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Term
daily driver
A daily driver is just a car that you use every day to get around, like going to work or school. It's usually not a fancy car, just something that gets you where you need to go.
Concept
restore
Restoring a car means fixing it up to look and work like it did when it was new. This can include painting it, fixing parts, and making it run well again.
Term
mega garage
A mega garage is just a really big garage where you can keep a lot of cars and work on them. It's a space for fixing up vehicles or storing them safely.
Part
firewall
The firewall is a metal wall in a car that keeps the engine area separate from where people sit. It helps keep the inside of the car safe and quiet.
Part
subframe
The subframe is a part of the car's structure that holds up the engine and wheels. It helps keep everything in place and makes the ride smoother.
Term
English wheel
An English wheel is a tool that helps shape and smooth out metal. It has two wheels that work together to bend the metal into different shapes.
Car
Pontiac Firebird
Concept
project car
A project car is a car you buy to work on and fix up, often with the help of friends or family. It's a fun way to spend time together and learn about cars, even if you never finish the project.
Company
Snap-on
Snap-on is a brand that makes really good tools for working on cars. Many mechanics and car enthusiasts use their tools because they are strong and last a long time.
Part
water pump
The water pump helps keep the engine cool by moving coolant around. If it fails, the engine can overheat, which can cause serious damage.
Term
well-maintained
If a car is well-maintained, it means the owner has taken good care of it, fixing problems and doing regular check-ups. This helps the car run better and last longer.
Car
Chevrolet Nova SS
The Chevrolet Nova SS is a special version of the Nova car made in 1969 that was designed to be faster and sportier. It has a more powerful engine and a cooler look than regular Novas.
Term
metal work
Metal work is when mechanics fix or change the metal parts of a car. This can involve cutting, welding, or reshaping metal to make the car look better or to repair damage.
Term
delay on parts
A delay on parts means that the pieces needed to fix or build the car are taking longer to arrive than expected. This can happen for many reasons, like supply chain problems.
Part
interior parts
Interior parts are the pieces inside a car that make it comfortable and nice to look at, like the seats and dashboard.
Part
stitched in dash
A stitched in dash is a type of dashboard that looks nicer because the material is sewn together instead of just being soft and padded.
Part
custom console
A custom console is a special part in the middle of the front seats of a car that can be made just how you want it, with things like storage and cup holders.
Concept
hot rod
A hot rod is a car that has been changed or improved to go faster and look better, usually an older car. People who enjoy working on cars often like to create hot rods as a fun project.
Part
hood
The hood is the part of the car that covers the engine. It can be opened to check or fix things in the engine area, and it also helps make the car look good.
Part
intakes
Intakes are parts of the engine that help bring air and fuel into it. They are important for how well the engine runs.
Car
Pontiac Trans Am
The Pontiac Trans Am is a sporty car that was popular in the late 1970s. It's known for its cool design and strong performance, and the 1977 version is famous for appearing in a popular movie.
Car
Pontiac Trans
Car
Chevrolet Corvettes
The Corvette is a famous sports car made by Chevrolet. It's known for being fast and stylish, and many people love to collect and modify them.
Concept
car math
Car math is a way of figuring out how much money you spend on cars and how much they are worth. It's important for people who buy and sell cars.
Car
Ford 500
The Ford 500 is a large car made by Ford that was sold a few years ago. It's known for being roomy and comfortable for families.
Car
Ford GT500
The Ford GT500 is a fast and powerful version of the Ford Mustang. It's popular among people who love sports cars and racing.
Term
vintage paint job
A vintage paint job is a way of painting a car to make it look like it’s from an earlier time. It often uses old-fashioned colors and designs that remind people of classic cars.
Car
Ford Mustang
Car
Ford Orion
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Now, here is the host of Let's Talk Cars Radio, Dave Palash.
Happy Saturday America! You're listening to Let's Talk Cars Radio on WKQA Freedom Radio.
I'm your host, Big Davey P, hanging out at Cameron Chaos and 8VB. Hey guys, it is an awesome,
awesome holiday weekend. Hope you guys have enjoyed your Thanksgiving and you guys are
enjoying a little downtime. It is great to be back in the studio. As you guys know, we have been
just back from SEMA and just been busy, busy, busy as soon as we got back. So, still hitting car
shows. Yeah, that's right. Even in our area, maybe not yours, but our area, there's still a
couple car shows are still out there floating around that we were trying to get out to and
show a little presence. You guys know this is the time of year for us that it is our big,
huge charity event that we work on every single year. We are now in our 12th year of doing our
Christmas event, which is awesome. It's a huge accomplishment for us. If you guys have never
followed along and don't know what we do for the last 11 years, now this is our 12th year,
we adopt eight families throughout our area and we provide them with all of their Christmas
meal, all their kids clothes and all their kids toys and a wish list. There's a complete vetting
system that goes through. We work hand-in-hand with the schools and everything. It's a great system.
It took me a long time to develop this and figure out it's time to go on and get better and better.
If you guys have fallen us through the years, you know, we've given away car repairs. We've
bought cars for people. We've done it all and it is a really big, big deal to me because it's
something that I made myself a promise way back in life. Then I got to the point where I could
do something for people. I wanted to do it. When I finally got to that point, I followed through
and it has been awesome. So, it's all thanks to our sponsors. It is. It is. It is. It's a great
job. So, I'd like to thank all of our sponsors that contributed to that. First of all, Napa Autoparts,
Napa BDG Group, Liberty Transmission and all the other big sponsors get involved. There's a lot.
I can go through them, but those are the biggest ones. I know they get involved with us every
single year in our local area and then I have ones, smaller ones and then some outside the area
that get involved. Some of your donations that is given to us every single year through people who
want to help out is very, very much appreciated. This year has been interesting. We're putting
everything together. I have our families early. I have a huge family this year. I have a family
that has 13 kids in the family. It's a huge family. That's going to be fun now. It has its equal
challenges, but it's going to be fun. It's going to be great. I know Christmas is just barreling
down on us very, very quick. It's funny because this is usually our wind down season for all the
car stuff. This year has been really active. I think it's still active because the weather's
been holding out. We've had 73-degree days for us since we were back from SEMA and normally we'd
be like in the lower 50s, sometimes dipping into the 30s at night. We haven't seen a whole lot of
that yet, so I think that's the reason why we're still seeing a lot of traction. One good thing
that I am seeing in the car community, which is a great, great thing. A lot of car communities out
there nationwide that we are involved in, that we show up and do things with, are involved in
charity programs this year, so a lot of them have adopted that. I've talked to a lot of people over
the last two years or so about how to take some of that and turn it into programs for their car
community, for their car club and stuff, and get a little bit more involved in how we went about
doing it. I've seen people actually instituting it, so it's been really cool to see and follow along.
A lot of food drives and stuff, which is great. I did see here locally a big shout out to the
local Hell's Angels group. I was just pointing that out. You took the words out of my mouth. How
cool is that? So in our local area, the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club got involved and just,
they showed up with a presence in the area, tons and tons of food and stuff. Very, very cool,
so a big shout out to them. And that was with, in sponsorship to FM99 and 106.9. The Fox,
they actually donated, the Hell's Angels donated $12,172.35.
Very cool. It was a lot. I saw tons of turkeys. I was like, you know,
so can I tell you guys about how we did, and I know it's a car show, but I'm telling you guys
about cool stuff that is in your community of your car show. So it started off for me,
like I said, this is our 12th year. So the 11th year, we did a small
collections for a family, but I loaded up a pickup truck with turkeys. As much turkeys,
I could put them back for a pickup truck. And that's how it started for me. And I went and
donated all these turkeys. And then it just, from there, I was like, the, the feeling I got for
helping and being involved and stuff like that, just really, really was awesome. Like I said,
it was a promise. I made myself in a darker time in my life when I was a young man that I wanted
to do something I've ever got the opportunity to. And it was just something I was really important
me to follow through on. But yeah, we, you guys remember the, we had old blue and it was full
of all the turkeys in the back. I remember. And we now own old blue back. So if you guys,
if you guys have been following old blue was my daily driver truck that I raised my kids in,
we sold it and we got it back and we're going to restore that truck. So we have it sitting outside
of the mega garage. And it is one of the ones to go in as soon as we're done with the other one.
Well, for you guys, I know you guys are going to hit me as soon as I mentioned it to give you an
update on some of the cars. So bad am is back on its wheels. It's down the ground. It is ready to
go out and have a little bit of firewall work done on it. And then it's time to drop the motor in
it. So we made some progress on that. It is off the lift folks. It is off the lift. It's been a
while. I know you guys, man, that car's been on the lift for like a year. It had not because of
us because of parts delay, but we finally got everything. It is all back together on the ground.
I just got to put the motor and then put the whole, all the sheet metal back on it. So we're
moving forward with that. I talked to a guy this last week about finally fixing the firewall and
everybody's that I was talking to online was like, why aren't you fixing your own firewall?
I could. I don't paint. I'm not a painter. Told you guys 1000 times. I just don't paint. I painted
a couple cars in my life. I don't think I have the patience for it and it's not really my thing.
So yeah, we could. I mean, well, he first, okay, we took out the subframe.
You're lying to me up. I get asked all the time when I'm on forums. I told you guys I belong to
a lot of different clubs, forums, stuff online. That's how we get a lot of the material for the
show. And I get people like, you know, Dave, why don't you do this? And why don't you do that? And
you know, if you guys are building cars, why don't you just do this yourself? Okay. So there's,
there's a couple of reasons for it. Number one, I'll address the bad am first. So with the bad
am, there's some things that I am not doing myself. I'm not equipped to do so. And everybody's
like, you got a huge garage. How are you not equipped? I don't have many, many bending metal
materials and stuff like that. I don't have metal brakes. I don't have all that. I don't own that
stuff. I told you guys, I could, I technically have the room for it. I don't want to store it. I
don't use it enough. I can't justify buying, but like even just down to an English wheel, like,
I don't really want to store it. And everybody's like, oh, you got the big garage. I'm like,
and at the same time, I mean, let's be honest, we're, what, I'm 25. So we're at least 28 years
into this project. I mean, so we're 28 years in this project. We could learn how to bend metal,
but why not just have a professional do it? Right? It just, it doesn't make sense.
Absolutely makes no sense to me. Now, Nathaniel has like, he has the creative side of wanting to
know a lot of that stuff. And that just, that's always been him. But as I try to explain him,
like, look, man, I don't want to buy that piece of machinery. We could definitely, we could definitely
do this. I know the materials we can do and stuff, you know, we could probably budget it. I know
people that's done it. And so we could definitely knock it out. Now to the perfection that you're
looking for, maybe not, you know, you, it could be a one hit wonder. You never know. But I'm sure
if we had Nathaniel on hands, we'll get it done. All right. I mean, he's the only person I know
that has taken a coffee mug that's broken and trying to put it back together. I mean,
he's the only person. So I feel like we could get it done. But at the same time, in my ass,
like my, my mind is it probably be just a little bit easier, more, wait, we probably, it probably
take us six months to a year. That's drastic. Yeah, that's really drastic. You can do it as
a procrastinator, maybe. I'm a procrastinator. So I'm already adding my time schedule on to it.
Six months when it could probably take what you think, if we drop it off the fire, the
firebird, it probably take about two months. You do too much. So I contact somebody I knew,
I got a telephone number because I need to, if you guys don't want, I want the firewall,
paint it. And I, then I wasn't going to do it. And I took care of the firewall originally myself.
And it did come out nice. I cleaned everything up. Looks nice. I said, it looks good. It's sitting
in primer right this second. And I was just going to spray it out in a flat black, which I,
I could easily do that. Now, besides metalwork, there's some plates I want to put on it. And I
have welder and stuff we can weld the plates in, but I don't, I don't own all the stuff to do all
the metalwork. So I had to buy the pieces for everything I want to do. Prop number one for me.
It's not a problem for anybody else, but for me, because I got to buy number two, I don't paint.
It's not like I said, I have painted before I'm not the best painter, but I have, I have bought
some cars and flipped them and painted them over the years. And they came out all right. I mean,
they're, they're 20 footers. I don't know. At least you're honest. I mean, they're 21st. I mean,
once I sanded them, most of anything that would just stood out pretty much blended in. All right.
But like I said, I know I don't have the patience for it. I was just, I mean, I would do like
front bumper, deck lid, maybe a fix offender or whatever. Stuff you can't really see. Right,
right, right. Just scuffing it in, fixing little problems, stuff like that. I would do that.
But I don't own, I don't have the paint guns anymore. To be honest with you guys, I don't have
the real, the right filters on my air compressor and stuff like that to be painting. I could go buy
all the stuff. Yeah, it's not a matter of buying. I could buy it. But am I going to buy all that
stuff for something I might do every couple of years? Maybe no, man. I rather just send down
the guy that already owns that stuff, pay the money, let him take care of it and be done with it
and know he's going to do a lot better job than I am. So that answers the question on metal and
paint. That's the reason why I don't like the mechanical stuff. Sure. But even then, some of
this stuff is like, it's, it's time for me. You know, the boys and I, you know, we get in the
garage and we love building stuff. We like building these cars. We're like working on them. I mean,
I enjoy it. I, I enjoy the time I spend with my kids. I told you guys you should do it too.
Go buy a project car and build with your kids. I don't care if you ever finish it. I really don't.
Just build it with them because the times you spend with them, it's time you cannot get back.
You may never finish that car. But the memories like I have good and bad memories with them
of building this car. Like there's times where they'll tell you, I am mad. I am screaming.
I don't throw tools anymore. I used to when I was a young man. I don't because tools are too
expensive. So I don't throw them anymore. Well, I was about to say, you're going to make a really,
really great friend with your snap on guys. I mean, hey, you know, you're going to lose a lot
of 10 millimeter and 13 millimeter sockets. Just be prepared. Just be prepared. So if I could figure
out where the 10, the 12 and the 15 walks off to and I,
literally do everything I can to make sure I don't lose them. But I third team would disappear
after after working on the car for like three days, of course, a weekend. And I'm really good
about putting my tools back and everything. I have everything laid out nice and neat.
Somehow one of those always and I'm like, where did it go? I took it off. I popped
it off the ratchet. I put it and then it just, I don't know. And then here's the funny thing. So
I have like, I don't know, right? The second in my possession, realistically, like 10,
10 snap on 10 millimeters, like four, 13s, like three, 15s and everybody's like,
why do you have so many? I'm like, well, because I lost it or I thought I did. And then it magically
showed back up and I had it and I lost them, both of them. And then magically, they both show back
up but I can't go along without them. So I'm probably a snap on guys best friend because
I'm just like, Hey man, I don't know where it is. Just, just I grab one off the truck and I carry
it home with me. Sometimes you go buy a kit. No, I don't. I mean, I buy them separately,
but you're talking some of my specialty stuff. Yeah. There's been a couple of
specialty stuff I could not get. I had a box. Sometimes you just go on the truck,
you see something that you know you're not supposed to buy and you're like,
all right, so we're going to hide it underneath the truck seat for about a year.
Look, if you buy a really expensive something you should not and you don't want your wife to know,
as Cameron is a late two, thanks for telling me because she listens to the show.
Just buy it and hide it underneath the seat for about a year and pretend like you don't own it.
Let's be honest. We went to go buy a replacement ratchet and they didn't have the ratchet anymore
because they, they switched things up all the time like batteries. I bought a blue point set,
a large blue point set, not, I mean, bigger one that I keep in the truck. Why? As the boys tell
you, I can take a whole vehicle apart with one. They've seen me do it on the side of the road,
not the side of the road. So I've always kept one in the truck and I have a tool bag that when I
travel, I told you guys that I throw my electric impact in with a fresh battery and an extra
battery. It goes in there and I put some of my, my deeper sockets in that bag. So with those two
kits, I could pretty much take anything apart for the most part. I mean, with reason because I know
you, I love your keyboard warriors who are like, you can't do this. I'm like, okay,
so for the most part, I can take most stuff apart and I have on the side of the road,
the boys would tell you, I know I told you guys a story where I hitchhiked into town
and we got, remember when we got the part and we came back and fixed the truck on the side of the
road. I think we're on our way to Dover for that trip. I think it's where we're going and we fixed
the truck on the side of the road. Was that red? Yeah, it was red. Yep. So a water pump went out,
the front pulley just, I don't, for whatever reason, that truck was very well-maintenance.
It just decided to go out and we ended up working on the truck and fix it. So with that kit,
I could do everything. They made a bigger kit and I was like, oh, well, it has just a couple other
things in it that I'd like to have. I wouldn't have to throw in the bag. It all comes in the kit
maybe by blue point. I put it in the truck. I had it and the reason why I ended up with
the bigger kit as Cameron's trying to tell me is because the smaller kids, someone took the ratchet
out of it for whatever reason. I have no idea who did and it just walked away and I couldn't get the
exact ratchet that would pop back in that kit because you know how they have the plastic
kit guys and everything pops in. I couldn't get the right ratchet that popped back in the right
for the case to close right and it was driving me nuts. So my result was I took that kit out
and it's now sitting in the bottom of the toolbox drawer in the mega garage and I bought the bigger
kit and slid underneath. But I paid, you know, not a whole lot of money, but decent money for the
bigger kit and I just bought like, I don't know, $1,400 or $1,500 and tools right for that. So I,
we had to hide it from Don for like a year. We didn't hide it. We didn't hide it. We just didn't
show it. We didn't hide it. We didn't hide it. It just magically showed up like the ratchet,
like the 10 millimeters or the 13 millimeters. I mean, I have a bunch of extra ones in my toolbox
of like, say, 10s. How many bills? It's 12s. I think there's like 13s and 15s, whatever it is.
They're in there and everybody jokes because they're like, why do you have these extra ones?
I'm like, because they keep showing up. You know, it is going to show up commercials unless
I go to one. Let me take quick commercial break. When I come back, I got some more for you guys
to talk a little bit more about seeing some of the things we saw. So hold tight. We'll be right back.
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Welcome back to Let's Talk Cars Radio, your automotive specialist. Now back to your host,
Dave Falloch.
Hey guys, welcome back. So before we went to commercial break, we were talking about
why we're not doing some of the work on our two projects. So to round that out,
let me give you the update on white noise because I keep on getting tagged. People are
sending me messages and they're like, what's going on? And I think I talk about it enough.
Apparently I don't. If you don't know, white noise is our 69 SS Nova that we are building,
that we've done a lot of work to. And it has been great. It was a great purchase for us. But
what started off as a very simple build for us because of me and the way I am has piled into
a lot more than we wanted to do. And we're enjoying it. But I sent the car out to have metal work
done on it. And it has been out of our possession for a little while. I did talk with him this last
past week. Apparently everything is cut out and ready to go back in. There is a delay on parts,
which when is there not a delay on parts guys, but they are supposed to rectify that and have
the parts in this by this weekend. So I'm assuming that work will proceed after the holiday. And
hopefully we're supposed to have that car back in our possession before Christmas. I'm kind of hoping
that does happen. But we'll see. And then it's a matter of putting the interior back in. We need
to make some modifications on that. Some things we came across why Nathaniel and I worked on it
without Cameron because he was busy that day. We pulled it all apart. So we need to make a
collaborate decision as far as putting it back together. But we've got some interior parts
we're going to be ordering for it. I need I want to do something different with the dash. So
I'm trying to find somebody. I haven't found somebody to do anything with what I want with the
dash. I want a stitched in dash. I don't think I want it just padded, but I want it stitched in.
That'd be cool. And it'll look a lot better in that car. So and I contacted a guy about building
a custom console for it. And everybody goes, Why don't you build your own custom console? I can.
Now that's stuff I do have. I'll be the first one to tell you, I do have everything to build
custom consoles. I used to build speaker boxes. I own a lot of saws. I'm very, very apt and woodworking.
So I could build a console. I could build a wood one. I could use that as a guide and then wrap
it and make it out of carbon fiber or whatever. I could do all kinds of stuff. But why would I?
So I went ahead and did the cost for me to do it. I'm only within like $300 difference,
just letting this guy who does it all the time. But you're invested in the future.
And realistically, we also got so much stuff coming up, especially after the holidays. We
already know cars are going to start kicking right up and everything. I will say, I can see it's
using like a 3D printer to help us like print a couple of different things. Like a center console,
I could see being, you know, you could probably use a 3D printer to kind of help you out with
different sections. So here's the problem with 3D printer. So I thought about getting one
for the mega garage. I really did. I want a bigger one though. I want one of the,
I want one rocket. If I'm going to get one, I'm going to get one bigger.
Well, that's the problem, right? It's like every time you want to invest in something,
you always want the biggest, coolest toy. That's me though. You know me. That's
it. It's my personality. If you guys have not figured me out, my buddy Kurt jokes me all the
time. He's like, man, every time you go look at something, you're like, why is it you always have
like, you buy like the biggest and the best, everything? I was like, it's not because I believe
and haven't had the most expensive thing. I do my research and my research usually concludes
back around that I better spend the money now instead of wishing I spent it. You know what I mean?
So that's how it comes about. But if I was to get a 3d printer, I want one of the bigger ones.
I've looked at it. I would have some money invested in it. And I just, if I'm going to do one a,
the space in the mega garage is going to take up as number one, which I kind of do have the space.
I have a corner space for it. I have a corner that I'm not using that I could set up for that.
Right this second, it has all the sheet metal from the bad AM sitting in the corner, the fenders
and all that kind of stuff. Once that goes back on the car, that corner is completely empty.
But I like having that corner for projects because we have a really expensive paint job on the bad
AM. And it has given me the opportunity to put that metal in a corner where nobody needs to go
to that corner. Like there's no reason to really be in that corner messing around. And I like having
that. And the only thing about building that out and making a space of any type of workstation in
that, in that corner, I lose that. And then I had to figure out, okay, why don't we do now? I did
take some project transmissions that we had in the garage that I haven't done anything with. And I
finally decided to part ways with them. It was a little hard. I have a hard time getting rid of
hot rod stuff because I just feel like you're going to eventually need hot rod stuff. And if you
already have it, you don't have to pay for it. But I came to conclusion, I had said for a couple
years, I haven't touched it. I'm like, I'm going to let it go. I also have a second hood to white
noise that if anybody's looking for a 69 Nova hood, I'm going to go ahead. I think I'm going to scuff
it and primer it and just put it up for sale and let it go because it's just, it's taking up room.
I have it. I don't need it. We already have a different hood on it. I got to start letting go
some of this stuff that I have that I've saved all the years of hot rod stuff. Like I got heads to
stuff. Everybody's like, just keep that stuff. And you know, I have expensive Pontiac heads,
the ones you can't find anymore. I have a complete set of those and I have them sitting in one of
the tubs. And everybody's like, why are you still hanging on? Like, could you can't find them? I
have them. I have a couple intakes. You can't really get your hands any more than some of the old
nostalgic stuff. I own things like that that I have a hard time parting with. And I'm sure you guys
as car guys have the same thing because I know they're getting harder to find. And I'm not keeping
them for the money value really. I'm keeping them for the what the what if. I think if I need it.
Right. But I think as I'm getting older, my what if is smaller? If that makes sense. Like,
what if we buy another chance? See,
I'm not the best. Okay. So Nathaniel Cameron disagree on this. Cameron follows along with me
a little bit more on this of I have no problem owning two of the same type of car as long as
there's differences to them. Okay. Nathaniel goes, why have 20 or 30 grand wrapped up in a car that's
identical to something you already own? Why not use that 30 grand own something completely different
so you have right more of a selection in your in your collection. You can even do like you can
even do like a different gin, you know, like, see, and he should, he should want to do this
same model different gin. So it would kind of be like cool if you had the same exact car.
And then we were riding around in the same exact car, but differences just a little bit and like
the models. And there's like a twin set. So let me burst your bubble a little bit, right? Okay.
I almost without letting you guys know, right before we went to SEMA bought another 77
Trans Am. It wasn't our color, but it's close. It's gray and ours is not ours is a special color,
but it was close enough. And I was like, how cool would that be to have two of them? And I couldn't
the price was right. I couldn't pull the trigger on it. That's different. And the reason why I
personally would say that's different is because the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am we have in our possession
is a family car that was passed down in the family week, you know, from what that would be my great
grandpa. So it's like that that's kind of cool. It is, you know, but think about getting two
Corvettes, right? And then building them both as two vehicles. Where's the Corvette come from?
Because we've talked about because we talked about Corvettes and I don't remember the retro,
the retro vet. I have a desire to build a retro vet. It is the money wise guys really
realistically is the money is on point to do it. Like for as far as like how I calculate car math,
it's my problem with it is, is when you have two projects that are boat torn apart right
the second that you're trying to put back together, I have a hard time keeping from dragging something
else home. I'll burst another bubble. So I'll give you another one. I almost bought. Hold on, I'll give you
it. I hate that you all don't see. I don't share anything with them because sometimes they, they,
they feed my desire to buy things I probably should. That's what we're supposed to do.
So I can't tell them. I almost bought you your Ford 500. I came across one that's very cool.
Oh, is GT 500? Oh, what year? Huh? The, the, the, the, the big body Ford 500s that you like
with the headlights and stuff. Not, not, not a GT 500. That would, that would be insane. I'm
almost, but I, but I almost bought you the Ford 500 that you like that was already had
a lot of stuff done to it. The price is right. And I up until just this week, I had to talk
myself out of making that purchase. I couldn't easily spend the money that it's going to need to
have it. And it'd be cool. It was done up an old stock car style. That's what I really liked about
it. It had an old stock car vintage paint job on it. Had the number on the door and had some of
the old writing for the advertising. Pretty cool. I was like, oh, that's pretty neat. That would be
really cool to have. Just had a new motor put into it. I just, once again, I have two torn apart
already. I know myself. I'll pull that in the garage. We'll walk around it. We'll find 19 things
we want to change on the car. And before I know it, I'm buying $20,000 in parts for another car.
Well, I still have two apart. And by the way, we still have old blue sitting out in front waiting
to be pushed in. But we're about to have two project cars finish. We're getting close. Yes.
And then we're going to put blue into the bay to be able to start working on that. So we can
start getting ready for work. Guys, we're not going to have another project car to start working on,
or at least look at, or at least look at. Look, we need, we need to disagree with you. We need a
project car that's at least sitting in the driveway so we can look at it and know that we're getting
to. Okay. I mean, I hear you, y'all, the hope. I hear you, but I almost feel like one or two
things are going to happen. We're going to finish these two projects and start enjoying them. And
instantly it's going to be the, it'll probably end up, maybe not something else changed, but
something's going to, these two are going to talk me into buying two vets, because we talked about
doing two vets and doing like a, if you guys remember, if you guys go back six years ago,
a little bit longer than that now, when we had frickin frack. And if you guys don't remember us,
we talked about frickin frack and they were turbo cars. Those were supposed to be so cool.
And we're going to do, we're going to do EVO turbo cars because we have muscle cars and we were
like, okay, let's do something different that we can take out the car show for a different
type of crowd. Okay. And it didn't pan out for a lot of reasons. I'm not going to get into the
reason why it had less to do with us than it had to do with being partnered up with people for it.
But we ended up, I finally ended up selling those cars off after extensive abuse to them,
why they should never had abuse. They just were sitting, but that's like, not going to get it.
You can tell I'm frustrated. I'm not getting into it. But now we talk about maybe flipping
the frickin frack idea into a retro vet situation, which is make two vets that look similar,
but you do flip flop colors on them. So they represent each other, but they're still kind
of cool something along that line. Rather than you do one that's black and you do one's white,
you do a throwback paint scheme on them, you know, for striping or something like that,
but they're a frickin frack. And they, if you put them side by side, they look like they belong
in the room together. That's kind of my idea. And I really want to pursue that, whether I do it or
not. I really want to go further down the rabbit hole that I have already on it. Nathaniel and I
are in a little bit of a difference, but we're getting closer of what year to do it on, on Corvette.
See, and I'm a little bit going a little bit older because if I wanted to be a retro vet, so I
would have one. You know me, I like the newer ones. You like, like, you like the,
what, the early 90s? Early 90s. So we will get together on it, but I have a feeling
that that may come to fruition quicker than anything else does because the price is right for
me to build two of them. I can buy two of them at the right price, build both of them at the right
price. And all the modifications I want to do will fall within about $50,000, which is about
right for both cars. And you know, so that's, that's about right. So we still got to find
another nickel. Oh yeah, we do. We will figure it out. It's coming. What's also coming in the
course is commercials again. So you guys hold tight. We'll be right back. We're going to talk
about Seema. I'm telling you, I'm going to get to it. I just got so much stuff. I haven't talked
to you guys in a while. It's been a long couple of weeks of being on the road. So yeah, hold tight.
We'll be right back.
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Welcome back to Let's Talk Cars Radio, your automotive specialist. Now back to your host, Dave
Palach. Hey guys, welcome back. Hey, so before I jump into some of these other topics that we need
to get onto and stuff, I want to tell you guys about something cool that came my way that was
sent to me very neat. So December 7th, the Chronicle of Speed is going to actually be the event,
I guess. It is a private showing by imitation to buy tickets to the Shelby Family Collection.
It's in Texas. So basically what they're going to do is they're going to do a
like a private show and there's more information out there. I just want to make sure I have it
all out. But of Shelby's collection, I guess there's going to be two of the cars from Ford versus
Ferrari. That's a bunch of different Shelby's. They're going to be there. It's going to be appetizers
and open bar and all kinds of stuff. You buy tickets to it, but I think it's Shelby's son or grandson,
if I'm not correct, somebody will correct me on it, but it's the one that's actually going to be
hosting it, doing the VAC's speaker at the event, but they're going to take you through
the life of the history of Shelby at a private, like I said, it's private that you had to do by.
So it is actually, I'm going to give you the information so I'm going to mess this all up.
I will spell it to you. Write this down. It is C-H-A-B-A-D-P-L-A-N-O dot org slash Shelby
is where you can find the information and find the tickets. The tickets are actually, I was
pretty impressed. There are $180 for the event. That's not bad to go to it. It is going to be,
I guess this is going to be out in Dallas, Texas. But if you go to that, once again,
I want to say it's chabadplano.org is what it is, but I'll probably say it wrong. So once again,
that's C-H-A-B-A-D-P-L-A-N-O dot org slash Shelby. Like I said, it's Shelby's family collection,
a journey through Shelby's racing history, the Chronicle of Speed, December 7th. That's a Sunday
and you can buy tickets to that invitation event and go to it. I have a feeling that's going to be
very centered event where there's like just a lot of coolness to it. That was pretty neat.
You don't get a lot of insight. If you guys remember, years ago, we teamed up with Shelby
of America and got the first look at the Hertz edition, the re-edition of the Hertz edition
Mustang. We did a bunch of stuff on it. It was very, very cool, very accommodating. I think this
is neat. We went and saw the car when it was in Vegas because that's where it was going to be
doing its debut for being rented out and it was cool. So this is in Texas, but it should be very,
very cool event. Put it on your calendar. I mean, if it was me and I already have some
lot of stuff going on, unfortunately, I can't else I would definitely be interested in flying out
and taking the team out and go see this, but we are committed to the Christmas charity stuff.
But I mean, what a great cool weekend. Fly in, get a hotel, go to the event, make a pretty cool
weekend out of it in the area. It would be really neat. But you don't get opportunities like this
a lot for that close up kind of intimate setting on something like this. So definitely go over
there to the website. Like I said, it's $180. I just think for what you're getting in the experience
and to be able to talk about it for $180 for a ticket is pretty cheap. So I mean, obviously,
paper is like, well, if I fly in, yeah, yeah, well, I don't know. We fly in for baseball games
and it costs us more than that to go to flying for baseball game stay and fly back out. So
I mean, kind of same thing. Put it on your guys account. Like I said, December 7th,
go to the website, get all the information. I am very happy to see things like this kind of
popping up. I told you guys about when we were in Hawaii about the private collection, we were
searching for the Labricating Kuntosh. And if you guys never follow that story, we went to Hawaii
to go chase down the rumor of a Labricating Kuntosh that was there and it did exist.
But it was in a private collection that had been turned. The gentleman who owned it had turned
it over to somebody and we couldn't. I can understand the hesitation. You know, you have
people who have a radio show who all of a sudden, you know, you don't know anywhere.
You don't want to see your private collection. So there was some, we were promised that if we ever
set it back up, we could probably get out and get access to private collection. We just haven't
been. But it was kind of, you know, it was cool. It was very, very cool to have that experience.
So I think this kind of falls in line with something like that. Like I said, who would
ever think that, you know, on the island, there's a car that hadn't been seen. And I think it was
like 25 years before I was seeing the light of day to somebody that's put in a barn. So
very, very cool. I think it was neat. But like I said, something like this kind of has that feeling
to it. And I remember how I felt being involved with trying to track down. And the cool thing about
when we were in Hawaii, we saw so many other cars that while we were trying to track the story,
found so many other cars that were stashed in people's garages and stuff in Hawaii that
just made a really neat experience for us. So definitely check that out. Like I said,
go to the website, check it out and get all the information. Tell me if you guys go. I think it
would be a really, really cool experience. Like I said, I wish that we didn't have so much stuff
already on our plate because I'd be kind of interested in checking that out. That'd be
kind of neat. So with that being said, moving on, you guys know, let me get you, you know,
we have talked about, I got one of these conversations, you know how I do online,
car music for road trips, blah, blah, blah. We've covered it in a million different ways,
right? You all would agree about that. Yep. So somebody sent me something. It was a hate,
hey, Dave, haven't had a day. That's the best failure for you, my man. You know what I'm talking
about. So hey, Dave. And it talked about, you guys never talked about, you know, you got,
they went back and listened to our shows through the seasons. I don't know. And we don't talk about
Christmas music. I'm like, okay, I understand it's the season. I get it. I feel like I'm
being baited into this one. They're like, do you have a playlist for road trips during Christmas
time or during the holidays? I was like, no, no, I do not. I do not. I'm not a big fan. I don't.
Was I supposed to? Like I find it kind of weird. Was I supposed to have a playlist for this? I'm
like, I don't. So then I always know when it's Christmas time. So then I go, hold on, I go and
I'm like, let me look this up. And I look it up and I get this Christmas list. It is not a Christmas
song. It is all the songs that normally hit our top 50 lists that we do every year we use to kind
of cover a show, talk about the new songs come out. It's all those songs. There was no Christmas
songs in the catalog. They didn't even mention Christmas. No, I was like, well, that's not,
that's not a Christmas playlist for like road trips. I'm like, it's just, it was like Free Bird.
And it was like, I was like, that's, how is that? How is that? How's that holiday?
Don't be wrong. Great songs. I mean, you know, a lot of ACDC stuff and you know,
whatever, like there was stuff, but I was like, okay, so I went, I wrote down like, what about like,
like driving home for Christmas? Last Christmas. All the like traditional, why do,
why do those not on a playlist? Now, I told you guys, I used to drive a lot. I did a lot of road
trips and during the holidays, I can't say, I didn't like pop holiday music. It was whatever
play on the radio. And I kid you not, I hit a station between like Ohio and Indiana somewhere
that was just, it had to be like a Backwoods radio station that was just, and it wasn't,
that's, they just kept on playing the same Christmas songs over and over again. Why drove
that area? I just, I, grandma ran over reindeer like three times in that road trip and that stretch
going through there. I mean, like, I was like, okay, maybe because there's not enough Christmas
songs. I will say, I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas songs or music, like just in general,
like just, you know, out of random, I prefer Christmas songs. Like when I'm watching a movie,
okay, I think maybe that's how I prefer Christmas movies to have, you know,
maybe it's like, I'm not the only person. I'm just not the person I'm like, yeah,
let me go grab my Christmas playlist and pop it in, you know, like,
he's like, I got a burnt CD just for this. I just hope everybody's ready for them to turn on their
radio or come Monday morning. And all you're going to hear is I've got news for you. It already
started this week already. I was like, come on, can we just get through things? Give me
free start. I was listening to a once again, non, it shouldn't be playing those songs, but
for some reason that's just what they're playlist. And it was Christmas song after Christmas song.
And I literally, I don't listen to the radio a whole lot. I listened to, you know, music off my
phone as soon as a truck connects. I just listened to it. I listened to the radio, but here's the
problem. So what I'll notice is, is I find myself listening to like the same 30 songs. Like I have
hundreds in my phone, but it ends, I think it ends up becoming the same 30 songs I played
because like I have a song. I'm like, nah, nah, nah. Oh yeah, I like this one.
Heard that?
Yeah, right. I got that. No, no, no, I just don't want to listen to it. I like that.
And then before I realize it, it's every day, it's the same 30 songs every day that you drive.
And you know what I mean? I'm like, ah, so maybe I understand how like Christmas comes around.
I'm the worst. And they'll tell you guys they, I, okay, so I have a very interesting neck
that probably is very annoying to people. I can change words to a song on the fly,
on the fly as it's playing on the radio. And it, and it doesn't sound bad, but they're usually
really bad songs. I don't know why my mind just goes that they go dark. Like I'll take something
like the most cheery song and make it a dark song. You know, like,
That's not even bad. You're just trying to enjoy the song.
He said you're trying to, he's like Dave's messing it up.
You'll be singing along. And all of a sudden he'll be singing along,
but it's not the same words. I mean, it's definitely not.
So cute, Molly forward, Christmas. I mean, what? Holy Christmas.
I've done it my whole life. I know it. Sure, I'm sure it's very annoying,
but I don't know why I changed the words to go along. I will, a lot of times I do it with my
wife in the car when I'm driving. I would do it and just to see if she was paying attention.
And she's not paying attention to me. She's over there staring at her phone or doing something.
And I'm completely changing every single word of the song, just waiting like for the reaction.
And you work so hard for the reaction and you don't get it. So no, to answer your question,
I don't have a playlist of Christmas songs. I was nice enough for you guys to write down some,
if you guys want them. Like I said, I tell them I had to remind myself even how they went.
And I'm like, man, I heard that song. Like I said, driving home for Christmas was Chris Ray,
Last Christmas Wham. Santa Claus is coming to town. Jackson 5 is always a classic.
All I Want for Christmas by Mariah Carey. If you've never listened to that version,
it's a good version. And it's the most wonderful time of the year is another one.
I can't remember. Is that Williams? Did you say that? If nobody's ever listened to that version?
That version has been forced to all of us. It's been forced to us. Maybe it has been.
But yeah, so if you're looking for some Christmas songs, go find them. I don't,
I couldn't drive. I told you guys, I used to drive like nine and a half,
10 hours regularly on road trips during the holidays. And I don't think I could do
10 hours of straight Christmas songs. So no, I don't have a playlist. Go make your own.
Stop asking me on that note. Let me take a quick first break. We're going to finish it up.
And I am going to talk about Seema. So I'll be right back.
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Welcome back to Let's Talk Cars Radio, your automotive specialist.
Now, back to your host, Dave Palach.
Guys, welcome back. So, as promised, I told you we talked about SEMA. So,
if you guys didn't watch all the SEMA coverage, it was awesome. Vegas was great. We had a really
good time. There was a lot to see. So, SEMA was a little different this year for sure. I would say
I saw a lot more and we were just talking about this before we came on the air today. I think I
saw more trucks than I saw anything else this year. A lot of trucks this year, which I think I've
told you guys, there's been a big push in the truck market. It's just been huge. So, I agree.
Maybe that's the reason why there were so many. A lot of cool cars were there. One of the 100%
coolest things we probably saw was Rockford Fosgate's ice cream truck. That thing was
pretty wicked. It was neat. Was it me or were they, was it less vendors or did it feel more
spread out? Which I kind of liked. It felt, to me, it felt like it was more spread out this year.
It seemed like some of the people took up bigger space. Right. They didn't feel like
they were on top of everybody. Fosgate was popular. You came around the corner and they were
busy. They were. They were very, very busy. And they weren't just busy like when we were there.
They were busy like every time we walked by it. Because of the way the layout does,
especially for interviews and stuff like you had to walk by certain booths,
quite a few different times as you're moving around throughout the event. And they were
always busy, which is great. You guys know I have a fond affection for it. I've talked about it in
the past. I had them in my cars, believe in the product. There was a couple of different ones.
I've told you guys Fosgate. I had a following in Orion products there for a while when I was a
kid, stuff like that. But Rockford Fosgate, it was always a good product. So it was cool to kind of
sit with them and see some of the new stuff they have. Like I said, that display vehicle was insane.
It was really cool. A lot of the stuff that was out there. And we saw it all. And we compacted
it and unpacked everything and look at all the different pictures and stuff.
Wrenches had a really big setup. They did. So one thing I liked about them was
Woy Wrenches, they had the big, huge jacked up tow truck. And it did what it needed to do for
their booth. Even though they were towards the back of one of the halls, you saw the truck from
far away, which brought you to it because it towered over everything. So that was pretty clever
on their part. I'm more confused about wheels than I probably was before I went. I told you guys,
if you guys saw the interview that we did, I'm not a wheel guy. There was so many different
wheels and so many different styles and things to do. Puzzled me even more. I don't think I'll
ever be the perfect wheel guy. Now, I think we found one. Daniel was great. And he kind of
walked us through it. Go check out a lot of the interviews. So most of the interviews are up,
I think. I don't think you have any, maybe you have another one or two. So we did that.
We did, if you guys saw last week, the weeks before last week's show, that's where we took
all of our interviews and put it all together. We will start slowly rolling out each individual
interview together. And you may see us team up with some of this. Another one of the booth that
was just packed with people was Vintage Air. You guys, there's an interview for that. Go check it
out. Some great information. And I like the fact that Vintage Air, I didn't know until I was in
their booth. Now I have a Vintage Air set up for the transient and I told you guys about it. Now
I need some, a couple of pieces I don't have, but it wasn't important to get to that yet,
but I already bought the initial package. So we have the compressor and stuff like that to go
into it. And it will be a cool set up for the car. But talking with them, I learned some things I
didn't know. I didn't know that it's going to be a lot easier than what we've got. Yeah, yeah,
absolutely. So very cool. Like I said, go check out that interview. It was, like I said, it was
an interesting experience this year. The burn pit was 100% cool. I mean, just that was literally
fire is what it was. And it was great. A lot of the drift stuff, a great action. I like the layout
this year a little bit easier of how they have things set up. And maybe just for us, for what we
were doing, it was a lot easier for us to move around. I like they had bleachers for the people
to actually get up and actually see the event. Everybody's crowded all one height. Yeah, yeah,
it was cool. So it's a great event. Now we already got tagged already. Are we going next year? I think
we are. I'll let you guys know as it comes around. It just depends on for us is always how
events plan out and stuff. We did get invited to go to Formula One the very next
following weekend after we left. But we need to get back. We have so many commitments already
other places I would love to stay for one. And by the way, it had been free for us to be there
because Vegas was a great trip. So they would have covered everything. Very big, huge shout out to
MGM, particularly MGM Grand. They took very well care of us. So we had a great experience teaming
up with them this year. Nancy Hover at there as well. Hey, if you need a down day like we did
for all the walking and everything we do poolside, great. Go poolside and just come on. Sit your
cabana for the day and have somebody just serve you food and drinks all day. It was definitely
worth it. And thanks to MGM for taking care of that for us. That was great. Like I said,
they were great hosts this year. We very much appreciated staying on the property
and having all the enemies at our fingers to anything we wanted. They took care of it. It was
very, very cool. So if you guys ever go to Vegas or you want to go to SEMA, check out MGM properties.
Like I said, we've done it many years in a row and they've always been great to us. So it's been
good. One of the things about SEMA that I did see this year was the flip. So I saw a couple
electric conversions, but not as much as we saw what two years ago, they were everywhere.
One of the things I see that is really big at SEMA and I think it's going to start moving into our
car culture that we were literally just talking about is the throwback. People are doing a lot
of throwback vehicles. I saw a lot of older vehicles that people restored, gave some new
technology, but kept that old school vibe to them. There was a lot of those there and it was cool.
And it gets your wheels spinning. One thing about SEMA for sure that I like about it is
walking and seeing everybody's different collaborate efforts to build cars really opens
my mind up of what we could do out of our own garage. I mean, now granted, these cars are
built are just way over the top, but you guys remember, so the bad end, we got a lot of money
tied up in the bad end. I mean, as much as easily as the display cars that were out there, I mean,
but you're making it yours, right? So you don't really think about the money side. I do
every once in a while. I try not to think about the money side of things on that car.
But it's hard not to. Right. But it's hard not to.
I was thinking two different things. One, Tesla Loop, they were really, really good.
That helped us a lot this year. Yeah, they were really good.
If you don't know what that is, they got.
The Tesla Loop is basically an underground loop system that's connected to multiple halls and
multiple buildings like hotels that have partnered with them. They're always adding more stuff stops
to it. I think what they said, they're coming out with three, three more stops. So it's basically
go underground. You get into a subway train using Tesla cars. But that that was good. But another
thing I thought of was they could do tours. Like think about like, you know, like where you hop
on a bus and like you go and see all the actors and stuff. But think about like a mini bus going
through all the cars and stuff and them driving around with like a tour.
Okay, so I don't. Okay, I don't doubt that. Right. I can see how they.
The crowd size that SEMA brings in hard to run a bus through one of their main roads. Even if you
line it up, it'd be very, very hard to run, bring a bus through there because people are everywhere.
I can tell you right now, we when we're moving around throughout and we're carrying camera
equipment and we have everything and stuff like that. And I, I won't say I get annoyed, but I get
slightly agitated because sometimes people just aren't paying attention and the equipment that
we're moving around with is very expensive. And we are trying to be very courteous to everybody
around us. I just, I wish sometimes the courteousness went the same way towards the people who are
carrying all the cameras and doing all the work because people are bumping into your equipment
and like say, you bump into something and you knock it over and you just drop a $20,000 camera.
And it does happen. Trust me, if we've had things knocked into and we've had to catch
things, if you guys go and look at some of our old stuff, you can see where people bumped into
why we're doing live if bumped into our cameras because they're just, they're such all of the
moment. And it is a great show that they're just pleasantly not paying attention to their surroundings.
I guess that's the best way to put it. So I guess that bus would be kind of hard.
We did purposely upgrade certain things this year for Seaman.
Yeah, we did. Insulate ourselves a little better from damage.
Yeah, knowing that it was, it was coming. I mean, but even, even so this year, we got,
we got hit one time where we had to cut the interview short and then thankfully that,
you know, people are just looking at all the cool stuff to see and they're just,
they're walking while they're turning their heads everywhere.
There's a camera, bam, and bang, right. And we've had it happen.
Bang right into the camera. I'm like, first of all, how'd you get, because we use
deflectors, people that stand on the outside to keep the crowds from pushing into the scenes
and stuff like that. But even like, how'd you get past them? And then how did you not realize that
as soon as like, that there was a big open area that also there was nobody in that you were walking
across, which now puts you right in the line of the camera. And then you walked right into the
camera and stopped and then stopped like, and then that's it. We're cutting and we got to start.
So, you know, if we're doing a 15 minute interview, that's it. It's to a certain degree,
it's trash. You got to basically try to start all over again, try to find a place you can cut it
and save it, which is the miracle of, you know, TV. But a lot of times it's not, you know, I mean,
and especially when like, when you're doing something live, it's very, very hard because
you can see off the corner of your eye. Like when I'm interviewing somebody, I see the courts
going off in the corners and I know somebody's getting ready to make a bad decision and I can't
react. And I'm hoping that somebody that's that's cruise with us is catching it beforehand. And
I feel it in my head and I don't know how it comes off on camera. I'm like, Oh,
this is going to be tragic. This person is literally going to knock our car. And so, you know,
you go, there's a lot of that. But like I said, other than that,
awesome. I love the fact. I know that SEMA had new contact people for us this year and stuff like
that seemed to work out pretty well. Didn't have a whole lot of issues. So yeah, I would say we'll
see you next year if we end up there. It just depends on how the timing works out, how the
different interview schedules and stuff like that go. So we'll keep you posted. We do have a very
busy schedule that's going to be rolling around for the next following season, which will come
like that. Usually we hit our first thing by March. So we'll have a little downtime. We'll
enjoy a Christmas charity. We'll give gifts out to all the kids and stuff. If you guys have anything
you guys want to donate, don't feel not, you know, obligated, but if you want to donate something,
definitely contact us. Tell us where you can pick it up. I can give you a drop off location,
whatever it is, looking for toys for kids. And remote control cars are big this year. I don't
mean because we're a car show. I don't know. But yeah, if you want to drop something off,
just let me know. And then no guys, we got to go ahead and get out here. This show flew by.
Hope you guys are enjoying your holiday weekend. Soak it up. Got a couple more days before it's
time to start it all over again until Christmas, but it's going to fly by quick. You guys got
anything before we get out of here? Enjoy your weekend. Have a good one. Alright guys,
make sure you unplug, spend some time with your kids. They'll love you for it. It is a Saturday,
Sunday's right around the corner. Place the board games with them. Fire up the grill,
whatever you got to do. Enjoy those turkey leftovers. And we're going to get out of here
and we'll talk to you soon.
About this episode
Back from SEMA, Dave Palach shares insights from the automotive showcase, highlighting the surge in truck modifications and the impressive Rockford Fosgate ice cream truck display. The episode features discussions on charity events, project car updates, and the importance of community involvement in the car culture. Listeners can expect entertaining anecdotes about tools, car builds, and the challenges of working on personal projects. The episode wraps up with a call for donations for their annual Christmas charity event, emphasizing the joy of giving during the holiday season.
Original notes
We are back from SEMA and fired up for this weeks show! From updates on our own builds to the standout moments we saw on the show floor we are breaking down the highlights and everything in between. Plus, we have got plenty more automotive talk packed into todays episode. Buckle up for this weeks show on Let's Talk Cars Radio!
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