He is, but he’s not our uncle, just a true friend. Earl was born during the Great Depression in Medina County, Ohio and still lives there. Nobody wasted anything in those days, and his thrifty upbringing has stuck with him his whole life. “We couldn’t afford toys when I was a boy, so I used to make my own,” he says with a laugh. When he reached his teens, he fell in love with cars and developed a knack for working with his hands. Later he joined the Army, and became an engineer and machinist and served in the Korean War. He is one of those hardworking, no-nonsense people that gets things done. Earl is a man of total integrity and has a quiet, inner strength. He represents those qualities that make America great. Fact is, America was built on guys like Earl!