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Drive Thru News #51 - The Friendsgiving Episode! · BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show

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Oh, welcome to the drive through episode number 51, but instead of our regularly
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scheduled ranting and raving, we're back with the ultimate holiday shopping
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guide for the petrol heads in your life that might not have everything yet.
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So let's pull up to window number one or some great gift ideas.
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And we've got a packed sleigh tonight, joining our standard
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drive thru crew of Crew Chief Brad, Executive Producer Tanya, and myself.
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We are visited by Don Wieberg from Garage Style Magazine as Santa Claus, and William
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Ross from the Exotic Car Marketplace as his helper elf, and our, what's the
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word, most returning est guest host ever.
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Right, William?
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Seems to be, yeah.
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Well, like all holiday drive thrus gone by, we will be visited by three ghosts.
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The ghost of drive thrus past, the ghost of Christmas presents, pun intended, and
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the ghost of break fix guests yet to come.
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That was a terrible dad joke.
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I'm done.
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Bye.
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I'll see you later.
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You cringe?
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Yes.
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My heart grew three sizes then.
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How big is that?
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Cause you're a big guy.
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So if it's three, nevermind.
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On top of that, this is one of my favorite episodes because this is when we get
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to do a little bit of show and tell.
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So if you're watching this on Patrion behind the scenes, you'll get to
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see us actually demonstrate some of these gifts if we have them with us.
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So I'm really excited to see what we came up with in typical GTM tradition.
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Let's kick it off with some general gift ideas.
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So Brad, what do you got for us this year?
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Well, I fall victim to the Instagram marketing campaigns.
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All the time.
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And this one came across my desk.
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It's a GT glow car lamp, mostly different Porsches.
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And then there's like a, an F 40 and you know, some other different things.
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E30 M3.
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Don't know why that is part of this list, you know, with all these better cars.
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But anyway, if you're interested, it's a vernia.
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store.
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I have also seen these on the Instagrams and have clicked on it
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many times, but what's special about this is they're running basically
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a 50 percent sale right now.
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You can pick up one of these.
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GT glow lamps for 54 bucks and who wouldn't want a
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black nine 64 turbo for 54.
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That thing looks awesome.
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I think they're pretty sweet looking.
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Yes, I agree.
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54.
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If you've ever been down the lamp and lighting aisle at your local target,
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well, maybe not Walmart because China.
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You'll see that this lamp is actually reasonably priced compared to the
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other crap that they've got there.
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And to use your phrasing, this lamp identifies as a Porsche, except for
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the weird one that identifies as an E30 M3, that does not fit this.
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That lamp is just confused.
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Did I make a Yugo version?
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You go somewhere else, Don.
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No, the beauty of it is you don't need a light bulb because you know, every time
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you turn the little thing, it won't start.
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The E30 M3 one just blinks.
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The hazard lights.
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Yeah, the hazard lights just blinked the whole time.
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Speaking of that Yugo lamp, Don, you might not find that on Avernia's
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website, but you might find that at an auction out of somebody's garage.
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In fact, you might just get the whole full size Yugo and just attach
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a whole bunch of lights to it.
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Then you have your indoor lighting.
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You hang it from the ceiling like a chandelier.
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I would think you just light a match and you light it like a candle.
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One time use, you go.
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Yeah, you could do that.
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So, Don, you're the guru of garages and auctions and classic
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cars and things like that.
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Why should we think about an auction for holiday shopping?
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I mean, if you're referring to Meekamontime.
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That is an excellent place to go because Mecham on time is the newest
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and the latest and the greatest from the Mecham auction company.
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Have I said Mecham enough times already, Eric?
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The algorithms are still processing it.
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No, what's fun about going to something like an auction and
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it could be Mecham on time.
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It could be eBay.
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It could be any of them, but you know, you get a lot more.
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Personal when you go to an auction, because I can go to an auction and let's
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say, you know, a Knight writer guy.
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So you think to yourself, well, what do you really like?
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Let's key in Knight Writer and see what the search brings up.
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You have this whole smorgasbord of Knight writer things that you can choose
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from, and then when you're buying that little Knight writer piece for that,
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somebody they think to themselves, wow.
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This is really awesome.
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They put a lot of thought into this.
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It's not like we just went running off to Walmart or Target or wherever and
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just bought whatever was on the shelf.
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No, we actually put a little thought into this and went out of our way a
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little bit to buy it at an auction.
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And some auctions, they have the buy it now price.
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So you're not even dilly dallying with bidding and outbidding and all that stuff.
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You just.
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Go in there and pay the fee and, and you're done.
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And you drew that parallel between eBay and Mecum there just to use two
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names, but on time, as we learned from Melissa Smith, when you and I got
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together with her, that's their online version of a in person Mecum auction.
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So you don't have to worry about cause Simi's in January.
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So that's too far away to buy a gift.
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And I just missed Dallas and Las Vegas and all the other ones on time.
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Is it 365?
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Seven days a week operation.
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And you could be shopping there year round for gifts for people.
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So I think that's pretty awesome.
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Yeah, it's a lot of fun.
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And I mean, you know, the brainchild behind it, the Genesis was meet them.
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Just speaking to them specifically, they always have a lot of clients that
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come to them and they want to sell entire collections and they have a
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garage full of cars and they have a garage full of stuff that goes with
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the cars, not necessarily going with the cars, but you know, you have your
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little collectibles all over the wall.
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That stuff was always really, really hard for them to move.
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Yeah.
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With online capabilities, they decided, why don't we just bring this in house?
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We'll handle it exactly the way we handle our cars.
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We'll control the auction.
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We'll take the pictures.
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We'll put it up online, promote it.
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And it's been going pretty good.
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2025 Mecham has a lot of stuff lined up for their own time and they're
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devoting more resources to it.
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They're beefing it up.
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They're getting more people on board.
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They're promoting it more heavily.
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They really are giving it much more of a serious consideration
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because when they put it out there.
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At first to the Meekins, it was kind of just a, yeah, we need this little
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side effect just because it's a natural evil that we have to take care of.
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But as time rolled on, they realized, boy, people like this, they're selling here.
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They're bringing us their stuff and they want us to sell it.
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And a lot of die cast goes to, as I say, sell a lot of die cast
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stuff, but it's ranching out.
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They're getting a little bit more automobile, which is interesting
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because, you know, they have their road art division, which is their.
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Fancy term for automobilia.
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It's interesting to watch the Meekam on time and the automobilia division
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kind of cross paths a little bit.
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It's like watching the two circles go over each other.
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So you're getting more and more interesting, really interesting
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stuff coming to Meekam on time.
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It's really fun to watch that division grow.
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I need to check that out.
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I need to go there because to your point, you never know what
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you're going to come across, but.
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Like other online auction sites, you can set up reminders, you can set up
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triggers, you can set up alerts, this kind of item appeared, all those things that
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you'd be accustomed to, like with eBay and YouBid and some of the other places.
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They've got everything you're looking for, but if you're a petrol head, it's
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definitely the place to check out.
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So I can't speak highly enough about it, especially for the holidays.
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If you're in a bind and you're looking for something interesting,
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there's always something on, on time.
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So switching gears to, A section of shopping that I think is near and
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dear to all of our panelists here.
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We're going to talk about model cars, Legos, and the virtual world.
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So Tanya, what's on the list this year?
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First one on the list is a set of Lego like cars.
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It's actually the Lego competitor mega previously known as mega blocks,
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which is now all owned by Mattel.
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So they were kind of the lesser known Lego competitor, but they've got a set of Hot
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Wheels and Fired racing cars, compete with speed champions of Lego, and I found two
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of the four offerings, which happened to be an Audi R eight and an RS six concept.
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I found them at my local grocery store, , and I happen to have them right here.
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They're super cool.
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I don't recall what the other two are, but I believe the
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back of the package does say.
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It is a Corvette C2 Stingray race car followed by the Cadillac CTS V race car.
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There you go.
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I think you can also find them at Target and Amazon if you're looking.
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Don't have to go down the grocery store toy aisle.
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Oh wait.
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Oh wait, there's more.
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They have a bigger size of these things and I picked one of these
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up when I was with William.
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And this is the basically one 18th scale.
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There's only a handful of these in terms of models.
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This is the Audi 90 GTO that Hans Stuck and Hurley Haywood drove back
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in the early nineties, but there's also a Corvette stingray version.
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And then they also show a hot rod and then another.
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Cadillac.
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So there's four different models in this larger size as well.
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And this is a almost thousand piece model that you put together.
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So pretty cool.
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Also available at target.
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No, no.
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I was just going to ask, do they have a price for a TC?
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No, that's where they made the mistake, but they have a Cadillac.
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So it may be in a long day.
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Yeah, we're getting there.
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Yeah.
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That's a little Walker in the back.
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I heard those smaller sets, Tanya, what do they run?
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Like 14 bucks.
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Something like that.
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And this bigger one was right around 80, which is not a bad
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price when you compare it to Lego.
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So they're trying to kind of take a bite out of that market because
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Mattel can take a swing like that.
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Really curious to see what additional designs they come up with and who
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they can get licensing from, which you think wouldn't be that hard
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considering they own Hot Wheels.
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So earlier this year, Lego actually had an announcement on a future partnership
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with F1 beginning in 2025 seasons.
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So it's not actually a new partnership because you can
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actually already get F1 Lego cars.
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They've got the McLaren, the Mercedes, and they've got the older Senna.
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Now they've got a bit of a cloak and dagger announcement that there's.
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Quote, a new signing for the 2025 F1 season.
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We're bringing the thrill of Formula One to LEGO fans of all ages with
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builds featuring all teams on the grid, plus loads of exciting extra content.
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They say drive back to this page for future thrills right from their website.
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You'll be able to buy a LEGO Haas.
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And then you can crash it.
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A hundred percent.
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Well, Haas is already using Lego Haases.
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I want the rich energy version of the Haas Lego rich energy.
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That's what I need.
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So we're still talking about Lego here.
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I picked up two this year to add to my burgeoning collection of these things.
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I don't know why I keep buying them.
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I love how Eric's already bought all these gifts.
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Well, I gotta have something to show for the episode, right?
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So I've got the Countach.
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Last year, I talked about the Ferrari that I bought.
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I've got a couple other ones in the box.
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But this year, I picked up the Ken Block Audi e tron Speed Champions set.
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This came in at 25 before they raised the price on them.
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They were 20 for the longest time, and then they went up to about 24.
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So I grabbed this one basically at the beginning of this year
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after the holiday season.
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And then Day one, I went and stood in line and I got myself the F40.
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Oh yeah.
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I bought two.
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I mean, it's awesome.
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It's not as nice as some of the previous F40 stuff that Lego has done with Ferrari.
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But I think this is really cool because it's been a minute since they've done
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something Ferrari and hoping for.
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Testarossa, I'm hoping for something else, right?
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Cause they've done some other Ferraris in the past.
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Fingers crossed.
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Yeah.
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You know, and one tip for everyone out there that's listening is don't
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just look on the shelves, look up on the top shelf, look behind stuff.
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Cause stuff gets hidden and put in places where it shouldn't be.
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So don't get discouraged if you walk in the aisle and don't
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see it right away through.
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Start digging through everything because you'd be surprised at what you'll
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end up finding hidden and whatnot.
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Yeah.
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You can also ask and see if they have anything in the back too.
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Yeah, there you go.
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For the real Lego files out there.
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I will remind you that if you're not what they used to call VIPs,
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now it's called Lego insiders.
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Sign up for free.
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You can order this today.
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stuff off Lego's website, you get all these points and then the
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points turn into cash and you can get stuff for free and all that.
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But there are deals with Walmart and Target that if you purchase kits there
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that you can then take your QR codes or whatever it is that comes with the
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box and still get points towards your VIP and then get free cool stuff.
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Check out lego.
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com, sign up for an account, get all that stuff done because it's definitely
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worth it if you're a collector because you might be able to buy
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that F40 or some other kit for free.
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But I also want to remind people, don't forget to look at the blockzone.
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com.
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These are guys that post a lot of their designs up on rebrickable.
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com and you can order all the parts necessary to build, let's
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say Marty's Toyota four by four or.
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The Falcon XBGT from Mad Max, you know, other cars like that.
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They don't have traditional names.
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You can't go and look up Ford XBGT.
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It's called like the interceptor or whatever.
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They got all these made up names to kind of avoid the licensing
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and all those kinds of things.
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But there's some really, really cool kits on the block zone.
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Some really interesting stuff that you won't find.
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At lego, but it's mostly lego parts that you're ordering and then get
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the instructions and build your own little collection that way.
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So it's pretty cool and their prices are really reasonable and they run
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promotions and sales all year long.
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But especially during christmas time shifting gears to video games.
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There's a new installment in the test drive unlimited franchise That's
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Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown.
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You know, one of these free roaming racing video games trying to compete
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with the likes of Forza Horizon.
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This particular one takes place in Hong Kong and features some sort of
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street gang rival situation where I think at the very beginning of the
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game you gotta choose your side and then you're racing to essentially win
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the Solar Crown and I guess to have all the glory of your street gang.
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But it's available on all the majors, Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
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Jimmy Broadbent.
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Did a two and a half hour review of test drive, silver crown, which I don't
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recommend watching the TLDR the too long.
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Didn't read is I might still buy it.
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Anyways, Don, we should talk about real model cars.
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It wouldn't be fair if we didn't give a shout out to
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Rick shod, the Pope of plastic.
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Yeah, that guy's amazing.
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You want to find me, please.
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Don't be scared of Tik TOK for crying out loud.
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Don't believe all the hype.
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Go to at the pope of plastic on TikTok, at the Pope of plastic on TikTok, also
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on Instagram at the Pope of plastic.
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On, on, uh, LinkedIn.
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You can always find me at Rick Shad.
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R-I-C-K-S-C-H-A-D.
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I've usually post all my models on LinkedIn.
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That's kind of where I got my start, my first commission.
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came, believe it or not, from LinkedIn and I build anything.
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It doesn't have to be cars.
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I build anything, planes, boats, tanks, cars, it doesn't matter.
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So if you're interested in having something really
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special, please reach out to me.
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You can also email me at the Pope of plastic at Gmail.
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Love to have you all come and visit me.
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If you come and watch me and tick tock live, just tell me you saw me.
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I'd love to say hi and feel free to ask me any questions and I
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need to do a model for you guys.
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We need to do a Kootosh and a Porsche.
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Have you bought anything from our friend Patrick Strong at Model Citizen?
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You know as well as I do what I bought from him and it was a little while
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ago that I bought it so I don't know if it still qualifies for your show.
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Does it still qualify?
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You gotta buy it in this calendar year.
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Then I haven't bought anything from him.
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That's okay, I made up the difference for you.
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I figured you would.
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He posted on social, and I hate this word but I'm gonna say it, it was serendipitous
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because I just got done a project with Professor Summers, the motoring historian.
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The next day, he posts.
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I've got Ari Vatanen's Peugeot 205 Turbo T16 in stock, and I had to have it.
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Immediately was like, boom, buy it now, send it to me.
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He sent me a personal handwritten message thanking me.
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He was like so surprised.
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It's one of the first people to buy it from him.
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And he said he had me in mind when he's been looking at more Group B
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rally cars to have in his inventory.
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Because remember, he curates everything that he has in stock.
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So I thought this was super cool.
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I could not resist buying it.
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It looks awesome.
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It opens in every which direction.
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It's extremely detailed.
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It's an absolute joy to have in my ever growing selection of cars here.
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I typically do a kind of a low key Black Friday, Cyber Monday sale in that
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I just put a lot of stuff on Markdown.
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I don't do a special promotion with, you know, here's your
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percentage discount or buy two get one free or anything like that.
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It's just things get put into the sales section.
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So week after Thanksgiving, I'd be looking for that to happen.
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The best way to find out about deals like that is to get on our mailing list.
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We're not spamming.
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We only send emails out to let people know about new products or
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events where we're going to be.
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Whether you are a veteran collector with very finely honed taste, or whether you
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are new to the hobby, modelcitizendicast.
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com is a great place to find a Very tightly focused selection
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of exquisite model cars.
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And if you are new to the hobby, my contact info is readily available
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there, and I'm always happy to answer any questions you might have.
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Model citizen die cast.com is a great place to start or continue your
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journey as a die cast model collector.
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So model citizen die cast for your one 18th scale and.
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high end 164th scale.
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Now that's something else that Patrick is carrying in his
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inventory is 164th scale cars.
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And I wanted to show off some that I got this year, which
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I thought were super cool.
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So Hot Wheels, as we know, and we talked about with Patrick, they're
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doing these premium collections, very expensive for the size.
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You're talking 12 Hot Wheels.
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And it's like, who's the hell is going to spend 12 bucks on Hot Wheels?
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Well, this idiot does stuff like that.
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This is one of my favorites.
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I've got the Fiat race car carrier with an Abarth 131 rally car and the
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homologation version, all in premium.
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I mean, this in my hands is probably, I hate to say, it's 40 bucks worth of car in
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my hands, but extremely detailed, sticky tires, you know, really cool wheels.
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Everything's almost looks like it's hand painted versus the
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way they stamp things out.
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This is super cool.
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All the actual livery from back in the seventies and whatnot.
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So they're producing some really, really high quality stuff right from Mattel.
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You know, it's funny you say 40 bucks, like it's expensive and I guess it
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kind of is for such tiny little cars.
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But if you can appreciate the quality.
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I think all of a sudden that 40, it just kind of goes away.
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The problem is it snowballs, especially with the one 18th scale cars, because
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I have a big enough, let's call it garage for my one 18th scale cars.
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But I realized I was missing something, the service stand.
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I thought this was so cool.
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Oh yeah.
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You gotta have that.
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So this is the shells oils version.
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They have a bunch of different ones of these Exxon and VP racing and whatnot.
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I really like this one.
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The color scheme of the yellow and red of the shell, but this holds pretty much any
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one 18th scale car and you can lift it.
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You can park another car underneath of it.
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So if you want to really kind of maximize your space or make a
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really cool display with multiple cars, it is die cast as well.
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So it's actually quite heavy, fabulously painted and detailed.
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It even has the alignment racks and stuff.
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I found this online.
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I hate to say I bought this on Amazon.
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I can't remember the manufacturer off the top of my head, but
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if you search one 18th scale.
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Stands these come up alongside of like the acrylic cases and some of the
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other stuff that's out there So for the same kind of money as a plastic
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box, I thought this was really cool Yeah, those stands are a lot of fun.
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It makes changing their imaginary oil a lot easier, too Yeah,
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and you know, what's funny?
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I have to park the nine 11 backwards because otherwise it doesn't align
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right on the way these plates are made.
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Cause it's all kind of set up for a front mount car.
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It's really interesting.
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Again, the detail is really, really cool and very lifelike.
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Yeah.
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Speaking of premium high end ways again, Instagram, you know, marketing campaign.
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This company play forever.
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They make these really nice premium children's toys.
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They're all cars, you know, designed after some of our favorites.
20:18
Obviously, as you mentioned earlier, you know, to get around the copyright, they
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can't call them, you know, what they actually are, but there's a very nice
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Porsche look alike, a nice Lamborghini looks like a charger or a Mustang.
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A lot of race cars and things like that.
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They're made with very durable, high quality plastics
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painted with UV proof paint.
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So it's all child friendly.
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They've got soft rubber tires, really nice toys.
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They say they last a lifetime.
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You know, I believe it looking at the quality of these things
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and they're actually quite large.
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You know, they're not one 64th scale.
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They're probably one 43rd or in between maybe one 32nd,
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but they're really nice cars.
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I've been looking to get a couple for the boys for Christmas.
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You should definitely check them out.
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It's play forever.
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us.
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I like this Malibu Ross.
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Did you see that William?
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I saw that one.
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I think that should be his new nickname.
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Sadly it's sold out.
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My favorite one is the UFO Leonisa.
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Yeah.
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Which is basically a Lamborghini.
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Coontosh.
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Yeah.
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It looks like a coontosh.
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I really liked the scaling.
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It looks like some of those graphic shirts that are like spray painted and stuff.
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It, it's like one of those brought to life with the really
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oversized wheels and everything.
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It looks to me, they look really, really cool.
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Model cars and Legos.
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Aren't the only things you can fill your shelves with.
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If you're a collector.
21:32
The other thing that we always like to bring up during this episode
21:35
is the books, especially those of us that are automotive historians.
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I don't think there's enough books that we can get our hands on.
21:41
There's always something.
21:41
There's something new coming out or a new way to look at history
21:45
or a particular story or driver or event or, you know, situation
21:48
or crash, you know, that happened.
21:50
There's just a plethora of books and we always have the distinct
21:53
privilege of having many authors on the show throughout the year.
21:56
We had author Leanne Patterson on the show who wrote a children's
22:01
book based on the true life events of another break fix guest.
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Anita Milliken and her husband Howard.
22:07
And so it's all about their adventures, actually adopting a baby skunk,
22:11
and making it part of their race team, and how it was involved in
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the paddocks, and they would take it around with them, things like that.
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So the book is called The Trouble with Howard, but I'll let Leanne tell
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you a little bit more about the book and how you can get a copy of it.
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Who wants to get into trouble?
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And just in time for Christmas.
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Before you gift the Trouble with Howard to your favorite little racer,
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be sure to fill out your pit pass.
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There's a place for your crew member name, a team affiliation that you can make up,
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and then you've issued the book to them.
22:43
So make sure that you sign your name there.
22:45
And then once they've issued that pit pass, they can go through
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the gates and into the story.
22:49
The end sheets are also filled with fun racing bits.
22:52
For instance, at the start of the story, Anita and Howard are
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enjoying pizza from Maria's, but at the end of the story, it's Aldo.
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Now, what famous twin brothers do we know named Mario and Aldo?
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There are 27 other things that are different.
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Perhaps you can find them all.
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Roger Warwick is an amazing artist.
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And he loves racing, too.
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You'll find that throughout the book, things look just like
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they do with the racetrack.
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And just in time for Christmas, you can use the code GETINTOTROUBLE.
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With the purchase of a book, that code will give you any two other items,
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We're 15 percent off and as always orders over 50 are always free shipping.
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So get into trouble this Christmas and your little racers will be
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inspired to always dream big.
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These are a perfect opportunity for you to add one to your collection
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There's also an even deeper discount if you become a member of the ACO USA.
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And here's a couple of words from David Lowe.
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President of ACO USA about why you should become a member of the club.
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You definitely want to take advantage of what the members club has to offer.
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Got a lot to offer, like you talked about the ACO Tribune 1718.
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That's my go to tribune.
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Purchase access to La Chappelle, which is an incredible hospitality facility located
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there just beyond the Dunlop Bridge.
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It's an incredible, um, facility.
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viewing of Tetra Rouge cars coming through the Dunlop.
25:04
It's a great place to view as well as the hospitality tense area.
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Honestly, big screen TVs give you the best.
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They're just these huge screens and you hear the sound right there and
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see him right now on the big screen.
25:16
So it's a it's a wonderful place plan to go for a week.
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If you only go for the day of the race, you're gonna miss a lot.
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You need to Kind of watch the race come alive.
25:25
The pits get built out and you want to get a paddock pass might
25:28
cost you a few extra dollars.
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You want to do that with the club.
25:31
So you've got access to La Chapelle and the members areas there at T17.
25:35
So, but in the meantime, throughout the year, as we build up, you've got
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these events that we're putting together around the country, got the zoom meetings
25:42
each month evening with a legend.
25:44
Which absolutely are incredible.
25:46
We're open to suggestions.
25:48
A lot of the ideas we get come from volunteers that actually set it up for us.
25:52
We have a lot of past presidents from other car clubs that are members that
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provide good sound wisdom and guidance for us as we grow our wings, if you will.
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If you're not a member of the ACO USA, did you know that you can
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purchase the entire behind the scenes collection of Evening with the Legends?
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and get continued updates for a one time fee by visiting our Patreon.
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We have a special price just for the Evening with a Legend collection.
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You can see the sessions that we recorded with Lynn St.
26:21
James, with Mario Andretti, with Andy Pilgrim, the Camaradi Corvette team, and
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countless others that have Grace us with their stories on evening with the legend.
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So check that out details in the show notes.
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We have a few books here that we've thrown out there that have been great last year.
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I think it was Rodney Kemmerer brought about his tales from the garage,
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which of course is all of his columns from inside garage style magazine.
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He took all of them.
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Turbocharged the already very colorful, beautiful art and put him in his own book.
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And part of the fun thing about it is he made the book so that it was roughly
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the size of vehicle owner's manual.
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So it'll fit in your glove box.
26:58
So you can have this thing wherever you go.
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You can show it to your friends, et cetera.
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If you haven't read any of his stories, he's a fantastic writer.
27:05
He tells some wonderful stories.
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He's got some great stuff there.
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So tales from the garage.
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You can find that on Amazon.
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Thanks Eric and Don for having me on your podcast.
27:17
We talk about tales from a garage, everyone has a car story,
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these just happen to be mine.
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These are personal stories of mine mixed with the stories of others.
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Part memoir, part the memory of other people.
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Each story stands alone, each chapter has its own graphic language that runs through
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each story so that nothing is repeated.
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It is designed with the shape and the feel of an automotive ownership, so
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it fits into your glove box so you can take And I'm hoping you do take a visit.
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It's available at tailsfromthegarage.
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com and it's available on Amazon.
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Next up, something from our very own, again, Matt Stone.
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He's written a spectacular book about the DeLorean automobile.
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He's spent a lot of time researching this book and looking into the nuances.
28:03
He brought to light some various photographs and information from
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Italdesign Studios, where the car was actually designed by Giugiaro, called
28:12
DeLorean, the rise, fall, and rise.
28:15
And second acts of the DeLorean motor company.
28:17
Again, you can find it on Amazon brand spanking new.
28:20
It literally just got off the press.
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Another one would be from again, our very own Lance Lambert.
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We've spent years writing for Garage Style.
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As a matter of fact, he was our very first columnist, tremendous storyteller.
28:34
He wrote a series of books.
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One of my favorites is Gears, Grins, and Gasoline.
28:39
Very similar to Tales from the Garage, except Gears, Grins, and Gasoline.
28:43
It's all about Lance's personal little stories.
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Some of them have very little to do with cars.
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Some of them have a lot to do with cars, but all of them
28:50
have something to do with cars.
28:52
And he takes you down that sort of Mayberry and trip down memory lane,
28:56
which is always fun for car guys.
28:58
Cause we're always kind of nostalgic.
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And of course, one of my favorites, the godfather of the movement,
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ultimate garages written by Phil Berg.
29:06
Now he has three of these, but so far I've only been able to actually get ahold of.
29:10
Two.
29:11
Ultimate Garages was pretty much the first major effort of putting in print
29:16
collections of garages that inspire people to make their garages even better.
29:21
He has some of the best garages that have ever been seen in that book.
29:24
It is an older book, but it's really definitely worth checking out.
29:27
Again, find it on Amazon.
29:29
So I have a book from a former guest, Dr Jacques Dallaire, the
29:34
book is called performance thinking and basically he takes the reader
29:38
through how people in competitive environments and just in life in
29:43
general, they sabotage their own success.
29:45
He works through steps on how to first recognize this sabotage and then gives
29:50
you the tools you need to overcome these self imposed obstacles to
29:54
become the best versions of yourself.
29:56
He's got the performance thinking version and he also has one called
30:01
helping kids perform, which is more how to help your children and younger
30:05
kids that are in your life perform.
30:06
He's also got one for law enforcement.
30:08
So you can go to his website, performance prime.
30:11
com to learn more and purchase some of these books.
30:13
So he's a past gas, a great episode.
30:16
If you want to go back through our catalog and listen to a great person
30:18
to talk to, please buy his book.
30:24
Hey guys, this is Bryce Kenney driver of the great cliffs Mohawk
30:27
warrior, monster jam truck, and the author of geared for life.
30:31
And if you're like me and ever get to that point, your head
30:34
hits the pillow and you think, is this really all there is to life?
30:39
Then maybe all you need to do is not be given some secret formula
30:43
or some secret to success.
30:45
Maybe all you need to do is.
30:47
Find your next gear.
30:49
That's what gear for life is all about.
30:51
I would love and be honored if you would pick up a copy anywhere books are sold,
30:56
go on Amazon, pick up your copy, and I'll see you down the road at Monster Jam.
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I'm a break fix fan.
31:02
So let's keep it rolling.
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Thanks guys.
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Obviously, I've got a young kid, so a lot of the things that I have on here
31:09
are purchasing gifts from my kids Mode, Motorhead Garage, children's books.
31:13
They've got a series of different children's books getting them interested
31:17
in, you know, the automotive world.
31:19
What are things that dad and mom might say when they're talking about their cars?
31:22
T is for Turbo is one of them.
31:24
The sprocket rocket is about a motorcycle, the whiny supercharger.
31:28
I mean, it's all just a lot of fun books to read with your children at night.
31:32
So it's MHG productions dot com.
31:34
It's Motorhead Garage Productions.
31:36
Speaking of previous guests, author J.
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K.
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Kelly was on the show to talk to us about the first in his series
31:42
with his character, Bryce Winters, and that was called Deadly Driver.
31:45
And then he released.
31:46
The sequel to that called Switchback.
31:48
So that's available and he's got a couple other books and a new
31:51
little intro into his latest book.
31:53
So let's take a listen to that.
31:56
If you feel the need, the need to read, perhaps The Lost Bird is a book for you.
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Check out J.
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K.
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Kelly's other book as well, Deadly Driver.
32:06
And also on our Goodreads, we've got William Walker's The Last Lap.
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This was presented at last year's Argettsinger Symposium.
32:14
It's all about the mysterious demise of William Walker's cousin,
32:19
Peter Kreiss, at the Indianapolis 500 early days of the Indy 500.
32:23
So there's some speculation as to was it sabotage?
32:27
Did something break?
32:28
Was it suicide?
32:29
So there's a whole episode on that in our catalog, but the book
32:32
itself goes into tons more detail and you can find this on Amazon.
32:36
It's called The Last Lap by William Walker.
32:38
Now let's hear from future Brake Fix guests, Corvette Hall of
32:42
Famer and professional racing photographer, Richard Prince.
32:48
I've written five books, three of them are in print.
32:51
The C8 Corvette book was published this year.
32:54
I wrote a 70th anniversary Corvette book that was published last year,
32:58
and a C3 Corvette Restoration Guide book that was published 25
33:02
years ago, but it's still in print.
33:04
So, with the Christmas season coming up, it's in the works.
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The, uh, people hearing this want a, uh, nice gift for a car lover
33:12
in your life, particularly a Corvette enthusiast in your life.
33:14
They can contact me and I'll be happy to ship out a signed book to them.
33:21
And one more on our Goodreads list.
33:24
Racing While Black by Leonard T.
33:26
Miller and Andrew Simon.
33:27
This is all about the story of an African American stock car team
33:32
that made its mark on NASCAR.
33:34
If you haven't read this book, and if you're a NASCAR fan,
33:37
you ought to check this out.
33:39
This is one of those stories, Unsung Heroes.
33:41
NASCAR is still one of those sports where you can really shake the tree
33:45
and you can make things happen.
33:46
And stories like this are awesome.
33:47
Definitely check it out.
33:48
So Racing While Black, also available.
33:50
On Amazon and this along with a bunch of other books that we recommend are in our
33:56
goodreads which are linked in The show notes along with this episode and the last
34:01
book I have but it's also a transition into Artwork a little bit of both friend
34:05
of the show one of the custodians of the green grand prix for over 20 years
34:10
Painter bob gillespie wrote a book.
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It's called one track mind And it's part memoir, part art collection where he
34:18
describes the evolution of the Watkins Glen area from the early days of the
34:23
first track, through the interim track, through the current Grand Prix track.
34:26
It's full of really interesting stories, quotes from very famous
34:30
race car drivers, people that he's met, people he's painted for.
34:33
The painting section of the book alone has 84 of his over 100 and some odd
34:40
paintings and we're going to do an episode that follows along with this to
34:44
dive deeper into Bob's story and you can learn all about One Track Mind, where the
34:49
inspiration for these paintings came from.
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Hello, I'm Bob Gillespie and for 2025 instead of producing a calendar I'm
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offering a book I've completed containing 84 of my best paintings, 25 drawings,
35:06
and 4 of my murals whose subjects span nearly a century of American road racing.
35:11
This is not a book of racing statistics, but an entertaining celebration
35:16
of racing moments, primarily at Watkins Glen, captured in paint.
35:20
Numerous quotes and recollections by drivers of the original Watkins
35:24
Glen road circuit directly to me appear throughout the book.
35:28
Additional quotes by artists relating to the creative process lend further
35:32
insight and food for thought.
35:34
This is a uniquely personal and sometimes humorous tour through
35:38
American road racing history.
35:40
One Track Mind also describes how the encouragement and advice of
35:44
well known race drivers and artists shaped my life from an early age.
35:48
The book is available for 35 plus 5 shipping at my website, www.
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glenspeed.
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com.
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And I'd like to wish everybody Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.
36:02
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
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Absolutely gorgeous book.
36:08
It's a wonderful read.
36:09
It's a lot of fun.
36:10
And it gives you a lot of insight into Bob and his lifetime in motorsport.
36:15
And one other little bit of trivia.
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Did you know he's also the artist that drew the cover art for
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Burt Levy's The Last Open Road?
36:23
You'll find more interesting stories like that in One Track Mind.
36:27
Okay, so for artwork, got a plethora of places to go for.
36:30
One of my favorites though is garageart.
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com.
36:33
There's a company that's grown leaps and bounds over the years.
36:36
It has a multitude of products for the garage, the home, the office, all
36:40
largely related to the autosphere.
36:42
Or the enthusiast's desire just to enjoy a little nostalgia.
36:46
One of our favorites is the winged Honda neon sign.
36:50
Nicely priced.
36:51
It's a great piece that'll bring home some cool vibes in basically any room.
36:56
Well, speaking of artists, guests of the show, Kelly Telfer is
36:59
running a holiday sale on his art.
37:03
Eric just asked me, what are we doing for holiday promotions and sales?
37:07
I'm going to double my retail price and give you 50 percent off everything.
37:12
Including free.
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You might get a good painting for 500 bucks.
37:15
Well, it's an okay painting.
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I don't know.
37:17
You can't see all the stuff I have.
37:18
You want artifacts?
37:19
Come here.
37:19
I'll give you a bunch of junk that's really cool, but sorry
37:23
UPS FedEx Love you guys, man.
37:24
You've saved me a million times.
37:26
You're the best.
37:27
Go Raiders!
37:28
Out.
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He's got a promo code
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KT441.
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So that's KT, the number four, F O R 1.
37:38
And the promotion goes like this.
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November the 1st through December the 18th, buy any four 14 prints at 60 each
37:47
and get one 16 by 20 absolutely free.
37:51
He's got all sorts of really cool Porsche stuff, Volkswagen, Jeep, et cetera.
37:55
I've seen a lot of Kelly's work.
37:56
It's beautiful.
37:57
It looks great hanging up on the wall.
37:59
My kids have some Kelly tell for art in their bedrooms, which is fantastic.
38:03
So again, discount code K T four for one.
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Transform your living room, office, hallway, bedroom, garage, or workshop
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with a stunning motorsport art and make this Hollist Day season one to remember.
38:15
Another great place to pick up some art from is car art us.
38:20
These guys handle some original commissioned art pieces
38:23
by professional artists.
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Pete Alet, the owner of Car Art.
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It's a good friend of mine, but also he can hook you up with some amazing stuff.
38:31
He is a petrol head through and through.
38:33
He was a designer for years at Mazda.
38:36
What's really cool about him.
38:38
Let's say you've got a really cool picture of a special loved
38:41
one with their special car.
38:43
You can give that to Pete and work with him to find the artist that would be best.
38:49
Turn that picture, turn that Polaroid into a one of a kind
38:53
piece of art from a real artist.
38:54
That's really something special.
38:56
Granted, we're edging in here on the holidays.
38:59
So this might be something you want to hold off for a birthday or maybe next
39:03
year for Christmas because obviously the artist needs a little time to paint it.
39:06
But if that's not up your alleyway, he can also hook you up with
39:10
all kinds of really cool stuff.
39:11
So again, that's carart.
39:13
us.
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And Brad, we had pinstripe Chris Dunlop on the show.
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Let's hear what he has to say.
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I post new stuff every week on Instagram and usually the new stuff is also
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listed on the website at the same time.
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Uh, art of chrisdunlop.
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com and pinstripe underscore chris on Instagram, showing new videos as regularly
39:33
as possible, new artwork, and that's usually the best way to get ahold of me.
39:36
Either contact me through the website or straight through Instagram.
39:39
I'm still one of those weird people that tries to respond to every
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message and every comment that I can.
39:43
Thank you for responding to us.
39:44
Yeah, I think that's how we got connected.
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Yeah.
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Sometimes you do commissions.
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It's very rare.
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I do that, but you will entertain ideas, but you start with always,
39:54
I'll always hear somebody out.
39:56
Yeah, exactly.
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Exactly.
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I, it's just simpler that way.
39:59
There's not enough time in the day to say yes to everybody.
40:02
I would like to, but for the time and the expanse, I want to make sure that
40:06
artwork is going in the hands of people that are like, I realize they're just
40:08
paintings of cars, but for some people, this is like part of their family, or
40:12
it's a really important part of them.
40:14
Or it's an aspiration car.
40:16
And it's not always easy to find those types of people
40:18
that are interested in artwork.
40:19
But to me, there's not one type of car person.
40:21
I think there's a lot of like passive people that enjoy cars, but there's
40:24
some really diehard car people.
40:26
And I just really want to make sure that if I'm putting the
40:28
effort into It's for the people that are really serious about it.
40:31
So what we haven't talked about is how does one go about acquiring
40:36
some Samantha Zimmerman artwork?
40:38
So for commissions, if you go to my website, you can hit a contact form and
40:43
you can fill out all the information and send me an email with that, or
40:47
you can send me an email directly.
40:49
It's samzimmermanart at gmail.
40:51
com.
40:52
If you're looking at buying an original for me of my produced works, I have
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them all listed on my website as well.
40:58
I do have prints of the majority of my work.
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Just get in touch with me and I'm more than happy to assist from there.
41:04
If you have any inquiries about things I have listed on the website or prints,
41:09
anything to that effect, like I said, you're welcome to get in touch with me.
41:12
I'm more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
41:17
William, you've been awful quiet, but you've got some art on the table.
41:20
You want to talk about for a man cave, but this would be someone I would say that
41:24
has a rather large collection of vehicles.
41:26
Those of you who don't know who Gerald Lang is, I definitely recommend looking
41:29
him up and doing a search on him.
41:31
He's a great guy.
41:31
Fantastic guy, very interesting guy.
41:33
I like to tell people it's kind of more of a modern Warhol type situation.
41:37
Very big into cars, loves motorcycles.
41:39
Did some trips across the U.
41:41
S.
41:41
on his bike.
41:42
Definitely recommend checking him out.
41:43
But I have a couple of his pieces he did towards the end of his life.
41:47
When he first started doing his pieces, he was very heavily
41:49
into cars and motorcycles.
41:51
And then he got into other things and towards the end he got
41:53
back into what his passion was.
41:54
Drag racing and specifically Don Garlitz was one of his muses, I
41:58
guess you could say, and he did two pieces that I have available.
42:02
We have a few others, but these are the ones kind of made me focus
42:04
on, but the one is rather large.
42:06
It's over 20 feet long and almost six feet high, so I mean it's a
42:10
big piece of him and the Swamp Rat.
42:12
I have another one smaller, but They're very statement like pieces for
42:16
wherever you may put them up again.
42:18
You know, you're talking mid to high six figure range on each piece.
42:21
These are some of some deep pockets, but they're outstanding pieces.
42:24
And if anything, I said, check out Gerald Lang, look them up online.
42:27
He has with any artist.
42:28
You can always buy the stuff.
42:29
That's just the copies of it and everything like that.
42:31
But he's got some really cool pieces and he does.
42:33
He's got some stuff on Jim Clark.
42:34
Delves in F1s and some of his pieces and that.
42:36
So he's got some really cool stuff.
42:38
So I highly recommend checking out Gerald Lang.
42:40
You see, William never forgets.
42:41
Money presents to the party.
42:43
I feel like this should be under rich people things.
42:45
It's right there.
42:46
My man, I had the same thought, Brad.
42:49
It's like, where's this fall into since we're talking about rich people things.
42:54
How about some limited edition prints that are now up for
42:58
grabs signed by the man himself?
43:00
Juan Fangio.
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How many thousands of dollars do these cost?
43:04
So what it says here, they're in the hands of the guy that did these original
43:08
prints and got them signed or whatever.
43:09
I don't know how many he has, and this is over on Exotic Car Marketplace.
43:13
It was valued 500 10 years ago, so it's not 500 today.
43:17
So now they're two grand, three grand each.
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Okay, let's say it's a thousand.
43:21
That's still Fangio.
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Put his sharpie on it.
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That's history, right?
43:26
So to get a signed print, now granted it's going to cost you
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500 to ship it from Australia.
43:31
500 bucks for a piece of artwork signed by Fangio?
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Add that to your Christmas list.
43:36
If you're interested in getting one of these, the contact information
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to reach Kevin Waite in Australia is at Exotic Car Marketplace.
43:43
Just search for Limited Edition Prints.
43:45
We're coming across and starting to get some really cool artists that are reaching
43:50
out to want to get on the website.
43:52
I highly recommend checking it out.
43:53
We're really expanding what we have on the site in regards to, we'd say memorabilia.
43:58
You can't just have your cars over there.
43:59
You got to have the posters.
44:00
You got to have like that.
44:01
So we're really trying to expand what our offerings are because once you
44:03
get your car, then what do you do?
44:04
You got to buy all the trinkets and everything that go along with
44:07
it to, uh, put things on your wall and everything like that.
44:09
So you really need some real good ideas.
44:10
You talk with Don.
44:11
Now he knows all the people and get some really good ideas for your garage.
44:14
I know a few guys.
44:15
We'll come back to that shortly.
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But Brad, you got a couple of art pieces on this list.
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The first site that I found is canvas for the number four walls.
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com.
44:25
They've got a whole section dedicated to cars, mostly
44:28
Porsches and things like that.
44:29
There are canvas prints.
44:31
Not quite 20 feet wide, but you can get them up to five feet wide, which anybody
44:35
that's going to put something in their house, that's a pretty large piece of art.
44:39
They're reasonably priced, 160, 170 for something that at large, a lot of
44:43
different Porsches, a lot of overhead views of the Porsche is some F1 stuff.
44:47
It's pretty cool stuff on this site.
44:49
And then the next website, as I'm sure everybody's seen, is Petrol Vibes.
44:53
They make these metal silhouette frames of vehicles.
44:57
I've been eyeing the Porsche 911 Turbo and the GT3 RS.
45:01
A lot of really cool stuff on their site.
45:03
They're all reasonably priced, less than 100.
45:05
Everything's on sale now, almost 50 percent off.
45:08
Got track maps as well.
45:09
They've got the Nurburgring.
45:10
Some of them light up.
45:11
They've got neon lights underneath.
45:13
Check their website, see what they got.
45:15
You'll definitely find something for your wall.
45:16
You gotta get the 9 64 silhouette to go with your 9 64 headlamp.
45:21
Come on.
45:21
I mean, you gotta have the matching.
45:22
Of course.
45:22
Of course, of course.
45:23
And you gotta go to that mecu on time to find your 9 64 service manual.
45:27
Nine 60 fours are hot right now.
45:29
That's all I'm gonna say.
45:30
So hot right now, . And then the last thing I have tuner cartoons.com.
45:36
You basically, the way this works, you send them pictures of your
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vehicle, they will turn it into.
45:42
Art.
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You can choose a couple of different styles, more like a lifelike
45:45
digital image, or they can turn it into more of a cartoony image.
45:48
They will send it back to you and then you can use it for making custom stickers,
45:52
for phone cases, t shirts, or hoodies.
45:55
If you've got somebody that loves their car and you want to do something nice
45:58
for them, take a picture, create a t shirt for them, go to tunercartoons.
46:02
com and they can go ahead and hook you up.
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This is really cool.
46:05
I thought you might like that.
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Yeah, that's cool.
46:07
Well played.
46:09
Well, we got a new section on our holiday shopping guide music.
46:14
Well, where did this come from?
46:15
Don, what have you done to music?
46:17
What is this about music and cars?
46:19
Those don't go together.
46:20
Wait, what is this?
46:20
No, it's not like we don't have a podcast episode about it.
46:23
Not at all.
46:24
Brad music and cars go together hand in hand, depending on who you're talking to.
46:29
A lot of times I've noticed race car drivers don't particularly agree with me.
46:33
That's why we put speakers in our helmets.
46:35
You see, so, you know, for those of us who just loaf around in our Chrysler DCs,
46:39
we listen to music, we have a nice time.
46:41
It's enjoyable.
46:42
We have a glass of wine.
46:43
It's wonderful.
46:44
But going into that, nothing goes better than just chilling out in
46:48
your garage, doing whatever it is you do in your garage, and maybe
46:52
having a few tunes in the background.
46:54
If you're not streaming it to your headphones and looking like some
46:57
15 year old punk, you probably want something that fills the garage space
47:01
with a warm and a charm of nostalgia.
47:04
And for that, I highly recommend basically anything from the Crosley company.
47:09
They've been making radios forever, and yes, they are related at one point to
47:14
the Crosley car company, but that being said, my favorite at the moment, which is.
47:19
Perfect for a garage because it's the right size.
47:21
It's not too big.
47:22
It's not too small.
47:23
It's got great sound reproduction.
47:24
It's the Crosley Fleetwood radio CD.
47:27
And the reason I love this, not only just because of its size and
47:30
its quality, but it's got two cars in the name, Crosley and Fleetwood.
47:34
Perfect for the garage.
47:35
It's a compact stereo.
47:36
It's a CD player with an FM and of course, Bluetooth in case you want to stream
47:41
something from your private collection.
47:43
Again, you can find it at Amazon.
47:46
Just look up the Crosley Fleetwood radio CD and it shall be yours for what
47:51
they used to call a high five back in the day for 149 95, compared to some
47:59
of the other stuff that's out there.
48:00
This is a super versatile, got all the options, AM, FM, Bluetooth.
48:04
Like you said, CD player, all that.
48:05
This is a really good deal.
48:07
That's a good find.
48:08
Not bad.
48:08
Right.
48:09
Don opened up the door, so I'm just going through it for a lot of us that have older
48:14
cars, you know, we can't really add a navigation to it or, you know, a lot of
48:18
these newer stereo systems just won't fit.
48:20
They're all doubled in our cars have singled in.
48:23
You can get the CarFlix portable CarPlay Android auto screen.
48:27
Basically it looks like one of those Garmin GPS devices you put on your
48:32
dash, except it's a wide screen, adds CarPlay and Android to your vehicle.
48:37
Connects to either Bluetooth or it can be a wired connection through aux cable.
48:41
You can also connect through FM transmitter, Tanya.
48:44
I don't know if it'll do the cassette connection, but you can always use the
48:49
FM transmitter if you have to connect to any modern phone and it will allow
48:53
you to use your CarPlay or Android auto right there from the screen.
48:57
The FM transmitter doesn't work very well, unless they've made better ones.
49:00
I know.
49:01
I think the aux cable, you can probably get it to work with the tape deck.
49:05
I know the tape deck is always the best option.
49:07
I had trouble with the FM.
49:09
You know, I remember a time I had a Lincoln and I had an eight
49:12
track player and I had an eight track converter for it to set.
49:15
So I put that in there.
49:16
And then I got the cassette converter for CD and I put that
49:20
in, in the eight track converter.
49:21
And then I was able to run my CD player, you know, in my Lincoln.
49:25
I felt so cool.
49:27
It's audio and such a string of stuff coming out of the eight track.
49:31
You know, the last time I saw an eight track player was when my dad
49:34
was throwing one out the window because it ate his eight track.
49:39
We'd be remiss if we didn't talk about watches.
49:42
I know this is Don's favorite thing to talk about.
49:45
You know, I went back and I listened to previous holiday specials that we've
49:48
done, especially once we got together with garage style and started combining
49:52
our shopping lists and things like that.
49:54
You know, some of those watches Tag Hauers will blow your mind in terms of how
49:58
expensive they are and things like that.
49:59
But I found one I'm over the top.
50:01
I'm macho man, Randy Savage.
50:03
I'm coming in with the elbow.
50:04
I'm coming in with the Bremont Isle of Man TT.
50:08
Watch.
50:09
Have you seen this?
50:11
This is a killer watch for the Lolo bargain.
50:14
Rich people.
50:15
Thanks.
50:15
Price of 6, 600.
50:18
That's actually not that bad.
50:20
Eric's like, Oh my God.
50:21
It's the sexiest watch live.
50:23
William Ross.
50:24
It's not that bad, man.
50:25
And the price is a big money Ross.
50:27
Watch here, man.
50:28
Come on now.
50:29
Malibu Ross.
50:30
It doesn't look big money though, but it's Bremont.
50:33
It's a high end brand.
50:34
You're talking Swiss movement.
50:35
You're talking all the stuff that you're supposed to have on the internals part.
50:38
It's a chronometer.
50:40
If you're a motorcycle enthusiast, if you're a fan of the Isle
50:43
of man, That speaks to me.
50:44
I think this is cool.
50:45
Yeah, I actually really like the watch.
50:47
I prefer the white face.
50:48
You're right, it doesn't scream 6, 600 watch.
50:52
I kind of like watches that are a little more subtle.
50:55
I mean, come on, I wear a swatch every day.
50:57
It's just black with a stainless face.
50:59
Wonder why I wear that watch.
51:01
But anyway.
51:02
Yeah, I like this Bremont though.
51:03
This is really, really a nice looking watch and you're right.
51:06
You really can't go wrong with a Bremont.
51:07
These are tremendous watches.
51:09
And they are limited production.
51:11
So you do have to reach out to them for availability.
51:14
The white ones where the black one is.
51:17
Either way, that's like, oh, that's good looking.
51:20
All right.
51:20
Moving on.
51:21
Don, what do you got for us in the watch department?
51:24
Okay.
51:24
So I'm going to go from rich guy stuff only to China, rich guy stuff only.
51:29
Cause I still can't afford these things.
51:30
Well, it's one of those things almost anybody can afford one of my watches.
51:34
It's just a question of.
51:35
Are you cheap?
51:36
So the first one up on the list.
51:38
Nothing like a nice timepiece, especially when it's inclined to motor sports.
51:42
The Farrell and Company Watch Story is the stuff that dreams are made of.
51:46
And one of their products is the Race Master Chronograph.
51:50
Measuring 39 millimeters, the brushed 316 stainless steel case and domed
51:55
crystal construction are remarkable.
51:58
German made with Japanese movement.
52:00
It features a C3 illumination and soft Italian racing style straps.
52:06
And then if you don't like that one, they have a ton of other
52:09
motorsport related watches.
52:10
One of which I've got, which is the 356 and it is a watch that literally Face
52:16
of it looks like the speedometer of the 356 Porsche really kind of a cool watch.
52:20
I really like that watch Yeah, this is in line with the old gulf livery thing
52:25
that was in vogue for the last couple of years It's a nice looking watch.
52:28
I really like the wristband the blue stitching it and everything and 39
52:31
millimeter That's a little smaller than I think a lot of folks are used to
52:35
anymore So almost a good unisex watch in that sense that it's not too big for a
52:40
lady's wrist also Not too small To where every day versus some of these 50 plus
52:46
millimeter watches that are out there.
52:48
Nowadays, one thing too, that I learned just recently talking to
52:51
a couple of watch aficionados.
52:53
They're saying that they're really big.
52:54
Watch faces are actually starting to lose traction.
52:57
People are buying smaller and smaller.
52:59
They want a little bit more of that subtle look.
53:02
They want something that doesn't might stand out as much as maybe they used to.
53:06
One of my buddies is a dealer.
53:07
He's actually having trouble moving.
53:09
These heavier, larger watches, he's having a lot of trouble
53:12
selling them on the used market.
53:14
Nobody wants them anymore.
53:15
So at 39 millimeters, it definitely does step in line with, you know,
53:19
what modern people are looking for.
53:21
I like the British racing green version.
53:23
Yeah.
53:24
That's that one speaks to me with the cream band.
53:27
Yeah.
53:27
So moving down the list.
53:29
You've got another brand that you're pretty fond of.
53:31
I do, DePansel.
53:32
Is it DePansel or Depan sel?
53:34
That I don't know.
53:35
Depan sel, Alpine versus Alpine, however you want to say it.
53:40
They are a maker of fine motorsports inspired watches, and one of our
53:44
favorites is the Allure line.
53:47
Available in a multitude of colors and faces.
53:49
Our favorite features, the performance blue leather strap.
53:53
It measures 39 millimeters, got a Sapphire crystal and a
53:56
blue face assembled in France.
53:58
You can find out all kinds of cool stuff about the DePansel watch company.
54:03
Again, at the DePansel website.
54:05
Like Ferro, they too make a ton of different styles of
54:09
motorsports inspired watches.
54:11
So if you don't happen to like the Allure or you don't think the person you're going
54:14
to be buying it from might be a fan of it.
54:16
They should have something there that'll tickle your fancy again.
54:19
The allure stradale that a day is really speaking to me.
54:23
I'm, I'm a huge fan of British racing green right up my alley.
54:26
Well, you know, what's cool about these?
54:28
It's the little details that you have to really focus in on.
54:31
Like the watch bands between.
54:34
The Depencel and the Faro and company are very similar, but if you notice that the
54:39
Depencel, they have this extra little bit of stitching, it's like a red, white and
54:42
blue for, you know, the French flag or whatever it is, and I think that's neat.
54:46
And when you really start to focus in on it, you start to notice other little
54:50
details like that, that they've added in as accents to make it stand out.
54:55
And it's not something ostentatious, you have to look at it like three times to go.
54:58
Is that what I think it is?
55:00
So I think that's really cool.
55:01
And for the price, you get all those little extras and those
55:04
little Easter eggs, if you will.
55:05
That's neat.
55:06
It's something to talk about.
55:07
And when people look at your watch, like, wow, that's, I've
55:09
never seen anything like that.
55:10
Yeah.
55:10
One of my favorites, I'm looking at it right now.
55:12
It's called the Elegance 24H Panda.
55:15
If you don't run your cursor over it, it's just a white face with
55:19
the black chronograph and then black straps with the perforation.
55:23
I think that watch is absolutely stunning.
55:26
It's very simple.
55:27
It's.
55:28
40 millimeters.
55:28
So just a little bit bigger, but I look at that watch and the
55:31
simplicity of it, the beauty of it.
55:34
And it's just a stunning looking watch.
55:35
But to your point, Eric, yeah.
55:37
When you really start looking at it, you do see the little details like
55:41
the little red stripe in the crown.
55:43
Yeah.
55:43
If you look at the stitching, it's just a beautiful watch.
55:46
The whole family has gorgeous watches.
55:48
You want something sub a thousand dollars.
55:50
You should definitely be looking at this.
55:52
Well, I mean, look at that one, that Panda I was talking about,
55:55
it's been cut from 650 to 395.
55:58
That's a hell of a cut, it really is.
56:00
And there's some rebadged fossils out there for that price, if you
56:03
want to go in that direction.
56:04
So why not get something unique like this, a little bit more boutique.
56:08
Especially, they're making their own components now internally,
56:11
so that's kind of cool.
56:12
But, you can't just go out of the house with watches.
56:16
You gotta have some fashion to go along with it.
56:18
One of the sites that I posted, the Cafe Leather site, they've
56:21
got like those overnight bags and those small road trip type bags.
56:24
Well, I'm glad you brought that up because another place to shop for stuff like that,
56:28
fine leather goods that are motorsport inspired, is actually the Le Mans store.
56:33
And again, going back to David Lowe talking about, you know, the
56:36
discounts you get and things like that, becoming an ACO USA member.
56:39
I mean, the discounts are pretty steep.
56:40
You can get upwards of 50 percent off, but if you go to the lemans.
56:43
org and go to the store, which you can look at the French version, but
56:47
switch over to English, you'll see the leather jackets that they have.
56:50
They have some really, really cool stuff.
56:53
1959 Le Mans inspired Shelby jackets.
56:56
They've got the bags, they've got the purses, they've got the backpacks.
56:59
I happened to see their leather goods in person when I was there for the 100th.
57:03
And you would walk into the booths.
57:05
You knew exactly what you were buying.
57:06
You knew what you were getting.
57:07
That was that rawhide smell.
57:09
It was real leather.
57:10
It's really nice.
57:11
And so when you look at it, you don't go, Well, that's some
57:14
Chinese knockoff stuff or whatever.
57:16
This is really nice.
57:17
So when you look at the price, You go, I'm getting graded leather for that kind of
57:22
money, plus your membership discount, it's well worth checking out the LeMans store.
57:26
Who is the company building on what you're saying about the
57:28
1950s Aston Martin racing suit?
57:31
William knows then.
57:32
Shu Teal.
57:33
Because I know they have a lot of that stuff.
57:35
I first discovered them when I was at Pebble Beach.
57:37
Sterling Moss wearing their one polo, but yeah, they make all
57:39
that retro and stuff like that.
57:41
They got some really neat stuff.
57:42
They don't have like a ton of product, but the product they do have is really cool.
57:45
Wow.
57:45
These guys aren't just making bags.
57:46
They're actually trying to cater to the motorsport community.
57:50
So I thought that was really nice too.
57:51
Jordan bespoke's got some really gorgeous leather bag wear and that, you know, they
57:56
do the inside linings, like they'll take like a golf logo or Lotus or something
58:00
like that, they do some really nice stuff.
58:03
And car people are known for throwing a few clothes in a, in a
58:06
nice bag, throwing it in the trunk and going away for the weekend.
58:09
The point's unknown.
58:10
It's kind of like along the line with like watches, but also with the bags.
58:12
But I'll still look at something and say, Oh my God, I spent how much on this?
58:15
But a nice bag, a nice watch.
58:17
That's something that's going to last you, you take care of it
58:20
your lifetime, especially on bags.
58:22
You start getting that patina to it and the wear.
58:24
I say that from just getting tossed around.
58:25
I need to get that really cool look that just over time, you get it.
58:28
And that's one thing you look at this stuff.
58:29
We have someone that's got to wear with all the pay 1500,
58:33
two, three grand for a bag.
58:34
So we didn't get the guy only can afford something that's, you know, 50 bucks.
58:37
So the problem is, is the guy that bought the bag for the higher
58:39
price, he's only going to buy that one for, to have that forever.
58:42
Another person, you buy a bag.
58:44
Two, three years later, it falls apart.
58:45
They buy another one.
58:46
Two years later, they buy another one.
58:47
You spend those few extra dollars, you're going to have something
58:49
that's going to last you a long time because it's just built better.
58:51
It's made better.
58:51
The quality is better.
58:52
Everything like that.
58:53
It's just, it's a lot nicer product.
58:54
And I think a lot of this is culminating into this whole trend that we're
58:58
seeing of dress like your heroes.
59:00
And we sort of alluded to this last year without really knowing about it.
59:03
There was a lot of Steve McQueen stuff and a lot of other things
59:06
that were surfacing in our world.
59:09
And we're kind of looking at Fashion and bags and attire and accessories
59:13
like watches and things like that.
59:14
But now we've got the Shelby collection, the new Lamont's fall
59:18
collection, which has other dress like your heroes type of thing.
59:21
And then we take it to a whole nother extreme, right?
59:23
William with the whole Tazio Nuvalari collection.
59:26
Yeah.
59:26
I mean, you're getting very specific.
59:28
And again, though, the nice thing though, it's not stuff that you might've seen
59:31
to say 10, 20 years ago, it's just a complete knockoff type cheap crap.
59:35
They're getting made over in China or something, you know,
59:37
this stuff is very nice quality.
59:39
product.
59:40
Tying in with using Tazio Nuvolari's name.
59:43
What's great with these guys, especially the magazine as
59:45
well, they're working together.
59:47
The magazine, Tazio Nuvolari Collection Clothing line, but then also the
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museum, they all kind of work hand in hand, and they're great guys.
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Oh, me and Eric done some stuff with these guys.
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They're really great people.
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Plain on the name, whatnot, but it's a name people know, and the people
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that know the name are the target market that they want to go after too.
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People that really love racing and know the history of racing,
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they're going to go after.
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And knowing who Tazio Nuvolari was, it plays a big role in it.
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Porsche is getting into that game too.
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They just announced two weeks ago, the Andiol collection is
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now available through Porsche.
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com.
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Have you seen this stuff?
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We're talking retro, motorsports inspired Porsche collection.
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One of the more famous, Privateer Porsche builders is Andy all it looks so cool.
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You got to justify the price, but it's like, man, this stuff is pretty awesome.
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And I know Brad is a fan of Brown.
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Brown is back again, but they've also contracted with major suppliers like
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Puma and others to be able to put the Andy all livery on all this attire.
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And again, this is dress like your heroes type of stuff.
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And I think this is really cool.
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Talking about falling prey to the Instagram gimmicks and whatnot.
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My wife got me a gift.
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I consider it an accessory.
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I consider it apparel.
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And I got to shine a little bit of light.
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She got you those.
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That's awesome.
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So basically they're working gloves or you put them over your gloves and
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they have little LED lights on your pinky finger and your index finger.
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So you can shine light.
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Where you're working.
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Don't look like for someone who's got an issue with porn.
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They are very S and M like I don't get it, but you know, I do have the
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glasses with the LEDs in them, which are pretty cool because then again, you're
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shining light where you're looking and it's not that goofy headlamp.
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Look like you're like a minor in the old days of Pennsylvania or West
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Virginia or something like that.
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So these are kind of neat.
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I don't know how they're going to hold up because I worry that
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they're just going to get dirty.
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They're kind of cool.
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They're super lightweight.
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They're pretty easy to put on.
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So I'll give them a try.
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Worst case, I'll use them for something else.
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I also want to highlight, my daughter and I, we were at this year's Comic Con.
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We have a collection of art from a local artist, Ben Leung, who does
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this sort of almost caricature style.
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He does these really cool recreations of like the scene from Friends,
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where they're all together, but it's like comic book characters.
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And he does Darth Vader with Luke and Leia as kids, you know, giving them
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ice cream and they're on like the Tilt A Whirl, and it's a really good Fun
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way to reimagine some of the classics.
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My show and tell for this one is the t shirt that I'm wearing right now because
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when I was at Comic Con I went to his booth to check out what he had and I could
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So he did the RX 7 and the AE 86 together drifting down Mount Akina in his style.
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The shirt's awesome.
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It's a very nice Heathered black kind of almost jersey material very breathable.
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I love wearing this shirt.
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It's a lot of fun I thought it was 39 bucks well spent for something unique
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done by an artist rather than done by a machine or done by ai So I thought
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this was really cool And you can pick up stuff like this by visiting his instagram
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And I got one more t shirt for you guys.
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These we had designed for GTM's 10th anniversary.
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These are Sparco inspired.
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These are limited edition.
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We do have limited sizes both in men's and women's cut.
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In black and in white.
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Celebrating our 10th anniversary, starting in 2014.
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So these are the Grand Touring Motorsports Enthusiasm shirts, 10th anniversary,
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again, a lightweight, breathable t shirt, machine wash, all that kind of stuff.
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We put the design together based on a vintage Sparco design that we saw.
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So I really liked these.
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These were a lot of fun.
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We had these when we were at the Argent Singer Symposium earlier in the fall.
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But if you're interested in getting.
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Any of these give us a shout crew chief at gtmotorsports.
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if we have enough demand maybe we can do a second run or something like that but
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we'll be posting more details about the 10th anniversary t shirts on the clubhouse
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website so that'll be over at club.
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org circling back to don's point about the bags and everything a
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cool website i found cafeleather.
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What really drew me to the site was their leather racing gloves
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or leather driving gloves.
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Uh, and then they've gotten overnight bags, general apparel and watch straps
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and, and various, you know, leather and canvas, you know, items and stuff.
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But the leather driving gloves are what really got me.
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They also have a relationship with Audi because they do a Audi RS inspired
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leather racing glove is really just got the RS logo on the racing glove.
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So that's kind of cool.
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Again, you're the guru of garages, so we need to talk about tools and
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other fine garage gadgets and items.
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So if you've walked around your local Lowe's recently, you would have
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seen them debut already earlier this year, these mini cobalt tool chests.
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So imagine your big tool chest in the garage, but this is a two drawer,
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10 inch by six by six toolbox that On the surface, you're going to go,
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what am I going to put in there?
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And maybe it's not great for the garage, but I could see this going in an office.
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If you had the desk space to be supplying pencils, pens, whatever
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else, you know, little notepads comes in a variety of colors.
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I've seen the blue in the store.
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I've also seen, they've got like a pink edition, I guess, trying to
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cater to, you know, ladies or whoever likes the color pink coming across
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all the colors, red, silver, green, black, blue, pink, so on and so forth.
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So if you're interested in like a little mini mechanics toolbox tool chest in
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your home, check out your local Lowe's.
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They're only about 20 bucks.
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Did you notice that they released the second version?
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So now you can stack them.
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There's a topper.
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And the bottom.
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So you can have a double high one.
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Nice.
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Do they come on little caster wheels?
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So you can wheel them around your desk.
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You can buy those at Harbor Freight.
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I did see these in person as well.
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I, and I literally had the same thought that Tanya says, like,
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what am I going to do with this?
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But then I kept playing with it.
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I'm like, I got to find a reason to have this.
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There's got to be an excuse to have this toolbox.
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Cause it is pretty cool.
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Be cool.
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If you're a crafter of some sort and you've got like a craft area and maybe
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you stack a couple of them and that's where you're putting supplies for.
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Scissors and knives and things like that.
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How many brick separators can fit in that?
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That's a lot.
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To go with that, maybe to put inside of that mini cobalt tool chest there is
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these new style ratcheting screwdrivers.
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I'm sure all of us has tried different ratcheting screwdrivers at some point.
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They're good for about five minutes.
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And then you realize that they kind of suck, whether it's the handle turns or
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the top turns, or it's this and that.
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And take a standard ratchet and put some sort of screwdriver bit in.
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I mean, there's all sorts of weird combinations.
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The latest one I've seen is a tap and die style.
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ratcheting screwdriver which I thought was actually kind of interesting and
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I'm willing to try out especially if you can pick it up somewhere like a
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Harbor Freight or Lowe's or whatever.
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Again this stuff kind of comes across on Instagram from time to time so
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if you've ever played with the tap and die you know it's got a long t
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bar style handle and then you put the bit in through the center and it
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locks in and then you just rotate it.
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In this case, they've made the rotation pin, then ratchet the whole piece and then
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use that T bar for additional leverage.
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They call it a 24 in one magnetic screwdriver set
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clocking in around 40 bucks.
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DeWalt actually makes a gyroscopic screwdriver.
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And so with the turn of your hand, it's variable speed, that motion will
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initiate the screwing or unscrewing.
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And then the more severe your hand movement is, the faster it will rotate.
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So that does exist.
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You can actually go to your local Lowe's or local Lowe's website and order one.
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I have used one before.
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It was surprising.
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Because I've never used something like that before, but it does work.
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Will it torque out of your hand, or is it pretty good about
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when it slows down or stops?
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It might have an anti overtorque to it, I don't recall.
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Well, speaking of overtorquing and Brad's favorite torque specification, Gutentight.
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Brands like GearWrench, even Snap on and Craftsman, they're all stepping up.
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You've seen the number of teeth escalate in ratcheting wrenches over the years.
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I think we're now finally into triple digits.
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I was reading the other day, I forget which brand it is, it has 128 teeth.
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tooth wrench now.
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And I always joke that I live my life a quarter turn at a time.
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And basically that quarter turn movement can now rotate a bolt head almost
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360 degrees with very little input.
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So I'm a little bit of a skeptic.
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I'm a little bit apprehensive because I'm sure something like that is
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going to be expensive, but I am willing to try it because there are
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some jobs that It just takes way too long because you have no space.
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So anything that saves space and saves time, I'm willing to give
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it a go, which is why I have like 13 different size, 17 wrenches.
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All right, Brad, you got a couple of things for the garage.
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Just a couple that came out of like necessity from just recently
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working on my own vehicle.
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Realized that inside my garage, I did not have enough light.
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So I found the Nyko rechargeable cordless under hood work light.
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It's got soft hooks that wrap around the edge of the hood.
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So it hangs there while you're doing some work on your motor and everything.
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It's cordless.
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So you don't have to worry about tripping over the extension
1:10:15
cord when you're running around looking for your 10 millimeter.
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Those things are a game changer.
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Once you buy one of those, you throw all the other lights away, basically.
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Except for those finger lights I showed you guys earlier.
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And since my next job is going to be under the hood specifically, one of these is
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definitely going to come in very nicely.
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And then next on the list for me is the Fluid Evacuator from Tool Discounter.
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The next couple of jobs I've got is the DSG service and the Haldex service.
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And being able to extract the fluid out of the transmission
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is definitely going to be key.
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So one of these be pretty nice sitting in my garage next to my new light.
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You can do your oil this way too.
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If you run it down through the dipstick, that way you don't have to get under the
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car and strip the oil pan bolt anymore.
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Well, there you go.
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No more, no more from auto valve.
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That's right.
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If you have a top Mount oil filter, you don't need to jack the car up.
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But in the case of the older cars, especially, you know, the old VWs
1:11:05
with their aluminum oil pans that you pray to whatever you believe in,
1:11:09
every time you take that bolt out that you don't strip the pan, putting it
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back in, this is a great way to not have to deal with that ever again.
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Getting out of tools, going into stuff you can slap on the walls.
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Some of the finest reproduction signs in the business I've seen
1:11:23
come from Reedyville Goods.
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They aim to please with a huge selection, ranging from the food and beverage
1:11:28
industry, to humor signs, to the automotive signs, to circus signs, to
1:11:32
tobacco signs, to the gas and oil signs.
1:11:35
Literally, the sky is the limit.
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If you want to create your own sign, ReadUVeil can make that for you.
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In fact, Garage Town Magazine's Garage Tour Award signs were
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made by ReadUVeil Goods.
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One of our favorite signs right now is the El Mirage sign.
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We have pictured On our website, it's very unique.
1:11:54
We've never seen anything like this before.
1:11:56
And again, El Mirage, if you don't know that, that's kind of the desert
1:11:59
version, the dust bin of the salt flats.
1:12:02
It's where guys go to run hot rods, run experimental vehicles,
1:12:06
see how fast they'll go, El Mirage is really, really a cool place.
1:12:10
Next up would be Busted Knuckle Garage, with a plethora of items to choose from.
1:12:14
The BKG brand has become synonymous with humor and good times in the
1:12:19
garage, with a touch of nostalgia.
1:12:21
Their barstools are second to none.
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I think I promote these every year because I really do like their barstools.
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They are terrific.
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Each one features great designs.
1:12:30
Our favorite is the Winged spark plug, but you can find your favorite one
1:12:34
at Busted Knuckle Garage's website.
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Same with Reedyville Goods.
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Just look them up on the web and you'll find whatever it is you want.
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Hey Don, you know what?
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You always talk about what belongs in the garage and this and that,
1:12:46
but how about garages in general?
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Our friends at New Jersey Motorsports Park are now introducing an off season
1:12:52
winter storage program and I think this is actually really cool because
1:12:55
they have these big garages that they use during the year in the paddock.
1:12:59
And they can be entered from both sides and they're generally
1:13:01
empty when the track is closed.
1:13:03
So what they're doing is they're making them available from December
1:13:06
1st through March 1st, before the season kicks off, and you can park your
1:13:11
car, your trailer, whatever you want.
1:13:12
You can store motorcycles, all sorts of power sports equipment,
1:13:16
and whatever you have inside of their garages there at the track.
1:13:21
It's actually kind of cool because they're selling per bay for a thousand bucks.
1:13:25
So to store your car, your trailer, your rig over the winter to get it
1:13:29
out of the snow for a thousand bucks.
1:13:30
I think that's a pretty good deal.
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Yeah.
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I like the idea.
1:13:33
That's really good.
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But can you decorate it or is it just, you put your car in
1:13:36
there and shut up and go away?
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Well, you only get it for three months.
1:13:39
Can you put your car on jack stands and constantly take your
1:13:41
tools over there to work on it?
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I think you could.
1:13:44
They say that electric is included.
1:13:46
I mean, why would they include electric other than for the winter?
1:13:48
I guess for battery tenders, verified access, they're
1:13:51
locked and they're secured.
1:13:52
And they say it's ideal for vehicles, boat, trailers, power sports equipment.
1:13:56
And the base size is 15 by 26 with a 10 by 20 doorway.
1:14:01
Well, it looks like they got three different options on this.
1:14:04
The way it looks like on the site, you got shade tree garages,
1:14:06
VIP garages and event garages.
1:14:08
It looks like the two options are your own garage, but.
1:14:11
It doesn't look like it's amenities, so to speak, but then your event
1:14:14
garage is where you're there.
1:14:15
Then obviously they have those full blown garage condos that are all the rage now
1:14:19
that are going up all over the country.
1:14:21
Obviously depending on your budget, it can be basic or be full blown garage malls.
1:14:25
Well, the holidays are also a time of giving.
1:14:29
Like we've done in the past, we want to give some shout outs to some charities.
1:14:33
Yes, you're right, Eric.
1:14:34
There are a lot of charities and tis the season for giving back and supporting
1:14:39
those who are looking for a little bit extra love this year and who isn't.
1:14:43
One of our favorites comes from Deb Pollack.
1:14:45
She established Drive for a Cure, which is raising lots and lots of
1:14:50
money for Parkinson's research.
1:14:52
A disease near and dear to her heart.
1:14:55
If you go to her website, she explains all about it.
1:14:58
So you can always make a nice donation there, help her and her paws, even get
1:15:02
a little tax write off if you want to.
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Bill Warner's book, On the Other Side of the Fence, it's a wonderful pictorial
1:15:09
of his history running around, literally the United States, taking pictures
1:15:13
at different motorsports events.
1:15:15
Interesting thing about Bill's book.
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He put this all together himself.
1:15:18
He got it published himself.
1:15:20
100 percent of the proceeds go for Spina Bifida research and support.
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Near and dear to Bill's heart.
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Hi, this is Bill Warner in Jacksonville, Florida.
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And I want to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
1:15:35
And I'm also here to promote a book that I did on six decades of motorsports
1:15:41
photography from my first race at Sebring, Florida, 1960 to the present.
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So if you like photo books, this is it.
1:15:47
Each one's got a little story behind it.
1:15:49
To be honest with you, it's my life from the time I was 16 years old to today.
1:15:54
This includes a story from when I did a story with Andy Gibb.
1:15:57
On a Gimbala Avalanche Porsche down at West Palm Beach, Punty Story.
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I have to thank my friends, Jokin Moss, David Hobbs, Brian Redman, Hurley
1:16:06
Haywood, Roger Pinsky, Mario Andretti, Derek Bell, Peter Brock, for the lovely
1:16:11
liner notes they did for the book.
1:16:13
They were great to support it and they're in the book too, so.
1:16:16
Each photo has a story behind it.
1:16:18
It's more than just a photo book.
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So if you're interested in me, a nice Christmas present for anybody who's
1:16:22
into auto racing and into photography, the book is available through Spina
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Bifida Jacksonville, or you can send an email to me at Bill Warner at bwracing.
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net.
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And I'll vector it over to them and we can get this book to you by Christmas.
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The price is a 100 donation to Spina Bifida Jacksonville, so
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it's completely tax deductible.
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All proceeds from the book go to Spina Bifida Jacksonville to take care of
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those people born with a terrible birth defect called Spina Bifida.
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Drop me a note.
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Have a Merry Christmas.
1:16:51
And thank you so much.
1:16:54
And William, you've got some that are near and dear to your heart.
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Yes, I do.
1:16:58
I help out a couple entities in my area.
1:17:01
One is aluminum cans for burned children.
1:17:03
And what's beautiful about this, we work with over 100 local fire stations.
1:17:07
And at those departments, we collect aluminum cans.
1:17:09
And also with fundraising events, donations and whatnot, we help
1:17:12
support pediatric burn survivors.
1:17:14
We send them to a couple summer and winter camp.
1:17:16
So twice a year, you can send them off to a camp and we do it ourselves.
1:17:19
They may need started doing something else that we started doing raffles
1:17:22
throughout the year and currently right now Don't buy some raffle tickets.
1:17:24
We are raffling off two half cases of Buffalo trace whiskey So if
1:17:28
you're a whiskey person, you can win yourself six bottles whiskey Acbcohio.
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org and you can go into the event section you'll find under there and William a
1:17:35
little birdie told me you're working on a Slot car track with David Beattie from
1:17:40
Slot Mods Raceways for charity as well.
1:17:46
And for the listeners out there in 2025, William and I are going to work
1:17:49
together in bringing a track for a donation to raise some funds for his
1:17:54
charities, a charity of his choice.
1:17:56
Cause I'm at a point where I really want to give back in any way I can.
1:18:00
But my other thing that's near and dear to my heart also is
1:18:02
I'm a big animal advocate.
1:18:04
I volunteered a couple of animal shelters in my area.
1:18:07
Go there, walk dogs, what have you, but I also foster dogs and cats.
1:18:10
One thing to understand is a couple hours a week.
1:18:13
You could go one day a week for two hours.
1:18:15
You don't have to adopt an animal.
1:18:16
You can foster, you can donate.
1:18:17
There's so many ways you can help support your local animal shelter.
1:18:21
Just look into it.
1:18:22
Like I said, you're not looking for 40 hours a week.
1:18:24
You can just go there for an hour or two a week.
1:18:26
To help walk the dogs, play with the cats.
1:18:28
There's so many different things you can do.
1:18:29
They need people just to go in and interact with the animals.
1:18:32
What workers you want to do is go for two hours to play with some dogs
1:18:35
or puppies or some cats and kittens, and just give them some exercise
1:18:38
and give them some entertainment.
1:18:39
Wherever you're at in this part of the country, look into your local charities.
1:18:43
There's many, many ways you can help out these entities, not just
1:18:46
financial, but time, whatnot.
1:18:47
There's a lot of things you can do to help.
1:18:48
So just look into it.
1:18:49
It's a very rewarding to help out.
1:18:52
Right on.
1:18:53
I have a nonprofit called freedom grow.
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org.
1:18:55
We support cannabis prisoners, non violent.
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If you haven't heard of us, check us out, freedomgrow.
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org.
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We do it all through volunteer efforts on our own time.
1:19:05
And we support these non violent cannabis prisoners and their families.
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We do holiday gifting.
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We do it all through donations.
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So please check us out, freedomgrow.
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org.
1:19:17
All right, switching gears for your ride.
1:19:19
I know Tanya loves these.
1:19:20
I'm gonna get her a set.
1:19:21
This is gonna be in her stocking.
1:19:23
I bought a set for myself, and I have to blame John Summers, the motoring
1:19:27
historian for this, for the Auxedo replacement LED headlight bulbs.
1:19:34
I'm watching Furious, driving that YouTuber.
1:19:37
Probably too annoying for you.
1:19:38
He's in Kent.
1:19:39
He has what you would describe as shit cars.
1:19:42
Let's just cut straight to the chase.
1:19:44
But I do like him.
1:19:45
I think it's because I'm just attracted to these YouTubers who have
1:19:48
large amounts of terrible vehicles.
1:19:51
That they nobly try and keep going, or maybe idiotically try and keep going.
1:19:55
But look, he has this, you know, MX 5, whatever.
1:19:58
He has this relationship with this company called Quartzito, who do H E V life.
1:20:04
And it put me in mind of remembering the days when it was
1:20:09
cool to do business and travel.
1:20:11
When I drive home, I, uh, left late at night.
1:20:14
I was running not that fast, but fast enough, you know, a number that I don't
1:20:19
really want to mention on the pod.
1:20:20
And certainly it was fast enough that we came over a rise and
1:20:24
over the rise, the road changed direction and I was in the decimals.
1:20:27
I was off the road in the desert, literally a cactus up
1:20:31
against the nose of the car.
1:20:33
Anyway, long and short, having got going again, I realized that what had
1:20:36
happened was I had been running too fast for the throw of the headlights.
1:20:42
So in that moment, I was like, I want proper lights.
1:20:45
Always wanted HID brighter lights.
1:20:49
Surely be able to get the bulbs, right?
1:20:50
I don't want spotlights to make the car look like a rally car at the front of it.
1:20:54
I just wanted better bulbs to go in the same.
1:20:57
This is what Orbzito do.
1:20:59
And this is the interesting shtick.
1:21:01
I, uh, mentioned it on a previous poll.
1:21:04
And what I mentioned was the furious driving advantage.
1:21:08
I had bought some on the back of that, on the back of me buying.
1:21:11
They mailed me and said, did I want a discount code?
1:21:16
I said, yes.
1:21:17
My discount code is Motoring Historian.
1:21:21
It gives you 15%.
1:21:23
That's awesome.
1:21:24
Awesome.
1:21:27
And you can use promo code motoring historian to get 15 percent off your order
1:21:32
of these drop in, no hassle, no fuss, no muss, no ballast, LED replacement bulbs.
1:21:38
I think they're awesome.
1:21:39
It sucks for everybody else on the road that has to see them as I'm
1:21:42
coming toward them, but I am not blind.
1:21:45
I do not travel by braille at night with a candle out the
1:21:48
window like I'm Paul Revere.
1:21:50
It's awesome to be able to see at night.
1:21:52
And if you could see Tanya's face right now.
1:21:54
I'm restraining myself.
1:21:58
Don't hold back.
1:21:58
Not to go down a rabbit hole of what we discussed last drive thru.
1:22:02
You are why.
1:22:03
You are the problem.
1:22:04
Why people are getting their windshields tinted.
1:22:06
It's because of these HID lights.
1:22:09
Think about taking an old crappy headlight and making it awesome.
1:22:12
That's the whole point.
1:22:13
No, they were fine.
1:22:15
They were bright enough.
1:22:16
It's good enough for a race car on a racetrack.
1:22:18
It's good enough for me on the street.
1:22:19
Fine is the enemy of great.
1:22:21
These are great.
1:22:24
Can you put these as just the high beam so I can blind everybody else
1:22:28
who has these as a regular light?
1:22:30
Then I'm into this.
1:22:33
So if I can't convince you to buy some oxido headlight bulbs, then I
1:22:37
guess we should talk about car care.
1:22:40
We should really clean our headlights.
1:22:42
Maybe we should use buffing products or something like that.
1:22:46
I just did.
1:22:47
The headlights on the Honda with a Griot product, fan bloody tastic.
1:22:52
I cannot believe how easy it was to restore the headlights on the Honda.
1:22:56
It really had some fogged out headlights.
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Griot's garage ceramic headlight restoration kit.
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A real life kit.
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It comes in a box complete with the, uh, nitrile gloves, the oxidation remover.
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And the ceramic headlight coating, as well as handheld little circular sanders
1:23:15
that you just stick it on like Velcro and you go to town following their
1:23:20
instructions, literally to the letter.
1:23:22
I was amazed at how easily it ate up all the fog, made them clear.
1:23:28
They literally look very, very, very close to new headlights.
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So if you or your loved one are in cleaning headlights, or there
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are some headlights in the family that need to be done, Rio's Garage
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Is car wax the perfect holiday gift?
1:23:46
I've been asked that many, many times.
1:23:48
Many years.
1:23:49
Somebody wants to give something to someone who loves cars and
1:23:53
you don't know what to give them.
1:23:54
Most holiday gifts say you bought something sophisticated or cool.
1:23:58
But do they say, Hey, I know what you love and I love that about you.
1:24:03
Where cars are concerned, there's a passion involved.
1:24:06
There's fun, there's thrills, but we need to remember that
1:24:09
loving a car is a big job.
1:24:11
You're right.
1:24:12
Giving somebody a 16 can for the holiday can be hard to understand.
1:24:17
Sometimes it's not the car that you need.
1:24:20
It's the car that needs you.
1:24:22
So let's talk about a real gift.
1:24:24
Zymal was created because of a love for cars and the exciting people
1:24:28
who share a passion for them.
1:24:30
We strive to make the best products based upon what kind of fresh ingredients
1:24:36
we can find available in nature.
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This brings the highest quality and absolute best products that any
1:24:43
collector or enthusiast could want.
1:24:45
We want people to understand that we're part of that love for the automobile.
1:24:50
And it doesn't matter whether it's a grass buggy or a brand new Ferrari.
1:24:55
It's the love of the automobile and the reason why we're here.
1:24:59
When you think about the holidays, think about that person
1:25:02
that really loves that car.
1:25:04
What would bring a smile to their face?
1:25:07
It could be something as simple as a card, or it could be some Zymol.
1:25:10
We want to wish a happy holiday to everyone from Zymol.
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Number one on the list is Root66, a new wax product by Zymol.
1:25:22
Lending their love of natural ingredients and the open road, the
1:25:25
Zymol wax company recently released their all new Root66 product line.
1:25:30
The complete kit is packaged in a special box and contains the wash,
1:25:35
spray wax, and the microfiber.
1:25:37
Take care.
1:25:37
Very, very cool for the holiday season.
1:25:39
This kit can be personalized with a picture of your favorite car on the box.
1:25:44
So if you have a loved one who had a really nice car or a great
1:25:47
picture, they love of the car.
1:25:48
You can send it to Zymal and have it emblazoned on the Route 66 box.
1:25:52
So that's kind of fun.
1:25:53
Well, better still, you use that link that Brad had to get it all
1:25:57
cartoonified and then put it 66 box.
1:26:00
That'd be fun.
1:26:01
Absolutely.
1:26:02
Find that at Zymal.
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com.
1:26:04
Well, Don, since we're still on the topic of DIY and detailing and things
1:26:08
like that, and I know that's a topic that's near and dear to your past
1:26:12
as a professional detailer yourself.
1:26:13
You and I sat down with Dan Williams from Owner's Pride, and he reached
1:26:17
back out to us and he was excited.
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Excited to let us know that they are kicking off their holiday season with
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an exclusive early black Friday deal.
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So for the entire month of November, you can get 25 percent off their premium 16
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ounce and one gallon detailing chemicals.
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No codes are necessary.
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The discount is automatically applied to checkout and it applies
1:26:38
to favorites like eco wash, which we talked about on the episode with Dan,
1:26:42
their ceramic detailer, their ultra wash as well as their bug blaster.
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So you can learn more about the sale.
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And all the owner's pride products at owner's pride.
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com.
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And don't forget to tune into the break fix episode that we
1:26:54
did with Dan earlier this year.
1:26:56
So you can learn all the details about how it works in his own words.
1:27:00
I've got a list of things that I've just been eyeing over the last couple
1:27:03
of months for my various vehicles.
1:27:05
To start, anybody that has a full size pickup truck, if you're not exactly
1:27:09
my size, it can get difficult to reach things in the back of the truck sometimes.
1:27:14
Rough Country makes a pickup bed cargo storage box that straps into
1:27:19
the end where the tailgate is, and you can basically slide it in and out.
1:27:23
It creates a nice little bucket, essentially, for you to put your
1:27:26
stuff in so it's not rolling around, doesn't roll all the way up to
1:27:29
the cab and you can't reach it.
1:27:30
It's reasonably priced, only 180.
1:27:32
So if you've got a full size truck and you have trouble reaching things, or
1:27:35
even if you put your groceries in the bed of the truck, this is a nice to have.
1:27:39
That's pretty cool.
1:27:40
Adding on to the truck bed cargo box from Rough Country.
1:27:43
If you've got a little bit deeper pockets, you can get the
1:27:45
decked truck bed drawer system.
1:27:48
I've been eyeing this for years.
1:27:50
It's hard, thick plastic with big drawers that slide all the
1:27:53
way back to the cab of the truck.
1:27:55
You can put anything in there pretty secure when you lock the tailgate.
1:27:58
They don't take up too much space.
1:28:00
Yeah, you lose some bed height.
1:28:02
Fairly expensive, like 1, 500 to 2, 000, depending on your
1:28:05
truck and stuff like that.
1:28:06
But they sell boxes and stuff that fit into the sliding drawers and everything.
1:28:09
And I think it's really cool.
1:28:10
I've been eyeing these for a couple of years.
1:28:12
I just haven't been able to drop the money on them.
1:28:14
My truck came with both seats and they're getting a little weathered now
1:28:18
having had the vehicle for seven years.
1:28:20
Been eyeing, you know, catskin leather interiors, but a
1:28:24
much more affordable option.
1:28:26
I found Seat Cover Solutions.
1:28:28
They make luxury looking seat covers that are custom fit to the vehicle.
1:28:33
And they're fairly, uh, reasonably catskins, which can
1:28:36
be well over a thousand dollars.
1:28:38
These are in the few hundred.
1:28:39
So check them out, SeatCoverSolutions.
1:28:42
com.
1:28:42
Next on my list.
1:28:43
Having just worked on my car and had it on jack stands for a couple months,
1:28:47
obviously the battery died, could not get it started, it would not jump,
1:28:51
trickle charger didn't work, I ended up picking up a Noco Boost Plus GB40, put
1:28:56
it on the car, hit the exclamation point button, it started the car in seconds.
1:29:01
From a dead battery.
1:29:02
100 on Amazon.
1:29:04
Best 100 I've ever spent.
1:29:05
Leave it in the vehicle with you.
1:29:07
It's amazing.
1:29:07
Amen.
1:29:08
I've got one of these too and it has been a lifesaver.
1:29:12
It is awesome.
1:29:13
You can charge it with a cell phone cable.
1:29:15
I mean, it's incredible what you can do with this very small lithium power pack.
1:29:19
Yeah.
1:29:19
And you can jumpstart, not one car, but multiple cars off of a single charge.
1:29:23
And it's really, really good.
1:29:25
It's worth the money.
1:29:26
I haven't found anything quite like it.
1:29:28
Yeah.
1:29:28
The noco products are really, really good stuff.
1:29:30
This particular one, the GB 40 will charge gasoline vehicles up to six liters
1:29:35
and diesel engines up to three liters.
1:29:37
So it's a very wide range of vehicles that this little box can handle.
1:29:41
And it's compact, it'll fit, you can charge it right in your other vehicle
1:29:44
if you have it with you for emergencies.
1:29:46
Next on my list, anybody that's been on a road trip with Eric, no road trip
1:29:50
supplies are complete without your Target or Big Lots plastic bag as your trash bag.
1:29:56
I thought you were going to say 11 hours.
1:29:58
With no music or NPR.
1:29:59
No, that's what the Sirius XM, uh, subscriptions for now, but we're
1:30:04
going to replace those plastic trash bags hanging off your glove box with
1:30:09
the Duluth trading trash commander or compact portable car trash bag.
1:30:14
It's cloth throw your little trash in there.
1:30:16
You take it and you dump it somewhere else.
1:30:18
When you're done, it.
1:30:18
Takes up about as much space as the plastic bag, but
1:30:21
then it's always with you.
1:30:22
So, you know, what's good about this, Brad, this is really helpful
1:30:25
because where I live, it's really hard to get plastic grocery.
1:30:27
You got to pay for them.
1:30:28
They're 5 cents if you can find them, but you know, what's even more difficult is
1:30:32
hanging a paper bag from your glove box.
1:30:34
So this is ideal.
1:30:36
So there you go.
1:30:36
Yeah.
1:30:37
Duluth trading.
1:30:38
This next one's just for fun.
1:30:39
You know, everybody's got a car.
1:30:40
Winter's coming up.
1:30:41
You're going to be a jabroni if you buy this.
1:30:43
We don't want our cars to get cold.
1:30:45
We don't want our gear shift levers to get cold.
1:30:47
So one more funny has a hoodie car gear shift cover.
1:30:51
Jabroni.
1:30:51
I don't need to say anything else.
1:30:53
It's basically all I'm going to say is, uh, it's a hoodie for your gear selector.
1:30:58
They come in multiple colors.
1:30:59
They're 17.
1:31:00
They are kind of cute though.
1:31:03
You're coming around still jabroni.
1:31:05
And one last thing for your ride is a reminder that as we'd like to say on the
1:31:11
show, everyone and every car has a story.
1:31:14
So don't forget about a great stocking stuffer for the petrol head in your life.
1:31:17
How about picking up an auto bio tag?
1:31:20
That way you can tell the story of your vehicle when you're
1:31:23
at the next cars and coffee.
1:31:24
But let's hear from Paul and Katie Ruprai about how it works and the
1:31:28
promotions that they got going on during the holiday season.
1:31:33
Autobio tags are 49 and that's a one time fee.
1:31:37
It's yours for life.
1:31:38
You can edit it as many times as you want.
1:31:40
There's not a subscription.
1:31:42
That is actually the most gratifying thing to share with people is that you
1:31:45
are getting your own personal webpage.
1:31:48
that you get to customize and you get to tell the story for 49.
1:31:52
We do offer group discounts.
1:31:54
So if you have a club or a large collection or something
1:31:58
and you want to call us, we're happy to work with you on that.
1:32:01
And around the holidays, we do offer a buy two, get one free special,
1:32:05
which is very, very popular.
1:32:07
It'll be coming up around Black Friday and running through the holidays.
1:32:10
So if we show up at a show, it's always a buy two get one.
1:32:12
It's a show special as well.
1:32:13
They make really good gifts for the car lover and you, you know, you know, you're
1:32:17
going to give it to somebody who is not going to be afraid of the technology.
1:32:20
Really nothing to be afraid of.
1:32:21
They do make good gifts.
1:32:24
Well, guys.
1:32:25
Wouldn't be a drive through if we didn't have some rich people.
1:32:29
Things.
1:32:30
You gotta put yourself in a new Ferrari.
1:32:32
You got some bunch for sale, or a nice Porsche, gimme a call.
1:32:35
You wanna get the ultimate Christmas gift for yourself?
1:32:37
Get yourself a nice car.
1:32:38
I'll have my wife reach out William . But if you can't put a Ferrari in your
1:32:43
garage, how about some miniature Porsches?
1:32:45
Right now I'm deciding to release these new, um, half
1:32:48
scaled Porsche nine seventeens.
1:32:50
They're art cars, which would be a fiberglass shell, which would be
1:32:54
airbrushed, hand painted with rubber wheels and everything, and it would
1:32:57
be similar to the 917 that we did.
1:32:59
You flip a latch, the track opens up, and then you, there's a
1:33:02
miniature Le Mans raceway in there.
1:33:03
In 143rd scale, instead of on 132nd, you could actually have, in your office,
1:33:09
thing would be about, maybe 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, 917, that opens up
1:33:14
and it's got a miniature raceway in it.
1:33:16
And you can race slot cars.
1:33:17
And when you're not racing it, you just click a button and it closes.
1:33:20
Looking to bring to market in 2025, there'll be limited editions.
1:33:23
There'll be the Steve McQueen, uh, number 20, the winning Salzburg
1:33:27
Porsche, the red with the white livery.
1:33:29
If you're interested in these hideaway slot car tracks, be
1:33:33
sure to check out slotmods.
1:33:35
com for more information.
1:33:37
Oh, look at this.
1:33:38
We have more rich people.
1:33:39
Thanks.
1:33:40
Make sure you put down this winter.
1:33:42
If you're one to ask Santa for presents, maybe you want to ask him.
1:33:46
Ask for this if you're expecting a little bundle of joy in the future.
1:33:49
How would you like a Lamborghini for your baby?
1:33:53
Wait, wait, wait.
1:33:53
Are we talking like Bugatti Baby 2?
1:33:56
Because that's been done before.
1:33:57
No, we're talking about a limited edition baby stroller.
1:34:01
No!
1:34:03
Yes.
1:34:03
A Lamborghini baby stroller could be yours.
1:34:07
Is it named after a bull like all the other Lamborghinis are?
1:34:10
There's only going to be 500 made.
1:34:12
The price isn't revealed yet on it.
1:34:15
But the basis of this stroller costs a thousand dollars.
1:34:18
So expect it to cost more than a thousand dollars.
1:34:21
Is that all?
1:34:22
It's actually not terribly outlandish for a baby stroller.
1:34:25
Do you know how loud Lamborghinis are?
1:34:27
This would frighten the child.
1:34:29
We'll go down there.
1:34:29
You know, you know, that V10 sound that they make.
1:34:36
That trooper that pulled you over would give this person a ticket.
1:34:39
100%.
1:34:40
I do like the orange stitching though, that is super nice.
1:34:44
I'm gonna do that to my baby stroller that I probably won't be
1:34:46
using once Adam starts walking.
1:34:48
Boom, done.
1:34:48
Bring out some Lambo stickers, put them on.
1:34:51
Yep.
1:34:51
So much cheaper.
1:34:52
Feel like I have a Lamborghini.
1:34:54
We have to do a holiday update.
1:34:57
There is news on the front of the Bugatti Baby 2.
1:35:03
No!
1:35:04
No.
1:35:05
As if the original Bugatti Baby 2 wasn't enough, there's two new things
1:35:10
for you to check out on their website.
1:35:12
First is new liveries being released.
1:35:15
Nation colors.
1:35:16
There's a blue and white livery.
1:35:17
There's also USA, Monaco, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Belgium grouping.
1:35:22
So check out all those different colors.
1:35:24
But the most exciting addition is The Carbon Edition Bugatti Baby II.
1:35:31
Inspired by the W16 Mistral Roadster, been developed in partnership with the
1:35:36
Headley Studios, and each of these are hand built to customer specifications.
1:35:40
The exterior and interior detailing mimics that of the W16 Mistral.
1:35:45
The ideal addition to your collection.
1:35:47
For the low, low price of Enquire.
1:35:50
Too much.
1:35:51
If it says Enquire, we know the rule, right?
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You don't want to know how much it costs.
1:35:58
Carbon fiber, it's got a way less than the original Bugatti BB2.
1:36:01
So now that takes your speed key, you got to be able to squeeze a couple
1:36:06
more mile an hour out of this thing.
1:36:07
You know, it doesn't talk about that.
1:36:09
So we know the top speed of the Pursang and the Vitesse are 45 miles an hour.
1:36:15
It's got to do 50.
1:36:16
Power to weight ratio.
1:36:17
Maybe one or two mile an hour more.
1:36:19
I guarantee if you put me in that thing, it won't do 45 miles an hour.
1:36:25
There's no way.
1:36:26
We'd love to focus on the Bugatti Baby 2, but this company, Headley
1:36:30
Studios, they make a Bentley.
1:36:32
We make the Bugatti.
1:36:33
They have a Ferrari Testarossa J.
1:36:36
They've got the Aston Martin DB5.
1:36:38
That's like the Harrington Go Karts then, right?
1:36:41
They do the same thing.
1:36:42
We talked about those the last time.
1:36:43
Well, I believe we did this on a past episode where we each chose from the
1:36:48
other models which one we would get.
1:36:51
If it wasn't the Bugatti and the prices were all the same and quiet
1:36:55
more than you can afford, pal.
1:36:57
Exactly.
1:36:58
Baby Bugatti.
1:36:59
Well, it's time we go down South for some eggnog and reindeer.
1:37:19
All right.
1:37:20
So Florida, man.
1:37:21
Wait, wait, wait.
1:37:21
Before we get into that, how do you plan to defrost your Turkey this year?
1:37:25
I mean, you could just put it in a Tesla and wreck the Tesla.
1:37:29
You buy some of those led lights and put those in and just.
1:37:33
Park your turkey in front of those lights.
1:37:34
That probably does.
1:37:35
I like that.
1:37:36
We've learned in the past the recommended ways to throw it in your pool, but you
1:37:39
know, I'm gonna leave that where it is.
1:37:41
You could also put it in your Malibu with some candles.
1:37:44
Speaking of that, I saw something on Facebook that was an interior shot.
1:37:51
Imagine that sitting in driver's seat looking through the windshield
1:37:54
and there were three lit candles on the dashboard and it was defrosting.
1:37:58
It was defrosting the windshield actively.
1:38:02
That's outstanding.
1:38:03
Boom.
1:38:04
Now we understand.
1:38:06
Going back to drive through number one, it has taken us 50 episodes to
1:38:10
figure out why somebody put candles.
1:38:14
In their car.
1:38:14
You've solved the mystery.
1:38:15
It's over.
1:38:16
We're done.
1:38:16
Except I think that person was in Florida.
1:38:19
So what they were defrosting, I don't know.
1:38:22
But back to present day.
1:38:24
So we've got a good one here.
1:38:26
Oh boy.
1:38:26
And there's a video.
1:38:27
Florida man smashes porch pirate's getaway car with rental cyber truck.
1:38:33
Wait, what?
1:38:33
It's a lot.
1:38:34
So what happened is random dude, apparently through this company, puts
1:38:39
his cyber truck out for somebody to rent.
1:38:43
So his Cybertruck is out in the world.
1:38:45
Random dude 2, he's driving around in rental Cybertruck.
1:38:48
He's on his way home, he strolls up his neighborhood street.
1:38:51
What does he see?
1:38:52
He sees some guy hurriedly running down his front property.
1:38:55
Jumping into a Genesis G80.
1:38:58
Because he's stealing the Christmas presents off of his porch.
1:39:01
The porch pirate, and this guy finds him.
1:39:03
So what does he think to do?
1:39:05
Floor it.
1:39:06
What does he want to do?
1:39:07
Catch this guy.
1:39:08
So watch the video.
1:39:09
Watch what happens.
1:39:11
Wait for it.
1:39:12
Wait for it.
1:39:13
Wow.
1:39:14
I don't think he intended necessarily hit him, but he intended to block
1:39:19
him because you could only make a left turn at the end of this street.
1:39:23
Wow.
1:39:23
He couldn't stop in time.
1:39:25
So not only did he do a good maneuver here, that he got the guy into a tree,
1:39:29
But then, unfortunately, he also wrecked the Cybertruck, and in the beginning
1:39:32
photo, the whole article, that's extensive damage on the Cybertruck.
1:39:36
Didn't look like that much of a hit.
1:39:38
I thought he was gonna pit maneuver him.
1:39:39
Angle he was going in.
1:39:41
Now, I will say, he went into warp drive.
1:39:43
It was like Picard.
1:39:45
Engage maximum warp, right?
1:39:47
I mean he just flew up on him.
1:39:49
I was like damn that thing can scoot watch the other video I did
1:39:52
not expect him to hit the tree the video from the ring camera You see
1:39:55
the guy running a second later.
1:39:57
You just see the truck just shoot past whoa Dude, that guy
1:40:00
was going back to the future.
1:40:02
There should have been fire underneath those tires.
1:40:04
Luckily, there wasn't after he crashed into the back of the Genesis.
1:40:08
Great Scott, Marty.
1:40:09
Wow.
1:40:10
That's going to be covered on Arturo's rental agreement.
1:40:12
Supposedly, they are covering it through the insurance.
1:40:15
That's what the article is saying at that time.
1:40:18
See, he was a vigilante, self deputized.
1:40:21
It's Florida laws, right?
1:40:22
What's it called?
1:40:23
Stand your ground.
1:40:25
Is it stand your ground?
1:40:26
This is not stand your ground.
1:40:29
Robbing his Christmas presents off the porch.
1:40:31
That's a good one though.
1:40:32
I like that.
1:40:33
Elon responded to it.
1:40:34
Elon's got to have said something about it.
1:40:35
I'm sure he's seen that.
1:40:36
I'm sure he's got a good quip about it.
1:40:38
The department of government efficiency needs to weigh in.
1:40:41
The doge, the doge department needs to weigh in.
1:40:44
Well, folks, it's time to quickly go behind the pit wall
1:40:48
and talk about motorsports news.
1:40:50
In this case, we're not going to talk about news.
1:40:51
motorsports gifts.
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Don't forget that you can become an ally of Women in Motorsports
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North America, WMNA, and also you're still in time to sign up for
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their annual Women in Drive Summit.
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This year it's being held right before PRI, the week of
1:41:06
December 9th in Indianapolis.
1:41:10
I would appreciate that you promote Women in Motorsports North America
1:41:13
because that's ongoing and obviously a lot of your listeners are probably
1:41:16
women or young girls or females.
1:41:19
You know, I do have a book out that's been out for a while, so it's not new.
1:41:22
If people just go to my website, they're in my garage and I ship them out.
1:41:26
And if you tell me you want me to autograph it, I'll autograph it.
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Love going to the races.
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Just go to the races, man.
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Just go to the races.
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Have fun.
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Dave Peters and the crew from hbdejunkie.
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Did you know that you can buy track days or gift cards to track events
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for the petrolhead in your life?
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Organizations like Hooked on Driving, Chen Track Days, David Murray Track
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Days, and many others offer you the ability to buy track time for others.
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Every year, uh, Auto Interest sells promotional value
1:42:19
gift cards for Black Friday.
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So if you check out our website in the weeks leading up to and right through
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Black Friday, you can buy a gift card and pay less than face value for it.
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So that's our annual promotion to check out for the holidays.
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And that's auto interests with the nasa.
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com.
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Well, the other thing from NASA is I would say that at hyperfest, if you want
1:42:40
to come out, if you're not exactly sure whether you want to get on track, it's
1:42:43
something that you just want to try.
1:42:44
We have something called hyper drives, which is basically a single session HPD
1:42:49
E cause we start with HPD one right from the very beginning and have a ladder
1:42:53
up through time trials and racing.
1:42:55
And if you're just not sure if you want to get out, if you want to try a sort of low
1:42:59
impact time, but with one of our certified instructors, for 80 bucks you can get
1:43:03
on the track and do a 20 minute session.
1:43:05
And it's a taste test of what we do, and it's very low impact.
1:43:09
So if somebody wanted to check that out, they would just need to come to
1:43:12
any one of the NASA events actually in Mid Atlantic, run Hyperdrive sessions.
1:43:16
We have a lot of them at Hyperfest.
1:43:18
At VIR
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and for the HPDE organizers out there, Joey O'Hara from Track Rabbit, the
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Motorsports registration platform reached out and he wanted to let
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HPDE organizers know that they're offering a 3% deal across the board
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on their platform for their system.
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It's a 2% credit card fee and a 1% platform fee.
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So if you're looking to revamp your HPDE registration system for your
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next track season, be sure to reach out to Joey at 3 0 2 7 5 7 7 4.
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Do you love garage sales?
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Do you need to stock up on equipment for next season?
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Project motoring has some clearance items like undergarments and 2024 production
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belts good for five years and you can check it out at projectmotoring.
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And we mentioned NJMP earlier.
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Well, guess what?
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Not only can you get some garages for the winter, they're also having
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their annual Black Friday sale.
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And instead of things from the pro shop and this and that, they
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are now offering 50 percent off their private track memberships.
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So this is your chance to step up and live out the driver's
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dream and secure an exciting
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So I got to frame it for you guys.
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The NJMP drivers club standard memberships are generally available
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and priced at 20, 000 for the year.
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So for a limited time, only November the 12th through December the 1st,
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you can pick up that driver's club membership for a cool 20, 000.
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10, 000 bucks.
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With that membership, you can receive professional instruction
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And don't forget that Thunderbolt, not only was it just recently
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repaved, but is being expanded.
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Again, you'll be able to race on the new track before everyone else.
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You'll gain access to pro driver days where seasoned professional drivers will
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lend one on one advice to you as a member.
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They'll do track walks, they'll look at your data, all those kinds of things.
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Not only that, you can enjoy delicious catered breakfast and lunches at the
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friends, because you're hosting them as guests as part of your membership.
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The driver's club is perfect for those who have a need for speed, looking
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to improve their driving skills while enjoying the company of the motorsport
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community, and you can learn all about this exclusive package at njmp.
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com.
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And learn more about the driver's club benefits and discounts and how to apply
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before the sale ends on December the 1st, we recently had a Paul Ragsdale,
1:45:48
the founder of the autoverse on break fix, and he has an affiliate program
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and you can get and give 10 percent to you or your network of friends.
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If you use the code GTM 24.
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When purchasing a paid membership to the autoverse, the way it works is
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they'll get 10 percent off the base membership currently valued at 33 bucks,
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and you get a 33 referral commission.
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So all he needs is when you sign up for the autoverse use code GTM 24.
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In addition to that, the IMRRC's Corvette Sweepstakes is continuing through February
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of 2025, and it is your chance to win a 2024 Corvette Z06 with a Z07 package.
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Details on the Corvette are available on racingarchives.
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org.
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If you don't want the Corvette, that's okay.
1:46:36
There's always a cash option, and we talk about a really awesome Christmas gift.
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The proceeds from the sweepstakes go to benefit the continued operation of
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the international motor racing research center in Watkins Glen, which is a
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501c3 non for profit organization.
1:46:52
All right, Brad, we've reached that point.
1:46:54
Take us home.
1:46:55
Uh, William, honestly, I didn't realize you were going to be on the show.
1:46:59
So the gift I have for you is a free membership to our Patreon.
1:47:05
So I hope you enjoy it.
1:47:07
Eric, of course, for you, a triple A membership for the
1:47:10
next time the van breaks.
1:47:12
Oh, wow.
1:47:14
That's a good one.
1:47:16
Damn.
1:47:16
Those are my gifts to you all.
1:47:17
I hope you enjoy them.
1:47:19
So, Don, any Christmas gifts or wishes for someone on the panel?
1:47:22
I wish you all very well.
1:47:23
I'm gonna buy you all a copy of Matt Stone's book about DeLorean so we
1:47:27
can all speak intelligently about it.
1:47:30
Tonya, did you select gifts for anybody?
1:47:32
It doesn't have to be everybody.
1:47:33
Did you select any gifts for anybody on the panel?
1:47:35
No, I forgot we were doing that.
1:47:37
Well, that's okay, because I'm getting you some Oxido LED
1:47:39
headlight bulbs, so it's all good.
1:47:41
Guaranteed, you're getting this.
1:47:43
Oh, Bradley, I don't know.
1:47:45
What should I get?
1:47:46
The man who has everything.
1:47:51
I don't have any.
1:47:53
Lies, lies.
1:47:54
I have to think about it.
1:47:55
I have to think about it some more.
1:47:56
I want to be sneaky about whatever you get.
1:47:58
It's just going to show up, and then some cyber truck pirate is going
1:48:01
to take it away, unfortunately.
1:48:03
Exactly.
1:48:04
You know what?
1:48:04
There's always something out there to float your boat.
1:48:06
Talk about all this stuff, and that's the thing.
1:48:08
There's so many Entities out there that produce stuff, depending
1:48:12
on what you're looking for.
1:48:13
If you want something to reproduction, what have you, but all the way up to
1:48:16
the full blown custom artwork pieces.
1:48:18
And that there's some really, really cool stuff out there that you can
1:48:21
collect and whatever you're going for.
1:48:23
It's really interesting when you start looking into it, you can go down that
1:48:26
rabbit hole pretty quick and go down pretty far to find some really neat stuff.
1:48:29
And again, you got something that won't break the bank.
1:48:31
You find stuff in there for, you know, 20, 30 bucks.
1:48:33
You can find stuff for 20, 30 grand.
1:48:35
So, Hey, what are you trying to find?
1:48:36
And what are you trying to do with what you want for?
1:48:37
I mean, you're just looking for something for your office.
1:48:39
to put on the shelf there to stare at or you're looking for something to put
1:48:42
up on your wall to take up an empty space in your garage because you know
1:48:45
next to your car and stuff like that.
1:48:46
There's just so much cool stuff out there.
1:48:47
Hopefully people check out things that we're recommending and start
1:48:51
looking at stuff because they said there's a lot of cool stuff out there.
1:48:53
It says I go on the website as well.
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Got a lot of cool links for a lot of cool stuff to go hunt down.
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So there's a lot of neat stuff out there.
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Just go out there and look and go shop.
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As a reminder, you can find tons of upcoming local shows and events for
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We also want to remind people, if you're looking for that extra special, something
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to make your garage office, den, or man cave, just a little bit extra, be sure
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going up for sale all over the country so that you can make your space unique.
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While we're still biding our time to get back into print, the digital realm
1:49:33
has been very rewarding and interesting.
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That said, we have a number of back issues still available, and while many have been
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sold out, lost forever, a few remain.
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Check our website for more details on garagetownmagazine.
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It's been an amazing year for our team.
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And up to today, we've already beat our goal for the year, producing
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over 100 episodes in a season on the Motoring Podcast Network, which includes
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shows like Break Fix, The Motoring Historian, The Ferrari Marketplace,
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Evening with a Legend, What Should I Buy, and of course, The Drive Thru.
1:50:09
There's tons more to come as Season 5 concludes in February.
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We head into all sorts of new and exciting programming for the 2025 season,
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so stay tuned to Break Fix Podcast and our digital magazine at gtmotorsports.
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You've probably heard us say many, many times that you can sign up for our Patreon
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Additionally, we'd like to thank all of our sponsors who helped us this year.
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And remember for everything we talked about on this episode and more, be sure
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to check out the follow on article and show notes available at gtmotorsports.
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1:51:55
And a thank you to our co host and executive producer, Tanya.
1:51:59
Along with our other co hosts for this episode, Don and William
1:52:02
Ross, thank you so much for coming.
1:52:04
And to all the fans, friends, and family who support GTM, without
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you, none of this would be possible.
1:52:10
Happy holidays, everyone!
1:52:12
Ho, ho, ho!
1:52:13
And we're out.
1:52:15
Please stand by.
1:52:17
As the idiot you've invited to your show, Is trying to screw everything up.
1:52:22
I thought that was an actual voiceover.
1:52:24
That's cool.
1:52:25
Thank you.
1:52:27
Are you guys ready for this?
1:52:28
This is my favorite drive thru of the year because we get to do show and tell.
1:52:32
This is pretty awesome.
1:52:33
Yeah.
1:52:34
Okay, I guess I'm the only one showing.
1:52:36
So, so excited.
1:52:38
So hot right now.
1:52:39
All right.
1:52:40
All right, Brad.
1:52:41
If you're ready, let's rock and roll.
1:52:43
Am I saying, do you have any Christmas?
1:52:44
No, no, no, no.
1:52:45
That was, that was the other part.
1:52:46
And just, you can skip over that.
1:52:47
You know, I read literally everything that's on Ron Burgundy folks.
1:52:51
Yes.
1:52:52
Do you want Don to do the ho ho ho?
1:52:54
He is Santa Claus in this particular episode.
1:52:56
I mean, it doesn't matter.
1:52:57
Ho ho ho.
1:52:58
See, that's good.
1:52:59
You should give it that Tom's Groover.
1:53:01
Ho ho ho.
1:53:01
Don't you remember that?
1:53:02
How does that go?
1:53:03
Now I have.
1:53:11
I don't think we need the rest of the intro.
1:53:13
I think we just start with that.
1:53:14
Yeah.
1:53:14
We're good.
1:53:15
Uh, does everybody have the document up first of all, so they can see
1:53:19
unlike you, we came prepared.
1:53:21
Oh, Oh, I'm always never prepared.
1:53:24
It'd be nice if I actually read through the show notes, try to arrange that stuff.
1:53:28
What website is this?
1:53:29
You guys are on.
1:53:30
Yeah, I put a, I put a hyperlink in there.
1:53:33
I'm not that tech Eric, come on now.
1:53:35
I'm going to write it down and send it to Carrier Pigeon with the website for you.
1:53:39
I tried to click on it and like a couple other links, my antivirus got angry with
1:53:44
me with the big thing in the middle of my screen saying, I was under attack, so.
1:53:52
Actually, Eric, I want to interject something because you made me think,
1:53:55
which you know how bad that hurts me.
1:53:57
I don't like doing that.
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