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Car Recalls And Auction Surprises · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:06
  Don Armstrong: Well I almost moved to the city.
• 0:08
  Don Armstrong: We were just moving right there.
• 0:09
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, we're we're ki what would you call it?
• 0:11
  Don Armstrong: Kibbitson.
• 0:12
  Don Armstrong: Kibbitson.
• 0:12
  Don Armstrong: Kibbitson Kibbon.
• 0:14
  Don Armstrong: Well, howdy, and a good Saturday morning to you.
• 0:17
  Don Armstrong: Kind of loud.
• 0:18
  Don Armstrong: It's very hot.
• 0:19
  Don Armstrong: Oh, it is?
• 0:19
  Don Armstrong: Oh, it is, isn't it?
• 0:21
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, almost like an echo in there.
• 0:22
  Don Armstrong: I don't have that in front of me any longer.
• 0:23
  Don Armstrong: It's over here on the fix that.
• 0:25
  Don Armstrong: And uh we'll we'll work on that and we'll we'll come up with a much better method next week.
• 0:30
  Don Armstrong: But I don't know whether you've noticed or not, but we kind of have a new crisper appearance.
• 0:36
  Don Armstrong: We're in HD now.
• 0:38
  Don Armstrong: We just washed our shirts.
• 0:39
  Jeff Dziekan: That's why exactly.
• 0:41
  Jeff Dziekan: And I gave you one to wear.
• 0:43
  Jeff Dziekan: I know, and that's got a funny odor, but that's okay.
• 0:45
  Don Armstrong: You got the N-wheel time car talk show?
• 0:48
  Don Armstrong: Are you making fun of my uh soft uh the the fabric softener?
• 0:54
  Jeff Dziekan: That's not fabric softener, I smell.
• 0:56
  Don Armstrong: We've got this week's recall list, and we got the ever-popular guess what the Hemings auction sold for this week.
• 1:03
  Don Armstrong: Plus, Jeff has the racing calendar, Mr.
• 1:06
  Don Armstrong: Mars has this week in auto history, and I'll have the stories making automotive use headlines this week.
• 1:11
  Don Armstrong: Howdy, along with Mike out of this Will Mars.
• 1:13
  Don Armstrong: There he is, raising his hand.
• 1:19
  Don Armstrong: We always need more Jeff Zeken.
• 1:21
  Don Armstrong: David Ainsley is vacationing in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
• 1:25
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 1:26
  Don Armstrong: Uh in Cedar Falls.
• 1:28
  Don Armstrong: What cedar something?
• 1:30
  Don Armstrong: Um, but uh he's up there.
• 1:31
  Don Armstrong: We talked to him earlier today.
• 1:33
  Don Armstrong: He was grabbing his coffee in 60 degree weather right on the lake.
• 1:38
  Don Armstrong: Is it Lake Huron?
• 1:39
  Jeff Dziekan: Lake Superior.
• 1:40
  Don Armstrong: Lake Superior.
• 1:41
  Don Armstrong: Well, it's gorgeous up there.
• 1:43
  Don Armstrong: It is.
• 1:43
  Don Armstrong: Went up there a couple of years ago.
• 1:44
  Don Armstrong: It's just nice.
• 1:46
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 1:47
  Don Armstrong: So, anyway, uh, thank you very much for joining us.
• 1:49
  Don Armstrong: My name is Don Armstrong, and uh in this segment of our show, we're going to do the recalls.
• 1:54
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 1:56
  Don Armstrong: Are you sitting down?
• 1:58
  Don Armstrong: You ready?
• 1:59
  Don Armstrong: Cadillac.
• 2:01
  unknown: What?
• 2:02
  Don Armstrong: No, that's that's the wrong one.
• 2:04
  Don Armstrong: Sorry, that's yeah, that's that's coming up.
• 2:09
  Don Armstrong: Were you are you were you distracted, Mars?
• 2:12
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, I was reading a message from the Lusk family and uh got distracted.
• 2:17
  Don Armstrong: Well, what did the Lusks have to say?
• 2:19
  Mike Marrs: Well, he's uh missing the show today because his pops was just diagnosed with stomach cancer and he's on the beach trying to uh deal with all that.
• 2:29
  Don Armstrong: So sorry to hear that.
• 2:31
  Mike Marrs: Yep, just got distracted a little bit.
• 2:33
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, I understand.
• 2:34
  Don Armstrong: All right, so here's what's uh going on as far as recalls are concerned.
• 2:38
  Don Armstrong: Cadillac Vistique 2026, 2027, third row power folding seat back may trap the occupant.
• 2:46
  Don Armstrong: Hey kids, you're not getting out.
• 2:49
  Don Armstrong: Got that?
• 2:49
  Don Armstrong: Well, it doesn't have to be kids, it could be like a mother-in-law or you know, name it.
• 2:55
  Don Armstrong: It's good.
• 2:56
  Don Armstrong: Hopefully, somebody that you really don't like at the moment.
• 2:59
  Don Armstrong: Uh, vehicle roll away risk, uh, Ford.
• 3:05
  Don Armstrong: Uh Expedition Explorer F 150, Lincoln Aviator, Lincoln Navigator, 2018 through 2021.
• 3:16
  Don Armstrong: So luckily here in Houston, we don't have too many hills and mountains.
• 3:21
  Don Armstrong: Um, and there's a way to park it.
• 3:24
  Don Armstrong: Well, we've got that, but hopefully you're not parking there.
• 3:27
  Don Armstrong: But uh at any rate, you know, you turn your wheels into the curb one way or the other.
• 3:33
  Don Armstrong: So if it's uh Ford Motor Company Bronco, another recall, 22 to 26.
• 3:42
  Don Armstrong: The fender flare may detach.
• 3:45
  Don Armstrong: Uh-oh.
• 3:46
  Don Armstrong: Martha, did something just fall off the car?
• 3:51
  Don Armstrong: Kia recalling Kia recalling more than 462,802 telluride SUVs over an issue with the motor for the front power seat that may cause a fire.
• 4:03
  Don Armstrong: Affected vehicles include certain model year 20 to 24 telluride SUVs, the motor for the front power seat may overheat due to a stuck power seat slide knob or an improper repair from a previous recall in June of 24.
• 4:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Wow.
• 4:20
  Don Armstrong: An overheated seat motor may cause a fire while the vehicle is parked or being driven.
• 4:26
  Don Armstrong: Is that my pants on fire?
• 4:29
  Don Armstrong: Or something else?
• 4:31
  Don Armstrong: Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is completed.
• 4:38
  Jeff Dziekan: But don't park it near a car that's going to be rolling away because then it'll be big, big accents.
• 4:42
  Don Armstrong: And you may want to have some pants on when you do this.
• 4:45
  Don Armstrong: Um, dealers will install an electric electronic fuse assembly for free.
• 4:51
  Don Armstrong: Well, that'll fix it, won't it?
• 4:52
  unknown: Yeah.
• 4:52
  Don Armstrong: It'll pop the fuse as opposed to burn up the entire vehicle and maybe your house if it's in the garage.
• 4:58
  Don Armstrong: Uh owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August the 13th.
• 5:03
  Don Armstrong: But in the meantime, park it away from anything and everything.
• 5:07
  Don Armstrong: Do what you're supposed to do there.
• 5:09
  Don Armstrong: Nissan Centra 2025, incorrectly installed drive shaft.
• 5:16
  Jeff Dziekan: I wonder if it's reversed because there's a front and a back to it.
• 5:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Probably for balance, maybe.
• 5:21
  Don Armstrong: I don't know.
• 5:22
  Don Armstrong: A centra, that's a small one.
• 5:24
  Don Armstrong: I would imagine it's just a solid drive shaft.
• 5:27
  Don Armstrong: Missing pedestrian warning sound.
• 5:29
  Don Armstrong: Here, I can fix that.
• 5:31
  Don Armstrong: Meep, meep, meep.
• 5:33
  Don Armstrong: Ford, explorer hybrid, and Lincoln Nautilus Hybrid 24 to 27.
• 5:39
  Don Armstrong: Those are the recalls.
• 5:41
  Don Armstrong: Nautilus Hybrid.
• 5:41
  Don Armstrong: Okay, Mars, now you can do the uh the fun stuff.
• 5:44
  Don Armstrong: Okay, get your get your decoder rings out.
• 5:47
  Don Armstrong: It's time now for Hemings Sold Car Weekly Roundup.
• 5:52
  Jeff Dziekan: We need music for this.
• 5:54
  Don Armstrong: We do.
• 5:54
  Jeff Dziekan: You should have you got buttons down there you can play some stuff.
• 5:57
  Don Armstrong: I could, yeah.
• 5:57
  Don Armstrong: You want to download the music that it doesn't cost us any money, then be my guest.
• 6:01
  Jeff Dziekan: But you have functions that you can do.
• 6:03
  Don Armstrong: I do.
• 6:03
  Don Armstrong: Would you would you like to hear one then?
• 6:04
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, let's hear it.
• 6:08
  Don Armstrong: How about this one?
• 6:10
  Jeff Dziekan: There you go.
• 6:11
  Don Armstrong: The second one.
• 6:11
  Don Armstrong: Is that the one you're looking for?
• 6:12
  Jeff Dziekan: Wait a minute.
• 6:15
  Jeff Dziekan: No, the second when I come on, you just go play that one.
• 6:25
  Mike Marrs: Okay.
• 6:28
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, I was just gonna say that's the one that we're gonna play for the recall.
• 6:32
  Jeff Dziekan: Thank you.
• 6:33
  Jeff Dziekan: There you go.
• 6:33
  Don Armstrong: Okay, here we go.
• 6:34
  Don Armstrong: Don't forget to tip your waitress and try the veal.
• 6:36
  Don Armstrong: The veal?
• 6:37
  Jeff Dziekan: Veal.
• 6:38
  Don Armstrong: Veal.
• 6:38
  Don Armstrong: Veal's always good.
• 6:39
  Don Armstrong: Okay, first up this uh morning is going to be a 1955 Chevrolet Nomad.
• 6:47
  Don Armstrong: I'm out because they cut the rear fender well.
• 6:52
  Don Armstrong: Did they?
• 6:53
  Don Armstrong: That's not that's not stock.
• 6:55
  Mike Marrs: I don't know.
• 6:56
  Mike Marrs: Nah, I'm thinking that is on the nomad.
• 6:59
  Don Armstrong: We'll have to do that.
• 7:00
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, I tell you what, it is your charge to correct me if I'm wrong.
• 7:06
  Mike Marrs: We we need you to go buy one and uh buy that one and we'll take it down and we'll find it and find out.
• 7:13
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm saying I've now I watched Meekham and the Bert Jackson was on a couple weeks ago.
• 7:17
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm saying 57.
• 7:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Some of these are not going as high as they used to be.
• 7:21
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm going 57K.
• 7:23
  Jeff Dziekan: Okay, that's my number.
• 7:24
  Don Armstrong: So these vehicles were built as delivery wagons.
• 7:28
  Don Armstrong: That's what they were built for.
• 7:29
  Don Armstrong: Then they'd have said, Well, you know, if we put a window back there, uh, we could make a back seat and uh, you know, maybe we could sell a few more of them.
• 7:39
  Don Armstrong: Well, they didn't sell that many of them, but boy, I'll tell you what, that is really cool looking, if you ask me.
• 7:44
  Mike Marrs: Except for nice car real well.
• 7:46
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, we like the color too.
• 7:47
  Don Armstrong: So how much did that sell for?
• 7:50
  Mike Marrs: I mean Heisman says 30,000.
• 7:53
  Don Armstrong: 30,000.
• 7:55
  Don Armstrong: Is there anybody else on with us?
• 7:57
  Don Armstrong: Is uh is uh is Mr.
• 8:00
  Don Armstrong: or George George?
• 8:01
  Don Armstrong: I don't think I don't think anybody else is with us.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_02: Well, there comes George.
• 8:05
  Don Armstrong: George is here.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_02: See what see what George has got.
• 8:08
  Don Armstrong: Okay, George says 40,000.
• 8:10
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, basically.
• 8:11
  Don Armstrong: And what did you say, Jeff?
• 8:12
  Don Armstrong: 57.
• 8:13
  Don Armstrong: 57.
• 8:14
  Don Armstrong: Well, it sold for 60,638 dollars.
• 8:18
  Jeff Dziekan: One thing about that, don't lose that picture.
• 8:20
  Jeff Dziekan: See on the dashboard on the bottom left how that you've got the uh both sides of the dash kind of look the same.
• 8:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Do you know why that is?
• 8:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, so they could export them and they could put the uh speedometer over there on the right, exactly.
• 8:32
  Jeff Dziekan: They can move the steering wheel to the right for the European sale.
• 8:34
  Jeff Dziekan: Exactly right.
• 8:35
  Don Armstrong: Thank you.
• 8:36
  Don Armstrong: Next up is a 1980 Chevrolet Camaro, an 80 Camaro.
• 8:45
  Don Armstrong: Now, I was never a big fan of this body style, no, never was.
• 8:50
  Mike Marrs: But uh I didn't I didn't care for the front end.
• 8:54
  Mike Marrs: No, I didn't either.
• 8:55
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, I think it has to do with the the red stripe and all that.
• 8:57
  Don Armstrong: If it was just one side of color, it's not no, it's not that, it's just the the the the Berlinetta or whatever thing that they came up with, the names that they came up with, the entry-level model, it was blah.
• 9:10
  Don Armstrong: 80 something.
• 9:11
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm gonna say 12 grand.
• 9:13
  Don Armstrong: 12 grand.
• 9:13
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm going 12.
• 9:14
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, this is a pretty nice example of uh it's got the it's got the looks like Z28 wheels on it.
• 9:22
  Don Armstrong: Am I wrong?
• 9:23
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, they could be, yeah.
• 9:24
  Mike Marrs: White leather tires, factory ones, yeah, yeah.
• 9:28
  Don Armstrong: Okay, Jeff's gonna go for 45,000.
• 9:31
  Mike Marrs: Wow.
• 9:31
  Don Armstrong: On an 80 model, 23 and George says 23.
• 9:34
  Don Armstrong: Well, and what did you guess?
• 9:36
  Don Armstrong: Uh 12.
• 9:37
  Don Armstrong: Well, George wins because it's sold for 25,2.
• 9:40
  Don Armstrong: Oh, which I guess isn't a bad price for an 80 model.
• 9:44
  Jeff Dziekan: It has absolutely no horsepower, but but you just said it's a car nobody here on the panel likes.
• 9:50
  Don Armstrong: So well, I'm not a big fan of the body style, but it's a clean used car.
• 9:54
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, all right.
• 9:54
  Don Armstrong: Next up.
• 9:55
  Don Armstrong: That's what you want.
• 9:56
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, if that's what you want, go for it.
• 9:58
  Don Armstrong: Here's one for Jeff 1959 Cadillac Series 62.
• 10:03
  Don Armstrong: This is with the big tail fins in the back.
• 10:05
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 10:06
  Don Armstrong: Uh at the beginning of the space era.
• 10:09
  Don Armstrong: I'll have to contact uh Patrick for the Carfax on that.
• 10:12
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, yeah.
• 10:12
  Don Armstrong: How much do you think that 59 Cadillacs?
• 10:15
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm gonna go.
• 10:15
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm gonna go.
• 10:17
  Don Armstrong: Look, look, it's even got the uh it's even got the uh oil filter up on top that you unbolt it and it's gil everywhere.
• 10:26
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, I'm gonna go this is supposed to be the original 390 in it.
• 10:31
  Jeff Dziekan: 60 grand and not a penny more.
• 10:34
  Mike Marrs: 60 iTunes says 35.
• 10:40
  Jeff Dziekan: And and so um I got paid this week, so is spending all the money on the Cadillac.
• 10:45
  Don Armstrong: Well, um, I will tell you right now that um it sold for 36.7.
• 10:51
  Don Armstrong: So the extra money that everybody bid for this, you're going to have to have the garage remodel because that's gonna can't get it in there.
• 10:59
  Don Armstrong: Learn how to drive a boat.
• 11:01
  Don Armstrong: Next up, now the Cadillac.
• 11:03
  Don Armstrong: Now, now we're talking business.
• 11:08
  Don Armstrong: This, ladies and gentlemen, is a 1990 Cadillac Broham.
• 11:14
  Don Armstrong: It's a bro ham.
• 11:16
  Jeff Dziekan: You can tell by the opera window and the uh uh Landau top.
• 11:19
  Don Armstrong: So they charged extra money for the for the Landau top and the opera window, and it is a four-door, and it it may fit in the garage, but it'll be tight.
• 11:28
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, and I think those seats are like 12 feet thick, yeah.
• 11:32
  Jeff Dziekan: They are and and if it if it looks like uh those velveteen seats, or is that um I don't know it's like a pillowed living room 27,000.
• 11:45
  Jeff Dziekan: 27,000.
• 11:48
  Mike Marrs: I just says 55.
• 11:50
  Mike Marrs: If I'm not mistaken, it's got New Jersey plates on it, too.
• 11:53
  Don Armstrong: Oh, so check the trunk for anything.
• 11:55
  Don Armstrong: Rush, just saying people, uh so a 1990 Cadillac Broham sold for$6,000.
• 12:04
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh my goodness, that's chump change.
• 12:07
  Don Armstrong: It is.
• 12:07
  Don Armstrong: I'd buy it.
• 12:08
  Don Armstrong: You know, the metal in it is probably worth six thousand dollars.
• 12:12
  Jeff Dziekan: Just the weight of the motor.
• 12:13
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, Mike's got that in his pocket.
• 12:16
  Don Armstrong: Next up, this is for you, Jeff.
• 12:20
  Don Armstrong: A 1996 Buick Roadmaster with wood sides on it.
• 12:26
  Mike Marrs: Still in the shipping crate, just for you.
• 12:30
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm not sure I would put Krager SS wheels on it.
• 12:33
  Jeff Dziekan: I don't know, Craig, they might be some type of knockoff to do something.
• 12:36
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, I'm gonna go 12 grand, 12 grand for Jeff.
• 12:40
  Jeff Dziekan: Now, see, that would be perfect for you, Jeff.
• 12:42
  Jeff Dziekan: Yes, it would be.
• 12:43
  Don Armstrong: But it's no gas mileage whatsoever.
• 12:46
  Don Armstrong: Put a blower on the top, yeah, it'd be good.
• 12:48
  Don Armstrong: I'd like to have the Oldsmobile version, the Vista Cruiser of that.
• 12:52
  Don Armstrong: Oh, yeah.
• 12:53
  Don Armstrong: How much?
• 12:54
  Don Armstrong: Jeff says 15.12.
• 12:55
  Don Armstrong: Oh, Jeff Heitzman says 15.
• 12:57
  Don Armstrong: This would be a Heitzman car.
• 12:59
  Don Armstrong: You think?
• 13:00
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, yeah, it's sold.
• 13:02
  Don Armstrong: It huh?
• 13:02
  Mike Marrs: He could push that front seat back and kind of be like a low rider, you know.
• 13:06
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, he's a thing out there.
• 13:08
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, George wins because it's sold for 13,650.
• 13:12
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, George.
• 13:14
  Don Armstrong: There you go.
• 13:15
  Don Armstrong: I can't see George with Craig's SS on it, though.
• 13:18
  Jeff Dziekan: You know, Twilo drive that.
• 13:19
  Don Armstrong: Twilight she could drive him around.
• 13:21
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, exactly.
• 13:22
  Don Armstrong: He'd be laid out in the back, sprawled out, sprawled out.
• 13:25
  Don Armstrong: Next up, laid out a 1975 Triumph TR6.
• 13:32
  Don Armstrong: Good luck in trying to find parts for this.
• 13:34
  Don Armstrong: As far as the British era motor cars, I think that this was pretty good looking back in its day.
• 13:41
  Don Armstrong: It was a 75 Triumph TR6.
• 13:44
  Don Armstrong: Now, to me, the TR6 had a six-cylinder in it.
• 13:48
  Don Armstrong: I think it did.
• 13:48
  Jeff Dziekan: My brother-in-law, Jerry, had a spider, it was a white one, red interior.
• 13:53
  Don Armstrong: So, how much do you think that cost?
• 13:55
  Don Armstrong: Now, and the sale price of it, because it's gonna cost you a whole lot more than that to try to find parts.
• 14:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, because it's got dual carbon you're gonna have to deal with.
• 14:04
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm gonna go 12,000 again.
• 14:06
  Don Armstrong: 12,000.
• 14:08
  Don Armstrong: Jeff says 13,000.
• 14:11
  Jeff Dziekan: It's probably gonna be like eight.
• 14:12
  Don Armstrong: And George Skelton says 17,999.
• 14:20
  Don Armstrong: It sold for George winning all the cars today.
• 14:22
  Don Armstrong: It sold for 18.9.
• 14:24
  Jeff Dziekan: You better have a big garage, man.
• 14:26
  Don Armstrong: Oh, he does in his estate.
• 14:29
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, yeah.
• 14:30
  Jeff Dziekan: On the on the back 40.
• 14:31
  Don Armstrong: So okay, so we're gonna go with another British one.
• 14:34
  Don Armstrong: Uh, and this is a 1980 MGB.
• 14:40
  Mike Marrs: You gotta look close at the engine compartment in this one.
• 14:43
  Don Armstrong: Why looking for mice or something?
• 14:45
  Don Armstrong: No, we're looking for some sort of a wiring nightmare.
• 14:49
  Mike Marrs: Golly.
• 14:50
  Jeff Dziekan: Looks like an aftermarket alarm's been put in.
• 14:53
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh, a Kraco radio has been put in.
• 14:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Krako radio.
• 14:57
  Jeff Dziekan: I know the wire.
• 14:58
  Jeff Dziekan: That was the Kmart version, wasn't it?
• 15:00
  Jeff Dziekan: A Krako Krako.
• 15:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, that was oh gosh.
• 15:04
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm gonna go eight grand.
• 15:08
  Don Armstrong: Jeff goes for eight eight grand.
• 15:11
  Don Armstrong: What is what are what are our other two bids this morning?
• 15:13
  Mike Marrs: Eight nineteen from Jeff.
• 15:15
  Jeff Dziekan: Wow.
• 15:16
  Don Armstrong: Jeff, are you looking at the same picture we are?
• 15:19
  Don Armstrong: Jeff and and uh did did did George come in with a bid yet?
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_02: Not yet, yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_02: So just 12 million for George.
• 15:29
  Don Armstrong: This this is fitting.
• 15:30
  Don Armstrong: Okay, this is fitting.
• 15:32
  Mike Marrs: What did you say, Mike?
• 15:33
  Mike Marrs: I was gonna tell you in the notes, it says it's a one point liter liter 1.8 liter engine.
• 15:38
  Mike Marrs: It's got 50 pages of documentation to go with this car.
• 15:42
  Mike Marrs: However, you have to use starter fluid to get it to run, get it to start, but it will not continue running.
• 15:49
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm taking my eight grand back.
• 15:53
  Don Armstrong: The sold car price, believe it or not, apparently they've sold it, three thousand five hundred dollars.
• 15:59
  Don Armstrong: Well, see, the extra five grand was for starting fluid.
• 16:01
  Don Armstrong: That's it.
• 16:02
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, you can't have a big gallon bucket of it and a little gravity drain to keep it.
• 16:06
  Don Armstrong: Obviously, some carburetor work is needed.
• 16:08
  Don Armstrong: All right, and last up, um, this is very similar to uh Chase Murray's car.
• 16:13
  Don Armstrong: So this is a 1973 Lincoln Mark IV.
• 16:19
  Don Armstrong: It's the two-door.
• 16:21
  Don Armstrong: Look at the seats.
• 16:22
  Don Armstrong: Oh yeah, oh yeah.
• 16:24
  Don Armstrong: This is it.
• 16:25
  Don Armstrong: How much did this 73 Lincoln Mark IV sell for?
• 16:29
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, 14,000, 49,000 original miles to owner.
• 16:37
  Mike Marrs: Wow, 460 cubic inch four-barrel.
• 16:40
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, can you imagine uh taking it, taking it to uh Tom Yvonne Motors, Tom Yvonne Fox?
• 16:49
  Jeff Dziekan: Taking it on the cruise.
• 16:51
  Don Armstrong: How much would that cost to have them give it a once over and tune the carburetor?
• 16:58
  Don Armstrong: How much would that cost, you think?
• 16:59
  Don Armstrong: I don't know.
• 17:00
  Don Armstrong: Well, it's sold for exactly what Jeff Heitzmann just bid$22,050.
• 17:06
  Mike Marrs: Wow.
• 17:07
  Mike Marrs: And Jeff would look good in that.
• 17:09
  Don Armstrong: You would, yes, absolutely.
• 17:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Put some curve feelers on the right side.
• 17:13
  Don Armstrong: You yeah.
• 17:14
  Don Armstrong: Oh, yeah.
• 17:14
  Don Armstrong: Well, hey, JC Whitney, buddy.
• 17:16
  Don Armstrong: Yep.
• 17:17
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, that's uh all right.
• 17:18
  Don Armstrong: Well, that was fun.
• 17:20
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 17:21
  Don Armstrong: Um, just ahead.
• 17:23
  Don Armstrong: Jeff has the racing calendar, Mars has this week in auto history, and I'll bring you some more automotive news history headlines.
• 17:28
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• 19:10
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• 19:17
  Don Armstrong: Time out of the racing calendar, sponsored by the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge.
• 19:20
  Jeff Dziekan: Yes, thank you for that.
• 19:21
  Jeff Dziekan: Hey, listen, Formula One is going to go off on the 19th.
• 19:24
  Jeff Dziekan: It's going to be next week, so they're not running today.
• 19:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh, the Indy series, again, they're running next week.
• 19:29
  Jeff Dziekan: They're actually in two weeks.
• 19:31
  Jeff Dziekan: Portland, they're going to be August 6th, so they're running a couple of weeks out.
• 19:34
  Jeff Dziekan: And HRA, same thing.
• 19:36
  Jeff Dziekan: They're not running until next weekend, which is okay.
• 19:39
  Jeff Dziekan: They get a little break.
• 19:40
  Jeff Dziekan: NASCAR is running today.
• 19:41
  Jeff Dziekan: You got the Eco Park races in Atlanta for the uh Cup Series and also for the uh Crafts, the O'Reilly series.
• 19:49
  Jeff Dziekan: And LimeRock is running the Craftsman.
• 19:51
  Jeff Dziekan: I think it goes on at noon today, uh, probably right on time now.
• 19:54
  Jeff Dziekan: And then you've got for July, you've got the uh today, the Mid-American mower racing series at the Sharp County Fairgrounds, Mike.
• 20:01
  Jeff Dziekan: You may ask where that's at.
• 20:03
  Jeff Dziekan: It's in Ash Flat, Arkansas.
• 20:05
  Jeff Dziekan: I actually took my mower in for service this week.
• 20:07
  Jeff Dziekan: I've got a transmission issue.
• 20:09
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm putting a tremendous six beat in it.
• 20:11
  Jeff Dziekan: And uh I'm having a new blade put on because evidently I the bicycle I ran over with it bent the blade.
• 20:17
  Jeff Dziekan: So uh, you know, we're we're having that repaired as well.
• 20:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Should have it back next week.
• 20:20
  Jeff Dziekan: So there you go.
• 20:21
  Don Armstrong: There you go.
• 20:22
  Don Armstrong: All right, time now for this week's auto history, Mr.
• 20:25
  Don Armstrong: Mars, it's all yours.
• 20:28
  Don Armstrong: And we cannot hear you for some reason.
• 20:31
  Mike Marrs: Forgot to turn the mute back off.
• 20:32
  Don Armstrong: Oh, that's all right.
• 20:33
  Mike Marrs: And so this week, uh coming up this week in auto history, some of the things that we noticed uh we thought were interesting.
• 20:39
  Mike Marrs: You may want to follow up on Tuesday, for example, on July the 14th, way back when in 1960.
• 20:46
  Mike Marrs: They uh Jaguar, Don's one of Don's favorite production uh companies, produced the last of the XK150.
• 20:56
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is the final model of the XK sports car series that began with a 120 in 1948, had leather, walnut interior, 3.4 liter, had 150 horsepower, and it was part of what helped bring Jaguar into a name as a world-class sports car manufacturer.
• 21:16
  Mike Marrs: And then uh also on Wednesday this coming week, July the 15th, Ford began production of the revolutionary Taurus.
• 21:25
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is a mid-sized sedan, and it got away from the boxy styling of the early 1980s that Ford was using.
• 21:31
  Mike Marrs: So it had some aerodynamics, had front-wheel drive, and it was supposedly a driver-focused interior.
• 21:38
  Mike Marrs: And it became real successful immediately, and it really helped push Ford back into the competitive position of the family car market, and uh a lot of people followed it in the styling.
• 21:50
  Mike Marrs: Then uh on the July the 16th, 1980, Jim introduced the X Car platform.
• 21:58
  Mike Marrs: Now this was a Front wheel drive X car lineup included the Citation, the Pontiac Phoenix, the Oldsmobile Omega, the Buick Skylark.
• 22:08
  Mike Marrs: And this was GM shift from the traditional rear-wheel drive and compact cars to try and get into the more fuel efficient front car market because of the fuel crisis that we'd gone through in the 1970s.
• 22:22
  Jeff Dziekan: Real quick, Mike, when I worked for Turbo Hydromatic on the line, I was making transmission uh low and reverse clutch housings for that car.
• 22:29
  Jeff Dziekan: And it was uh recalled quite a bit because of my work.
• 22:34
  Jeff Dziekan: Your contribution, you contributed to that.
• 22:36
  Jeff Dziekan: No, it was a it was really a cruddy, cruddy operation, but that's right.
• 22:40
  Mike Marrs: I understand.
• 22:40
  Mike Marrs: So uh moving on to July the 17th, Volkswagen introduced the new Beatle.
• 22:45
  Mike Marrs: Now, I say new Beatle, it's gonna look a lot like the old Beatle, but it has front engine front-wheel drive vehicle.
• 22:52
  Mike Marrs: Uh it's basically built on the golf platform, and it did a lot of brought in some new engineering and stuff that was not available in the original type one, and it re-re-ignited the whole Beatle Mania thing that came up through the Volkswagen.
• 23:08
  Mike Marrs: Then uh July the 18th, the final classic Volkswagen Beetle is built after they've made 21.5 million that were produced worldwide.
• 23:17
  Mike Marrs: They actually stopped building that model.
• 23:19
  Mike Marrs: And lastly, July the 18th, this one, the GM ignition switch compensation program begins.
• 23:26
  Mike Marrs: Uh 11.5 million vehicles in the U.S.
• 23:30
  Mike Marrs: It was, I never understood all this about what was going on.
• 23:34
  Mike Marrs: It was to me, it was silly, and it was even sillier after all that that they still put a key ignition in some of the vehicles for years and years.
• 23:44
  Mike Marrs: Anyway, some of the things that are coming up this week in automotive history that you might want to look into.
• 23:49
  Don Armstrong: Volkswagen Group plans to drastically cut its model lineup and further pair back capacity as Europe's largest automaker, considers a far-reaching overhaul that sources say could cost the company around 100,000 jobs.
• 24:03
  Don Armstrong: Tesla rapidly becoming the Model Y company as it leans on its best-selling crossover for sales growth, and a new long wheelbase three-row variant that plugs a hole in its shrinking lineup.
• 24:15
  Don Armstrong: The surging Ram 1500 pulled Stellantis to its fourth quarterly U.S.
• 24:20
  Don Armstrong: sales gain in what was an otherwise shaky sketch for many of the automaker's key nameplates.
• 24:25
  Don Armstrong: The Jeep Grand Cherokee, Compass, Wrangler, Gladiator all posted lower sales in the second quarter, as did the Dodge Durango.
• 24:33
  Don Armstrong: Bronco even outsold the Wrangler for the first time in a quarter since the SUVs renewed their rivalry rivalry in 2021.
• 24:42
  Don Armstrong: But Rams' flagship light duty pickup climbed 27%, keeping Stellantis on pace to reverse its streak of seven consecutive sales declines.
• 24:52
  Don Armstrong: Total deliveries for the company rose 6% overall in the first half.
• 24:58
  Don Armstrong: Honda CRV has capitalized on inventory shortfalls at Toyota and Ford to become America's best-selling light vehicle in the first half of 2026.
• 25:07
  Don Armstrong: U.S.
• 25:08
  Don Armstrong: sales surged 19% in May, 30% in June to a mid-year tally of 226,000 vehicles.
• 25:16
  Don Armstrong: And GT Tire Company kicked off U.S.
• 25:19
  Don Armstrong: launch of the GT brand portfolio of passenger and light truck tires with the announcement of four new products, all built and designed in America.
• 25:29
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• 25:33
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• 25:37
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• 25:39
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• 25:48
  Don Armstrong: Since 1983, Lupi Tortilla has served authentic and time-tested recipes made with the freshest ingredients.
• 25:55
  Don Armstrong: Atmosphere is part of the award-winning experience of Lupi Tortilla, all developed in the little house near Highway 6 and I 10 in Houston.
• 26:01
  Don Armstrong: Visit any of the Luffy tortillas and you'll see the same attention to detail in each and every location.
• 26:07
  Don Armstrong: Start your loopy experience with queso flamillado and guacamole, along with a classic frozen margaritas.
• 26:12
  Don Armstrong: Dine on famous loopy beef and chicken to it's or pepper shrimp crochet, or a finish or vegetarian entree and finish with a scrumptious flan for dessert.
• 26:21
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• 26:26
  Don Armstrong: There's a Texas location near you.
• 26:28
  Don Armstrong: The recipes are authentic and time-tested.
• 26:31
  Don Armstrong: The ingredients always fresh.
• 26:33
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• 26:34
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• 26:58
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• 27:03
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• 27:10
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