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From: lincoln@eosp1.UUCP (Dick Lincoln)
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Subject: Re: Last Chance Garage
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Date: Wed, 28-Mar-84 09:34:33 EST
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> Just out of curiosity, regarding the PBS auto-repair program "Last
> Chance Garage" -- I don't know if that program is still being
> produced, but it isn't being aired here in St. Louis anymore.  I
> believe it originated in one of the New England PBS stations.  Was
> (or is) there an actual auto-repair shop run by the host of that
> program, and, if so, was it really called "Last Chance Garage"?  Or
> was the whole thing faked up for the purpose of the program?

> Will Martin

Yes, the "Last Chance Garage" really does(did?) exist in Cambridge, MA,
but *may* not anymore.  It belonged to those crazy "Click and Clack,
the Tappet Twins" brothers who do(did?) the show from a Boston NPR
station.  A few years ago, one brother bought the other out.

I don't live in the Boston area, but my brother does and used to send
me tapes of the shows: amazing, particularly their "Click and Clack
Conundrums" and "Little Puzzlers" quizzes on bizarre automotive
malfunctions.  I'm not sure that the program is still being produced
because I haven't received any "Click and Clack" tapes in a while.

Click and Clack have some biases about what constitutes a good car.
For example, they are definitely prejudiced against foreign
sub-compacts.  Their idea of automotive heaven, expressed many times,
is something like a 1960 vintage Imperial "Stah Croosah", as they
pronounce it.