55. TACKLE AUTOMOTIVE

Tackle Automotive is a different kind of auto repair shop.  This small garage is owned and run by an old Nomad mechanic named Dallas Henry Tackle.  Tackle can get just about anything on wheels moving again, but his specialty is what he calls his “Wasteland Custom”.  Especially popular with Maelstrom, Tackle will armor and equip the car according to his nomad sensibilities… usually this means welding on scrap metal to every surface he can, reinforcing the chassis, overhauling the engine for torque and acceleration…

Before moving to the city, Tackle worked as a Aldecaldo mechanic at Wandering Joe’s out at the Night City Nomad Market.  Apparently they had a falling out, neither of them is saying what it was about, nor is anyone sure why a nomad like Tackle would shut himself away in the Combat Zone in the heart of Night City.  What is apparent however, is that even though the vehicles he customizes tend to end up looking like something chewed on them and spit them out, they will run hard and fast, and are near impossible to kill. 

Tackle has a special affinity for vintage American vehicles, especially old muscle cars.  He is not a fan of Asian vehicles, and thinks European rides are for sissies.  He is quite outspoken and opinionated on a number of issues, but his work with an engine has earned him a reputation in the Zone, and even Stomp and Slaughterhouse will bring their older vehicles to him for engine work, but by far Maelstrom are his most loyal customers.  He sits directly across from Club Crossroads, in the Territory patrolled by the Kingsmen.  He lives in the shop, and the place definitely has taken on his personality.  Tackle has a friend outside the Zone, another nomad named Spokes, who sells him cars to old or beat up to be worth much except in the Zone, where vehicles of any kind are at a premium. 

(Tackle Automotive created by Joe Klemann)

Written By Deric Bernier, images from Mafia Wars, Gear Of War

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