So many great stories about a great man! Mike Czajkowski shares stories about his dad, the legendary Marlin Crawler. Don’t miss episode 270! Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app.
2:10 – People always know when Marlin caught them on the trail, where they met him.
18:28 – Paul goes, “hey, this my friend, Marlin.” And Christine gets up, throws the paper and storms off to her room! That was the first time they met.
29:11 – There was a first gen Toyota mini truck in the church parking lot, my dad snuck out of church to leave a note – cool truck, call me!
38:28 – How many revisions has the Marlin Crawler truck gone through?? Listen to find out.
54:05 – he would experiment and learn and put seals in backwards on purpose, just do things in non-conventional ways
1:04:10 – Three boxes. We call that a triple transfer case, and no one had ever done this to go slow over the rocks.
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TRANSCRIPT
[00:01:14.190] – Big Rich Klein
On this week’s episode of Conversations with Big Rich is Mike Czajkowski, known as Big Mike. Mike is the son of Marlin, Mr. Crawler Czajkowski, father of the dual case for Toyotas. We will be talking about Marlin’s life, including family, education, the business, and also talking about Mike’s life. Well, hello, Mike Czajkowski. How are you doing today?
[00:01:39.280] – Mike Czajkowski
I’m doing great, Rich. How are you?
[00:01:41.040] – Big Rich Klein
Excellent. I’m looking forward to this interview. You know, I’ve been friends with your dad for a long time. Just met you recently. But, you know, I saw your dad out at events and everything and out on the trail for years. And I’m really looking forward to talking to you about not only your life, but your dad’s life.
[00:02:00.340] – Mike Czajkowski
Yeah, this will be, this will be fun. I’m going to put you on the spot a few times. Where did, where did you meet Marlin? Do you remember the, the, where you were?
[00:02:08.420] – Big Rich Klein
on the Rubicon?
[00:02:10.180] – Mike Czajkowski
Yeah. See, people, people always know when. Some people will even tell you they know like where on the trail they were. When, when Marlon like caught him on the trail or something.
[00:02:21.700] – Big Rich Klein
We were, we were hanging out. It had to be a little sluice or real close to that. I used to run with, with in the early 90s or excuse me, in the early 2000s after I moved back to California, I ran around with some of the pirates and can remember meeting Marlin on the trail.
[00:02:44.960] – Mike Czajkowski
So that’s really cool. READ MORE
