No Driving Gloves

A classic gets damaged, does it have an impact on value? Cash. Historic. John and Derek approach these topics. When does a salvage title matter, at what age do we lose concern? Again maybe providing more questions than answers. They close with a serious "sinkhole" of a question.

Geoff Hacker with Undiscovered CLassics and Forgotten Fiberglass joins John and Derek this week to discuss his passion for finding, locating, and saving the creations of automotive innovators from the past. Geoff keeps alive the one-two -or three offs that were created by hand filling someone's dream. Sometimes these cars made a small production run, sometimes not. There are a lot of twists and turns to the conversation in this 65 minutes of discussion.

After tackling major shows last week, all 3 guys join forces to discuss auctions. Too many? Some insight on bidding? Good for the hobby? Can you go just to look and not buy? ALl this and more!

Are there too many national shows/Concours on the calendar? While Derek takes a week off Will and John take a look at this question. They also touch on the life of the self-employed. 

After questioning an award at a major event, the guys decide to discuss the ugly cars, why they might be ugly, and why they aren't ugly (OK mostly John here). In a better late than never episode! John also tried a different editing technique. Give us your feedback.

How do you safely bring a car out of hibernation after 50, 60 or 80 years? We start to touch on that topic. After discussing the Keeneland Concour and the Carriage class and a few personal going on's in John's Life. An exciting time this episode!

The chatter is all about trucks, new models, mini trucks, tailgates $100K half ton, towing. We try to cover it all, put one hour is to little. 

Schedules have the guys buried, but get ready for next week by reviewing one of our earliest episodes! Until next week!

Have you ever fantasized about vintage racing? Vintage racing at the top level? Driving an F1 car? This week’s guest Bud Moeller, does those things and more. Hear him describe G-Forces, holding records at numerous circuits, how you actually decide to buy a Formula One car and what you might expect to pay. You might find out that last year’s race car is your ticket. John also has an announcement.

Eric Perrine of the Birmingham Mopar Club joins us this week to discuss the Mopar Madness Event he has put together in conjunction with the Birmingham stop on the O'Reilly’s World of Wheels. This Mopar feature will have over 50 of the coolest Mopars spanning decades. Expect to see 7 or 8 winged Mopars. Bobby Allison will be there with a replica of his famous NASCAR racer. Look for special cars from Tim Welborn and the Welborn Muscle Car Museum. After the interview, John and Derek briefly discuss the importance of shows in general.

Brett Hatfield from ReadtheDriven.com, the Driven podcast, and writer and auction editor with Sports Car Market and American Collector Car Magazines joins us this week to recap Arizona Auction Week, how he found this career path, and how a wheelbarrow of traffic citations ended up with him owning a 1960 Corvette.

Episode 77- Evans Waterless Coolant technical sales director Chris Sebas joins Derek and John to explain Evans, what it does and how to use it. Chris then gets some hard questions about the product. Some questions even will be answered on Episode 78 as we needed to back to the tech and lab guys to get some answers. 

YouTube legend ScottieD from ScottieDTV joins everyone for a lively conversation a wide variety of topics. This week Scottie expects to break 100,000,000 views on his channel. He talks YouTube and how it all started and the work that has been involved in getting to that point. Will discusses some the custom build he is doing for Scottie. That leads to talking about the small things, that are major forgotten expenses. How build budgets can go out of control. Without knowing Scottie guides us into further discussion about the future of the custom car hobby. On the eve of it finding a new home Will tells an unknown story about the Dart. Buckle up for an exciting ride this week! http://www.scottiedtv.com/

How will 2019 impact the collector car hobby? The discussion talks the hot cars, the shows, judging rules, auctions and how we feel the industry might adjust in the new year One host expresses some passion and at the end makes a major announcement! Don"t miss a second of this episode!

Just a quick one to close 2019. look back on 18, ahead to 19. 

Some of the cool backstories of the artifacts that have crossed our careers. Saturn V, Titanic, 1983 Corvette dash, the first Momo steering wheel.... Some of the stories the info cards don't have room to tell. Plus realizing some of the stories told by the objects command respect.

Time to talk toys. What toys did we grow up with? What toys did we play with? What toys do we still have? What do we miss? Yes this episode was provided by all the Christmas and birthday presents from our past.

An off the cuff episode that ends up discussing the passing of a few automotive icons, including Sam Foose, Ford 4 doors and the GM line of cars. Time keeps rolling and what can we do about it.

Tony Whatley joins us to discuss cars. Well first we pick his brain for some side hustle/business advice then we talk cars. Tony provides some great tips on motivating ones business and personal life. Then we discuss the reason we all do what we do, cars. Tony built one of the largest GM Forums on the net, as a side business, so he could make a few bucks and maybe get a car. Now find out the rest. 

Episode 69 Will is back from SEMA, with more metal than he took. Then the guys sit and review each other, in a 3rd person introduction style. Really a can't miss episode.