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SHOP TALK #4 - Frankie Echavez | Frankie's Car Update · After-Hours with Faction! Motorsports

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  But I'm going to title this video Frankie's Car update.
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  So let's get into some of this shit because you have been the
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  one that's really been working on my car lately.
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  So I guess because I never talk about my car, so I guess we
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  should probably talk about this, but we've been doing some shit
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  on my car. The front end is basically all
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  the fab work is pretty much done.
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  Yeah, just going over pretty much like stitch welding certain
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  sections that were like needed it and fixing up a little things
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  that were done years ago, I guess.
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  Years ago or not finished and then yeah.
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  And just kind of like I guess you drove the car with with
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  those repairs done prior and like.
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  You know the ones on the RAD support?
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  Yeah, yeah, that shit was done with like the, I don't even know
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  the first time that rad support was put on that car, Scott did
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  it Wasted at Justine House, I remember.
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  Pretty funny because like I actually like follow his
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  Instagram page. I'm like, he does really good
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  work. I know it's he's a he's a he's a
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  great fabricator. I like whenever I see like a
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  good fabricator, I honestly like, I respect that and like
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  I'll even like tell them like yo, you do good, good stuff.
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  I know it's crazy and and seeing I'm.
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  Not like I'm not exactly. I'm not looking for someone to
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  be like, oh, yo, you too. I'm like, yeah, I don't want
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  that. Like, you know, it's just, yeah,
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  yeah, more so like, yo, I know what it takes like put in time
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  and stuff like that and like, for you to be dialed in like
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  that, that's something you can respect.
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  To be honest, dude, when I met Scott, it was like he was a
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  mechanic and he just got like AI think it was a 2nd 2:40 but he
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  he finally like got into drifting and then we would just
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  always be hanging out at Justin's house and he did not
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  fucking Weld anything. Like I don't even think he knew
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  how to Weld. Maybe he knew how to like mig
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  Weld a little bit. Yeah, he did.
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  Because when I crashed my fucking car, he's like, yeah,
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  I'll fucking Weld it. And then like, I don't know who
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  had a welder. I guess Justin had a welder.
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  That's how I that's how I started because at that shop
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  that I was mentioning before, yeah, I needed to eventually,
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  like Weld my own stuff. So I'm like, all right, I'll
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  just start trying to glue things together.
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  I was like, this is fun. Like this is like something I
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  can get into. Something that I've because.
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  Like honestly, like certain things are like I'm like, all
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  right, maybe I'll do this, Maybe I'll do that.
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  I'm very indecisive and like maybe I have a EDDI, don't know,
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  like to be honest, but like I'm just like, all right, I want to
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  do this now. I want to do that.
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  I want to do that. If you wouldn't pay someone to
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  do that exactly. And like I, I always had that
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  like, I guess growing up I was just like, I don't know, you
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  have that much money. I just like, I used to like, you
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  know, be that skateboarder kid. Yeah, like, which is like, like
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  get his lunch money together just to buy a board and be like,
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  oh, yeah, I'll just buy this instead.
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  I'll buy like ramen or something like that, you know, And like, I
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  was just like, all right, if I learn how to do this, I don't
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  have to ask anyone. So that's an expensive thing
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  that you need to get done at some shops.
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  So I'm like, all right, I'll learn how to do that.
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  I'll try and hone my skill. Maybe I can even do that for,
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  you know, a job. And then I started like I
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  started working at other shops doing that full time and kind of
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  growing with that, like, you know, machine shops or like
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  production shops, like doing all the types of like welding.
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  And I feel like Scott kind of did the same thing, but he did
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  it later because like he, he was a mechanic and everything.
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  And like you saw the welds on the front end.
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  If you know, that was back in the day, he didn't know what was
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  going on. But also I I think Ethan touched
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  that front end too at one point because those welds on the
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  bottom of the. Rest I started.
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  I started like any type of car stuff or I was, I was always
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  like into cars, but I was always in the mindset like where I was
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  like, I can't obtain that because I don't have money.
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  So I was just like, all right, like be realistic, get like a, a
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  car you can drive from school to like, you know, go hang out with
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  your friends, do whatever, all that stuff.
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  And then I was just like, all right, actually I can, I can do
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  this now. So I bought, you know, a few
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  different kind of cars, had fun with them and, you know, went on
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  with that. Yeah, dude, I'm now I'm thinking
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  about the the old days hanging in Justin's garage.
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  That shit was fun. But.
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  I think about that stuff all the time.
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  I'm just like. I try not to think about that
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  too much. Yeah, but it's like it's, it was
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  like a, it was a fun time. Just like there's like very
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  little responsibility and like, it's just like, kind of like
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  carefree. But even back then I can, I can
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  remember like thinking in those moments that like I had a lot of
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  shit to do. Or something.
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  Yeah, yeah. Like everything was like blown
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  way out of proportion. Yeah.
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  And like you're just like, oh, you don't.
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  I'm stressed out. Like, yeah, yeah, you're not
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  stressed out. Wait till you're fucking.
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  Old wait till you're older. Now I'm sitting here like wow I
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  really had no concerns. But back then you no matter what
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  time you are in your life, you always think like, I mean, I
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  would hope, but some people don't give a fuck about
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  anything. But usually like anytime you
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  early wrote was, oh, I got I got so much shit to do.
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  I'm like, you know, I'm very stressed out.
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  It's like, yeah, but I think we just make problems in our heads
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  most of the time, so. It's more so like usually like
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  overthinking. Yeah, I like, I get in my head
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  so much. Like there's even like even
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  working on stuff. Like there's certain things that
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  I'm like, I want it to be like perfect.
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  I'm like, I'll just like overthink, but I'm like, no,
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  this has to get done like. That's literally my car.
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  Exactly that's. That's my entire car.
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  I'm. Just like, but I'm like, this
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  didn't come out the way I wanted to, but like I was like, all
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  right, maybe I can leave it like this for now and then like
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  eventually change it. Dude, I went through so many
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  revisions. It's also good that you have me
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  because I can look at it and like we can both come to a
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  decision. And I might even be like, yeah,
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  fuck it. I might be in the mood where I'm
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  like, yeah, fuck it. And you're in the mood where no,
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  it has to be perfect because I will fucking make a decision.
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  But yeah, I I mean, there's many times where I come to the shop,
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  I look at the car and then I'm like, like, I come here thinking
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  like I'm going to do this is this.
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  And then I go look at the situation and I'm like, I can't
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  fucking do this yet because we have to Weld this and then fuck,
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  OK, now I can't do this shit. All right, let me go do some
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  else and then I'll go home. And I'm like.
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  Stuff like that, Like I should have just stuff like that.
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  Like what I like to do is like I'll make a list and like I'll
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  check off like a little things and I'm like, maybe that made
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  me, maybe that gave me like this.
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  Good idea. You know, like the the type of
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  feeling like, oh, I did something.
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  Yeah, Accomplishment. Yeah, it is good to have a list
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  because if you get somewhere, if you have a like I, what I
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  usually do is I usually have a plan to do one thing and if I
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  come here and that thing gets fucked up and I can't do it
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  anymore, then I'm kind of just mad.
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  I'll get, yeah, I'll get frustrated, I'll get like
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  annoyed, but if there's like certain times, like at my old
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  garage, I would go there and be like, all right, I'm going to
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  work on this. I'll do like a whole list and
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  like, or prior to making the whole like whole list, I'll like
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  be like, oh, I'm going to focus on one thing that didn't go as
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  planned. Yeah.
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  And I'm just like leaving my garage, like pissed off or like,
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  yeah, and just like, oh, I don't know, that happens.
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  I don't have enough time in the day.
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  Like 'cause like it'll be like, all right.
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  It's not like I'm just like, I'm just hanging out, you know, I'm
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  going to work and then after work I'm already tired.
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  Have to work on your car? Have to work on my car and like
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  try and do like whatever. And it's really bad when that
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  car is something you actually need to drive, which is the
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  situation. Yeah, which I had before, Yeah.
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  I mean, but like the 240, like I kind of had that in the garage
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  and I would just like go there after work, kind of tinker for a
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  little bit. Yeah, do whatever.
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  Well, thank God you have the fucking G and the truck.
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  Yeah, yeah, 'cause that would suck if you only had one.
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  Yeah, exactly. How do you manage that
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  situation? You just you park both on the
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  streets. I.
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  I park both on the street and then I just move them like
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  every. For Street.
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  For like Monday and Tuesday like I have to move usually usually
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  the truck have to move and then the the GI just like uses daily.
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  So yeah, I usually have to move that and it's like kind of
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  annoying, but like, I mean, it is what it is for now until I
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  find something else or like, you know.
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  Well, you'll be looking at houses soon.
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  I'll be I, Yeah, definitely. Yeah, so there's that.
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  But yeah, with the car, it's like, I don't know, I, I, we're
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  finally getting to a good spot. I think we're finally getting to
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  the spot where it's like, OK, now I have to paint stuff.
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  So that's really good because for the most, for the last like
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  2 years, two to three years, it was just a matter of getting
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  Ethan here. He would Weld something and then
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  we'd bullshit and then he would leave.
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  And it's like it's just not happening fast enough.
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  So now with you here, like he still wants to help, but then
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  he's doing his whole thing with the house.
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  And he's like, he's like building a house that's like,
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  that's a lot of time, a lot of work, and he has to do things by
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  a certain deadline, too. So it's fucked right now.
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  It's crazy understandable that like he doesn't have time for
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  this, even though like I know, I know Ethan like he he likes, he
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  loves doing this stuff. Yeah, he does.
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  And he's just like, all right when he's set and he has
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  everything set up, you know, like, whatever.
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  Like, yeah, we'll both be working over here crushing shit,
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  I guess that. That would be sick.
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  Yeah, he hasn't even seen your welder yet.
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  Oh, really? He hasn't been here in that
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  long, I. Actually, actually I did send
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  him a message on like he did on Instagram.
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  I told him like, yo, I sent him a picture of it like set up and
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  he's like, he's like, oh shit. OK, cool.
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  So here he knows. And I was just like, yeah, a
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  little upgrade for us, I guess, yeah.
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  That's cool, yeah. Like it's like, you know, the
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  the Waller that was over there before, it was just like it was
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  only capable of like certain things.
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  Like you can get away with a lot with that one, but like this
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  other one, like it's a little bit of an upgrade.
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  A lot of people did not like that other welder.
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  You were probably the only person that didn't hate that
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  other one. 'Cause I have that one, but like
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  a newer version of it. Yeah.
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  But so you were used to it. I was used to it in a certain
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  certain sense like the the one that I have like it was the
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  upgraded like the newer model had like more features than what
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  that has. So that was like bare bones
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  like. That was what was the one that
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  was there, just so people know. It was an Everlast 185.
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