Recorded at the North Long Beach Satellite Studio after tearing out the rear end on Project Nickel and Dime.  Some updates, garage talk, and a bunch of thank yous.  Thank you to our listeners and subscribers for a great 2014 and we look forward to an even better 2015.

 

Episode #145

Great day for a car show out in Irwindale, listen to the podcast to find out what happened with the drag racing video and pics as well along with new upcoming events.

Donald Galaz and Davis in the staging lanes.

William gets busy shooting Don's Che...

Interview from her Studio in San Dimas...learn all things Mitzi and buy a calendar!

 

 

Episode #143

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Back at the Galaxie Studio for some local event coverage, project updates, and William went Bourbon Tasting with an old buddy.  Have a listen...

 

Episode #142

This was the 17th Annual Hot Rod Happening and Food Drive at Performance Plus Tires in Long Beach, CA. This is the perfect "small show, community-driven" event for locals and patrons of this business establishment to help kick off the season of giving to others in need. Pallets of shrink wrapped food items were in the parking lot behind the variety of muscle cars, hot rods, trucks, customs, late model cars and even a few race cars. Coffee, donuts and a local band comprised of high school kids playing brass, electric guitars, and drums in the well-known tire shop changed the whole mood of a typical Sunday morning. Instead of balancing tires, the PP crew were hustling boxes, organizing production lines and greeting everyone with a handshake and a "thanks for coming out." Some times that is all it takes for someone like us to go back next year.  It's no wonder we purchase tires from these guys for our 1960's Detroit steel. I almost forgot to mention Chip Foose coming out as well. He was onsite to chat and sign autographs. Talk about local.

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SEMA:  OMFG what a whirlwind of sensory overload.

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Episode #141

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The whirlwind week at the beginning of November each year in Las Vegas, Nevada usually equates to the annual SEMA show. This year, the organization had expanded the events to include SEMA Ignited and the off-location autocross at the Strip organized by the Ultimate Street Car Association, sponsored by Optima Battery. Unfortunately, we did not make plans for the Friday through Sunday events as we had other obligations back at home with our real full time gigs.

We did meet Jimmi Day from USCA and he explained what the race sanction is all about and how to get involved with different types of racing offered by the group. Nice guy and a pipe dream for us as we don’t really have a car prepped for such an undertaking. Maybe William can get his big block powered Galaxie or perhaps Project Nickel and Dime can get to the course in 2015 when they have an event in Southern California, most likely Fontana.

We also met with new friend and spokesperson for the SEMA Action Network, Colby Martin, who is currently working on a 1931 Ford coupe with a Chevy 409 engine. Since our last meeting and interview with him back in March, he has come a long way with its progress and we look forward to do some test-driving with him in Long Beach in the next few months. Time seems to get the best of all of us with these car projects. I noticed that aspect the more I spoke to people at the show.

Industry-leading manufacturers like Lokar, Hedman, Pertronix, and Borgeson all spoke with us about the increase in business and especially the foot traffic at this annual tradeshow. It seemed most time was spent just cutting through the crowded halls and walkways throughout the convention center. Add the constant eye candy of show cars and female models, you’ll find yourself rubber-necking wherever you walk.

As it would seem, the 2008 depression may be dimming with new products from the guys over at Classic Industries who are expanding more into Mopar and Cadillac parts. We also got a brief showing of Hellwig’s new frame stiffening kit for A-body GM cars. We look forward to more of this as well as Hotchkis’s TVS (Total Vehicle System) suspension kits for first generation Mustangs and GM cars. John Hotchkis was excited to get these products on the autocross circuit and their sponsored events in Fontana coupled with the NMCA, has been a sell-out every time. We look forward to more autocross in 2015 for sure.

The New Product Showcase at SEMA seemed to be flooded with high tech suspension and EFI electronic conversion kits for late model engine swaps. The prevalence of the LS engine and the growing number of aftermarket parts makes conversions more appealing to the baby boomers wanting to get back into hot rods and muscle cars, but still enjoy the non-fuss with naturally aspirated induction systems. Time will tell more in the aftermarket trends for 2015, but we’ll keep an eye on what’s being built and created as we travel more next year.

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Back at the Galaxie Studio after a day at Fontana and some drag racing at the NMCA WEST World Street Finals.  Killer adrenaline rush stuff...these guys mean it.  So some event coverage and on to the usual garage talking rants, updates, tips, and banter.  Davis was in a better mood, so we had a better recording.  Thanks for listening and tell a friend!  Remember, we will be at SEMA November 3-6th, so expect content daily of some kind, and if you are going tol Las Vegas, toss us an email and William will buy you a beverage.

 

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Back at the North Long Beach Satellite Studio after a frustrating day of working on the Mustang (Project Nickel and Dime).  Sad Davis.  Some talk about what is going on with our front disc brake conversion, William's truck and motorcycle, what we have been up to the past couple weeks and what we plan to do.  Some interviews coming up, Lord Muck, and news about Project Street Legal.  Thanks for listening and pass it on.  Hit us up on Facebook or Twitter...or at SEMA.

 

 

Episode #139

Recorded after working on Davis' 1967 Mustang (aka Project Nickel and Dime) doing the first phase of a front disc brake conversion from Stainless Steel Brake Company (SSBC).  Other topics we got on was the Japanese Classic Car Show here in Long Beach, Pete Brock and BRE, California law, pressure washers, William's truck blows a gasket, SEMA, and more.  Have a listen:

 

 

Episode #138

Three weeks off from the show, but we still have been busy...Project Nickel and Dime (Davis' 1967 Mustang), Belmont Car Show, new look for the website, SEMA news, SEMA Action Network, Project Street Legal..and more!  Might actually have time in October to get some stuff done.

 

Episode #137

Photos From Coronado Speed Festival

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Getting up at 4 a.m. and driving for two hours can be a chore, but trying to get on an active U.S. Navy base before it opens to the public is almost completely impossible. We had some problems last year as well when we attended the Coronado Speed Fest vintage races. This year, we thought we had outsmarted the gate security by showing up at 7 a.m. when the base would open up to the public. We were wrong. The base opened at 8 and we had a mandatory media meeting at 7:30. Our names were not on the media list as promised, so we got bounced around the gates for 20 minutes. Common sense prevailed and we were finally allowed to enter the base. We drove past the low information volunteer directing traffic for the media parking lot. We were now late.

The double-backing from booth to booth without wristbands, hand stamps and double security checks finally paid off at exactly 8 a.m. when the first group of race cars left the staging lanes. We hastened to turn 9 to watch the group make its rounds and started working the shutter buttons on the DSLR and video cameras.

We had arrived.

This was the 17th annual Coronado Speed Fest on Coronado Island in California across the bay from San Diego. We noticed on our trek to the road course that there were fewer racecars in the pits and less spectators than last year. The attendance did pick up slowly and by lunchtime, the stands were mostly full. The car show area contained fewer classics and muscle cars from year’s past, but seemingly had more late model imports. There was a stronger presence of local car clubs who rolled in a bit later than the 8 a.m. time slot. At least they got decent parking spots. Don’t get me wrong, the few cars that did attend the show, were spot on beautiful. Throw in a few Ferrari’s, vintage Porsche’s and some vintage Detroit steel muscle, it was still amazing.

The military displays of helicopters, trucks and amphibious vehicles were all open for the public to sit in and to be topics of discussion with the Navy veterans. Some of these guys look like kids, talk about feeling old. “Wish I had one of those” a helicopter pilot said as we watched an early, mean, gloss black 73 Dodge Charger roll out of the parking lot. That’s a gearhead in the military. Also of interest for the military, was the Pit Crew Challenge. 16 groups of 10 active military personnel participated in changing four wheels on newer NASCAR track cars, which included an all-out dash push/run for some 40 feet to the finish line. They did the task in about a minute. If you wanted to tour a retired aircraft carrier, you could take a bus to the U.S. Midway.

Back at the track, we captured some ridiculous number of images and then it happened. Yes, Group 4 had some traffic and some unwanted results. A former GT series car and Porsche managed to meet and resulted with the Porsche getting all four wheels off the ground. Two cars simply cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Out came the black flag and as per the track rules, the driver would be banned from future events for a year. Nobody was hurt, except for the checkbook.

We love the vintage NASCAR class but wished the 72 Richard Petty Dodge Charger made the field. Too bad there are no pics of number 43 for you. The vintage Trans Am and Production B classes feature mostly small block factory Chevy’s and Fords, but they just sound great with the unrestricted exhaust. This is kind of a good change of pace for us since we shoot a lot of drag racing here in Southern California.

We walked the pits,

Recorded at Studio 503 in Oxnard ...lots of event coverage talk.  Great day and great show.  Holly and Aaron did an awesome job along with all staff at the event.  Also the usual updates on shows, etc.  If we missed something about the show, check out ...