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400 Cars For Veterans!?! · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:06
  Mike Marrs: From the Texas Gulf Coast, welcome to End Wheel Time Cars, Places, and People.
• 0:12
  Mike Marrs: Coming up in this episode, we're going to be talking with Bill Z lag and Neil Jones about the upcoming Heroes and Hot Rods Veterans Weekend event up in Bass Trop.
• 0:23
  Mike Marrs: Thanks for joining us.
• 0:24
  Mike Marrs: I'm Michael Mars.
• 0:25
  Mike Marrs: So let's run over to Bass Drop and catch up with Bill and Neil.
• 0:29
  Mike Marrs: Bill Zlag and Neil Jones.
• 0:31
  Mike Marrs: How are you, gentlemen?
• 0:32
  Mike Marrs: Okay.
• 0:33
  Mike Marrs: How are you doing, Michael?
• 0:34
  Mike Marrs: I'm doing well.
• 0:35
  Mike Marrs: The sun is shining and all is good.
• 0:37
  Mike Marrs: So I'm really excited to hear more about how the car show is shaping up for Veterans Weekend.
• 0:42
  Mike Marrs: I mean, it's a it's a big weekend, there's a lot of different things going on with the heroes and hot rods.
• 0:46
  Mike Marrs: So, uh, how about an update on how the show is shaping up?
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, our uh registration is full.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_02: We have uh 400 cars committed uh to coming on Saturday, and you know, we're looking for a good turnout and a nice day.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_03: Lots of activities for spectators because so just because the registrations are full doesn't mean you can't have an enjoyable day if you like cars and lots of other attractions that we have in beautiful downtown Bass Drop.
• 1:13
  Mike Marrs: Absolutely.
• 1:14
  Mike Marrs: I mean, 400 cars, most car shows, one-day type car shows, you know, 100, 150, a good-sized car show's got two.
• 1:21
  Mike Marrs: But you're talking about 400 cars around the square there in downtown Bass Drop.
• 1:26
  Mike Marrs: There's plenty of stuff to see from the car show.
• 1:29
  Mike Marrs: So I'm I'm guessing small town bass drop forever been since I've been there, but I'm guessing around the square there's a lot of other things going on.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_02: Uh yes, we have lots of uh boutiques and businesses, we have a lot of vendors that are uh coming to our show to uh you know uh display their wares and stuff.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_02: But um, yeah, we have record shops, we have distilleries, uh, we have a lot of good restaurants, uh, we have a um um a smoke shop that people seem to like, and uh a lot of uh specialty coffees and you know items like that.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_03: And behind a behind the uh we have a famous bridge in Bassrop that's kind of an iconic bridge, and that's actually in our logo.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, but there's a really nice uh restaurant called Neighbors that's kind of on on the river, so you can enjoy a nice meal with a view of the bridge and river.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, and there are many, many restaurants, even though it's only about a four or five square block area, there's at least, I would say, 25 restaurants and several food trucks that are not really part of the show itself, but they're only a half a block from from Main Street.
• 2:34
  Mike Marrs: Okay, I got one of the flyers here up on the screen, and there's actually a QR code on there if somebody wants to grab it and get some more information.
• 2:40
  Mike Marrs: And uh it's got a couple of nice pictures on it, but it kind of gives you the idea that there's a lot more in downtown Bassdrop than 400 beautiful cars to go look at.
• 2:48
  Mike Marrs: Because I was thinking about it like my wife, she's been going to car shows for almost 40 years.
• 2:54
  Mike Marrs: And back when I was doing freelance, it was every weekend.
• 2:57
  Mike Marrs: I kind of burned her out on it, you know.
• 2:59
  Mike Marrs: So I generally have to have something else for her to do along the way.
• 3:03
  Mike Marrs: So stepping into a shop, you know, while I'm looking at a 67 GTO or whatever, you know, she can kind of do a little shopping that makes it out nice and makes for a nice weekend, a lot smoother day, at least from my perspective.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_02: Uh yes, this is uh the biggest day of the year, we've been told, uh, from the businesses in the area.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_02: So we help generate a lot of uh interest for the community when people come out and tour the downtown area.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, there's several.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_03: Uh there's a there's a new vintage store that has vintage articles, and there's other stores.
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_03: There's I would say at least uh four or five women's clothing and some men's clothing boutiques.
• 3:42
  SPEAKER_03: There's a couple of little storefronts that have little vendors inside, you know, uh plenty of places to eat, like I said before.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, and then uh another big attraction is the museum, uh the Bastrop County Museum Historical Society, and it's uh full of lots of information.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, we know there were some bad fires in 2011 that we had here in Bastrop uh County and Bastrop itself, and had 1,400 homes completely destroyed.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_03: So there's some historical information about the coal mining that used to take place, the fire, as I just mentioned.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_03: And there's a really a great uh display about Camp Swift, which is still an active uh military installation.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_03: I think it's the National Guard that's there.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_03: But in the in the World War II era, uh Camp Swift was one of the major training grounds for World War II soldiers, and it has lots of information of how the the Bastropians, as they're called, welcomed all these soldiers, uh, had lots of activities.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_03: There's an opera house downtown.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_03: That's something that somebody could do after the show because they or after the car show, because they have some nice plays over there, musicals.
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_03: I'm not sure what's running right now.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_03: So there's just a wealth of information.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_03: That museum itself is worth coming to Bass Drop for.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_03: And then, of course, you've got all the shopping, and like uh Neil was saying, we have a distillery just right around the corner.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, the other thing for the late for the ladies and for the guys, because we have lots of nice, we have uh probably five or six thousand dollars worth of donations that will be in a silent auction.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, and then and then we we give other prizes that we get donated to the uh VFW and the Lost Pines Leathernicks, and they've got a great raffle going on that the winners will be announced right before the awards are done, so they can buy raffle tickets.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_03: There's at least 13, uh, like a weekend package at the Hyatt, the Lost Pines Resort that's worth about$3,500 as the first prize.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_03: Nice and various other guns and other items that are in the raffle.
• 5:50
  SPEAKER_03: So it's uh so that's a and there'll be two two tents selling those raffle tickets.
• 5:56
  Mike Marrs: So there's a sounds like there's a lot of things going on that people can do on Saturday, but does some of that roll into like the raffle tickets?
• 6:03
  Mike Marrs: Are those available on Friday if somebody comes in to participate in the Friday events?
• 6:08
  SPEAKER_03: Well, I don't think they're uh I'd have to check, but I don't think they're selling tickets on Friday.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_03: But there's plenty, plenty of opportunities on Saturday.
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_02: Um, yeah, Friday is uh more of an informal cruise in just to enjoy the shops and restaurants downtown.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_02: Um, and we don't really have the booth set up on Friday.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, there's there's a little misconception too for some people.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_03: They think if they come on Friday, they leave their cars there and just you know, or possibly could leave their cars there, but that's not we we start with a clean slate on uh Saturday morning, and if anybody's on the streets after 5 or 5:30, they're subject to being towed away because there's at least what 10 10 15 blocks of street of streets that are barricaded off in several parking lots.
• 6:54
  Mike Marrs: Well, if you gotta make room for 400 cars to park in a display type venue because people are gonna be able to walk between them, so it's not gonna be really jammed in there really tight.
• 7:02
  Mike Marrs: So that's really cool.
• 7:03
  Mike Marrs: And want to make sure everybody understands spectators are free.
• 7:06
  Mike Marrs: You want to come in for the weekend, you want to come in for the day, there's no charge, anything like that.
• 7:12
  Mike Marrs: Just come in and enjoy the event.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_03: There are some there are some kids' activities too.
• 7:17
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, we have an area we call a kids' activity area.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_03: There's a a local uh it's called Film Alley in Bastrop, which is one of the theaters, and they have a little race car set that they set up, and then the city of Bastrop downtown has some kids' activities and games.
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_03: And for the first time this year, we've got a a roofing company that has uh they're calling it a cow graham, which is basically a little the Highland calves, which are you know little, little smaller calves uh that are very gentle and very uh kid friendly.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, we're gonna have we're gonna have a couple of those over there uh right in that same area, right across from the kids area.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_03: So, so uh, you know, it's a nice, it's a nice uh activity for kids because they can take pictures with the calves and and pet and pet them and and all that.
• 8:08
  SPEAKER_03: And it's very safe, it's very safe also.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_02: And another another thing that the car club uh does is at 10:30 on Saturday, we'll be having a veterans march.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_02: If you're in the show or just coming and being a participant uh in the viewing, um, and you're a veteran, you can march in the parade.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_02: Uh we have a bagpiper that leads the parade in the ROT, local ROTC.
• 8:30
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, we also have a flyover um at the same time uh that really helps uh you know um just bring out the event and uh that march will uh lead from the uh post office, walk down Main Street to the um, you know, to the uh uh sorry.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_03: So it's it's the uh courthouse where there's actually a veterans memorial at the courthouse, so it's very fitting.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_03: It's about a it's about a four city block.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_03: Of course, city blocks are always subject to you know what is a city block.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_03: But at least and and and anybody who's on unable to march because maybe they're in a wheelchair or somewhat handicapped, we do have some golf carts to help them.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_03: And you don't have to march all the way.
• 9:12
  SPEAKER_03: You want you can join like just the last block, and but but there is their part of that ceremony, is there's actually an award uh put on by the red, white, and blue uh organization here in town that honors veterans.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_03: And they've got a big, they've got a big event, big banquet that they have uh uh over at the convention center at night.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_03: So Saturday.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_03: There's also art museums, there's an art museum that's about four or five blocks uh down down the street.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_03: Uh but the you know everything is is I mean, there's many things as we sit here and think, there's more things than we can even think of.
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_03: That's uh uh Bastrop has a foundry here that makes these gigantic uh statues, bronze statues.
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_03: Many of them are many of the statues at the at the courthouse uh or at the uh state capitol building were made by this uh foundry, and they have a they have a place about two blocks off Main Street that have a beautiful showroom with really some very high-end artwork and sculptures and things like that.
• 10:13
  Mike Marrs: Wow, it sounds like the city and the community is really really involved with your event, your heroes and hot rods, which is absolutely much more than just a car show.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, we have we have many sponsors, and we raise over the last several years at least$50,000 with 80%, a minimum of 80% of that fifty thousand dollars in proceeds going to uh veteran support organizations.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_03: We do high school automotive scholarships, so it's it's really a fundraiser as as and every other thing else like that.
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_03: So uh anything you do, whether it's the silent auction or the raffle, it all goes to veterans' events and and other like the food pantry and the homeless shelter, all the other uh charitable organizations that are within the city.
• 10:59
  Mike Marrs: And this is all done by the Bass Drop Area Cruisers, is the name of your organization, right?
• 11:06
  Mike Marrs: Yes, sir.
• 11:07
  Mike Marrs: Yep, just checking making sure.
• 11:09
  Mike Marrs: I still got the question.
• 11:13
  Mike Marrs: Still got it up here on the screen.
• 11:14
  Mike Marrs: The QR code's still there, uh, and it's bassdropareacruisers.com.
• 11:18
  Mike Marrs: Free spectator admission, 400 cars set up, registered for the to participate in the car show, and there will be awards.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_02: Oh yes, yeah, we uh we have uh what 40 classes, 30 33 classes, 33 classes, and some of them have as many.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_03: If if we have more than 15 or or more than 20 cars in a class, and we do in a couple of the classes, we split the class.
• 11:42
  SPEAKER_03: So there's going to be two first place award, two first place awards, and we don't do a second and third place, it gives us a lot more flexibility.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_03: We anybody who is you might say a runner up, whether it be second highest or third highest or fourth highest, many times we have what we call outstanding in class award.
• 12:01
  SPEAKER_03: So we could have one class that might be has 20 cars.
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_03: There's one first place, there could be three or even four outstanding in class.
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_03: And uh Neil can also explain how we do the judging, which is a real one of the reasons, in addition to all the the things to do downtown that we get that we were filled up is because uh a lot of the people really want to bring their cars, especially the nice, nice cars, uh, to be judged.
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_03: So Neil can talk about how we do our judging.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_02: Uh yeah, so we we have we break up into groups.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_02: Uh our judges will judge a certain type of vehicle, like uh maybe uh uh tri-5 cars, and they'll go out throughout the event, find all the tri-5 cars, and they'll judge them.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, if you are being judged, uh we request that you open your hood and your trunk.
• 12:49
  SPEAKER_02: Uh that way you get the full point spread.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_02: Because if your hood's closed, they won't judge your, you won't get those points.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_02: And we judge on you know cleanliness and you know, paint quality and uh interior, and um, you know, we try to be as fair as possible.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_02: That's why we we try to have the same judges judge the same group of vehicles.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_02: Um, now we also, as the Bass Drop Area Cruisers, we do not put our club cars in the show.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_02: So you're not competing against us.
• 13:19
  SPEAKER_02: We have a separate lot uh for 34 of our vehicles.
• 13:24
  SPEAKER_02: Um, it's the only space that we all allocate to ourselves, but uh the participants in the show can't judge our cars, and there is an award for us.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_03: We give them a ballot, we give every participant a ballot and say, go look at the Bastrop Area Cruiser's car and check off your three favorites.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_03: And then we at the end of the award ceremony, some of our members get an award, but it's been completely separate from the judging.
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_03: And as Neil said, the key thing is regardless of what class you're in, two to three people are judging those same cars.
• 13:56
  SPEAKER_03: So that makes it as fair as possible.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_03: It's not like just walking down a street and judging a whole street with cars one against another.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_03: One could be a 1960 and one could be a brand new Corvette, you know.
• 14:07
  Mike Marrs: So that makes a lot of sense.
• 14:09
  Mike Marrs: And and if you've been around car shows very long and awards, obviously, you know you're not gonna make everybody happy.
• 14:16
  Mike Marrs: Somebody's not gonna think they were judged fair and etc.
• 14:19
  Mike Marrs: But the fact that you have so many cars, 400 cars coming back every year or year after year anyway, then then people seem to like your judging or they accept it as being as fair as people are gonna be.
• 14:35
  Mike Marrs: True.
• 14:35
  Mike Marrs: Yeah.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_02: And uh we, you know, we try to um we don't want one car winning all the awards.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_02: And uh, I know some people have been disappointed about that in the past, but you know, we try to spread them out a little bit.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_03: Last year, you're or I'd say the last at least six or eight years, we make sure that if there's some top cars, there are some other awards like Mayor's Choice and and uh uh Discover Bass Drop.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_03: That's a big supporter of our event, Discover Bass Drop in the City, City Manager Awards, and some of the like we have a Best Veterans, that's not Best Veterans, it's Veterans Choice, which is sponsored by Covert Chevrolet, which is one of our sponsors, and Craig's Jewelry Store, which is our largest.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_03: We call them the presidential sponsor.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_03: They donate several thousand dollars to this event.
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_03: They pick best, they pick the best or uh presidential choice award.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_03: So so a car will not win more than one special award in most cases.
• 15:32
  Mike Marrs: So you've got all kinds of judges going on then, and and and spectators can get involved by judging the club cars that are in a special place.
• 15:40
  Mike Marrs: I think that's really cool to get them involved in doing that.
• 15:42
  Mike Marrs: And really and truly, that means there's 434, maybe 440 cars in the car show.
• 15:49
  Mike Marrs: Oh, for sure, yeah.
• 15:50
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, so uh that's that's big on anybody's scale.
• 15:54
  Mike Marrs: So uh and okay, let's go through this again.
• 15:56
  Mike Marrs: So, what's the date?
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_02: It's uh November uh 13th and 14th.
• 16:02
  Mike Marrs: Friday and Saturday, with a lot of the the cruising events happening on Friday, kind of getting everybody in the mood, going downtown.
• 16:09
  SPEAKER_03: And I'm sure the cruising goes from 5 p.m.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_03: to 9 p.m.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_03: And it's important that anybody comes into cruising that they park their cars back in the normal fashion after 9 30.
• 16:20
  Mike Marrs: Uh okay.
• 16:21
  Mike Marrs: Good to note, good to note.
• 16:22
  Mike Marrs: Okay, and then Saturday morning starts off and it starts with the 10:30 with the veterans parade.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_02: Uh well we start uh we open the show at uh 7:30.
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_03: And uh that's when we start parking the cars 7.30.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_02: 8 o'clock.
• 16:36
  SPEAKER_02: Well, uh the show is open to the public.
• 16:38
  Mike Marrs: Okay, I'm gonna let you talk about the schedule then, and I'm gonna shut up.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, and then also we have for the for the veterans march, we also have planned pending weather.
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_03: I mean, we're we're not gonna talk about weather because it's just gonna be great.
• 16:53
  Mike Marrs: It's gonna be beautiful.
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_03: Commemorative Air Force out of St.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_03: Mark San Marcos brings at least one, in some cases, two or three.
• 17:00
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, we have one of our sponsors, Nitschke Insurance, that pays for the flyover.
• 17:04
  SPEAKER_03: So we have a flyover some with some vintage uh military aircraft.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_03: And it goes it that comes by right when the people are marching.
• 17:13
  Mike Marrs: So yeah, what else could you ask for?
• 17:16
  Mike Marrs: You got lots of beautiful cars to look at, the weather's gonna be great.
• 17:20
  Mike Marrs: You've got a lot of veterans recognition that that's gonna be so well deserved, and it's in a beautiful setting.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, and we have we have quite a few vendor booths that are veteran related.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_03: In other words, there are services for veterans and things.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_03: We don't charge them for a booth, they're mostly gonna be on uh courthouse grounds.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_03: So any almost most nonprofits that uh ask us for a booth that are 501c3s, we give them a booth at no cost.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_03: There's another little vendor guy that or guy, not a little guy, but a vendor booth that I don't know if you've seen before where somebody makes uh license plates, they'll cut up plates and and you could get it to say whatever you want.
• 18:00
  Mike Marrs: He's gonna be there, and and a few other you know, car-related uh oh that's great because I my father was in the CBs, and every once in a while I would see uh a unique hat from the Navy or the CBs or something and pick it up for him just because, and uh, I think it's a great opportunity to do some more things like that.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_03: So the restaurant, the restaurants downtown are amazing, you know.
• 18:21
  SPEAKER_03: Every restaurant is really great.
• 18:23
  Mike Marrs: Well, a lot of people are gonna find out, I hope.
• 18:26
  Mike Marrs: So we're running out of time.
• 18:28
  Mike Marrs: I want to wish you the best of luck, and I think it sounds like it's gonna be a great show.
• 18:32
  Mike Marrs: I wish you great weather, and uh we'll talk again.
• 18:37
  Mike Marrs: Okay, come downstairs.
• 18:38
  Mike Marrs: Bill Zaylig and Neil Young.
• 18:40
  Mike Marrs: Thank you.
• 18:41
  Mike Marrs: Neil Young, what did I just call you?
• 18:42
  Mike Marrs: Neil Young.
• 18:44
  Mike Marrs: We haven't started a singing career yet.
• 18:47
  Mike Marrs: Well, we might we might move him into that next.
• 18:50
  Mike Marrs: We could do one of the attractions.
• 18:52
  Mike Marrs: There you go.
• 18:54
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, we'll get him a booth.
• 18:55
  Mike Marrs: Neil Jones, thank you guys very much.
• 18:57
  Mike Marrs: Be careful.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_03: We really appreciate your support and uh the great coverage that you do for the event in the Houston area and beyond.
• 19:05
  Mike Marrs: I think it's a great event, and I'm glad to do what I can do.
• 19:08
  Mike Marrs: All right, take care, guys.
• 19:10
  Mike Marrs: All right, you too.
• 19:11
  Mike Marrs: Bye.
• 19:12
  Mike Marrs: A big thanks to Bill Z Leg and Neil Jones from the Bass Top Area Cruisers for joining us again today.
• 19:18
  Mike Marrs: And uh, we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back after this message.
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_00: It's that time again.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_00: Fire up those engines.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_00: Euros and Hot Rods is rolling into Bassdrop for Veterans Day weekend.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_00: Friday night, cruise downtown.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_00: Saturday, 400 of the coolest rides in Texas, take over Main Street.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_00: Honor our veterans, enjoy local food and shopping, and help support local charities and scholarships.
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_00: Presented by Craig's Jewelry and over 200 local sponsors, November 13th and 14th, Downtown Bass Drop.
• 19:54
  SPEAKER_00: Don't miss it.
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  Mike Marrs: patent for the gasoline-powered road vehicle.
• 21:23
  Mike Marrs: And although Selden had never actually manufactured the automobile described as a patent for her, the patent eventually became the basis for her demanding royalties from American automobile makers.
• 21:34
  Mike Marrs: Henry Ford refused to accept the arrangement, leading to a lengthy legal battle.
• 21:39
  Mike Marrs: Ford ultimately prevailed in 1911 when the patent's scope was narrowed or the decision helped protect the competition in the developing American automobile industry.
• 21:59
  Mike Marrs: Now the court It featured front-wheel drive, independent front suspension, concealed headlights, and a distinctive coffin nose front end.
• 22:06
  Mike Marrs: It had a low slung appearance.
• 22:07
  Mike Marrs: It was really different from anything else that was on the road at the time.
• 22:11
  Mike Marrs: Unfortunately, there were some production difficulties and reliability concerns, so it had limited success.
• 22:17
  Mike Marrs: Even so, the Cord 810 became one of the most recognizable American automobiles of the 1930s.
• 22:24
  Mike Marrs: Today, its styling remains a favorite among collectors, and there's been a few tries at trying to bring it back, but it's never really came to fruition.
• 22:32
  Mike Marrs: And for the ladies out there, on November the 7th, 1963, Paula Murphy became the first woman to drive an indie-style race car around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• 22:43
  Mike Marrs: Now she was known as Miss STP.
• 22:45
  Mike Marrs: Murphy completed five laps during a tire testing session.
• 22:50
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is a time when professional motorsports remained overwhelmingly male, much like today.
• 22:56
  Mike Marrs: But her appearance at Indianapolis represented an important breakthrough for the ladies.
• 23:00
  Mike Marrs: Murphy was already an accomplished driver with experience in several forms of motorsports, including drag racing.
• 23:07
  Mike Marrs: But her historic lapse actually helped challenge the long-standing assumptions about women in racing and preceded the arrival of female competitors in the Indianapolis 500.
• 23:17
  Mike Marrs: Then on November the 5th, this was really strange, I found, November the 5th, 1978, Richard Petty appeared to have won the NASCAR Winston Cup race at the Atlanta International Raceway.
• 23:29
  Mike Marrs: But after officials reviewed the scoring, the victory was awarded to Donnie Allison.
• 23:34
  Mike Marrs: Now, this was an unusual reversal, and it gave Allison what would become the Final Cup Series victory of his career.
• 23:40
  Mike Marrs: But for Petty, who was already one of NASCAR's greatest competitors, it was really frustrating.
• 23:45
  Mike Marrs: The incident serves as a reminder that racing results aren't always determined by the electronic timing and the scoring systems.
• 23:54
  Mike Marrs: Sometimes, even after the checkered flag, you got officials involved, and officials had to sort through the records of this particular event to determine who actually won.
• 24:04
  Mike Marrs: And that's a look at our automotive history for the week ahead, November the 1st through the 7th.
• 24:09
  Mike Marrs: From the earliest days of automobile to the revolution designs and memorable moments in motorsports, there's always another story waiting down the road.
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  Mike Marrs: I'm Michael Mars, and this is In Wheel Time.
• 24:23
  Mike Marrs: It's time now for the In Wheel Time weekend auto scene.
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  Mike Marrs: Our look at car shows, cruise ins, and automotive gatherings around Southeast Texas and beyond.
• 24:34
  Mike Marrs: Halloween weekend brings out some interesting rides, but we've also got several big events coming up in November.
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  Mike Marrs: Now we're going to start today with the Faux Real Trade Days cruise in in Liberty, Texas.
• 24:46
  Mike Marrs: Liberty hosts a cruise in and swap meet beginning at 9 a.m.
• 24:50
  Mike Marrs: Saturday morning as part of the Faux Real Trade Days.
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  Mike Marrs: This is a convenient option for car enthusiasts in Liberty, Beaumont, and the East Houston areas.
• 24:58
  Mike Marrs: Also today, October the 31st, Retro Fest West takes over the Ultimate 80s garage up in Folshire, Texas.
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  Mike Marrs: Now this is today, Saturday, October 31st, from 11 a.m.
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  Mike Marrs: till 2 in the afternoon.
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  Mike Marrs: You can enjoy classic 80s and 90s cars.
• 25:13
  Mike Marrs: You've got some live music, there's food, there's vendors, people a little biggie in costumes, and there's going to be a lot of Halloween fun for the family.
• 25:20
  Mike Marrs: Now we're going to look a little bit further down the road, where November brings some great opportunities to get out and enjoy the automotive scene.
• 25:28
  Mike Marrs: We're going to start with November 5th through the 8th, one of the biggest motorcycle gatherings in the country returns to Galveston Island, November 5th through 8th.
• 25:37
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is the Lone Star Rally, and it takes over the historic Strand District, Pier 21, and portions of the seawall with thousands of motorcycles.
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  Mike Marrs: Got a lot of custom builds, there's vendors, there's a lot of music and a lot of entertainment.
• 25:50
  Mike Marrs: Now, for those of us that want to take a look, but we prefer four-wheels, there's also a car show.
• 25:56
  Mike Marrs: So Galvison is the place to be that weekend.
• 25:59
  Mike Marrs: Then we're going to step out here.
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  Mike Marrs: Mopar enthusiasts will be heading into the Texas Hill Country for the 16th Lone Star Mopar Fest, November 6th and 7th.
• 26:09
  Mike Marrs: This year's celebration moves to Bernie, north of San Antonio, where the Saturday main event takes place on the main plaza from 9:30 a.m.
• 26:19
  Mike Marrs: until 3:30 p.m.
• 26:20
  Mike Marrs: You can expect an impressive gathering of Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep Ram, and other Mopar vehicles, along with a participant-judged showenshine.
• 26:30
  Mike Marrs: Then on November 7th, one of Houston's familiar automotive gatherings returns Saturday morning, November the 7th, with coffee and cars at Post Houston.
• 26:39
  Mike Marrs: Now this is 401 Franklin Street.
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  Mike Marrs: Scheduled from 7 a.m.
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  Mike Marrs: till 10 in the morning.
• 26:44
  Mike Marrs: This gathering brings together automotive enthusiasts with everything from exotics and performance cars to classics and unique custom bills.
• 26:53
  Mike Marrs: For early risers, this is a good way to get your Saturday morning started.
• 26:57
  Mike Marrs: Saturday, November the 7th, the Alvin Rotary November Fest includes a car and bike show.
• 27:03
  Mike Marrs: Now, this community gathering brings automotive enthusiasts together as part of the larger November Fest celebration.
• 27:10
  Mike Marrs: But events like this demonstrate how local clubs and community organizations can use the popularity of classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles to bring people together.
• 27:21
  Mike Marrs: Then we're going to step over to the big one we've been talking about.
• 27:23
  Mike Marrs: The Bastrop Area Cruisers celebrate a major milestone November 13th and 14th with their 20th annual Heroes and Hot Rods Veteran Weekend Car Show.
• 27:32
  Mike Marrs: Activities begin Friday evening with a cruise in along historic Main Street from 5 till 9 p.m.
• 27:38
  Mike Marrs: Saturday's show begins at 7:30 in the morning with 400 vehicles expected.
• 27:42
  Mike Marrs: The weekend also features a Veterans Tribute March, a ceremony honoring those who have served our country with classic cars lining downtown Bass Drop and a strong charitable mission.
• 27:53
  Mike Marrs: This is much more than another car show.
• 27:55
  Mike Marrs: It is a celebration of automotive history community and our veterans.
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  Mike Marrs: Saturday, November the 21st.
• 28:02
  Mike Marrs: This is three weeks down the road from today.
• 28:04
  Mike Marrs: Clear Lake Cars at Coffee is listed for Saturday, November the 21st.
• 28:09
  Mike Marrs: Now, this gathering gives enthusiasts on Houston's southeast side another chance to enjoy a morning surrounded by interesting vehicles and fellow car lovers.
• 28:18
  Mike Marrs: Unlike the larger judge shows, a cars and coffee gathering is generally a relaxed opportunity to walk around.
• 28:24
  Mike Marrs: You can admire the vehicles and you get to visit more with the owners.
• 28:27
  Mike Marrs: For those around Clear Lake, League City, and the Bay Area, it's worth keeping this on the calendar as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches.
• 28:35
  Mike Marrs: And that's what's coming up on the In-Wheel Time weekend auto scene.
• 28:38
  Mike Marrs: From Halloween car shows this weekend to motorcycles in Gallison, Mopars in the Hill Country, and a special veterans celebration in Bass Drop.
• 28:46
  Mike Marrs: There's plenty to enjoy over the next few weeks.
• 28:49
  Mike Marrs: But remember, check with the event organizers for any last-minute changes, particularly weather-related changes, and support your local car clubs wherever you can.
• 28:58
  Mike Marrs: I'm Michael Mars, and we'll see you somewhere down the road.
• 29:02
  Mike Marrs: For more than 14 years, In Wheel Time has been talking about the cars, the trucks, the people, and the stories that make the automotive world interesting.
• 29:10
  Mike Marrs: Now we're taking In Wheel Time to the next level.
• 29:14
  Mike Marrs: New vehicles, automotive news, car reviews, motorsports, industry leaders, and interesting people.
• 29:21
  Mike Marrs: We're going to take you beyond the driveway and the dealerships with stories from the people who build, race, restore, and actually live the automotive lifestyle.
• 29:31
  Mike Marrs: And we're hitting the road with driving destinations worth discovering.
• 29:35
  Mike Marrs: First across Texas and eventually wherever the road can take us.
• 29:39
  Mike Marrs: Plus, we're going to have some automotive history, features, interviews, and stories that you may have missed.
• 29:46
  Mike Marrs: It's still in wheel time, but there's a lot more of it to discover.
• 29:51
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• 29:55
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• 29:57
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