Overcrest

Jake recounts the obscure story of one man's dream exploration of Antarctica - badass explorers, brushes with death, and the vehicle they built to get there... Learn about this 75000 pound, 3-million dollar technological marvel, and how it captured the public's imagination.

Joel Feder hangs out as the guys talk news, cowboy inspired super cars, projects, listener feedback, coronavirus and its affects on the auto industry.

 

Show notes:

 

We now know much more about the RS6

 

Giddyup...Ruf Completes first production SCR... but more confusingly debuts Rodeo Variant...

 

Porsche weighing options for Electric Cayman, Boxster

 

We may finally have the compact pickup everyone wants! 

 

Cops doing the right thing...

 

MItsubishi back to making quality high end products.

 

Lastly: The Cheap Car of the Week and the Runner up and an honorable mention

 

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Josh Welton is on the podcast to discuss tanks, welding, fabrication, blue-collar jobs, and more. He’s the owner of Brown Dog Welding and is a master welder, fabricator, millwright, author on Dodge Garage, and theFabricator.com, and more.

The guys dial it up with a serious discussion on rebooted nameplates, auto manufacturers pathetically playing it safe, Kris pounds on the desk, and a ton of other news. We also get a special voicemail and field some listener questions and input. 

The Porsche 992 911 Turbo S is here.

Peugeot: “electric cars lack mainstream appeal”.

Porsche CEO However claims the 911 won't be going all-electric

Bugatti has another Chiron...

Mercedes cutting its lineup to save money, preserve margins...

Koenigsegg built a 4 seater....

GM has a crazy new battery…

Autonomous Robot making food deliveries in michigan

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Jose from Bilstein dials in to talk everything suspension. Kris also talks about his 911 project and being out of control with the money he got for his C43 AMG.

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The guys talk projects, Jakes new car, and Joshy Robots and Cameron Wayland of the Valkyrie Run, an air-cooled only rally to to Luft join the podcast. Jake and Kris also get caught up on a few news stories, talk about the death of Holden, and take some interesting listener emails.

 

Notes:

 

RIP Holden...

So you know Gemballa right?

Porsche personalization is a bit... out of control. 

Tesla and their “bio weapon defense mode”

New GTI revealed...

Rich people don’t yield.

Mark Trostle, Head of Design for Ram, Mopar, and Designer of the SRT lineup joins the podcast to talk about why the Hellcat exists in what we all decide is the Golden Era of Motoring. The guys also discuss car design, process, and how bringing a legendary marque back to life offers unique challenges...

Mike Burroughs joins us to talk about what's going on at Protomachine, the balance between fabrication and creativity, offroading, the Model A, FJ's. Hummer H1's, car culture, and much more...

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This brand's core is a very famous black cat, but you don't know the whole story... Jake lights the way to tell us all about it's interesting history, and how it eventually became a legend. 

This is a Patreon only episode. Jake has been struck down with the flu, so we're throwing this up as a bonus! If you like this episode, there's a lot more like it at:

www.patreon.com/overcrest

In 1963, Chrysler shocked the world with its Turbine Car. We interview industry experts to dig deep into the history of this revolutionary vehicle, what worked, what didn't, and why this monumental engineering feat inevitably failed.