Auto Correct | Cruzin' Clinton Car Show & Parade and 17th Annual Renaissance Euro Fest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show

When you think about car shows, you think about people bringing cars in that you're saying

that mean so much to the individual.

You know, when I was there, me and Jermaine was there last year, I just saw those SS Chevelles

and all, and those Novas, and I said, wow.

You know?

That stuff was wanted when we were kids.

That's right.

Yeah.

And now, we're old enough, families taking care of everything's taking.

You can get whatever it is that made you happy then.

Well, of your heart's desire.

Mostly.

If you got it, hey, if you got enough money.

Right.

You can get it.

And you can't take it with you.

You can't take it with you.

You know, my wife always tells me that.

However, if you love one enough, you can be buried with it.

That's true.

And the funeral home would like that.

I mean.

And that hole has to be bigger.

Well, yeah.

And then, you've already purchased your vehicle to go with.

You already got your cast.

To go in.

You've already purchased the vehicle to go in.

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Our host is coach Charlie Melton, ASC certified master technician.

I'm Jermaine Flood.

Hey, coach Charlie.

Hey, how are you doing today?

I'm doing good today.

We've got a party in the studio today.

It's usually just you and I.

Well, we just had to get a little crowded.

It's just usually me and you, man.

And today we are a little crowded and it's going to be a good day today.

So we'll just jump right into it for our first segment.

We're talking about the 2025 cruising Clinton car show and parade.

Our email address for questions is auto at MPB online.org.

But guess what?

Coach is going to still answer questions today.

We'll still do it.

Please give us a call if you've got a question.

The phone number is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

Around here, everybody.

I have a write up for everything.

She does for everything today and cruising Clinton is no different.

Held on the third Saturday of September, cruising Clinton is one of Central Mississippi's

premier car shows.

This annual car show welcomes car enthusiasts from all over the state, vintage and classic

cars parade through the city of downtown Clinton Park for the show located in historic

old town.

It all goes down Saturday, September 20th.

That is literally two days from today.

And in with us to introduce who he has brought is a friend of the show.

We love it when Pete comes on.

He always tells it like it is.

And he helps answer some questions every now and again.

It's Pete Tyer.

Thank you so much for coming back on.

You have brought a posse with you.

One of the posse.

I'm not going to let him silent.

But we will introduce him still.

And then you brought another person.

I want you to tell everybody who you brought.

I brought Allison Reno.

She is a member and helps with the Main Street Clinton.

She also owns the bakery there and brought you cookies.

And they are good.

Allison, you were the one who had baked those cookies from last year?

I did, yes.

Ma'am, one, they are beautiful.

You take your time to design them and they just come out literally perfect.

But tasty as well.

Me and Coach have got a picture of us eating them with crumbs on our face.

We want to remember the moment.

You can do it again this year.

I see.

I mean, y'all, if y'all can go to Facebook, I think we may have posted some last year

on MPB's Facebook page.

She literally made the logo, the MPB logo.

I mean, she had crafted all of that out of cookie.

So Allison, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Thank you for having me.

I appreciate it.

All right, Pete, silent person.

We'll introduce him because I love to just tell people who we've got in and who they're

with.

Even though he's silent.

Bob Blakely is the director of the Mississippi Classic Cruisers.

He's a good friend, and I wanted him to meet you guys.

Yeah.

See how things worked.

I love it.

But he runs the club and oversees everything to make sure we do things

properly.

OK, I love that.

I love that.

You know, as we're talking about car shows, I got to tell you this, Pete.

I was in Alabama not too long ago.

I was coming back from Lexington, Kentucky, and I pulled up beside a 1966

chief.

Have you ever served one of them?

Jeep.

Chief.

No, a chief executive.

You ever seen one?

I've seen one here.

1966.

Yes.

Oh, my God.

I got out of the car.

I got out of the car and I saw the body and it looked a little raggedy, but I

looked inside that car.

It was magnificent.

The guy came out of the, we were at a pilot or somewhere, but the guy came

out and I'm over here, got my head inside his car and I said, oh, I'm

just looking at your car.

I said, what is it?

And he told me what it was and he says, you don't see many of these

around.

He bought it original and he is continuing to upgrade and continue, he

won't use all original parts, but it was a beautiful car.

I told him, man, I just need to ride around with you for a while.

You know?

You get in those old cars and you've been mad at the world and in

about five minutes you'd be so mellow.

Oh.

You know, I can just feel myself just cruising around and just going

somewhere else.

Yeah.

You get the feel of when you come to cruising.

That's right.

It's kind of that feeling that coach got when he saw this 1966 chief.

Everybody has memories.

Some of them are strong with a particular car.

Yeah.

Ms. Opel's got a little 65 Mustang and last weekend at the car

show, people came over and said, oh, I had one of these or my

uncle had one of these or whatever it is.

It sparks a memory and makes you feel.

She told me the other day she's driving at home and for about a

minute and a half or two minutes, she felt like she was 20 again.

Well, I look at it this way.

I am 65, fix me 65.

And so in my 40 years of working on cars, 45 years working on

cars, looking at cars and just reminiscing when I go to a car

show, I said, wow, I remember that car.

I remember that car just because either I was drove it or

a friend of mine had it, or I worked on it.

And when you think about car shows, you think about people

bringing cars in that you're saying that means so much to the

individual.

When I was there, Jermaine was there last year, I just saw

those SS Chevelles and all and those Novas.

And I said, wow.

Those stuff was wanted when we were kids.

That's right.

And now we're old enough, families taking care of

everything's taking.

You can get whatever it is that made you happy then.

Well, of your heart's desire.

Mostly.

If you got it, hey, if you got enough money.

Right.

You can get it.

And you can't take it with you.

You can't take it with you.

You know, my wife always tells me that.

However, if you love one enough, you can be buried

with it.

That's true.

And the funeral home would like that because that hole has

to be bigger.

Well, yeah.

And then you've already purchased your vehicle to go with.

To go in.

You've already purchased the vehicle to go in.

That's right.

Allison, I want to talk to you about how this transforms

Main Street Clinton.

I mean, especially downtown Clinton, when all of this

goes down each and every single year, because last year,

I felt like Clinton was just the right spot for a car show.

Like, who would have thought downtown Clinton would have

been in, but it gives you this feeling of community

and old town, kind of like what it says.

And it really does lend its aesthetic hand

to all of these beautiful vehicles being on the streets.

It is.

I really, you can't design stuff like this.

It's just organic.

And basically, when we were talking about the car show

many, many years ago, we were like, yeah, let's move it

to Old Town.

It's absolutely perfect.

And the actual area of Old Town,

we now have restaurants.

It's been built up over the years.

We have places to shop.

There are so many things that you can do,

and you can bring out the entire family.

This is not just for the little men.

This is for entire families.

So if you all know, we have a big truck experience

for the kids, so kids can actually climb on ambulances

or a fire truck or a garbage truck.

And so you bring the whole family out, stop by the bakery,

stop by the pizza place, stop by.

You've got to get some ice cream.

You have plenty to eat, plenty to do,

and plenty to walk around.

And it's really awesome to see so many people

on so many cars come in and just everyone's talking.

Everyone has something to talk about,

whether it's about the food you're eating

or the car you're looking at.

Everyone is just talking and having a good time.

Well, you know, last year,

I think that car show cost me $3,000.

What?

How?

Yes, it did.

You do tell.

I, you know, my wife is a big White Waters fan,

and I am too.

So my wife's birthday or Christmas present at Christmas,

she always likes chickens.

And so I said, well, if I can get this guy

to come to my house and paint a picture of my chickens,

while she's not there,

I could give that to her for a Christmas present.

So it cost me $3,000.

To get it done.

Because White Waters came to the house

for five or six hours.

It really took all day, and he painted my chickens.

So the question is, did you connect with Wyatt

that day at Cruisin' Clinton?

I did.

Because his office is definitely down the street.

It was right across from where we were sitting.

And I said, wow, he came by and spoke to me

while I was at the tent.

And I said, hmm, I said, can you do this?

He says, well, go over there

and make an appointment with my wife, and I'll do it.

And I went over there, cost me $3,000.

And guess what?

But you got a beautiful photo.

You got a beautiful photo.

And you know what?

If she had wanted a mug,

you could have spent a lot less.

You can spend just as much as you want to downtown.

That's true.

So here's the story about the mug.

Side note, Wyatt had given me a mug.

And me.

And coach.

And there was so much going on that I broke my mug

before we were able to leave.

And I went back over and Wyatt was so nice.

He gave me another mug.

He's an awesome person.

I was going to give her mine.

He was, but Wyatt was like, here's another one.

When we were picking up everything that day at that show,

he was doing a watercolor of a Porsche Speedster.

And we were driving around him

so we weren't driving in front of him.

Fortunately, he was a golf cart distance away from the curb.

But it was really cool.

Right, right.

And what did he do with the picture?

The guy had commissioned him

just like you did for your chickens.

Oh, I love that.

Clinton has so much going for it.

And like you say, I think the way

that the downtown is set up,

and I love the brick roads and all.

And it just was that country homey feeling

for a car show.

And like you said, it wasn't just for car enthusiasts.

It was for all of the family.

And you saw people just having a great time.

And that's what happens at a car show.

That's right, that's right.

And that's what happens when it's put together correctly

and it's just not thrown together.

That's what happens when you take your time

and so many different people are involved in car shows

and it works fine.

Right.

And let me tell you, the feeling that I felt last year,

I just want to again give my appreciation to you Pete,

Main Street Clinton for choosing Coach and I

as Grand Marshalls last year.

And again, when I turned that corner

in that convertible beautiful car that we were in,

what was it Coach?

What was that one?

The purple one?

Yeah, it was a.

It was a Le Sabre.

That was it?

Yes.

Burgundy.

It was a Troy Wells car.

Yeah, beautiful car.

He couldn't be there, his son drove it.

Right.

When we, well, the whole ride I was just taking it back.

It was out of body experience because I've never done

anything like that in a crown nonetheless.

Yeah, she had her little crown on.

In a crown nonetheless.

She had her white dress on.

Allison got your tiara.

Yeah.

That's what I think.

I love that.

I love you for that too.

But when I turned that corner and I saw the school

that I graduated from, Mississippi College

and then we turned a right and when we turned right,

I saw my aunt and my great cousin standing there

and I hollered at them.

And right after I hollered, I mean,

I get teary right now thinking about it

because I'm so blessed to be here at MPB

and to experience things like this.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get crying.

And she was waving like the queen.

I did.

You did a fabulous job.

But I just really, really do appreciate you all

for giving me that experience that day.

And I prayed that the person who sits in the seat,

who is it this year, who are our grand marshal?

So our new mayor, Mayor Will Purdy

will be the grand marshal.

I don't think I'm gonna get him a tiara this year.

Okay, he can.

No, I don't think he can wear one of his wands.

But yeah, I just, you know,

I am just so grateful to the city of Clinton

and the opportunity that you all gave us here

at MPB.

You're kind of fun to have around here.

All right.

As long as I ain't crying like a baby.

That's okay, that goes with it.

Well, you always think about it.

I was in Clinton for 20 years

every day.

And your show, your car show that y'all put on

was the first one I've ever been to

because of everything else going on in my life.

And then I said, well, we're gonna make it.

We're gonna have a great time.

And then I went there.

I would say just like Jermaine,

I outer body experience.

Yeah, you fell in love.

You know, and because like I say,

it's not every time that you can go somewhere

and you're so welcome to be there.

And the people were so friendly,

but not just the people, but the cars.

Every time you talk to somebody about their car,

that they would let you look at it.

They had opened the door.

They would let you touch it.

They would have the hoods open.

And it was for car enthusiasts.

And I think when you have small children

looking at these cars and they say, wow,

they don't make those no more.

And they don't make them there.

So it's just, I always look at it's like land.

You can't get no more land

because they don't make no more.

Well, guess what?

Some of those cars have not been made for years and years.

They never get another chance to make a hole for him.

That's right.

You know, people name their cars,

different names for their cars,

and it goes back to a movie, Christine,

you know, that was a movie.

Oh yeah.

You know, it goes back to the movie.

Oh yeah.

Different people would name their cars

for different things

because they get involved in the remodel.

They get involved restoring that car

to pristine conditions.

And it really looks nice.

And it really says something about the person

that owns the car as well.

That's right.

So all of this again is happening Saturday, September 20th.

Now, between Allison and Pete, y'all can answer.

Tell them the times that they need to be there

because you need to either be there for the parade

or you need to be there for the car show itself.

For the judges.

Yeah, for the judges.

So the car parade begins at 9 a.m.

Pete and I will be there

in the parking lot at Big Lots on Clinton Boulevard.

That's where it's at.

Really early.

Right.

Because people like to get there early.

So it starts.

But the car parade starts at 9 a.m.

and if you'll go on social media for Main Street Clinton,

the parade route is posted.

If anybody's along the route, they can watch it.

And then the actual show starts at 10 a.m.

and it's from 10 to two in downtown.

Awards will be a little bit before.

132.

Yeah.

And there's 30 awards, right?

There are being given out.

More than that.

Okay.

It's a lot of them.

So you do have a chance to win.

Brookdale, we take the cars.

The parade goes through the nursing home at Brookdale.

I loved it.

And that gave the parade a purpose,

which up to that last year,

we didn't have a purpose

as far as I was concerned for the parade.

And now it'll make some people smile.

They were out there.

They were waving.

They were out there last year.

And I think putting this together

is a good sighting thing for people.

And it gives the people, not just Clinton,

but all over the state, or maybe even out of the state,

something to look forward to.

And like you were saying,

that nursing home with the older people out there,

they might've had one of those cars

and they couldn't drive it anymore.

Or they had to get rid of it or whatever.

They might've had one of those cars.

And once again, they're reminiscing.

Yeah, they get to come out and enjoy it.

Okay, so it's open to all years, makes and models.

This is a fully open car show.

If they wanted to enter, how much is that?

Where do they need to go for that?

It is $20 pre-registration, am I correct?

25 on site.

I think pre-registration is closed.

Pre-registration is closed.

It's 25 on site.

25 on site.

And you can register either downtown

or you can register at the Big Lots parking lot.

I've got two vehicles that have been rescued

from family members that have passed.

And they are coming to the show, not complete,

but you will get to see one or two actually in progress.

Okay, okay.

Like both of them, their brothers had passed

and they ended up getting the car

because it was a family member

and they're resurrecting it

so the whole family can have fun with it now

and remember who had it before.

That is such a great idea.

It just keeps it in the family

and it just keeps going, it keeps that memory alive

and by keeping that memory alive

and you would know because of the car, who they were

and what they did, that is great.

Now, Allison, talk a little bit about the sponsors,

the partners and your support from the community.

Our sponsors, I don't have a list of them,

but so we have lots of different sponsors.

Each of them will have an award.

Oh yeah, we have.

So Home Instead, Faith Academy,

Optical 2000, Clinton and Adonix, South Group,

and Tires Auto and Service.

And so each of them will also get an award.

So a representative from each of those

will get to pick out an award along with the top 25.

Okay, awesome.

And then where do they need to go

for all of this info?

So you can go on Main Street Clinton,

they are on Facebook, any social media

and then you can look them up online obviously

at Main Street Clinton.

You know, I was thinking all the sponsors get an award.

I was saying, I just want a dozen of those cookies.

That's a word enough.

That would be a great number.

I'm going to, I'm waiting.

Yeah, but I was saying, come see me on Saturday.

Come see me on Saturday.

If I was there, I'd say, I just want a dozen of those cookies.

Coach needs it to go, but you can come see Allison

on Saturday, she's gonna have you so go to her.

Allison brought you cookies

and Coach's Creamery Sentry Ice Cream,

four flavors today.

And then the bank by Pizza Shack sent two pizzas

so that y'all would not go hungry

and my buddy Java would be happy.

I am so ecstatic for everybody else other than me.

I'm gonna try a taste of everything,

but I am on a mission in life right now.

She is on a diet.

I can smell and eat it at the same time

without putting it into my lips.

Oh, you just got to, hey,

you'll just get the memory of it.

That's it, the essence.

Well, that's why I'll eat yours.

I know, you better balance, right?

Balance.

You better, Pete, Allison, and Bob,

who we have called Silent Bob today.

I thank all three of you for coming on.

I mean, car shows and car enthusiasm

and all of that, if that was a real word

that I just made up, is really a community.

And the community is just as welcoming

as Clinton is when we go out there for that.

And so I just thank you, Pete,

keeping us in the loop of that.

Of course, Coach, being the car man,

he gonna make sure we're in the loop of it all.

But thank you.

Thank you for that.

You know, thank you for being so much fun to work with.

One last thing before y'all go.

I just wanna tell you that in this time

of what's going on in our world,

what's going on in the United States,

it's good for people just to get away,

just to put their mind on something else.

You know, I keep seeing these things

going back to the 80s and the 70s and all.

And I go, wow, what a simple life.

And we have got away from that simple life,

but bring in a car show and go and go visit

and have fun and check these cars out.

It slows that.

It slows it down.

Yeah.

Except you wanna drive fast in these things.

That's true.

No.

But no, a lot of them do wanna drive slow

so they don't mess up anything.

Right, right.

All right, everybody.

The phone number, 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

If you've got a question, please call.

Coach will answer your questions.

I see you, Nick, in Indiana,

or you can send your emails to auto at mpbonline.org.

Up next, we're still talking about car shows,

but it's gonna be a different one.

We're gonna go to the Renaissance.

We are, we are.

We're going to the 17th Annual Renaissance

Eurofest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Show.

Say that five times fast.

Is your car under recall?

I'll tell you how you can find out next.

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Here's a few recent recalls

before we get into our next car show,

and then we've got Caller Nick

on the line from Indiana.

But up first, it's on the heels of a recall

affecting a number of its electric vehicles,

Toyota and Lexus luxury brand

are now recalling approximately 591,000 cars

over an issue with instrument panels.

The effective vehicles are from the 23 to 25 model years,

including Forerunner, Camry, Crown, Crown Signia,

GR Corolla, Grand Highlander, Highlander,

RAV4, and Venso.

Poof, I made the cut.

Well, you know, we haven't had a Toyota recall in a while.

Yeah, so, that's right.

Welcome Toyota to the Ford land.

That's right.

You won't catch up.

They won't catch up with Ford, not this year.

Affected Lexus vehicles include the LS sedan

and RX and TX SUVs.

The 12.3 inch instrument panel display

may be blank at vehicle startup preventing drivers

from seeing certain malfunction indicators.

If the malfunction occurs while the vehicle is in motion,

the risk of a crash is increased and to resolve,

dealers are inspecting the combination meter.

I've never heard of that.

Is this for EVs?

May, well, they may have included an EV in there.

Could you say that it was on the tail of an EV?

Yeah, yeah, on the tail of a recall

on the heels of that last electric vehicle recall.

Right, so that's what I'm saying.

Is it EV vehicles they're talking about?

They may have mixed in some,

but I don't see just specifically,

yeah, them stating it.

So is that where that lives?

It's a combination meter.

It's another module inside the vehicle, yes.

Okay, okay, so they're inspecting that

and updating its program or replacing it

with a new one as necessary for free.

So up next, we've got Alfa Romeo.

I don't know how to pronounce this.

Julia, come on Mike.

Giulietta.

Say it like.

Giulietta.

Giulietta, you know I might knows it

because it's European.

It's European.

So Alfa Romeo's Giulietta sedan and Stelvio SUV?

Okay.

You got me on that one.

I'm chopping it up, probably, Mike.

Are the latest vehicles from Stelanos

to be affected by a major recall?

More than 53,800 examples of the car

are being recalled over an issue with the fuel pump.

This includes model year 17 to 19 Julius

and 18 to 19 Stelevios.

It sounds good to me.

It sounds good to me too, Coach.

The issue is with the fuel pump,

which may fail and cause a loss of fuel flow

resulting in a loss of drive power

and a loss of that power increases the risk of a crash.

The remedy is currently under development.

Interim letters, notifying owners of the issue

are expected to be mailed out October 29th.

So if you break down before October the 29th,

you just break down.

Right, right, you just break down.

But they'll tow it in for you.

They'll help you out.

And finally, in recalled news,

Jeep parent automaker Stelanos

is recalling a sizable number,

more than 163,700 examples of the brand's

Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs.

This involves door trim pieces that may detach.

They're just flying off.

Well, I'm gonna tell you that Jeep

is almost catching up with Ford.

Because we have a Jeep every week as well.

Yes, we do.

We didn't have a Ford this week.

Coach Ford's someone to catch up to Ford.

So bad.

Well, you know what?

Every week.

Ford is trying to catch up to Tesla,

especially from last year.

That is true.

Tesla was 2024.

That's right.

Tesla was.

Ford's 2025.

What?

Jeep may be in and running for the title.

Right, Mike, what you think about it?

Well, I heard Ford's pickups

are really having some problems.

Yeah, they are.

They're really calling in a lot of pickups.

Yeah.

They have.

Yeah.

Luckily, mine has not been on that recall list yet.

Right, right.

We're good.

Coach has been good.

He finally got his out the shop though.

Yes.

And it's still not fixed.

But it ain't a recall thing.

That's right, not a recall.

All right, to fix this issue, dealers

are inspecting and replacing the door trim

as necessary for free.

Owners will be notified October 31st.

You can find out if your car is a past recall

by going to the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration's website, nhtsa.gov,

Ford Slash Recalls, and inputting your VIN number.

Right now, we are going to head to the phone lines.

We've got Nick in Indiana.

He's got a question about a 2008 Ford Ranger.

Nick, you are on with Coach Charlie.

Hi, Jermaine.

Hi, Coach.

How you doing?

I have a rule.

If you can't pronounce the name of a car, don't drive it.

That's right.

That's a good rule.

Nick, you don't have to worry about me.

I won't be in any alpha Romeos.

What's your question, Nick?

I got a problem, and it's me.

I went and washed, and I got done underneath

in one of those wash bathes and sprayed underneath

and up around the starter area to, you know,

hose off all the dirt and grease and oil and stuff.

So then it wouldn't start when I was done.

So I got the idea to try to jumpstart in the starter,

and it did start, but it kept wanting to start.

And I couldn't turn it off with the key,

and I didn't have anything to disconnect the battery with.

So my only option was to drive it home,

and it kind of came out halfway through my drive.

And then when I got home, it wouldn't start again.

So I put a new starter on it, and it still won't start.

So I'm thinking it might be the starter cutoff relay.

You do have a starter relay on that vehicle there,

but, you know, with water going up in that starter,

you know, they're supposed to be waterproof,

but sometimes they're not like they're supposed to be.

If water got up in there, it could have

shorted out that relay going back up through the starter

off the solenoid.

So that most likely what it was, because first of all,

if you think about it, the starter relay

was the starter was not disengaging,

and the starter relay cuts the power off

to the starter solenoid.

And so by cutting the power off to the starter solenoid,

that means that the power would have,

the Bendix would have went back in,

and they wouldn't have been staying engaged.

So most likely that's what I would look at

is the starter relay.

Because that is when you have the ignition switch on,

it sends power to the starter relay,

and then the relay sends it to the starter.

The starter relay, not the cutoff.

No, I'd check out the starter relay first,

because it sounds like it may be sticking.

And then because it's making power steady go down

to the solenoid on the ignition side.

Well, once I put the new starter on, it wouldn't start.

Well, that's what I'm saying.

It could be that starter relay,

because once you put the new starter on,

you disengaged it.

Okay, so it was disengaged,

and so the starter relay is what makes it engage.

It sends power to the solenoid, and it will engage.

And since it didn't engage, it was stuck the first time,

and so now it didn't engage,

I would check that starter solenoid first.

And then your relay.

I mean, at the relay,

because that's probably your problem is the starter relay.

All right, well, Nick, I hope that helps.

I was just wondering why wouldn't it cut off though?

That's what I'm saying, that it was already stuck

when the vehicle was running, the starter relay,

maybe because of the water shorted out the relay,

and it just left power there.

And as long as the power was going there

from the ignition side, it was going to steady engage.

And the starter relay kept thinking

that what's the start?

Right.

Okay.

All right.

Thank you, Nick.

Thank you.

Now, right now, we're going to head over

and start talking about the 17th annual Renaissance

Eurofest Classic European Auto and Motorcycle Motor,

if I can get that out.

Motorcycle?

Motorcycle, if you can't pronounce it, don't drive it.

You was told that already.

But let me tell you who can pronounce it

and more than likely drive it.

It's the friend of our show, Mike Marsh.

Mike is back in this year to tell us

all about the 17th annual shindig

that'll be going down.

That's going to be happening Saturday, October 4th, 9 a.m.

until 3 p.m.

And once again now for the 17th year in a row,

great automobiles and motorcycles of Europe

will be coming to Renaissance at Colony Park in Ridgland

for this 17th annual car show, motorcycle show,

all of that.

And in with us, who knows all about European vehicles again

is Mike.

Mike, thank you again for coming on.

Well, thank you for having me on again.

I always look forward to this every year.

Yeah, we always look forward to having you on

to tell us all about it.

Coach, go ahead.

I can see a twinkle in your eye.

Mike, we just got through talking about other vehicles

that would be American vehicles,

mostly at the Clinton Cruising.

European vehicles, you know,

a lot of people have shied away from them,

but now they're coming back to them.

And the older European vehicles, you know,

I used to work on a lot of Mercedes and I always enjoyed

it, but you have to have special knowledge

to work on a lot of those European vehicles

because they're just not made like Americans.

They're totally different, but the type of cars

that you see will blow your mind

because they're so different.

Absolutely.

And to the most extent,

relative to American production numbers,

the European cars are very rare in the country.

Yes, very rare.

And, you know, so when you start looking at the,

you putting together all of these different

European cars coming together

and all of these different motorcycles

that are European, you know,

because really Americans don't really know much

about the motorcycles, you know?

So explain some of that to us.

Well, we'll have, from Italy, we'll have motorcycles,

we'll have British bikes, PSA, Triumph,

and those are bikes that when I was a kid,

I lusted for when I was in high school.

Yes.

Try it, Commando.

That's right.

Commando, that was a big wish,

but we've got some beautiful collectors of motorcycles,

one in particular over at Vicksburg

has a wonderful collection,

but unfortunately he's not gonna be with us this year,

but he's promised to be with us next year,

he's got two new ones he's working on,

and he alone brings about a half a dozen motorcycles.

Okay, so when you start talking about

not just the motorcycles, but the cars themselves,

I think after you came on last year,

we had somebody call us from England

and talked about his vehicle that he had.

You know, yes we did, you know,

and we were talking about diesel vehicles

and gasoline, you know, most of theirs

is diesel over there.

And as you start talking about these different cars

that they bring in, these European cars,

you know, some of them Americans have never seen.

Absolutely.

You know, and.

We've got three cars in the show this year,

I've never seen.

That's what I'm saying, so there's so many cars out there

that people haven't seen and they say,

well, what is this?

And a lot of people have to stop on the side of the road

when they see a European vehicle come by

that they're never seen,

and they just sort of start drooling over it.

Right, right.

Because it looks so nice.

Right, Mike, you've got to tell us the three cars.

What are they?

Well, the first one that is very rare.

If you haven't seen them.

You haven't seen them.

I haven't seen them.

Well, the first one is a 1935 Swallow Sidecar,

SS-1 Coupe made in England in 1935.

That's the one with the bucket on the side.

Yes.

The bucket seat.

It's a magnificent car.

The headlights on the car as big as a basketball.

I remember.

It was made in England.

It was bought by a famous tango dancer in Argentina.

It went straight to Argentina

and was there for eight years.

Carver rides now in St. Petersburg, Florida.

It's won everything in this country

from Amelia Island to Pebble Beach

and everything in between.

And we're very fortunate that people that own it

are going to bring it and share it with us.

Awesome, awesome.

The other car that we have, you may have heard of

is a Citroen Ivant, which is a front wheel drive.

If you saw a lot of European movies in the 60s and 70s,

chances are the car in the movie was a Citroen Ivant.

It's kind of the Rolls Royce of France.

And the third vehicle we've got coming,

that's very unusual, is a military vehicle

called a Pinzinger.

They are now used in 21 countries.

They're used as ambulances, troop carriers,

machine gun platforms, small artillery platforms,

fire engines, and a host of other things.

They make a four-cylinder, five-cylinder, six-cylinder.

And they make a four-wheel, they're all four,

they're all four-wheel drive.

They make a four-wheel drive and a six-wheel drive.

It's really unusual.

And those three cars will be tremendous crowd-pleasure.

They'll have people around them all during the show.

Yeah, I would think that as you start

getting all of this together, I know that you have

to start your, that as soon as you get finished

with the other one, you're already starting

to plan the new one coming in.

And it takes a lot of time and effort

and getting a hold of all these different people

to even think about bringing their cars

because you have some people that didn't bring them

last year, that's bringing them this year,

so you're in contact with a lot of different people.

But what a showstopper that all these people come out

to the Renaissance and to see these European cars as well.

Well, and like you said earlier, people see cars

that they've heard of, but they've never seen.

Right.

Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferraris, et cetera.

And we've got great English cars,

MGs, Austin Healey's, Triumphs, et cetera.

I think you probably know that Renaissance

was chosen by USA Magazine as one of the top 10

car shows in the country.

Yes.

Come on.

That's amazing.

That is.

There's gotta be 2,000, 3,000 car shows

in the country every year.

And we came in number six.

We're very proud of that fact.

And of the 20 finalists for the voting for the top 10,

ours was the smallest market and the smallest show.

And I got to thinking about why,

and I think probably that we're all European

for a European audience to come and come see the cars.

And in addition, we've got a beautiful place

to host events.

That's right.

Right.

At the Renaissance.

Me and Germain last year talked about the top 10.

Remember, we were talking about the top 10 car shows.

And when you think about the venue that you have,

it attracts not just here in Jackson,

but originally in Madison, it attracts all over the country

to bring these cars in and they have a beautiful venue

as of shopping and eating and just socializing

with others that may have that European car

that they couldn't get in somewhere else.

The Renaissance is a big attraction.

Got a hotel on property, got a place to park the cars

secure with a roof over it for the night.

That's a big plus.

It has a European aesthetic.

It does.

Don't have me name all of these car show places

at the perfect place.

But the Renaissance, I mean, there's the fountain out there.

It really does lend its hand to European like,

you know, construction and architecture.

And so why not take these beautiful European cars there?

People, inevitably, people that come to our show

for the first time go home amazed at what a broad event

they had for the weekend while they were in original

Mississippi.

Next year, they come back with two or three of their cars

and coffee buddies to show it happens every year.

And we've attracted cars from 14 states now,

all the way from Florida to North Dakota.

Great.

Yeah, I love that.

I love that.

Okay, I have to ask you a couple of questions

before I get some of the info about the car show.

One, Mike, when did your interest in European cars start?

We lived in California in the early 70s

and I became attracted to Mercedes.

I'm a Mercedes collector.

Okay.

And that's when it started

and I've owned about 30 Mercedes since then.

Okay.

And then speaking of owning, I wanted to know too,

did you ever get to own any of those motorcycles

that you were eyeballing and dreaming about

that you had spoke about?

The triumphs and all of them.

Well, the motorcycle I had growing up was not European.

It was Japanese.

But I enjoyed motorcycles, but that didn't last long

because I jumped out of that motorcycle

and got into a 1930 Model A Ford sedan.

Look at you.

Look at Ford.

Okay, and nobody knows where we're at,

but what's outside, what did you drive today?

Did you just drive something regular?

I drove my leg room special, a suburban.

Okay.

I shall not leave.

I love it.

It's my second suburban

and I'm coming up on 400,000 miles.

That's great.

Come on now.

My mama loved her.

But when you started thinking about what people drive

and what they really like,

you know, the attitude changes

when you get in from one car to another.

Oh, sure.

And as you're doing the Renaissance

as these different vehicles come,

and you know, it just makes me think

about different parts of the world

when I think about European vehicles.

You know, who made this, what made this

and what went into making it,

even though that we're all car enthusiasts

and we know the mechanics of the car,

but the different things in the different places

and the way they were made.

Well, the car enthusiasts that we have coming back

to the Renaissance year after year

are died in the wool European guys.

Right.

We just had a nice article on country roads magazine

by one of our collectors in Baton Rouge

and he's got nothing but Jaguars and Austin Healey.

That's right.

And he lives and breathes European English car.

Yeah, I love that.

It's in their blood.

I love that.

It's in the blood.

It'll be in the blood Saturday, October 4th,

9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

There's no entry fee, right, Mike?

No entry fee and the public is invited.

Gratis, they're invited to bring Fido,

just keep him on a leash.

Yeah, okay.

Gratis means free.

Free, for those who don't know.

They're like, I don't have that in my pocket.

And Mike, if they wanted more information,

where could they go?

They go to our website, www.euro-fest.net.

Love it, I love it.

Okay, listen everybody.

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I'm Jermaine Flood, our expert

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and it's time for Coach Charlie's tip of the week.

You know, when we're talking about car shows today,

if it's European, if it's American,

no matter what it is,

get out, take your kids,

and show them history.

Right.

You know, I always think about

when I look at an older car, it has history.

Even the new ones up to present,

you can go from the past to the future.

So get out, take your kids, have a great time.

Like they say, touch grass, touch a car.

That's right.

Let's go to Gerald and let's touch his car.

He's got a 2012 Chevy Silverado question

out of Union, Mississippi.

Gerald, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Yeah, I know that.

Doing great.

Great.

I'm a Chevrolet truck.

It's a regular cab truck and short wheel base

and automatic transmission V6 in it and what's happening.

I'm going down the road, you know,

to get up to speed and everything and running.

And when you come to, you know,

like you run up behind somebody,

you slow down to about, I don't know, 20 to 25 mile an hour.

And when you gas it on it and, you know,

pick up more speed.

It sounds like something's all right,

trying to catch up.

It's like, I don't know what it's in the rear end

of the transmission or the inverse or something.

I'm just trying to pin it on that

and instead of having to go in the all of me,

you know, and try to look and see.

Now, let me ask you a question.

Is the check in on it?

Is the check engine light on at all?

No, it's not on.

Okay, so usually if the transmission light's not on,

it's not going to really be the transmission

because it's a transmission, it's not slipping.

It's not really going to throw you a cold.

So you're good there, you know,

so it may not be the transmission or the engine

because you have no codes in there.

But the best thing I would do first,

I would go ahead and put a scandal on it anyway,

just in case that check engine light has not come on.

And maybe something could be wrong just to check that out.

But I would probably go towards the rear end.

Yeah.

You know, I reckon that old big nut

back there on that rear end,

it got loose to the end maybe.

That pinion nut could be loose, you know,

and, you know, that pinion nut.

And I would check the, like I say,

yeah, you join shoes are going to make a noise.

It's going to like make a jerking sound

when it's trying to take off with it,

or mostly you'll hear that in reverse.

But I would check that rear end.

Yeah, that's what I,

I know I had a four wheel drive down there.

I would rear end, you know,

it just quit pulling with them.

You know, a lot of times those variants,

what they'll do, they'll go out

and they'll do just like you're saying.

And then next thing you know,

you're on the side of the road.

Well, what's wrong with it when it does that?

The spider gears are usually eight up.

Really? Yeah.

Well, the pair can't go up a six to one five miles on it,

then, if I was carling no more miles

than that, it ought to run at least two on a five.

That's true.

And like I say, that may not be it,

but I'd put that scandal on it first,

because usually if it's the transmission,

if the transmission's slipping or it's not shifting,

check engine light will usually come on

and give you a direction.

It hasn't come on, it hasn't come on at any time.

Well, that's what I'm saying.

So that's why I'm sort of ruling out the transmission.

Yeah.

Gerald, you still there?

Yeah, absolutely.

Okay, okay, okay.

So that's what I would look towards

and just see where it is and let us know what it is.

Yeah, yeah.

And Gerald, I want you to know I love your voice.

I love it.

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I can hear you talk all day.

I don't know.

I might be trying to come right toward your song.

I love it.

Hey, go ahead and play, that's my job.

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Sing this song, that's my job.

Gerald, thank you for giving us a call

from Union Mississippi coach.

That'll wrap up today's auto correct.

What a wonderful show, just talking about car shows.

It was, it was a great show

and we want to thank our guest today.

That was Pete Tyer, Allison Reno, Bob Blakely

with Cruisin' Clinton 2025, and Mark Marsh

with the 17th annual Renaissance Eurofest

classic European auto and motorcycle show.

I may be able to drive one, one day.

She got the word out.

I got the word out.

Our show engineer, Abram Nanny,

call screener, Marissa Vaughn,

for coach Charlie Melton, master technician,

I'm Jermaine Flood.

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