83 Year Old Twin Mechanics (Texas Country Reporter)

[@RhettIs1]

I was in a tough spot once and had no gas or money, i needed something to put gas in and couldn’t afford a gas can from the gas station. I had stopped by to ask if they had a can for me to borrow.. they had a 3 gallon gas can and it had some gas in it, they said take it and keep the can, “young man like you ought to have a gas can” I went back on payday with the gas can filled up but they refused to take it back. They probably don’t remember that act of kindness but i always will.

[@libertypastor1307]

There was no such term as white privilege back then - only hard, honest work - regardless of color of skin. These men make modern Americans look pretty sissified!

[@IllaWondah]

@@libertypastor1307 this isnt about race it was to pay homage to two hard working Americans

[@libertypastor1307]

@@IllaWondah I know. But the leftists are making everything about race nowadays; so I was just pointing out the obvious.

[@gsp49]

@@libertypastor1307 There never has been white privilege, but government programs have given blacks numerous special priviledges like affirmative action.

[@libertypastor1307]

@@gsp49 The only privileges that can exist are in private businesses, or in the case where they are mentioned in the Constitution, they include the privileges of choosing our representatives, serving in government and other things the Constitution mentions; all of which are available to all the posterity of the people who ratified the Constitution, including those who would later become citizens by birth or by naturalization, regardless of color of skin or nation of origin.

[@johncovey9083]

I was very fortunate to know these gentlemen, my shop was next door to theirs in the 90's. I haven't seen them in 25 years. It warms my heart to see this video.

[@b1.worlds44]

What was your shop ?

[@boyvasquez2823]

It is men like this, that made this country great, humble men like this .

[@jmdoutdoors5729]

This is real men.

[@MOSSFEEN]

and men called Trump pull it apart

[@boyvasquez2823]

@@MOSSFEEN u r so right u r the only one who got it .

[@chrisjar1342]

Actually No. It was ruthless money hungry men like Vanderbilt, Carnegie, JP Morgan etc... honest humble men are who I think should have been the leaders but unfortunately the world does not work that way

[@nordicpride9708]

Ruairi McCarthy Can’t just keep your bullshit politics (aka religion) to yourself. Nobody is watching this to hear your political talk. That said, these two are true Americans and it’s sad to see these throwbacks in 2020, albeit inspiring.

[@thomasaschenberg9809]

God Bless them both. There’s two fine examples from that greatest generation that ever lived.

[@Dano54100]

Yes sir hard working young men lol

[@rmlora6tt133]

From when north America was great!

[@leevaughan8368]

Dam right. The good old days

[@CIorox_BIeach]

These two are both great men, but I don't know about that being the greatest generation. Their kids are a disaster.

[@halfcookedtorrilla3094]

Silent generation actually

[@terrybane6206]

This is a heartwarming story. This is a story of true love on many levels. Way to go Stokes Brothers.

[@scorpioman92]

The Stokes Boys were best mechanics this world has ever seen and two of the finest and most honest men that ever lived in Brown County. They were my "go-to" mechanics for my entire life until they passed away. They kept my old cars running, just as they did my dad's before me. It seems they had a standard rate for me, $35, if it wasn't something they could fix for free. :)

[@sarahpursley719]

scorpioman92 they were precious treasures

[@JWB671]

Dragon Master... it was shot in 2009

[@sandra101705]

when did these gentlemen pass away.? ive heard of storys where one doesnt live that much longer after the other... i just seen this video and its a wonderful and very interesting story, they thought and talked JUST LIKE each other.. Its so cool to have a identical twin cuz if u dont like something about the other its more then likely u probably have that same trait and then u can change that aspect of urself to better yourself...but i really loved this heartfelt story!

[@scorpioman92]

@@sandra101705 , Odus, the tallest one (aka Big 'Un"), passed away a few years after this episode was shot. Orus only lived a year or two longer, I think. I spent many hours in that shop, getting my car fixed, and I never heard one word of argument between the two. I sure miss them, both as my friends and my mechanics. Instead of only paying a small amount to get my cars fixed, now I have to pay a fortune to get minor things repaired.

[@chrisdugas1226]

@@sandra101705 From what I found on the internet it says: Orus Will Stokes June 2, 1925 - March 6, 2012 at the age of 86 and Odus Fred Stokes June 2, 1925 - August 12, 2013 at the age of 88. Sources: www.brownwoodtx.com/article/20120308/Obituaries/303089996 www.brownwoodtx.com/article/20130812/Obituaries/308129997

[@HighTones]

I have laughed and cried watching this how much these 2 fellows reminded me of my dad who passed away 8 years ago at 84. Their hands their mannerisms are identical and my dad too was a identical twin. My grandmother could not tell them apart. They sang played guitars and the harmonica and yodeled. What a class act. They were wonderful men from the greatest generation that ever lived! Thank you for sharing this.

[@combatangler6812]

Rip to these men. One passed in 2012 and in 2013 one year after this was filmed

[@phoenixman8569]

I looked up thier shop, it has a for sale sign in the window for almost a decade now with a car and all kinds of parts still there, like a small shrine to a simpler time when the personal touch once meant somthing...

[@lawnmowermanTX]

I met these awesome gentlemen a while back and I miss them so much! They are both alive in the hearts of those they touched! May we keep their memories alive for eternity! Sweet, kind and awesome mechanics of Brown County! Thank you Kelli and Bob Phillips of TCR! I wish i could time travel, to ask them to overhaul my mom’s 1982 Ford Granada engine. Coffee is on me!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😇😇😇😇

[@howardmccauley7878]

Wouldn’t it be fantastic to be able to hang out in those fellas shop and just soak in their wonderful stories? All of us could learn something great from these two brothers. Bless and good health and happiness to both of you.

[@davidarmstrong7966]

www.findagrave.com/memorial/86513347/orus-will-stokes

[@saifrajon4155]

My utmost respect & honor for these Gentlemen.

[@GorgorothBergen-ns7il]

Great ones, The RULE!!

[@newsyvonne]

Ya'll this is what good story telling looks like. Love it

[@stevethecountrycook1227]

My Lord guys! I was a school bus mechanic for a little over 30yrs. It wore me out lifting 200 lb. tires and 300 lb. third members trying to make sure the children was never on an unsafe school bus! I And they wasn't on my watch! I only weighted 130 lbs. soaking wet! Like I said "wore me out" You brothers make me feel like a slacker! God Bless you both! Go as long as you can!

[@stevethecountrycook1227]

I just read the comments. I guess they did! One in 2012 and the other in 2013. Surprised they didn't die a few hrs. or a day apart! God Bless them and their family! I am sure they are still missed by all that knew them!

[@EternaLivesMatter]

I'm a school bus driver and I want to thank you, so very much for your service! God bless you! I hope that you are born again, by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ who died to pay for our sins, and rose from the grave to give eternal life, to those who believe on him and confess him as Saviour.

[@dude-kz9yr]

Oh i know the feeling. Im a regular car mechanic and its hard work. 50-100 lb tires and 200 lb ft torque spec dont work well with me. Im 5’3 and 100 lb female. I can do pull ups off a lug nut with a breaker bar on it and it wont move lol

[@clairewang5756]

my love for cars and for manual labour brought me here. this story gives me a happy warm feeling. god bless these men.

[@donkinzett3961]

As an Australian I love this channel

[@samspace81]

10 of 10 as usual TCR, RIP Stokes Bros :(

[@marv.mon.9845]

This bond is so strong it would be hard for one to go.

[@studentoftheword8740]

That would be a great loss to the brother twin that died last.

[@trashbandit2449]

@@studentoftheword8740 one died a year after the other

[@BB-oz8oc]

This is really beautiful. God bless Texas and the great generations before us

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

I’m from Alabama,we have a lot in common with y’all,with what you show on your channel,I really enjoy your channel.Thanks for the videos.

[@RX7GSLSEowner]

Incredible! Thank you for posting this story! Thumbs up!

[@gregknight293]

......Very touching story....many thanks.....

[@adamchupa5884]

It's truly a blessing to here there story

[@Jupe367]

One day, I will take the time to visit some of these places your show covers. There is so much to see in Texas.

[@johnkelsey2482]

What a great pair....Thanks....

[@IllaWondah]

As a human being watching this reminds me of my family's mechanic Bob who was a good dude great mechanic and a caring person.. When I started working on cars I made sure to model myself like bob..As a mechanic seeing these dudes turning a wrench for this long.. The fact they work together so good it makes me feel good.. They look so happy.. Rock on brothers✊🏿

[@krcarl1235]

Talk about memories, God's given us a bank full of value. At 85, i'm still adding to my bank account of memories.

[@mecamac2]

Me too at 83. Wife too at 82

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

You were lucky to live in the times you did sir. I am 21. And we live in dark times

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

@David oh, i am sorry mr. Pitch Perfect. I do know the Great Depression. But these man had a great life and i envy them. After WW2 lifr was amazing in the US

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

@David you really are a pessimistic little bugger aren't you?

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

@David my grandparents lived in these days and they were the best. The 60s were great, the 70s and 80s as well.

[@SchnelleKat]

Boy you sure don't see men like this anymore! A good old-fashioned typical American. Very far and few. God bless these two men! This video deserves 1 or more million views!!!

[@steverone7623]

I just found your channel and I’m addicted, the older generation in Texas is pretty awesome thanks for highlighting them

[@bluemantom77]

Makes me think of my late father he loved to be a mechanic so much he did it even with cancer up until he couldn't do it anymore and was really sick god bless them amazing story

[@4runner510]

Love these stories, I lived in Texas 27 years ago and used to watch these on television there

[@sandyjordan2860]

My Daddy was a mechanic for Goodyear in Brownwood, Texas ... he was always working at Goodyear or at home ...

[@garysmith4311]

Thank y'all so much !!!!

[@majr72]

Amazing. You have to love being Texan. What a hoot it would be to work along side these two.

[@zero1fifty8]

Wow what a great story!! These two are/were something special

[@marshalldillion2835]

Time stills every thing , makes a tear in my eye thanks 😎

[@JWoodcock]

This channel is incredible. I salute these gentlemen with all my heart!

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

Fantastic story.Well appreciated by an old man like myself.Hope these fellas live to be 200.

[@chicagorc3967]

Sooooo many people probably just see two old guys in a dirty shop, i see two legends who helped their local community for over half a century and deserve the upmost respect for the amount of work they put in. I hope i can be that able at that age, my grandfather is 97 years old and my grandma is 95. They dont work now but damn ill tell you they only stopped within the past few years. my grandma worked at ace hardware FOREVER and my family owned cabinet shops growing up. my grandfather worked up until about a few years ago.

[@jimathey6153]

OLD LEATHER SMITH here, I really enjoy your program thank you, GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃

[@jessicawalker8564]

Growing up in Ballinger 76821...we played Brownwood every season every opportunity... God bless Texas...

[@jessicawalker8564]

@@chrismart982 may your blessings be abundant sweet Cristo...

[@danna140]

WOW.....very beautiful to see siblings still united and still family oriented especially when know some people who haven't spoken to their brothers or sisters in decades....🇺🇸👊👍👍👪

[@jackstanford550]

Stokes Bros kept many Howard Payne University students (and staff) on the road.

[@chriswilliams1595]

God bless you both and may you continue for many years love from the UK keep safe boys

[@btrdangerdan2010]

Remarkable people like them we need more of.

[@ericgroat626]

Great video. The greatest generation.

[@chtyan]

Great story! Man this is America at it's best. You'll never see these old shops anymore . The generation of hard honest work is about gone.

[@zackcurran4492]

ABOUT gone is right but, I'm part of the next generation keeping this going thanks to the older guys passing on their knowledge. Don't let the media sway your opinions about millennials being lazy.

[@chtyan]

@@zackcurran4492 Exactly Jaun, That's why I said About. I know there's still people like yourself that have taken the knowledge of guys like these and is carrying it on. Thank you for that and hopefully you can pass it on.

[@sandylipscomb7003]

AN AWESOME STORY❤️

[@mackdudley4901]

My family is from Texas amd the smaller towns are like this. This make me feel at home

[@Granitepete74]

I love this these stories... God Bless 🇺🇸

[@arturozons151]

Just Amazing...a lot to learn from this guys !!!

[@VictorPerez-od3vw]

Talk about memories by the tons god bless them ....they are my real inspiration and that age is just a number and u never to old to continue do what u like ...like working on cars

[@LeeHoMusic]

Im so glad I found your youtube channel. Love it!

[@ddoyle11]

Men like these were what I remember about growing up in Texas. Decent, honest, giving men who lived a good life and never delved into politics.

[@scorpioman92]

If they liked you, they'd support you when you ran for political office. I ran for Mayor of Brownwood in 1984. When I got my big red, white, and blue bumper stickers in, one of the first places I stopped was at the Stokes Brothers Garage. They put one on their old Ford pickup that they drove until I guess it wore completely out. That old sticker was still on their back bumper for about the next 20 years. :) That was the only bumper sticker of any kind that I ever saw on their vehicles.

[@beakittelscherz5419]

I love all your little storys in the comments! thx y ´all !

[@brandonmcbride6325]

These were some great guys and you never seen one with out the other. My grandad would always take his car to them always gave a fare price as well.

[@sunnyoutdoors]

glad you did this story,,,,, wished everyone knew them 60 years ago

[@Backtolife75]

They so humble!!!❣

[@JoseHernandez-hx3rs]

Yes God bless them l wish there were more people like them

[@Julie-so3mn]

Très beau reportage merci beaucoup C'est touchant 80 ans tout les deux jumeaux bravo les papys la passion juste coup bout

[@donnarogers7732]

I wish you had shown pictures in thîer younger days! My daddy and his brothers were mechanics! What a hoot these two are and probably were" back when"!

[@joeysanchez5926]

What a wonderful and blessed relationship.

[@MrBluoct]

Just the best Thanks boys~

[@nunobear1004]

REAL MEN! 🇺🇲 GOD BLESS THEM🙏❤

[@rossbryan6102]

LOL I AM A 78 YEAR OLD MECHANIC, AND I SURE WISH I COULD BE CLONED , SO THAT I COULD GET QUITE A NUMBER OF "IN PROCESS " PROJECTS FINISHED UP!! LOL

[@dawnfinniss7978]

Such cute old, honest gentlemen 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@ghtbb]

Huge respect to them and it isn't an easy life. Remindinds me so much of me and my brother. We just get along no matter what and have been talking about opening a welding-fabrication shop

[@73Shakes]

Pulled out a distributor cap out of a car that has DIS ignition system lol. I know it was just for the show but still good for a chuckle lol

[@libertypastor1307]

Yea, I could tell some of that was just acting, lol.

[@mph5896]

Ha, I was going to comment on this as well

[@Hectorson3]

Odus and Orus may be gone here on earth, but they are wrenchin on cars in paradise.

[@killerdinamo08]

Great story from fabulous people!

[@djexclusivee]

I love the “ hard work & dirty work “ repeat heheh

[@zekefleming1]

I just read where they both passed in 2012 and 2013. Sad but I sure hope they both had very fulfilled lives!

[@ruthlessgaming7627]

God bless them old men so cool wish they had a show

[@billbarnes5285]

Thats as fine of a life as i ever heard of. Congratulations to these two Gentlemen

[@danielmeegan6259]

Beautiful work God Bless

[@kellyferrell6973]

Great story!!!

[@andreschaves1603]

My respects for this Mechanics

[@richardbrophy4120]

makes me want to work well beyond retirement age.Great motivator! I knew another fellow who worked till 86, ended up falling and breaking his hip. Perhaps he shoulda quit a little earlier but overall if you can work somewhere safely in old age, well hell, go to it man !

[@timculhane625]

God bless those true fine Americans

[@billr44]

Men work hard and still together.

[@sfgssa]

I grew up in Boston after emigrating from Southern Italy as a young kid, and luckily group up with old world, decent Christian values.I love Texas and the great people that make up the wonderful state. Texans remind me of my fellow Neopolitans and Bostonians: Tough, honest, hardworking salt of the earth people. God bless Texas and the USA 🇺🇸

[@knelson3145]

So heartwarming.

[@nicholaswhite446]

Wow that's amazing I do a lot of my own work and I'm sore for days. I couldn't imagine working with my brothers.

[@susanjefferson8429]

I know! These men,They still fixed cars,three years ago! Good people!

[@markmessick9856]

I have a lot of respect for both of them, iam a certified transmission Specialist for 45 years under my belt. We separate the men from the boys. God bless them

[@hinspect]

What a fine video, reminds me of the Weaver Brothers repair and Junkyard in Norris, Tennessee

[@johnlasley9384]

I Love This !

[@Elipro427]

This brought a tear to me eyes. Who is cutting the onions here😭

[@joecooksey4331]

They are both dead now. I am the one that sent this story idea to TCR and in no time they did the story.

[@danstricklinjr.5155]

We were glad you did. Their story needed to be told.

[@joethomas3962]

Awesome!!!! One of the many fine stories that need to be archived here in the great state of Texas. Also, a true testament that we all can leave together and respect each other

[@joecooksey4331]

@@joethomas3962 When I drove by and saw TCR filming (emblem on the car) I circled the block and stopped at the garage door. One of the Stokes boys came out thinking I needed a repair. He moved his jaws, but his dentures where flopping in his mouth like a flag in the wind. Guess he never heard of polygrip. That is no joke!

[@Rimrock300]

One of the guys have his 5 dollar bill ready for coffee...looking towards the door. I bet he was pretty nervous that the TV team would delay their traditional coffee break:) They passed away in 2012 and 2013

[@ghtbb]

Ok dont sound so pompous; the story is about them not you

[@graveyardelf6765]

God bless these gentlemen.

[@metalmouth0413]

Yeah it's hard work part tickles me. And the part about them quitting on Sundays, the coffee and women tickled me too.

[@louisv846]

God bless this good old school mechanics brother's

[@raidernation3536]

These guys are legends

[@gcfcos]

Wow fantastic video. Hope I’m still spannering at their age.

[@Widetrack444]

This is a great story!

[@Jupe367]

They are so adorable how they both talk at the same time. Lol

[@clydec.barrow242]

I enjoyed the video and the story 👍as well as 2 Brothers that keep on truckn 😃

[@Davidjb37721]

Thanks

[@gueguense8258]

They sound like owls talking at the same time like that.

[@NLYS27]

More of reason to always try and be family. Me and My Brother are the same as them we just fight once in awhile.

[@verribarry]

Looked up where these guys died a few years ago,,,Orus in 2012 and Odus in 2013.

[@slhines7]

Same www.findagrave.com/memorial/86513347/orus-will-stokes www.heartlandfuneralhome.net/obituaries/Odus-Stokes-23013/

[@randydowell3902]

slhines7 Thanks for putting the link on.

[@filibertobarrera3839]

@@slhines7 thks for the Link,,💖

[@trashbandit2449]

Why is this video so recent then? Was it uploaded a long time ago or something?

[@slhines7]

@@trashbandit2449 It was recently uploaded, which happens from time to time. Not sure why though.