employment.
When he spoke of this to me, I urged him to at least try a Patreon account first; I thought (and still think) that
what he does on the channel matters to a lot of people, far beyond just documenting all the goofiness and
restoration work that goes on up there.
I said "what the hell, give it a whirl. If it fails then hey, at least you tried - but I'm guessing the support
will be far greater from others than you think."
Scott being the humble sort didn't believe anyone much would support the channel that way...but he agreed reluctantly
to at least try.
Well, the rest is history...and the support came!
Despite next to zero help from the infamous YT "algorithm", the channel not only survived but support for it
was strong enough - maybe even stronger than I suspected, which is wonderful!
Scott was again humbled by all the support and it got to be enough for him to devote to doing full-time projects
and producing the content of the channel, something he spends countless hours on as the obligation to the
subscribers leads him to. He doesn't have to take on paying gigs anymore at all if he doesn't want to.
In the live chats and such, he always mentions to folks who it was that put the Patreon bug in his ear, too...
and that's my time to be humbled and grateful.
It's a serious "bucket list" thing that I somehow make my way up to visit CWM one day, it really is -
but the realist in me knows the likelihood of that at this point of my life isn't very high, especially given
that I don't fly....
That's ok - I'm just tickled that small group up in Androssan AB are still at it and sharing it with anyone who
watches - and I'm very proud of Scott, too.
His decision to go this route took a ton of courage and good things should happen to good guys...
at least sometimes anyways, right?
Ok, all of that to say this:
Scott is a Mopar guy, amongst other weird stuff. His favorites are the Fury from the late 50's/early 60's, along with big
ol' c-bodies from the early 70's. Another of the gang who also likes c-bodies is Myles, who has built more than a few BB
Mopar engines over time and currently owns one he's ressurected.
Myles likes to talk about an engines' lope with a big cam as having a "chop" to them; it's sort of a running gag on the
show and Scott often wonders what would happen if Myles and I got in the same room and yakked about big blocks.
Myles had asked in a live chat one day if I had anything online he could see/listen to on Fred (my '68 GTX) and Scott
immediately led him to my own pathetic YT channel....he wanted to hear Fred's "chop".
I posted a link to one of my videos on the Patreon "Community" page so Myles would be able to refer to it.
Next thing you know....it's Fred's 10 seconds of fame!
Scott has taken a small sample of one of my videos of Fred, then the same from a recent video featuring Myles' 383 and made
the "cold open" scene on the current CWM episode:
Lookit, none of this matters to much of anyone except those directly involved, I know - I ain't nobody, after all - but the huge
grin I got on my face when I recognized Fred's sound on that cold open lasted quite a while anyways.
Even better, my wife immediately recognized Fred's sound when she happened by my computer when I was watching the
video, too!!
It really is the little things in life, isn't it?
