Carstories

Rutledge Wood joins A.J. on The CarStories Podcast to talk about how become a host of Top Gear, his love for "underdog" cars and not being very good a sports when he was a kid.

While he foggily recalls the red and white Corvair his dad owned, Dan Neil has no trouble remembering stealing his mother’s car at age eight, for the first time, and driving it until the fuel tank was dry. 

As opposed to the thousands of kids who fantasize about being racecar drivers, John Randal “J.R.” Hildebrand had no illusions about becoming a professional racer.

Randy Nonnenberg founded Bring A Trailer in January 2007 as a sort of “what if?” with his college friend, Gentry Underwood, who used to ask him for help finding cars.  Randy joins A.J. on the CarStories weekly podcast to talk about his viral aoutmotive site.

Jeff Zwart is a director, filmmaker, photographer, Porsche enthusiast, and racer. If you’re an auto enthusiast and haven’t heard of him, well, you’ve probably seen a few commercials he’s worked on.

Savant Young joins A.J. on the weekly CarStories Podcast to talk about car culture growing up in South L.A., how cars kept him out of trouble and his now famous home-grown RX-7-engined Mazda, which took years to get looking and running just right.

Alexander Bermudez, who’s 964-based “hot rod,” The Growler has become an automotive viral sensation.  Alexander joins A.J. on the CarStories Podcast to talk about the difference between building a track Porsche and driving his “unapologetically raw” canyon carver.

Frank Honsowetz, GM at Ed Pink Racing Engines, joins A.J. on the CarStories Podcast to talk about his 30-year career with Nissan, racing with Paul Newman and what goes into building an Ed Pink race engine.

Lynn Park, or “Mr. Cobra” as his friends know him joins A.J. on the CarStories Podcast to talk about why he fell in love with the Shelby Cobra, restoring his first car and putting together one of the best Cobra collections in the world.

The Petersen Automotive Museum’s Chief Curator Leslie Kendall joins A.J. on the CarStories Podcast to talk about where he gets his passion for cars, learning their history and spending the last two decades at the Petersen.

Havana Motor Club director BJ Perlmutt was on location in Cuba working on another film but discovered that some local racers were celebrating the Castro regime’s kidnapping of Juan Manuel Fangio.

When most car design grads start out they dream about going to work at a famed Italian design house, or favorite brand. For Richard Kim, who heads automotive start-up Faraday Future’s design, it wasn’t just about the brand or the heritage.

The motivation behind peoples’ actions usually stem from their childhood and upbringing. For Carl Reese, who along with Deena Mastracci, set six transcontinental records in six months.

How do you top building the hero cars for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift? Follow up by building the hero cars for all the subsequent FF franchise movies. That’s just what Dennis McCarthy did and continues to do at his Sun Valley, CA shop Vehicle Effects.

Ken Lingenfelter chats with A.J. on the CarStories.com podcast, about how he’s managed to channel his automotive passion into a strong brand, business exquisite car collection.

CarStories.com’s A.J. Gordon caught up with designers Ian Cartabiano and Bryan Benedict at the Toyota USA Automobile Museum to discuss the return of the Dream Car Art Contest.

Gordon McCall is the founder of Monterey Car Week’s two biggest events.  He joins A.J. on the CarStories.com podcast to talk about growing up in Monterey, starting his own company at 18 and creating events such at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering & Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival.

A.J. takes the CarStories.com Podcast to the Los Angeles Auto Show, where he talks with today’s manufacturers, journalists and automotive enthusiasts about what’s in store for 2015.

The Ringbrothers join A.J. inside the 3M booth at SEMA to talk about how they evolved their business partnership from a collision shop, to what it’s become today.

The CarStories Podcast travels to Las Vegas for the annual SEMA Show.  A.J. catches up with the builders, designers, engineers and manufactures that all are showing their latest and greatest new products.