Steve: Yes, my brother and I watched the Thanksgiving marathon a few years ago and were hooked.

J: I remember that marathon. It's where I got hooked as well! If I remember correctly, it's when I first started taping the show too. We've heard stories of the production staff receiving thousands of tapes of Junkyard Hopefuls. What did you and your team do on your audition tape?

S: We cut my daughters bike in half and welded it back together, outside during a show storm.

J: I bet that went over well. "Uh, sweetheart, Daddy and his friends are going to cut your bike in half." That's gonna be a lot of therapy in the future! Just kidding Steve. What about the build day? Was that grueling or a cakewalk?

S: You may not realize it, but this show is not Hollywood fluff, we got really dirty, and some members from the other team actually got hurt (cuts and bruises).

J: Ouch! Strange how they never show that on TV, huh? Anyway, during the show we saw the other team approach you guys and ask for some parts off of a truck that you had laid claim to. Given how there was some very un-sportsmanlike conduct last series, was that a geniune deal or was it "scripted"?

S: Do you mean the red postal jeep? If so that was totally random, we did not even know they had done it until the show aired. They did actually need some parts off of the Chevy frame and asked us for them, however, we shot it 'for TV' three times.

J: Back to your racer, that frame looked extremely flimsy. One good jolt and it looked as though it would just disintegrate. Was that the case?

S: We did not break! We triangulated the braces for rigidity, and although the bars were only 1'' diameter, they had 3/8" walls. Also, the frame just tied the axles together; they (the axles) carried the weight of the wheels.

J: What about the other teams' racer? What did you think when you saw it?

S: It looked easy to build compared to ours, the v8 was a bit scary.

J: That's right...you guys had used a V6 to power your racer. I imagine it was a bit scary. However, they snapped a U-joint at the very beginning of their first lap. How did you feel about that?

S: I have to admit it put a smile on my face.

J: I bet it did. Talk about your Achilles' Tendon snapping. It didn't look good for the Model Ts at that point. That being so, they completed two laps and you guys failed to complete even one. Was that due to a failure on the part of your machine?

S: Our machine did as we hoped; it was just too wide to fit through the narrow section of the track. (We did not see the track prior).

J: Would you and your teammates go back on the show if you had the chance?

S: Definately, we had a blast.

J: Our time has come to an end. Steve, I want to thank you again for your time. I also will give you the last word. You mentioned to me that you had a project on the go?