Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes

This week Royboy talks with Yaril Quintana from Yaril's Customs about starting with a VW build in the backyard and making the jump to a having a full time shop and even selling one of his builds to Bill Gibbons of ZZ Top.

This week Royboy takes a bit of a break and plays an interview by Kevin Flood with Neil Fretwell of the VHRA in the UK. The VHRA is responsible for putting on the event at Pendine each year and a few other vintage hot rod events.

This week Jon Wright of Custom Chrome Plating is on the phone. Jon started CCP 48 years ago because he knew he just had to do something in the car world. We talk about what it's like to start a business, learn along the way, deal with the changing world around the business and more. I get to meet lots of great people on the road, Jon Wright is one of the great ones.

This week Royboy talks with hot rod builder and general good guy Ricky Bobby of Ricky Bobby Rod Shop in TN.

In this episode Royboy talks with multiple time past guest John Wells of the Retro Rewind, Vintage Torque Fest and Iron Invasion. We had plans to do a SEMA recap, and at some point the word SEMA is mentioned. Enjoy our rambling.

This week Royboy talks with RooMan, Keith Burgan about drag racing, moving from Australia to the US and all manner of racing in between.

This week's guest is Tim Matthews of Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, NE. Tim has recently been named the curator of the museum and we talk about his personal hot rod projects, some of the items at the museum, tether cars, tether planes and more on episode 129.

This week Royboy talks with Bubba Turner from the Chupacabras, the club that puts on Pistons & Paint in Denton, TX each November. We talk about the show, where it came from, where it might go, some of the cars he's had and go through what all is going down in Denton Nov. 11-13, 2016 for the 15th Annual Pistons & Paint show.

This week Royboy heads out to western KS to Big Creek Restoration to talk with owner Mike Keller about hot rods, street rods, restorations and chasing your dreams. From a single toolbox in the back room of an old dealership to owning the entire building and national acclaim, Keller has had a heck of a ride so far, and tells the whole story on this week's Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes.

This week Royboy takes your questions, gathered from social media and asks Mike Keller of Big Creek Restoration in Ellis, KS to answer them for you from the perspective of a shop owner. It's like a 70 minute long shop owners 101 class.