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Where Do Car Culture And Car Money Meet · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:00
  Don Armstrong: Welcome to another In Wheel Time Podcast.
• 0:06
  Don Armstrong: It is the award-winning In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show just ahead.
• 0:10
  Don Armstrong: Mars driving destinations in seven places for hot rotters.
• 0:17
  Don Armstrong: Not eight.
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  Don Armstrong: Seven.
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  Don Armstrong: Seven.
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  Don Armstrong: We'll also have uh Jeff giving us the cruise in and events calendars.
• 0:24
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
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  Don Armstrong: We're gonna have recalls.
• 0:26
  Don Armstrong: We're gonna play name that price, what it sold for.
• 0:30
  Don Armstrong: We got so much stuff.
• 0:31
  Don Armstrong: We're gonna have to cram in in the next 30 minutes.
• 0:34
  Don Armstrong: Howdy, along with Mike Out of This World Mars.
• 0:36
  Don Armstrong: We always need more Jeff Ziegkin.
• 0:38
  Don Armstrong: I'm Don Armstrong.
• 0:39
  Don Armstrong: Glad that you could join us on this Saturday.
• 0:41
  Don Armstrong: David Ainsley sleeping in, getting prepared for next weekend's Get You Ready.
• 0:50
  Don Armstrong: From the Katie Loopy Tortilla Text Bags.
• 0:54
  Jeff Dziekan: So, anyway, so we're trying to put 10 pounds of stuff in a in a five-pound bag for the rest of the day.
• 1:00
  Jeff Dziekan: What's the stuff?
• 1:01
  Jeff Dziekan: What stuff are you talking about?
• 1:03
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, it could be it could be uh cotton candy, could be other things.
• 1:07
  Mike Marrs: Or George says use your torque wrench to cram it all in there.
• 1:11
  Mike Marrs: There you go.
• 1:11
  Mike Marrs: Thank you, George.
• 1:12
  Don Armstrong: George was tired of me complaining about the Craftsman Torque wrench that they that they wouldn't actually fulfill their obligation that they sold me.
• 1:22
  Don Armstrong: And uh he bought me one and sent me one.
• 1:24
  Don Armstrong: I'll never forget that.
• 1:25
  Don Armstrong: George, we hope that you're feeling like tired of listen, huh?
• 1:28
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, I know.
• 1:29
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 1:30
  Don Armstrong: Kind of like that other wife that you have.
• 1:32
  Don Armstrong: Well, kind of like you, Mars.
• 1:33
  Jeff Dziekan: He's throwing a tantrum in the store, so he just could they go ahead and bought it for me.
• 1:37
  Don Armstrong: Bought it for me and sent it to me in the office.
• 1:40
  Don Armstrong: I got a brand new torque wrench that shows up.
• 1:44
  Don Armstrong: And by the way, just to let you know, I actually used it uh last week when I torqued the bet wheels.
• 1:52
  Don Armstrong: No, I torqued the actual blade on the lawnmower to 60 pound feet as requested.
• 1:59
  Don Armstrong: You know, you can come over and do mine.
• 2:01
  Don Armstrong: I will.
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  Don Armstrong: I told you that.
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  Don Armstrong: You why'd you have the blade off?
• 2:06
  Don Armstrong: I put a new I put a new blade on it.
• 2:08
  Don Armstrong: Ah the old blade was dull and dirty.
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  Don Armstrong: And when you hit that cat, you know, it's it just kind of ruined it blade.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it did that.
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  Don Armstrong: Okay.
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  Don Armstrong: Driving destinations, Mr.
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  Don Armstrong: Mars.
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  Don Armstrong: Let me take it, Mike.
• 2:22
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, buddy, yeah.
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  Don Armstrong: Jeff, if you would.
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  Don Armstrong: And the and the subject uh today is going to be seven national hot rod events to put on your calendar.
• 2:32
  Don Armstrong: Hopefully the summer.
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  Mike Marrs: Exactly.
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  Mike Marrs: Now they start pretty quick, but the idea is these are all over the country.
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  Mike Marrs: And if you want to make one of these that's not necessarily in your region, you might want to have to plan a little bit to get it in there.
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  Mike Marrs: So we're going to start with the Good Guys Del Mar Nationals.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, this is in Southern California.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, the good guys do have several events across the country, but this kind of starts it off.
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  Mike Marrs: And it's in California, and it's important because they have a big turnout of Southern California cars, you know, the whole car culture that's down there and the weather.
• 3:05
  Mike Marrs: So it's a great place.
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  Mike Marrs: They do a lot of cruising, there's a lot of showing, but you just it's not really a formal show, but apparently it's a pretty informal show, and it's someplace to plan if you want to go to California for a car show.
• 3:18
  Mike Marrs: Then the next one we're going to look at coming up in April is the Pigeon Forge Spring Rod Run.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, of course, this is in Tennessee, and you're going to get thousands of classic cars and street rods and customs come in, and the whole town becomes this rolling car show.
• 3:32
  Mike Marrs: I've seen a lot of pictures of it, never made it up there.
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  Mike Marrs: Uh to cruise the parkway to check out some of the vendor um places, the swap meet.
• 3:41
  Mike Marrs: It's just there's a whole lot of stuff.
• 3:43
  Don Armstrong: It's coming up in three weeks.
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  Mike Marrs: Three weeks, yes, it's coming up pretty quick.
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  Mike Marrs: Then uh from there, the next one would be the Hot Rod Tour of Texas.
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  Mike Marrs: I picked this because I like it, and and it's intentionally a smaller event so that it could be a little more um personalized, I guess you would call it.
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  Don Armstrong: But it's considered 300 cars a smaller event.
• 4:04
  Mike Marrs: Well, compared to these other ones where you're talking thousand plus cars, it's it's a pretty big deal.
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  Mike Marrs: So uh, but it is uh it's really about driving and cruising with a lot of people that you know or or that you've met, and it's that car camaraderie as you go through the event for three days.
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  Mike Marrs: And uh it's great fun.
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  Mike Marrs: We've been a couple of times and uh love it to death.
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  Mike Marrs: Then the next one coming up in June 8th through the 12th is one you've probably heard a little bit more about the Hot Rod Power Tour.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, this the power tour, it's kind of part road trip and it's kind of a national gathering, so there's thousands of vehicles, and you travel across multiple states with each each stop, actually becomes its own event because there's so many vehicles there.
• 4:45
  Mike Marrs: Uh, and they move into the cities with the smoke muscle cars and customs and classics, and it's just uh uh a big rolling car show, if you will.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, the next one is back to the good guys, and I picked this one because it's different.
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  Mike Marrs: This is the Good Guys Summit Racing Nationals July the 10th through the 12th, and it's often called the Big One because it's one of the largest muscle and hot rod gatherings in the country.
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  Mike Marrs: It's at the Ohio Expo Center, they bring in 6,000 plus cars, including classic muscle street machines, lost in the crowd.
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  Mike Marrs: Absolutely.
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  Mike Marrs: But this one they they do more, uh they get more things going on.
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  Mike Marrs: They do autocross, they got the swap meets, and of course they do major awards like the street machine of the year that they have out under the good guy branding thing.
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  Mike Marrs: And uh, so it's a really big deal, and that would be the I guess what you would call the keystone event of them for the good guys.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, the sixth one that we have is the NSRA Street Rod Nationals.
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  Mike Marrs: This is August 6th through 9th.
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  Mike Marrs: And this is very specific.
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  Mike Marrs: Um, it is the crown jewel of the NSRA calendar, and it runs up, it's in Louisville.
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  Mike Marrs: They have over 10,000 cars.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, this is part show, part reunion, they got a parts marketplace, and it's really got uh a lot of vehicles to do a lot of things.
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  Mike Marrs: A lot of cars are driven, there's a lot of opportunities to drive them and share stories with a lot of the other people that are there.
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  Mike Marrs: Now, the um Woodward Dream Cruise is one that I've always liked.
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  Mike Marrs: I've always wanted to go.
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  Mike Marrs: We've talked about a lot of times trying to figure out a way to get up there.
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  Mike Marrs: August the 15th, this is the third Saturday of August, which traditionally is when it happens, and it's considered America's largest one-day automotive celebration.
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  Mike Marrs: Historic Woodward Avenue becomes a rolling museum of horsepower and heritage with all the manufacturers having setting up displays on the sidelines, and from what I'm told, you can't see it all in a day.
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  Mike Marrs: There's multiple cities across there.
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  Mike Marrs: I think Jeff's got some information about how that all began in 1995.
• 6:51
  Mike Marrs: It was just a fundraiser, and it's really become the soul of the motor city car culture.
• 6:56
  Jeff Dziekan: It is a big event, and it's it's more of a sponsorship thing where you've got maybe this five city blocks are are by Ford, or the next three city blocks are by whatever vendor, uh some of the sports drink things.
• 7:08
  Jeff Dziekan: It's all it's a big circus.
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  Jeff Dziekan: Yes, you do need more than just a day.
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  Jeff Dziekan: It actually starts like about a week ahead of time and then it kind of trickles off after that.
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  Jeff Dziekan: Uh it's a huge event.
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  Jeff Dziekan: Um I got a friend of mine, uh, Todd Sheldon, grew up with him.
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  Jeff Dziekan: He's actually going back to Detroit, lives in Colorado, going back to Detroit for this event, possibly, and he was telling me I need to meet him there.
• 7:28
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh, but we'll we'll see what happens.
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  Jeff Dziekan: But uh it it's it's fun, it looks like a fun thing to do.
• 7:34
  Mike Marrs: Oh, I think it would be great.
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  Mike Marrs: I was on Woodward Avenue once.
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  Mike Marrs: I was a passenger in a mini, a little mini club car, and uh, we were dreaming about what it would be like to be there.
• 7:44
  Mike Marrs: Actually, got into a drag race with another mini down Woodward Avenue, and we thought it was cool.
• 7:49
  Mike Marrs: But anyway, that's some things that you can look at for the rest of the year to kind of make some plans if you really want to get out and about and go to some of these big events.
• 7:56
  Don Armstrong: All right, so are some of the recalls this week.
• 7:58
  Don Armstrong: Volkswagen, loose transmission ground wire, may cause a fire in the Volkswagen Jetta 2025 and 2026.
• 8:08
  Don Armstrong: Uh Chrysler.
• 8:11
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 8:12
  Don Armstrong: Um I don't know what Chrysler, FCA US.
• 8:15
  Don Armstrong: They they need to change that.
• 8:16
  Don Armstrong: It should be Stilantis because the Jeep Wagon here, S for 24 through 26, the liftgate hinge cover may detach.
• 8:26
  Don Armstrong: Ooh.
• 8:26
  Don Armstrong: There's something that really works.
• 8:28
  Don Armstrong: That person probably got a ticket back in the parking lot.
• 8:30
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
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  Don Armstrong: Hinge cover.
• 8:32
  Don Armstrong: Insufficiently welded front seat frames may have you kissing the dash and the Nissan kicks and the Nissan Centra for 2026.
• 8:40
  Don Armstrong: That's what he'd be calling.
• 8:42
  Don Armstrong: Volkswagen recalling nearly a hundred thousand electric vehicles, of which some 28,000 are in Germany, citing problems linked to battery modules, according to the German Motor Vehicle Authority, or KBA's work.
• 8:56
  Don Armstrong: The recall notices affect only 75,000 vehicles from VW's ID series, as well as nearly 20,000 Cupra borns that were built between February 22nd and August 24th.
• 9:10
  Don Armstrong: According to the notices issued, modules in the high voltage battery do not meet specifications and can result in reduced range, and there is a risk of flight.
• 9:19
  Don Armstrong: That's the bus, right?
• 9:20
  Don Armstrong: ID bus, ID and Hunt ID series bus.
• 9:24
  Don Armstrong: Yes.
• 9:25
  Don Armstrong: And of course, you can't get a week without having Ford on here.
• 9:29
  Don Armstrong: And we were bragging about the Ford Maverick, the uh mid-sized pickup truck.
• 9:34
  Don Armstrong: Well, but the moon roof glass panel you need to attach it's being recalled, along with the Hyundai Palisade and Palisade Hybrid for 2026 because the power rear seats may trap somebody back there.
• 9:46
  Jeff Dziekan: We need a wheel behind us.
• 9:47
  Jeff Dziekan: We'll spin the wheel, the manufacture wheel, and and whatever it lands on, we'll give them a uh recall.
• 9:52
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 9:52
  Don Armstrong: Well, you this that's this is gonna be your charge for this week.
• 9:56
  Don Armstrong: And you're gonna you're gonna build a wheel.
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  Jeff Dziekan: All the car manufacturers are gonna we're gonna spin it and see which one will get us uh we'll get uh the Bob Barker guy.
• 10:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 10:07
  Jeff Dziekan: The Bob Barker.
• 10:09
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, get him.
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  Jeff Dziekan: Okay, spin away.
• 10:11
  Don Armstrong: Um so why don't we do the sold car roundup?
• 10:17
  Don Armstrong: Okay, so a fun little game that we all play.
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  Don Armstrong: And uh usually uh Jeff Heisman and George Skelton can join us um online to help us, and then you're more than welcome to join in as well.
• 10:30
  Don Armstrong: Now, Mr.
• 10:31
  Don Armstrong: Morris can't play along because he's the one that put the pictures together, so you're you're out of luck, Mars.
• 10:38
  Don Armstrong: Just saying he's not even paying any attention anyway, and he can't do that.
• 10:43
  Don Armstrong: Well, he yeah, I got it.
• 10:46
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 10:46
  Don Armstrong: So our first topic today, um, because I'm a Corvette guy, I thought that we would find out how much the 1964 Chevrolet Corvette sold for.
• 11:00
  Don Armstrong: 64 Corvette.
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  Don Armstrong: It looks like an original.
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  Don Armstrong: Um it looks like it may even because of the price, may have original paint.
• 11:08
  Don Armstrong: Not sure, but that's the way it looks to me.
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  Don Armstrong: But uh so what do you think that that car sold for?
• 11:14
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm thinking 32.
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  Don Armstrong: And I failed to mention that uh David Ainsley, our chief engineer, usually tags in on this as well, if he's available.
• 11:21
  Don Armstrong: You're saying how much?
• 11:22
  Don Armstrong: 32.
• 11:23
  Don Armstrong: 32.
• 11:24
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 11:25
  Don Armstrong: Um anybody else want to uh Jeffrey says 35.
• 11:28
  Don Armstrong: Jeff Heitzman says 35,000.
• 11:31
  Don Armstrong: Um anybody else?
• 11:33
  Don Armstrong: If not, I can tell you that it sold for$63,000.
• 11:36
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, Jeff and our split.
• 11:38
  Don Armstrong: Oh yeah, okay.
• 11:41
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, because that that that would include the tax.
• 11:45
  Don Armstrong: Next up, a 1931 Chevrolet.
• 11:49
  Don Armstrong: My guess is that's not the original paint job on it.
• 11:52
  Don Armstrong: Uh 1931 Chevrolet.
• 11:55
  Don Armstrong: Um would you call that a resto mod?
• 11:58
  Don Armstrong: I guess it would be if it's not the original paint.
• 12:00
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 12:02
  Don Armstrong: No, I mean.
• 12:03
  Don Armstrong: Do you think that Chevrolet actually offered that color?
• 12:06
  Don Armstrong: I don't.
• 12:07
  Don Armstrong: No, I don't either, but you don't have any.
• 12:09
  Don Armstrong: That would be called a resto mod.
• 12:11
  Don Armstrong: It's restored and it's modified.
• 12:14
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 12:16
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 12:17
  Don Armstrong: Well, you call it whatever you want.
• 12:19
  Don Armstrong: How much did it sell for?
• 12:20
  Don Armstrong: 21.
• 12:21
  Don Armstrong: 21.
• 12:22
  Jeff Dziekan: And I'm going pretty high on that, yeah.
• 12:24
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 12:25
  Don Armstrong: Um who else do we have online that's going to make the bigger?
• 12:28
  Jeff Dziekan: There's going to be chiming in.
• 12:30
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh Mr.
• 12:30
  Don Armstrong: Heideman says uh, okay.
• 12:34
  Jeff Dziekan: George 28,999.
• 12:37
  Jeff Dziekan: 289 and 95 cents.
• 12:38
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, it's sold.
• 12:39
  Don Armstrong: The 31 Chevrolet sold for$11,340.
• 12:44
  Don Armstrong: See, you two can play along.
• 12:46
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, just those old restored cars, even if they're modified with new paint, just don't bring a lot of money, comparatively speaking.
• 12:54
  Don Armstrong: Well, you try putting that on the freeway.
• 12:59
  Don Armstrong: That doesn't that doesn't work.
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  Jeff Dziekan: You can absolutely do that as long as it's on a trailer.
• 13:02
  unknown: Yeah.
• 13:03
  Don Armstrong: Next up is the 71 Triumph TR6.
• 13:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, these are these are cool cars.
• 13:08
  Don Armstrong: Triumph TR6, a 71 model.
• 13:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh man.
• 13:13
  Don Armstrong: And um now this could go on the highway.
• 13:16
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, that'd be that'd be a fun car to drive.
• 13:18
  Don Armstrong: It would be, but you know, trying to make sure that the carburetor and the distributor stuff is gonna work all the time.
• 13:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Okay, what year is it again?
• 13:26
  Don Armstrong: 71.
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  Don Armstrong: 71.
• 13:27
  Don Armstrong: 71.
• 13:28
  Don Armstrong: So how much?
• 13:29
  Don Armstrong: I'm gonna go eight grand.
• 13:31
  Don Armstrong: Eight?
• 13:32
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 13:33
  Don Armstrong: Um anybody else?
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  Jeff Dziekan: Jeff's got 26.
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  Jeff Dziekan: And George's 18.99.
• 13:40
  Jeff Dziekan: 1699.
• 13:41
  Don Armstrong: Well, uh, actually, George is the closest.
• 13:43
  Don Armstrong: It's sold for 1579.
• 13:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Wow.
• 13:46
  Don Armstrong: George, uh, you and Twilight would look really good on the hot rod tour.
• 13:50
  Don Armstrong: But she would need to drive.
• 13:52
  Don Armstrong: Whatever.
• 13:53
  Don Armstrong: All right, next up.
• 13:55
  Don Armstrong: Here's one that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole.
• 13:57
  Don Armstrong: Uh-oh.
• 13:58
  Don Armstrong: It's got pull marks on it.
• 13:59
  Don Armstrong: Uh-huh.
• 14:00
  Don Armstrong: Uh 2015 Jaguar XKR.
• 14:05
  Don Armstrong: It looks good.
• 14:06
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 14:09
  Don Armstrong: But oh my God, can you imagine the price it would cost to get that thing fixed?
• 14:14
  Don Armstrong: Um 2015 Jaguar XKR.
• 14:17
  Don Armstrong: How much did it sell for on Hemings Marketplace?
• 14:22
  unknown: 14.
• 14:22
  Mike Marrs: That's a two-door, right?
• 14:26
  Don Armstrong: Yes.
• 14:27
  Don Armstrong: 14,000.
• 14:29
  Don Armstrong: 14,000, Jeff said.
• 14:31
  Don Armstrong: Jeff Zika.
• 14:33
  Don Armstrong: Anybody else want to dare venture a guess on this one?
• 14:36
  Jeff Dziekan: They're all googling it.
• 14:37
  Don Armstrong: Are they?
• 14:38
  Don Armstrong: I hope not.
• 14:39
  Don Armstrong: But we're going to move on.
• 14:40
  Don Armstrong: And I will tell you that it is sold for$25.99.
• 14:43
  Jeff Dziekan: Okay, Jeff Isen's at$19.
• 14:45
  Jeff Dziekan: And George is at$26.99.
• 14:47
  Don Armstrong: Well, George, once again, next up.
• 14:50
  Don Armstrong: Now, this is a collector car in my mind.
• 14:52
  Don Armstrong: A 1965 Ford Mustang.
• 14:56
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 14:57
  Don Armstrong: And it's it's the old tradition.
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  Don Armstrong: It's even got the these hubcaps on this car.
• 15:02
  Don Armstrong: Well, they're wheel covers.
• 15:03
  Don Armstrong: They were so cool because they were just regular wheel covers, but they had the little knockoff spinner on them.
• 15:09
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
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  Don Armstrong: And they looked like they had kind of spoke things on them.
• 15:12
  Don Armstrong: And they stuck out a little bit.
• 15:13
  Don Armstrong: They were fancy, yeah.
• 15:14
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 15:15
  Don Armstrong: For 65, that was fancy.
• 15:16
  Don Armstrong: This looks like a stock car.
• 15:18
  Don Armstrong: Probably.
• 15:20
  Mike Marrs: The hubcaps are the precursor to those real wide ones you see going down the freeway in Houston where they stick out 20 inches.
• 15:26
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, that's that's it.
• 15:27
  Don Armstrong: That's what they are.
• 15:28
  Don Armstrong: 65 Ford Mustang, how much did it sell for?
• 15:31
  Don Armstrong: 10 grand.
• 15:31
  Don Armstrong: 10 grand?
• 15:32
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 15:33
  Don Armstrong: Jeff Heitzman says 45.
• 15:35
  Jeff Dziekan: Wow.
• 15:36
  Jeff Dziekan: 45,000.
• 15:36
  Don Armstrong: Well, they're pretty expensive.
• 15:39
  Don Armstrong: Wow.
• 15:40
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, whatever the case may be.
• 15:42
  Don Armstrong: Did uh did George chime in?
• 15:45
  Don Armstrong: No, he's he's still.
• 15:47
  Don Armstrong: Okay, well, it sold for$21,000.
• 15:49
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 15:50
  Don Armstrong: Which I thought was pretty good.
• 15:51
  Don Armstrong: Okay, next up, the 32 Chevrolet Confederate.
• 15:56
  Don Armstrong: Oh that is a fancy car, if you ask me.
• 15:59
  Jeff Dziekan: That looks nice.
• 15:59
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 16:00
  Don Armstrong: I didn't even know they made a Confederate.
• 16:02
  Don Armstrong: I didn't either.
• 16:03
  Don Armstrong: But this is a 32 Chevy Confederate.
• 16:06
  Don Armstrong: If I was going to buy a car like this, this I'd probably be something that I would be interested in.
• 16:11
  Don Armstrong: Uh oh.
• 16:11
  Don Armstrong: Uh oh.
• 16:12
  Don Armstrong: You once again, Mars, you you you zipped ahead.
• 16:15
  Jeff Dziekan: I didn't touch it.
• 16:16
  Don Armstrong: No, there somebody did.
• 16:18
  Jeff Dziekan: The uh isn't it like a one-year model?
• 16:22
  Jeff Dziekan: I have no clue.
• 16:23
  Jeff Dziekan: Has it ever been recalled?
• 16:24
  Don Armstrong: I don't know.
• 16:25
  Don Armstrong: Any of that.
• 16:27
  Don Armstrong: And it comes with its own torque rent.
• 16:29
  Jeff Dziekan: $21,000.
• 16:30
  Jeff Dziekan: $21,000.
• 16:31
  Jeff Dziekan: Jeff Heisman says$39.
• 16:35
  Jeff Dziekan: And George is$219999.
• 16:37
  Don Armstrong: Well, uh, once again, George has won the lottery.
• 16:40
  Don Armstrong: I hope he's got a big garage.
• 16:44
  Don Armstrong: Next up, the previewed$59 Ford F100.
• 16:50
  Don Armstrong: Now, this look I mean, I don't think that that car ever came with wide whites.
• 16:55
  Don Armstrong: It wasn't even an option.
• 16:58
  Don Armstrong: And the grill has been painted and there's some things with it.
• 17:03
  Don Armstrong: It's yeah, modified 59 Ford F one Ford F 100.
• 17:08
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 17:08
  Don Armstrong: 19.
• 17:10
  Mike Marrs: Yeah, because it's got a V8 in it.
• 17:12
  Mike Marrs: It's got a lot of chrome on it.
• 17:14
  Mike Marrs: Wide whites.
• 17:21
  Don Armstrong: George is uh Jeff is 17.
• 17:23
  Mike Marrs: Oh, that's Jeff 17.
• 17:24
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 17:25
  Don Armstrong: And uh anyway, I will tell you that it sold for 31.5.
• 17:29
  Don Armstrong: 31.5.
• 17:30
  Don Armstrong: Man, you gotta really love something like that for 31.
• 17:33
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 17:34
  Don Armstrong: And last up, this is for Jeff Z.
• 17:36
  Don Armstrong: Oh, I like it.
• 17:37
  Don Armstrong: 60 Ford Galaxy.
• 17:39
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, baby.
• 17:40
  Don Armstrong: With fender skirts.
• 17:41
  Don Armstrong: Yes.
• 17:44
  Don Armstrong: Take those fender skirts off of that.
• 17:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, leave it.
• 17:47
  Don Armstrong: All right, how much did it sell for?
• 17:48
  Don Armstrong: 60 Ford Galaxy.
• 17:49
  Don Armstrong: It looks all stock and uh it looks really nice.
• 17:52
  Don Armstrong: 17.
• 17:52
  Don Armstrong: 17.
• 17:54
  Don Armstrong: Big white whites.
• 17:56
  Don Armstrong: Look at the 17.
• 17:59
  Mike Marrs: David Lusk says 25K.
• 18:01
  Don Armstrong: 25k.
• 18:03
  Don Armstrong: Well, he's closer than anybody else.
• 18:05
  Mike Marrs: I was at 31.
• 18:07
  Mike Marrs: 31.
• 18:07
  Mike Marrs: Okay.
• 18:08
  Mike Marrs: I thought George might come in here.
• 18:10
  Mike Marrs: He may be in shock after seeing all that.
• 18:12
  Mike Marrs: Yeah.
• 18:13
  Don Armstrong: Well, I will tell you that this one sold for$36,286.
• 18:19
  Jeff Dziekan: I still like it.
• 18:20
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, he said$13.99.
• 18:21
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 18:21
  Jeff Dziekan: George and I are going together on this one.
• 18:23
  Jeff Dziekan: Okay.
• 18:23
  Jeff Dziekan: He's got no room in his garage.
• 18:26
  Don Armstrong: No, he's probably got room in his garage.
• 18:28
  Don Armstrong: You don't.
• 18:29
  Don Armstrong: No.
• 18:29
  Don Armstrong: There's that.
• 18:31
  Don Armstrong: Okay, so um, we're we're done we're done with this segment.
• 18:34
  Don Armstrong: Coming up, Jeff has the cruise in and events calendars, and I'll have a couple stories making automotive news headlines this week.
• 18:39
  Don Armstrong: Stay with us.
• 18:40
  Don Armstrong: The Inwheel Time Car Talk Show continues after this quick break.
• 18:46
  Don Armstrong: The Easter bunnies coming.
• 18:48
  Don Armstrong: To the tailpipes and tacos cruise in at the Loopy Tortilla Tex Max in Katie, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 18:54
  Don Armstrong: And you're invited to.
• 18:56
  Don Armstrong: Bring the kids and grandkids.
• 18:57
  Don Armstrong: It's a cruise in like you've never attended before.
• 19:00
  Don Armstrong: With the donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Loopy Tortilla breakfast taco.
• 19:04
  Don Armstrong: There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili pepper trophies for the best hot rod, best modern classic, and best classic.
• 19:09
  Don Armstrong: There's no entry fee and no registration.
• 19:11
  Don Armstrong: Just bring it ride and the kids.
• 19:14
  Don Armstrong: Bad bunnies aren't allowed, but the Easter bunny will be there, and he'll be full of joy to help make this tailpipes and tacos a very special one.
• 19:22
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• 19:28
  Don Armstrong: It's the Tale Pipes and Tacos Cruise in Easter Medition, Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 19:33
  Don Armstrong: at the Lupi Tortilla Text Magic in Katy, located on 99, the Grand Parkway, just south of I-10, the Katy Freeway, in Katy.
• 19:40
  Don Armstrong: Make plans now.
• 19:41
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• 19:45
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• 20:11
  Don Armstrong: Mm-hmm.
• 20:12
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• 20:16
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 20:18
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• 20:25
  Don Armstrong: Next week, tailpipes and tacos cruise in at Lupi Tortilla and Katie.
• 20:29
  Don Armstrong: Special time, special broadcast 8 to 11 with the bonus hour.
• 20:33
  Don Armstrong: Time now for Jeff's cruise in and events college.
• 20:36
  Jeff Dziekan: You bet, and this one's for you, George.
• 20:37
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh the Temple Malts and Motors monthly cruise in at Bold.
• 20:42
  Jeff Dziekan: This is uh next Saturday.
• 20:43
  Jeff Dziekan: It's from 11 to 2.
• 20:44
  Jeff Dziekan: It's at 7060 Stone Hollow Drive in Temple, Texas.
• 20:48
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh this goes on, it's actually at the Bold Republic Brewing Company in West Temple.
• 20:53
  Jeff Dziekan: The event occurs every first Saturday of the month.
• 20:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh they've got some winter hours, but we're over those as well.
• 20:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh all vehicles are welcome, including cars, trucks, motorcycles.
• 21:02
  Jeff Dziekan: Attendees can enjoy craft brews, food, music, all the stuff that goes on with a good time at car show.
• 21:07
  Jeff Dziekan: Then you got uh car show and cook-off.
• 21:09
  Jeff Dziekan: This is also Saturday of next week at 9 a.m.
• 21:12
  Jeff Dziekan: to 1 p.m.
• 21:13
  Jeff Dziekan: at 1901 Lakeshore Drive in Port Arthur, Michael.
• 21:17
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh the car show and cook-off takes place at at Comp Cos Cosmopolitan Masonic Lodge.
• 21:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Say that I know it marks the fourth annual event.
• 21:28
  Jeff Dziekan: The car show runs from eight to one.
• 21:29
  Jeff Dziekan: We just said that.
• 21:30
  Jeff Dziekan: There's uh no entry fee, donations are requested.
• 21:33
  Jeff Dziekan: Cook-off teams begin at eight.
• 21:34
  Jeff Dziekan: Everybody's out there to have a good time in Port Arthur.
• 21:37
  Jeff Dziekan: Then another Saturday event.
• 21:39
  Jeff Dziekan: This one's called Under Construction Rides Car Show.
• 21:42
  Jeff Dziekan: It goes from ten to four.
• 21:44
  Jeff Dziekan: It's at sixteen five eighty uh highway forty five south in Conroe.
• 21:49
  Jeff Dziekan: The under construction uh event takes place at the Cigar International Lounge there up in Conroe.
• 21:56
  Jeff Dziekan: They have an international lounge.
• 21:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Judging by the show will occur at Three followed by awards at four.
• 22:02
  Jeff Dziekan: And of course it features 15 overall awards, cars, trucks, bikes, all that good stuff.
• 22:06
  Jeff Dziekan: And then next Sunday, which is Easter Sunday, and I say this because there's only a couple events going on for Easter Sunday.
• 22:12
  Jeff Dziekan: Everybody's going to still be traveling back from the Lupe Tortilla event that we're doing on Saturday, so that's all going to be combined there.
• 22:19
  Jeff Dziekan: But it's the Mauriceville Cruising.
• 22:22
  Jeff Dziekan: It's at 11261 Highway 12 in Orange, Texas, Michael.
• 22:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Classic car enthusiasts can gather at Leslie's Place for Mauriceville Cruisins.
• 22:33
  Jeff Dziekan: Right about noontime, participants are encouraged to bring their classic cars, hot rods, rat rods, resto mods, all what you're driving features food, fun, and bench racing.
• 22:44
  Jeff Dziekan: So there you go.
• 22:46
  Jeff Dziekan: Not arm wrestling, bench racing.
• 22:48
  Jeff Dziekan: No, bench racing.
• 22:49
  Don Armstrong: I wanted to uh show you guys something.
• 22:52
  Don Armstrong: Oh yeah.
• 22:53
  Don Armstrong: Um and we can use this for a background.
• 22:56
  Don Armstrong: Maybe we could start doing that and come back to the studio next week.
• 22:59
  Don Armstrong: So my friend Bill Seitz, who everybody knows, I think, uh at least that watches the show on a regular basis.
• 23:06
  Don Armstrong: Um Bill and Sharon, his wife, and I have uh well been friends for a long, long time, since 1977.
• 23:15
  Don Armstrong: And um Bill and Sharon and I were in the same Corvette Club.
• 23:18
  Don Armstrong: That's how I met them way back then.
• 23:21
  Don Armstrong: So Bill is a very talented artist and he has a company called Autographics.
• 23:27
  Don Armstrong: And uh one of the things that he does is that he takes people's cars and he uh makes a painting of them.
• 23:34
  Don Armstrong: And you'll find a lot of his work at the Henny Hideout out there, uh, along with a lot of other people that are in the business, in the in the hobby, uh, that know Bill and actually have hired him to make portraits of yours.
• 23:50
  Don Armstrong: So he surprised me this week and came over and said, I got something for you.
• 23:54
  Don Armstrong: And he gave me this, and I don't know whether you can see that real well or not.
• 23:59
  Don Armstrong: But uh anyway, it's uh it's a painting of my car.
• 24:04
  Don Armstrong: And uh and on the back of it he says, Congratulations to our longtime friend, 45 plus years, love Bill and Sharon.
• 24:13
  Don Armstrong: And so um I thought, well, you know what?
• 24:16
  Don Armstrong: I need to do something really nice for Bill.
• 24:18
  Don Armstrong: And what I'm gonna wind up doing is I'm going to, and uh Mr.
• 24:22
  Don Armstrong: Mars, this is new, I mean Mars doesn't know this yet.
• 24:25
  Don Armstrong: I'm gonna do a little 30-second commercial for him featuring some of his artwork.
• 24:29
  Don Armstrong: And um maybe perhaps if you've got, you know, a friend, a husband, a wife, or somebody that's got a special car in their life, and uh he is in the business to sell these, right?
• 24:41
  Don Armstrong: And uh he can make one for you, and uh I'll give you all the information on how to get in touch with him.
• 24:46
  Don Armstrong: But I wanted to thank Bill Seitz and his wife Sharon.
• 24:49
  Don Armstrong: Uh but Bill's the artist behind all of this, and he does such a beautiful job, and uh he's a dear, dear friend, and I certainly do appreciate it.
• 24:57
  Mike Marrs: He's a gorgeous picture.
• 24:58
  Don Armstrong: And make a great Father's Day gift.
• 25:00
  Don Armstrong: Yep.
• 25:00
  Don Armstrong: Well, I don't know if you could turn it around that quickly, but well, you have to do a little planning.
• 25:04
  Mike Marrs: Oh, Christmas.
• 25:05
  Mike Marrs: You'd have to commission your birthday.
• 25:07
  Jeff Dziekan: Commission the artwork and sure.
• 25:11
  Jeff Dziekan: The signs that you see at auto shows and auto ramas and things of the car and the descriptions like you have you had one for your Corvair that he did for you.
• 25:17
  Jeff Dziekan: Yes.
• 25:18
  Jeff Dziekan: And it's that type of artwork, it's very, very nice stuff.
• 25:20
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 25:21
  Jeff Dziekan: You'll really appreciate it.
• 25:23
  Don Armstrong: Uh a couple of stories I wanted to spit out here.
• 25:26
  Don Armstrong: French supplier, Vallejo.
• 25:29
  Don Armstrong: Now, that's not Valero, this is Vallejo, is building a$225 million factory that will provide General Motors with central compute units for the automaker's next generation vehicle architecture.
• 25:42
  Don Armstrong: The plant is down in McCallan, Texas, or that's where they're going to build it, near the border with Mexico.
• 25:47
  Don Armstrong: It'll be built in phases over five years and begin production late next year, 2027.
• 25:53
  Don Armstrong: Baleo North America President Jeffrey Shea said that's uh just before GM plans to launch a centralized computing platform on the Cadillac Escalade IQ in 2028.
• 26:06
  Don Armstrong: So big doings down there.
• 26:10
  Don Armstrong: Here's something that'll really tick you off.
• 26:13
  Jeff Dziekan: It's been that kind of day.
• 26:15
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, it has been.
• 26:16
  Don Armstrong: Very frustrating.
• 26:17
  Don Armstrong: Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley's total compensation jumped nearly 11% last year to$27,519,558.69.
• 26:30
  Don Armstrong: The highest total since he became CEO in 2020.
• 26:33
  Don Armstrong: Why he is still the CEO is a baffle to me.
• 26:37
  Don Armstrong: That's after the company exceeded initial quality targets, despite posting record recalls.
• 26:46
  Mike Marrs: What sense do I mean?
• 26:48
  Mike Marrs: Maybe that was one of the targets.
• 26:51
  Don Armstrong: Farley's non-equity incentives jumped 255 percent after the company hit 130 percent of its overall bonus targets.
• 26:59
  Don Armstrong: While it reached just 64 percent of earnings targets, the company reached the maximum 200 percent of quality goals, quality goals related to vehicles with zero and three months in service.
• 27:15
  Don Armstrong: It also hit 200 percent of its integrated services.
• 27:20
  Don Armstrong: I'm just baffled.
• 27:22
  Mike Marrs: So they're measuring quality on zero days, which means it's as soon as it rolls off the assembly line, up to three months, and it's most likely still sitting on the dealer's lot for three months.
• 27:33
  Mike Marrs: So, how could they find something that's wrong?
• 27:35
  Mike Marrs: So I can see where he would get big numbers off of that.
• 27:38
  Mike Marrs: Okay.
• 27:38
  Don Armstrong: Well, good for him.
• 27:40
  Don Armstrong: We're gonna take a quick break while I try to cool down and uh we're gonna wrap up today's show after this quick break here on In Wheel Time.
• 27:48
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• 29:03
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• 29:15
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• 29:20
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• 29:23
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• 29:36
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• 30:07
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• 30:08
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• 30:13
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• 30:20
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• 30:22
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• 30:26
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• 30:36
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