Greg Stanley joins Stuart Howden for a wide-ranging chat blending collector-car culture with practical hobby guidance. They kick off with Classic Automall’s current inventory and a recap of big events like Cars and Coffee and Monterey, then dive into Stanley’s upcoming 400-page “Enthusiast Guide to Culture Car,” built around era experts, provenance/originality, and a “collector’s ladder” for different budgets. Stanley shares stories from interviewing legends like Jay Leno, plus advice on buying the best you can afford and planning for maintenance. The show also highlights new inventory, upcoming auctions, and Stanley’s daily-driver FJ.
Show #239, airdate 04-15-26 Stewart welcomes Greg Stanley Podcaster and Author of "The Enthusiast's Guide to Collector Cars". They discuss his early career at Topps and Bazooka gum companies, deciding to do his podcasts and write a book for novice collectors. Also discussion of eras and types of cars. Talk with Steve Saffier also covers The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 2026 inductees and Stewart announces an upcoming Classic Auto Mall auction on June 19th, 2026. https://enthuiastsguide.thecollectorcarpodcast.com @Topps cards, @PackardMuseum @RockHall @Honda @VanHalen @Barrett_Jackson @Mecum @BillyIdol @IronMaiden @TenTenthsMotorClub @RadwoodOfficial #hypercars #thebrassera #clones #neoclassic #Excalibur #CarGuy #Providence #ToyotaFJ #custombuilds
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"There were the mainline cars and coffee on Sunday. Oh, you did? I had 3,000 cars there. It was crazy."
“Cars and coffee” is a casual car meet where people show up with their cars, usually in the morning, and hang out. It’s less about racing and more about meeting other car lovers.
“Cars and coffee” is an informal car meet where enthusiasts gather—often early in the morning—to show off vehicles and talk shop. It’s become a common way for classic and performance car communities to network and build local scenes.
"Love those. Those are oddball. I just sold one recently."
“Oddball” just means the car is unusual or not what you normally see. At car shows, people use it to point out rare or distinctive models. It’s basically “cool and different.”
“Oddball” is used here to describe cars that are unusual or uncommon—models that don’t fit the most typical crowd or mainstream choices. In classic-auto settings, calling something an oddball often signals rarity, distinctive design, or a cult following. It helps listeners understand why the SVX (and other mentioned brands) stood out in the inventory.
"[87.1s] I don't see.
[88.1s] I would have said Porsche reference.
[89.8s] That's right."
Porsche is a German car brand famous for sporty, high-quality cars. People who collect cars often get excited about Porsche because many models are considered desirable.
Porsche is a German sports-car brand known for performance-focused engineering and a strong classic-car following. In collector circles, “Porsche” often signals models with high demand, especially air-cooled and rear-engine eras.
"[99.6s] Uh-oh.
[100.0s] Look out.
[101.0s] Consignments, please.
[102.3s] Because you see a note on my desk and I'm missing it."
“Consignments” means someone brings their car to be sold through a dealer or event. The seller usually only gets paid if the car sells, and they handle marketing for the owner.
A consignment is when a car owner brings a vehicle to a seller/event, and the seller markets it on the owner’s behalf. The seller typically takes a commission only if the car sells, which helps bring more inventory without the event buying the cars outright.
"And, uh, from brass era to hyper cars. So, uh, a lot of pictures, a lot of fun facts and a brass era to today, which is pretty crazy."
“Brass era” means the very early days of cars—around the late 1800s to the 1910s. People use the term because many of those cars had lots of brass trim and early, pioneering designs.
“Brass era” is a nickname for the earliest period of automobiles, roughly from the late 1890s through the 1910s. Cars from this time are often associated with brass fittings, early engineering, and the transition from experimental vehicles to more standardized production.
"So there's probably a couple of Easter eggs in there that I'm not even aware of. Someone will have to tell me about once they read it."
“Easter eggs” are little hidden surprises in something you’re reading. In a car book, they might be obscure facts or special details that only careful readers notice.
“Easter eggs” are hidden details included for observant readers—like subtle references, rare photos, or inside jokes. In enthusiast automotive books, these can be especially fun because they reward deep reading and prior knowledge.
"So I have like a collector's ladder, like entry level, mid-level, blue chip.
I capture some of the auction results to kind of give a flavor."
Collectors often sort cars into tiers based on how hard they are to find and how much people want them. “Entry” is usually cheaper, “mid-level” is in the middle, and “blue chip” is the top tier that’s most sought after.
A “collector’s ladder” is a way collectors categorize cars by desirability and price—often from entry-level to mid-level to top-tier “blue chip” classics. It helps set expectations for how rare, valuable, and competitive different cars are in the market.
"And that was really, really cool because I'm not a Hot Rod guy, like I'd appreciate it from afar, but a guy like Bruce can really add a new dimension... And if you don't appreciate Hot Rods, it's a place to go and you will appreciate Hot Rods."
Hot rods are older cars that people modify to look cool and drive fast. It’s more than just one car—it’s a whole style of building and showing cars.
Hot rodding is a car culture focused on modifying older cars for style and performance, often emphasizing engine swaps, custom bodywork, and distinctive aesthetics. In the transcript, it’s used to describe a whole category of cars and events that some people may not initially “get,” but can appreciate after seeing them in person.
"Yeah, exactly. I mean, we were at Ross Myers Three Dog Garage this past weekend. And if you don't appreciate Hot Rods, it's a place to go and you will appreciate Hot Rods."
Three Dog Garage is a place tied to hot-rod and custom-car building. The hosts are saying it’s worth visiting because the cars are genuinely impressive.
Ross Myers Three Dog Garage is a well-known hot-rod and custom-car shop/community associated with building and showcasing highly creative vehicles. The episode references it as a destination where even non–hot rod fans can become interested after seeing the cars there.
"I had asked him a couple of years ago on my podcast. I asked him for his ultimate garage, like his top 10 cars."
An “ultimate garage” is a curated list of a collector’s favorite cars—often framed as a dream lineup or top picks. The transcript notes that the guest’s list is fascinating because it’s not just “a car type,” but the exact cars he wants.
"Well, you see that in the, in the auction catalogs where they'll say, you know,"
Auction catalogs are the written listings that describe cars being sold, often including provenance (where the car came from) and condition notes. For classic cars, the catalog description can strongly influence buyer confidence and price.
"And the Packard Museum is great. Rob Sigmund, he's a great friend of mine. I'm actually on the Leadership Council for the Museum."
The Packard Museum is a place that preserves and showcases classic cars and their history. Mentioning it tells you the event is connected to a real car-enthusiast community, not just a random gathering.
The Packard Museum is a specialty venue focused on Packard and related classic-vehicle history. For listeners, it signals the episode’s classic-car context and that the event is tied to an established preservation/community organization.
"And actually, it's interesting, Dave Kinney of Hagerty Price Guide, he closes the very first chapter about what is a collector car."
Hagerty is a classic-car company, and their Price Guide helps estimate what collector cars are worth. People use it as a reference when buying or selling.
Hagerty is a well-known classic-car insurance and media company, and its Price Guide is used to estimate market values for collector vehicles. When people reference Hagerty pricing, they’re usually talking about how the market values specific models and conditions.
"I think that that's a lot of people, we have these soft spots for certain cars that had some kind of influence in our life."
People often get attached to certain cars because of memories. Even if a car isn’t worth much, those feelings can make people want one anyway.
This is the idea of emotional attachment to specific cars—often because they were part of formative experiences. In collector circles, these “soft spots” can drive purchases even when the car isn’t especially valuable.
"And my favorite question is, what's your daily driver? So I have a 2014 Toyota FJ and absolutely love it."
A daily driver is the car you use most days for normal life—work, errands, and driving around town. It usually racks up miles, which can change what it’s worth later.
A “daily driver” is the vehicle someone uses for everyday commuting and errands rather than a weekend toy. In collector conversations, the daily-driver choice matters because it affects mileage, wear, and resale value over time.
"So I got the very last year of 2014. It's the only year that has a backup camera, which is important in that car."
A backup camera shows what’s behind the car when you’re reversing. It makes parking and backing up safer and easier, especially in tight spots.
A backup camera (rear-view camera) helps drivers see behind the car when reversing, reducing the chance of hitting objects or people. The speaker notes that their specific FJ Cruiser year is the only one with a backup camera, which can make that configuration more desirable.
"I just actually I bought for my wife an 05 Boxster S about a year ago. And what a great car."
A Porsche Boxster S is a sporty two-seat Porsche roadster. Here they’re talking about buying one with very low miles, because that usually keeps the car’s value higher.
The Porsche Boxster S is the more performance-focused version of the Boxster, typically with a stronger engine and sportier setup than the base model. In this segment, the key point is how low mileage and careful preservation can protect value on later-model cars.
"We'll be back with the Classic Auto Mall show in just a couple of minutes. We'll see you then. The Classic Auto Mall is like going to the greatest indoor car showroom in the country."
Classic Auto Mall is a place that sells classic cars indoors. They list lots of cars for sale and can ship them to other countries.
Classic Auto Mall is presented as a large indoor showroom focused on classic and collectible vehicles. The segment emphasizes its consignment model, inventory size, and worldwide shipping.
"[2270.9s] 350 cubic against V8.
[2272.1s] The Holley Sniper EFI.
[2273.3s] I think that's the way to go, that Holley Sniper."
Holley Sniper EFI is an aftermarket electronic fuel-injection (EFI) system designed to replace carburetors on older engines. EFI improves cold starts, throttle response, and drivability, and it’s often easier to tune than older carb setups.
"This has got heat and air conditioning. Oh, wow."
That means the car can warm you up in the winter and cool you down in the summer. On older cars, having both is a nice upgrade for daily comfort.
Heat and air conditioning refer to the climate-control system in the car. In many classic cars, having both is a big deal because it improves comfort and can also indicate a more complete or desirable restoration.
"Next on the list is 1956 Ford custom line Victoria, two-door hardtop, mandarin orange and colonial wide over orange and white."
This is a 1956 Ford from the Custom Line lineup, in a Victoria-style two-door hardtop body. People collect these because they’re stylish and represent a very recognizable 1950s Ford look.
The 1956 Ford Custom Line Victoria is a mid-1950s Ford two-door hardtop, known for its classic styling and collector appeal. The speaker is highlighting specific color and trim details, which matter a lot for authenticity and value in classic-car circles.
"Next on the list is 1956 Ford custom line Victoria, two-door hardtop, mandarin orange and colonial wide over orange and white."
A two-door hardtop is a classic body style where the cabin looks more open because there’s no thick pillar between the front and rear side windows. It’s part of what makes these cars look so “1950s cool.”
A two-door hardtop is a body style where the side windows don’t have a fixed B-pillar, giving a “pillars-out” look. In the 1950s, this was a popular styling cue and often associated with a more upscale feel.
"Two owners Shelby. [2357.6s] New paint in 2025. [2359.1s] Surprised it lasted that long. ... [2365.9s] It's good that this car has been repainted,"
A repaint is when the car’s exterior paint is redone, often to refresh appearance or correct issues from prior work. In collector-car discussions, repainting can be a double-edged sword: it may improve looks and protect the body, but it can also affect originality and value depending on how it was done.
"Some no reserves, some with reserve. But they'll be reasonably priced to put it to you that way."
“No reserve” means the seller isn’t setting a minimum price. If the highest bidder wins, the car gets sold even if it’s not a huge number.
In an auction, a “no reserve” listing means there’s no minimum price the car must reach to be sold. That often encourages more bidding because the seller can’t block the sale if bids stay low.
"We've got some barn finds that from a couple of collections, we've got some cars that, you know, no, retail. That was weird."
A “barn find” is a car that’s been sitting in storage for a long time. It can be cool and original, but it usually needs inspection and repairs before it’s road-ready.
“Barn finds” are vehicles that have been stored away for long periods, often with limited recent use. They can be exciting because they may be original and unmodified, but they also frequently need sorting—like tires, fluids, brakes, and sometimes deeper mechanical work.
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And here we are, show number 239.
I got a little sunburn.
I think I'm going to burn up in a trailer.
Careful out there.
Careful because, you know.
There were the mainline cars and coffee on Sunday.
Oh, you did?
I had 3,000 cars there.
It was crazy.
So glad I didn't go.
Oh, man.
We got there.
I got there at 7.30 and at 10.30 I left and there was still a line of cars coming in.
See, I can't idle that long.
Yeah, that's the problem.
You understand now why the guys don't bring the older cars.
Right.
It's the Lamborghinis and the peripheries.
Exactly.
They can handle that, you know.
100%.
But poor guy in a, you know, 72-olds cutlass.
He is in trouble.
That's right.
Because it was a little bit warm.
It's not the muscle car crowd.
It really isn't.
Well, you get a little of everything there, really.
You do.
I mean, I saw some interesting cars, some interesting Citrons.
A Subaru SVX.
Nice.
Which is weird.
Love those.
Those are oddball.
I just sold one recently.
We did.
Oh, we did.
Yep.
The red one.
Exactly.
That's exactly right.
So how many cars in inventory right now?
JR, your first this week.
907.
I don't see.
I would have said Porsche reference.
That's right.
I'm going to go a little lower.
I don't remember last week.
856.
Oh, you guys are both way off.
We are at, I don't know, 818.
818.
Wow.
Uh-oh.
Look out.
Consignments, please.
Because you see a note on my desk and I'm missing it.
And when it hits the 7s, then I'm going to freak out.
So, uh, so it goes without saying to bring us your cars.
We need all the inventory we can get and we got some empty slots.
So let's get right to our guest.
Joining us via Zoom, author, car specialist, consultant, podcast host, concord judge, Greg
Stanley.
Good morning, Greg.
Wow.
Sounds like I do a lot of stuff.
Yeah.
It's like me.
I don't get paid for anything that I do, but it sounds good on my business card.
It's this big.
That's right.
Yeah.
Thanks for having me.
I appreciate it.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Looking forward to it.
I know we, you and I have got to visit briefly when we met in Monterey, but you know, it's
too much going on and too much time and not enough.
It's just crazy.
I don't even know.
I've went for the first time this past year to Monterey and this year will be my second
time and I don't know what I'm going to do.
I'm more confused the second time than I was the first time.
It's, uh, it's ramping up.
Every year seems to be more intense than a year before, doesn't it?
Right.
It really does.
And, uh, it's, you know, what's interesting is that it's, it's so many things going on.
You have to pick and choose.
And then it's difficult because, you know, it's like New Year's Eve and you're trying
to run around to get to the right party at the right place at the right time and you
realize that midnight hits and you're in between point A and point B.
So it's, uh,
I actually have a spreadsheet for specifically for Monterey.
I like Excel and, uh, it is intense because you're right.
You want to have it printed off by day, by time, where am I going to be, what do I need
to do?
And, uh, yeah, it's kind of nuts.
It's hard to relax when you're there.
You can't do like I usually do, which is just wing the vacation to show up and, you know,
what do you mean there's a convention here in town and there's not a hotel room within
80 miles, you know, that seems to be my M.O.
So your path to the collector cart world was, you know, seems to be very, uh, true to what
most people do from, uh, regional sales manager of the bazooka company.
So yeah, yeah, it makes total sense.
Absolutely.
That's so cool.
So you get to come home with bags of bazooka, ring pops and gum every day, right?
Well, it used to, I actually have been in the food business for 30 years and I've been
out of the food business for about a year and a half now.
So I decided to do the car thing full time.
But yeah, it's not your traditional path and I tell people it all came from my podcast,
which, uh, I, I, if someone wants to do something and they don't know how to do it, I always
tell them to start a podcast because if you don't know what you're talking about, interview
people who do know what they're talking about, then you'll learn a lot.
Isn't it amazing how you can read a book about something and if there's no reference for
reading, you're just reading it for enjoyment versus you're reading something because you're
going to interview the person on your show.
Your brain just gets all that more knowledge in there.
It's amazing.
Yeah.
After 400 podcast episodes, I have a lot of useless knowledge in my head.
Well, we're halfway there.
We're 239.
So we're, we're working our way up to you.
So, but, uh, you know, it's, it's, it's a lot of fun.
It's harder than people think it is, but we look at it more as if it monetizes and makes
this money great.
And if it doesn't great too, we're having fun doing it.
We're promoting our brand.
And just like with you, with your new book that's coming out pretty soon, right?
Yeah.
Actually, I should have it in, in hand, uh, the end of next week.
Are you nervous?
Very exciting.
Are you nervous?
Not nervous.
Very excited.
All right.
Well, excited is better than nervous probably.
Do you, how many pages is the book?
I didn't know, I didn't see that where I was looking at.
Yeah.
I kept on getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
So it's 400 pages.
And part of that is that has a hundred, over 140 photographs, professionally shot
photographs of cars, uh, mostly supplied by ARM, South Abyss.
Right.
And, uh, from brass era to hyper cars.
So, uh, a lot of pictures, a lot of fun facts and a brass era to today, which is pretty crazy.
Was proofing it crazy?
I mean, was it hard to stay focused to read 400 pages and pick out all the good and the bad and the ugly?
It was.
Thankfully, there's a team I've got that does it and, you know, every time you review it,
they're like, oh, I could fix that.
Oh, I could do this.
So there's probably a couple of Easter eggs in there that I'm not even aware of.
Someone will have to tell me about once they read it.
Well, we all have those friends who'd like to point out things like that, right?
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Especially car guys.
Yeah.
Carl Ludwigson wrote the book, the turbo charging supercharger book and he said it took him a year to prove it.
Oh my gosh.
Well, one thing I did is at each chapter, so if it's a brass era, I had a brass era expert
give me a quote at the beginning of the book and at the end of the book.
And I asked him through the review of the chapter.
So it's not strictly, I get the stamp of approval by experts of that era, so to speak.
Yeah.
And that important because, you know, nowadays, even doing the show when you're doing research,
you're not sure if something's AI, if something's real, if it's, if you don't have somebody who knew
it and lived it and, you know, spent the time with it, then you could be walking down a rabbit hole
you don't like.
You know, you're going to say something that you didn't, it wasn't true.
Right.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Yes.
Well, and I think in writing a book, I mean, I imagine that if you're reading to interview a guest
versus writing a book, I mean, I imagine that the knowledge that you have now from that is incredible.
And you wrote it for, not just for the hardcore, right?
No, it's really meant, it's called, first off, it's called the Enthusiast Guide to Culture Car.
And it's meant to be, you know, put your toe in the water of the collector car world.
Because I have two nephews, you know, I have multiple nephews and nieces, but, you know,
they're getting into cars.
They like cars.
They're 14, 15 years old.
Perfect.
And, you know, it's a big world to kind of take a bite out of.
And so they gravitate towards the fast hypercars typically, you know.
But, you know, I wanted something, you know, if I look at all the books in front of me,
all the books everywhere, there's not really an easy access point for the hobby.
Now, it doesn't have to be a kid.
It could be a spouse or someone that just wants to connect.
Someone that likes cars.
But, I mean, my wife is all into Porsches right now.
She's got an O5 Porsche Boxster S.
She loves it.
And she's asking me, what are the different generations of Porsches and stuff.
And she was a big reason to do the book as well.
But it's really meant to be, it's a paperback.
I want to see it dogged and kids' backpacks torn up, you know, where they just are diving into it.
It's a lot of fun facts.
You know, it's not like this, I tell people, it's not War and Peace.
You know, it's a guidebook.
You know, I'm not having to do character arcs and creative writing.
It's, you know, keep it entertaining.
And you want people to have it on a show field if they're at an auction
or at a concourse or wherever they happen to be.
If that's in the back pocket, then you've done your job, right?
Yeah, you got to have pretty big back pocket because it's 400 pages.
But, you know, it's just a fun read.
You know, I cover everything from, you know, what is the era?
Why is it important?
What are some spotlight cars?
You know, people may like a Mercedes 300SL Galwing, but, you know, they can't afford it.
Well, there's some entry, there's some lower price cars of that generation
that maybe you could afford.
So I have like a collector's ladder, like entry level, mid-level, blue chip.
I capture some of the auction results to kind of give a flavor.
And I'll have to say, you mentioned learning a lot.
I learned a ton about the classic era, which I think 1925 to 1948.
I appreciate how special those cars were until I did a deep dive on them.
Yeah, you see the guys who are really passionate in that segment of the hobby.
And you think, okay, you know, you see the 39 Ford deluxe convertible.
And you think, that's a pretty, you know, it's well done.
I mean, you see those and they're completely restored in perfect condition.
And you think, man, that was a lot of time and effort.
And, and, you know, it's not as if there's just a ton of information out there.
You know, most of it's passed down from, you know, your neighbor or the guy who's the
the head of the club or whatever with that information on how to restore them,
where to restore them, who to take it to, who not to take it to.
Yeah, it's very interesting error because that is the only error
where there were really no rules.
And it was like getting a custom tailored suit back today, I guess.
Right.
You know, but there was a custom tailored car.
Right.
By coach builders all over the world with just the craziest, most special Bugatti's,
Dela Hayes, you know, Duesenberg's, whatever, just insane cars.
And that was never repeated again.
Right.
You know, it's just, yes, you can get a custom built whatever today,
but it's not an industry like it was back then.
And it's not at the level it was, you know, when it was seen as so prestigious to,
you know, buy this chassis and then get a custom body built interior,
everything from your favorite coach builder.
It was just a really crazy time that I just honestly,
I didn't appreciate until I started really diving into it.
Well, you see a lot of people that try to revive the Duesenberg or they try to revive,
you know, any of these, you know, big classics and try to do that same thing
you're talking about.
And they never seem to do very well.
They don't seem to have much shelf life and they seem to fall into the category of almost
like a Zimmer or, you know, or a Clené.
Fiero base Zimmer, that's a deep cut right there.
Well, you know, I like to go down those deep rabbit holes there anyway.
But although the Clené was actually well done in one of those,
if you were going to have the best of that type of car, that Clené was really well done
and you don't hardly see them at all anymore.
I don't know.
There may be a reason for that.
I don't know why.
Are we really going to talk about early X calibers at this point?
Well, I just sold an X caliber yesterday, believe it or not.
It was like, you know, the very first couple of years are becoming pretty desirable.
They are there.
They're a lot of power, but, you know, they're just oddball cars and it's like
trying to be something that they're not, but that's okay.
You know, so some of the contributors to your book are like a who's who in the car world.
I mean, for those of us who know and understand this world,
pretty amazing list of people that you've got involved with what you're doing.
You know, it's funny.
I thought that was so key because yes, I can talk about what I think about cars
and I can share some fun facts.
I can give an overview, but it's really hearing from other people and what they say.
I asked them basically two different avenues.
If you're in the front of the book, it's why cars matter to you.
And then if you're a chapter, you know, if you're at the beginning of the chapter,
end of the chapter, why is this era important?
And a couple of people, I got two quotes from Sandra Budden.
She gave me two quotes about, you know, a public beach as a concor event.
And I was like, you know, that's not going to be until like chapter 17.
I really want Sandra in the beginning of the book.
So I asked her for a quote on why cars matter.
So she's in both.
Oh, nice.
And to listen to what people say who are in this industry from a passion perspective,
it just adds so many more layers to what I was trying to do.
It just, I think that's my favorite part about the book.
Like take all my words out of it, just have them.
And I think that's one heck of a article or book or whatever you want to call it.
But it was really fascinating.
I almost teared up when I read some of them.
I'm like, this is amazing.
All right.
Well, I mean, because you get people who are really well known in the hobby like Jay Leno,
but he's still just as passionate as you and I are.
And even though you think he may be a little jaded because he's seen everything and done
everything, that's not the case at all.
He can sit and talk about a 49 Buick for hours, you know, and no, no significance to the car.
Just it's the fact that he knows a lot about a particular car or it affected him somehow, some way.
Yeah. So here's my quick little Jay Leno story.
Hopefully he won't be upset. I told you this, but nobody's watching.
It doesn't matter.
Yeah. Yeah. Years ago, when I was trying to get him on my podcast,
I dealt with some of his folks and the response was, well, if you, you know,
he might be interested.
But if you get a call from a no caller ID, you know, in the next week or so,
you should probably answer it.
I'm like, well, now I got to watch my phone for like a month.
And it never happened.
And then I requested this quote.
And this is the time I'm getting all these spam calls about loans and all this kind of stuff.
And they're always, they're not no caller ID, but they're like unidentified or whatever.
And I get this no caller ID and I'm like, should I answer it or should I answer it?
You know, and I answered it and it's, it's Jay.
He's like, hey, Greg, it's Jay Leno.
I'm like, what?
He's like, I got the note about what you want.
Now, what exactly are you looking for?
And I told him what I was looking for and stuff.
I don't care.
He's like, oh, okay, okay.
Well, then like an hour and a half later, he calls me back.
And he's like, hey, it's Jay.
I want to make sure this is right.
This is what you want.
And he read the whole thing to me.
And I'm like, I'm like, that is absolutely perfect.
And he's like, all right, what's your email address?
And so he spends it to me from his personal email address.
Wow.
And I'm like, can I put you up my newsletter?
Yeah.
You're as bad as I am.
That's my first thought on anybody's email address.
I want to go ahead and put you on the newsletter if that's okay.
Right.
Yeah, sure.
That sounds great.
You know, and so funny.
It was just an amazing experience.
You know, to call you twice to make sure that he's providing what I wanted, you know,
I said it could be a paragraph.
It could be a warm piece.
I'll put it in there.
Yeah.
I mean, and it's not without saying that it's not only cool that they call,
but it's cool that the fact that how many times they get contacted
or emails or texts in a day, like Bruce Meyer, our friend from Beverly Hills,
you know, you send him a text message, he responds right away.
And you think, man, this guy's probably getting a thousand text messages a day,
you know, with everybody that he knows and everybody in his list.
So, you know, it's nice when somebody can takes the time and gets back to you.
And of course, but of course, you know, you know, as well as I do,
that sometimes your best guess on the show is not the one that you think it's going to be.
It's not the Leno or the Seinfeld or somebody like that.
It's some guy who's kind of obscure, but has a great knowledge base of a certain mark,
like Jay Gelotti, the author of the 917 Porsche book, you know, great guest.
And nobody knows who he is except for me and you.
Jay was, Jay's been on my podcast.
Gave me a great quote and awesome.
Bruce gave me a wonderful quote for Bruce.
I asked for a quote for the Hot Rod chapter.
Oh, nice.
And that was really, really cool because I'm not a Hot Rod guy,
like I'd appreciate it from afar, but a guy like Bruce can really add a new dimension,
you know, to that quote.
And to your point, Bruce has been on my podcast like four times.
I'm like, you know, who else?
How do you have this kind of time?
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, I don't have time for that and I'm not nearly as well known as he is.
But, you know, we were at Ross Myers Three Dog Garage this past weekend.
And if you don't appreciate Hot Rods, it's a place to go and you will appreciate Hot Rods.
I mean, his, his Riddler AMBR winners are just, they're, they're works of art.
And, and I'm not a Hot Rod guy, but I can tell you, I fell in love with at least four or five
of the cars that he had there.
Yeah. Yeah. Totally incredible.
I've been there once, but I haven't been there since they've expanded.
And, uh, yeah, that, that is strictly amazing.
And you mentioned in the pre-call about you and Ken Gross talking,
obviously he's an incredible interview.
I had asked him a couple of years ago on my podcast.
I asked him for his ultimate garage, like his top 10 cars.
So I've done that with other folks like Carini and, you know, different folks.
But what's fascinating about Ken is he's such a knowledge.
It wasn't what car, it was the exact car.
Like here's, here's my top 10 cars.
You know, they're all special body, incredible, incredible cars.
But he knew, you know, the history of every 10 of them, you know,
like the VIN number he knew owned it today, you know, the complete history.
I wasn't like, oh yeah, I want a 65 Mustang fast factory.
It was like, I want this exact thing.
You know, and that was really amazing.
Well, you see that in the, in the auction catalogs where they'll say, you know,
it's a something bodied so-and-so that you've never heard of,
owned by the count of itchy witchy or whatever.
And you've never heard of them either.
You know, who is that guy?
You know, you just wonder that somebody's just, hey, let's, let's,
let's, this week, let's just make up another name.
Nobody will be able to check it out, right?
It's like when Toys R Us went out of business, they went bankrupt.
And somebody said, you ought to put on your resume that you were the CEO of Toys R Us
because he's never proved you're wrong.
So, so the book release date, the first launch is going to be coming up April the 24th
at the America's Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
Wow, how cool is that?
Yeah, so it worked out really well.
I'm trying to do a bunch of launch events and actually I'll be in Philadelphia
for the Philly Concourse.
So maybe we could coordinate a little bit there.
I'd love to.
We were one of the sponsors there.
We were just out at the golf course yesterday kind of laying out the,
lay of the land for the event.
So we're looking forward to seeing there.
Absolutely.
Oh yeah, awesome.
Awesome.
Yeah.
So I'm trying to, you know, these launch events, trying to do it at different,
you know, I don't want it to be specifically for me.
I would rather tag on to something else that people are already attending or going to enjoy.
And then, you know, if they would like to have a book that kind of gives an overview,
I'm there, you know.
And the Packard Museum is great.
Rob Sigmund, he's a great friend of mine.
I'm actually on the Leadership Council for the Museum.
Oh, nice.
And he said, what, can we do it at the Spring Fling?
I'm like, I think the books will be ready.
So yeah, let's do it.
And he gave me a wonderful quote for brass era cars to kick off.
I think it's the second chapter.
And so it all is coming together quite nicely.
Well, you know, and it's so important to have these events that are, if you do a standalone
event, then you are so reliant on what you can and can't provide and do.
And you never know.
You never know if people are busy or whatever.
But if you're in an event that's already established and well received,
then you know that it's going to be a nice addition.
It's going to be an added bonus to the people that are attending and great for you as well,
too, because you've got a built-in audience who may or may not have heard of what you're doing.
Yeah.
And Tim McNair, I think he's the chief judge for.
Yeah.
He's a friend of mine and he contributed to the book.
And I'm sure there'll be some other folks on site that are in the book.
I just don't know it right now.
Exactly.
Yeah.
Looking forward to seeing all them.
Yeah.
It'll be a lot of fun.
It used to be the event that used to be at the Simeon, which is an amazing place.
And if you don't put that on your list when you're here,
it's just an unbelievable place.
I'm sure you've been there or no, maybe not.
No, I have.
And do you have a time for a quick Fred story?
I absolutely do.
So my podcast journey started with another podcast called Learn from Others,
which is sharing career journeys with kids, like, hey, here's a doctor.
What's the career path, that kind of thing.
So I asked Fred if he would be on the podcast, and so we had a conversation.
And he's like, I didn't know this, but at the time, now this never happened,
but at the time he was trying to get a second building, a five-story building adjacent to the
museum, and the fifth floor was going to be career development for inner city kids.
And he's like, I really like what you're doing with the podcast.
I mean, it's kind of cute and all, but why don't you come to Philadelphia,
and you can be my director of the career development program.
Now this, I've never met Fred in my life, all based on a conversation.
Nice.
Talking about having him on my podcast.
And then later I learned that he didn't, it never went anywhere.
But I just thought, that's quite a generous man to offer you a job when you've never met
a person.
Well, you must have a hell of an elevator pitch or something.
Yeah, must have been.
He must have liked my passion for trying to educate others.
You know, as well as I do, there are people that you meet that you just immediately know
that they're passionate, and then there's a type of people that you like, and you want to talk to
more, and you can have a conversation with them, just easy conversation.
And then there's other people you meet that you just can't even seem to connect,
no matter how much you have a commonality to.
And of course, you know, this hobby has been, for years, it was a lot like the golf course
syndrome, where everybody was kind of snobbish.
And if you weren't part of the clique, then you weren't part of the group.
And they're not like that anymore.
And I love that.
And I love that you can walk into a dealership, a classic car dealership,
or a supercar dealership, and they don't treat you like, you know, the help.
Right.
Yeah, it's funny.
Part of that's because they don't know who has money.
Yeah, when I go buy a car these days, I try to get, I dress down.
So, you know, got a crappy t-shirt and some, you know, cut off jean shorts and something.
So, but you know, that's, that used to be the case in the car world.
And it used to be that if you weren't in the know, then nobody would give you the time of day.
And of course, I think your book is addressing that in spades.
And I think that's wonderful.
Yeah, you know, I meant for it to not push anyone in any direction.
I meant for it to just be informative.
So, like, I have a chapter on, or a big section on square body pickup trucks, you know.
Right.
You know, or, you know, next, you know, the analog stuff from the early 2000s, you know,
I mean, it's, it's not, you know, where's the cash and where can I put some money?
Right.
It's meant, you know, follow the passion.
And actually, it's interesting, Dave Kinney of Hagerty Price Guide,
he closes the very first chapter about what is a collector car.
And his quote kind of sums up, you know, basically, if you're, if you like it,
and you're passionate, and you want, you know, that's a collector car to you.
Right, exactly.
Might not be to everybody, might not be worth anything.
Like, I would love to have a 1983 Izuzu iMark diesel, because that's what I learned how to drive in.
Sure.
Those things are hunks and junk and not worth anything.
Right.
But it was, it was unkillable back in the day, and I learned how to drive stick on it, you know.
I think that that's a lot of people, we have these soft spots for certain cars that
had some kind of influence in our life.
And that's what we tell people that come to our place here, that, you know, with
almost 800 to 1000 cars in the building, people say, well, I'm not really into cars.
I go, you'll be surprised.
You're going to find that you are into cars more than you realize, because
you're going to see the car that your grandfather had.
You're going to see the car that you had your first date in.
You're going to see the car that the cool kid down the street had.
All of those motivators are what, you know, leads us to buy the stuff that we buy when we can afford to.
Yeah.
And now they might not be collectible from a value perspective, you know.
But, I mean, one of the most passionate fan bases I've ever met are PT Cruiser owners.
So, I had one of those when I first got married, a convertible turbo for my wife.
And a convertible turbo, man, you stepped up.
Well, what was the, oh, the HHR was its sibling from Chevrolet that they had.
And they had those that had the panel sides, which you couldn't see anything out of.
You'd change lanes that you're, oh God, I hope not, you know.
That's the problem with new cars nowadays.
They have those lane warnings when you change lanes and then you get in something old
and you go start to turn not thinking, well, the lane thing didn't go off.
So, there must not be anybody there wrong.
Keep plowing to somebody else.
So, and you're the car guy, so you're not allowed to do that kind of stuff, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, you were just this past weekend at the 10-tenths motoring club.
How cool.
Talk about, you know, that's unfair.
Just out of the gate, it's a successful, crazy, fantastic, wonderful,
best in you've ever seen an event.
It was really cool.
I mean, it's a great layout, great location.
They did a really, really nice job.
I was fortunate because I had a media pass.
So, my podcast coming out by the time this posted, well, I've just come out.
I interviewed some owners about their cars and I try to pick a variety.
It's not just what I like, obviously.
That's one thing I don't like about some of these, you know, car shows.
It's like, get a little variety in there, you know, because you'd learn what the host likes
because it's all 50s or 60s stuff, you know.
Well, sure.
And I had my nephew with me and I interviewed him a couple of times, which is fun.
But yeah, I mean, I put in my newsletter.
So, if anybody's interested in my newsletter, just go to collectorcarpodcast.com.
You can look at the book there as well.
But I put in my newsletter.
I'm like, all right, the McLaren F1 is usually the number one car on people's
list and then walk away from a car.
Sure.
Well, that's my third.
That's number three on the list.
Yeah, number three was the big five Ferraris.
And Henry's collection, yeah.
Yeah, what's number one and what's number two?
Well, number two was the Roger Pinsky one-of-one Porsche 963, which Porsche made for him based,
you know, it's, you know, to commemorate the 917s back in the day.
There was one single one that was quote-unquote street legal, so they recreated it for Pinsky
and they threw in a cup holder, which I thought was hilarious.
Yeah.
And then number one was the 1966 Ford GT40, that one Le Mans.
Rob Kaufman's car.
Oh my god.
Yeah.
That's an amazing car.
And what's crazy is the Ferrari that won, so they have two winners, a sport and a classic.
I honestly didn't look at that Ferrari that close because I was so blown away by everything else.
You know, isn't that funny?
Passed right by the good one.
Well, it's interesting.
We have a 58-250 GT Elena here, not for sale, but as part of a private collection that's
just stored here in our building.
And it was funny because you don't really hear about those very often.
That was the one that won Best of Class Concours.
And hell, we've got one.
And it's burgundy and it's really cool.
And now it's even cooler because somebody wanted to work with one, right?
Yeah.
And they had a really big Radwood display, which that's my era growing up.
And so it was cool, nostalgic walking and seeing a lot of those cool cars from that era as well.
Yeah.
So our advice that we give people is probably close to what you tell people is,
by the best you can afford.
You know, if you're looking for a 75 Vega, Cosworth, whatever,
by the best one you can afford.
And also leave a little extra money because there's things that either you're going to
have to do or things that you want to do to it.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
And I actually have a big part in my book about provenance and originality.
If you can, you know, just because it looks good doesn't mean it's the right car for you.
You got to do a little bit of research and make sure it's right.
Well, we all found out that we hated Cobra replicas when we wanted one until we got one.
And then we burned our leg for about the 11th time and we said,
all right, I'm tired of this.
This is not something.
You warned the passenger.
Hey, be careful.
Don't burn your leg on that.
And what do you do?
You stick your leg right out.
It's the most painful thing ever.
So yeah.
So before we finish here, I got to ask my one last question.
And my favorite question is, what's your daily driver?
So I have a 2014 Toyota FJ and absolutely love it.
Those things are obviously future collectibles.
Yeah.
I mean, it's crazy.
I bought it in 2016.
So I got the very last year of 2014.
It's the only year that has a backup camera,
which is important in that car.
Anyway, so I bought it.
It was two years old, 16,000 miles on it or so.
In 10 years, I bought it for $36,000.
In 10 years, I've put 100,000 miles on it and I could sell it for $26,000.
I lost 10 grand in 10 years in 100,000 miles.
I haven't done the math yet, but that is one cheap ride.
And you're the one guy who hasn't lied to his wife that we're going to make
money on this car.
We're only going to lose a little bit, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So there's a list of cars.
If you ever see them and you can afford them that you want to grab.
On that list is, if I find another FJ with under 50,000 miles,
it's a reasonable price.
I'm going to buy it.
Sure.
But there's a whole list of cars.
I mean, any Japanese car from the 90s, that's low mileage,
in mint original shape, pick it up.
I saw Honda CRX the other day in a collection with 85 miles on it.
Wow.
And I'm like, oh my gosh.
I had an 88 Honda CRX SI in red.
And that was the greatest car.
I put 200 and something thousand miles on it.
I think I changed the tires and the battery and that was it.
It was just an amazing car.
And so well, that's the whole thing about, you know, Honda is inaccurate.
So people don't realize, especially today that new to the hobby,
don't realize that how great a Honda Accord really is.
I know it sounds boring and vanilla, but it's a great car.
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah.
And just finding those, you know, preserved.
I just actually I bought for my wife an 05 Boxster S about a year ago.
And what a great car.
But it came out of a collection where it was driven five miles every other month.
And so I bought it 20 years old.
I bought it with 1900 miles on it.
And now we're up to 5100 miles.
I actually drove it this morning to Home Depot.
Oh, my wife makes, she gets so mad at me when I,
we bought it.
I bought her an Aston Martin, a V8 Vantage.
And it had 4,900 miles on it.
And I wouldn't let her drive it over the 5,000 mile thing.
And she's like, what the hell did we buy this thing for?
I'm going to go over 5,000 miles, just be quiet.
And so I get all whacked out about stuff like that.
Because I know how the value works in this business.
And low mileage is king on later model cars.
So, you know, absolutely.
I want to go over probably 9,000 on this car.
That's like four or five years.
Yeah, exactly.
I think the value is still there, I think.
So, Greg, thanks so much for being on the show today.
Really appreciate it.
And your website, again, to...
Yeah, it's just thecollectorcarpodcast.com.
And a collector car podcast on YouTube,
on Instagram, on Facebook, everywhere.
All the usual sources, right?
Greg Stanley, everybody.
Thanks again.
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Getting crackling.
Crackling too?
Crackling pops.
There we go.
There it went.
We fixed it.
Ever that box?
Throw that box away.
I need a bigger hammer.
Beat on it.
Like a bad starter, right?
So, Greg Stanley, what a great guest.
Wow.
So knowledgeable.
Love having people like that.
I just talked for hours.
And then he did our show,
and then we did his show just back to back,
so we just finished that.
So, I'm going to need a raise.
Breaking.
I can't, you know, I just can't just be...
Geez.
It's hard work.
It's hard work being me.
But it was funny because you both said
when you were on each other's shows,
you had to turn off your interviewer
and answer the questions.
And he said, yeah, I had to do the same thing with you.
Exactly.
It was like, I was wondering, should I ask the next?
Oh, why don't we actually back to back like that?
Like you're in the interview mode.
It's like driving one car and then getting
in another one real quick.
And he's like, whoa, this feels...
No one ever asked me to be on the show,
so I don't really know what that's like.
Yeah.
So, where did we sell cars this past week?
Where?
How about Lincoln, North Dakota?
Wow.
Wilton, Connecticut, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
Robert, Louisiana, Newark, Delaware, Pasadena,
California, Dripping Springs, Texas, Gainesville, Georgia,
Placitas, New Mexico, Kansas City, Missouri.
I'll say that for my wife.
She likes it when I say Missouri.
Instead of Missouri, Newmarket, Maryland,
East Drowlsburg, Pennsylvania, Massapequa, New York,
Katona, New York, Copeland, Texas, Uxbridge,
Massachusetts, Lancaster, New York.
How cool is that?
Really low on the Pennsylvania.
I don't know.
Delivery assist this time.
So, our YouTube channel, as we've told you in the past,
is hopefully this is where you're seeing this or catching this.
If you're not, go subscribe to our YouTube channel
if you're just listening to us on a podcast site or whatever.
We're at 233,293 subscribers.
That's a lot of people.
A year ago today was 6,600.
And 1,857 videos we have.
Wow.
We'll be crossing over.
That's pretty good.
1,980,841,000 views.
I always judge size of crowds by the LA Coliseum.
Right.
I think it holds 103,000.
That's a good reference.
And I've been there.
I was there for Bruce.
Yeah, I was there for the Rolling Stones.
George Thurgood, Prince.
George Thurgood.
And Prince.
And then the Rolling Stones.
And Prince got booed off the stage.
Nobody even knew who he was.
So, it was 1981 or two.
And they literally booed him off the stage.
You know, George Thurgood's playing Pen, your favorite place.
My favorite is the Pen's Peak.
Pen's Peak.
Pen's Peak is easy to say, isn't it?
I like Pen's Peak.
So, John Waiter.
I think he's coming back.
I saw Thurgood front for the Rolling Stones and Buffalo
during a thunderstorm.
Oh, wow.
And that was before they told people
to clear their place because it's a thunderstorm.
And he played the harder rain, the harder he played.
And then the Stones came out and was like, yeah, so top that.
Isn't that funny?
I saw Van Halen open for Black Sabbath, I think it was.
And Van Halen just blew him away.
And they were, you could tell that was going to be
the last night of that relationship.
They weren't coming back.
And I like to do a music show, by the way.
Yeah, I see that.
I see that.
Yeah, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations came out yesterday.
Oh, you did?
I missed that.
Yeah, I'll get it for you.
Get that list.
But yeah, so we have twice the LA Coliseum
in subscribers on YouTube.
That crazy.
Wow.
Or the University of Tennessee, Nieland Stadium,
holds 100 and some odd thousand, 903.
So we could reuse that reference.
OK.
All right.
Or a population of a city.
Never been there.
You know, something, you should go to the University of Tennessee.
As a matter of fact, it's kind of required if you work for me.
Is it?
To root for the voles.
Absolutely.
I love Vanderbilt.
You want to get stabbed.
My son was actually born at Vanderbilt Hospital.
Oh, is he?
Vanderbilt's a great school, by the way.
Just not when it comes to sports.
Although they've had a pretty good football team the past year.
I don't think they're about sports.
Are we even talking about cars?
Here we go.
All right.
So some of the new arrivals as of late.
I like the cash crusher.
Oh, yeah.
I like that.
What was the cash crusher keep?
Cash, cash crop.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So that was a tough one, though.
Yeah.
That was a tough one.
Really.
I mean, I like them all.
I'm crushing the E type.
I know.
You just don't like them.
Jaguar.
Right.
Although Enzo Ferraris is the sexist.
I know, but he was wrong.
God.
Sue me.
What does he know?
Sue me.
I'm coming to visit you.
You know, Fred Sanford was only like 49
when he was on Sanford and Sun.
And it looked like he was like 100.
And he had a heart attack.
Like, no, he was on another show.
I just heard this.
Right.
He was in his mid-60s.
And had a heart attack.
Had a heart attack.
They thought he was joking
from all those years doing
I'm doing that.
Ethel, Esther or whatever.
Yeah.
It's like, you know, the little boy who cried wolf.
That's right.
So.
Get up.
Get up, Fred.
I've got a scene to do.
Come on, Fred.
What's his real name, though?
Red Fox is not.
Yeah.
Red Fox.
It's not his real.
Oh, Red Fox is probably.
It's not his real name, though.
Really, is it?
Probably not.
Yeah.
But he was as blue as you.
Apparently he was a stand-up comedian.
He was not red.
He was very blue.
So some of the new arrivals.
Okay.
Speaking of blue.
Blue.
The 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible.
Silver blue metallic over dark blue.
53,180 actual miles.
Numbers matching L 75, 300 horsepower, 327.
With the numbers matching Muncie M20.
Four speed manual.
What a transmission that is.
That a fifth.
M20.
It would have been the Katz Meow.
336 posiaxl.
Tons of new parts.
And it comes with the hard top.
Cool as that.
Yes.
63s.
You know, people don't realize that there were split windows.
And then there was actually really convertibles.
Convertibles.
That's right.
So a lot of people don't realize that.
And those people are dead to me.
No.
Same front end basically.
Same front end.
Just different rear.
That's right.
Different haunches.
How about the 2006 speaking of Porsche Box?
Yeah.
Greg Stanley was telling us his wife has a.
Got a great low mileage.
Yeah, low mileage Boxer S.
This is a 2000 Boxer Convertible.
Black over black.
79,000 actual miles.
Is that future collectible?
Absolutely.
Without question.
And that little 2.7 liter Boxer 6.
You go, hey, you know, whatever.
That's none of no.
This is a blast to drive.
Yeah.
They are really fun to drive.
And a five speed manual transmission.
So checks all the right box.
Great car.
How about the 1976 Oldsmobile?
Cutlass salon.
We're just talking about this too.
Hard top.
Cream gold over 10.
26,000 actual miles.
Unbelievable.
Mechanically sorted.
Numbers matching 350.
Right.
Nobody could.
Probably doesn't really matter as much on this car.
26,000 miles though.
That's crazy.
Numbers matching turbo hydromag 350.
Gentlemen's muscle car.
Yeah.
How about next on the list is the 1957 Chevrolet 150
two door station wagon.
This is Lark spur blue and India ivory over dark gray.
And light gray.
350 cubic against V8.
The Holley Sniper EFI.
I think that's the way to go, that Holley Sniper.
I think I'm going to put that on my my hearstle.
Oh, yeah.
Okay.
That'd be a good.
Don't you think that'd be smart?
I'll tell you where to take it.
You tell me where to go.
You tell me where to take it.
Who will do that for me, right?
Yep.
Well, we could do it here, but we don't.
I like these non Nomad wagons.
I really think for handymans and stuff.
That's why I picked this one.
I mean, the Nomads cool.
And it's the, you know, it's the one that everybody
looks at when you say a wagon and a Nomad Bel Air.
But I really, really do like the 150.
And especially if they're painted in that,
it's one of those good like Lark spur blue.
50s color.
The great 50s color.
This has got heat and air conditioning.
Oh, wow.
And power front disc brakes.
There you go.
Next on the list is 1956 Ford custom line Victoria,
two-door hardtop, mandarin orange and colonial wide over orange and white.
It's a good looking car.
Sure.
Yeah, like my shirt.
So I planned it that way.
Beautiful car.
Yeah. 312 cubic inch VA, four-tomatic, automatic.
Great 50s color.
I mean, really, really just, that's about as good as it gets.
Hate to overuse the word iconic.
I know.
It is.
I know.
We do that a lot.
It is iconic.
But it's all right.
It's an older restoration, but it means you can just drive it and enjoy it.
Looks great.
And if you get a chip on it, it's always the one.
Won't be the first one.
No big deal.
So, and next on the list is an interesting car.
It's the 1986 Dodge Shelby Charger.
People go, what?
Dodge Shelby Charger?
Shelby?
What?
86.
86.
Black and silver over dark green line gray.
37,421 actual miles.
Two owners Shelby.
New paint in 2025.
Surprised it lasted that long.
Oh, I didn't mean to say that.
No, they weren't.
The build quality wasn't as great back then.
It's good that this car has been repainted,
because it would have needed it.
Not because of use, only 37,000 miles.
It was probably single stage.
It was probably single stage.
It probably faded and all that good stuff.
146 horsepower, 2.2 liter single overhead cam turbo
in line four, the five speed manual.
I had a little pep to it.
A little pep to it, but it's a cosmetic package.
It's more of a cosmetic.
It's got the CS seats inside.
I mean, Shelby wasn't really even.
Was he?
Well, he was alive, but he wasn't.
Yeah, I mean, he probably got paid.
Yeah, I would imagine he probably got paid,
because he got to get paid.
Names on him.
So, that's some of our new inventory.
Go to our website, classicautomall.com.
What's going on out there?
Oh, you got the Carzica.
Oh, did you?
The Hall of Fame nominee?
Some of these are questionable.
I just want to say I heard the list earlier.
Yeah.
I'll be the judge of that.
All right, go ahead.
It's my show.
Okay.
My best is Maltillus used to say.
Billy Idol.
Okay.
Iron Maiden.
Hell yeah.
Oasis.
British band, Wonderwall.
I know.
I guess not.
Yeah, you know.
This one, I'm like, Shade.
Right, one hit wonder.
No, well, and she had the other one something.
Two hit wonder.
Two hit wonder.
Smooth operator and the other one.
Yeah.
It's like Leonard Skinner.
All they had to do was release one song, Free Bird.
That was it.
Sweetest Taboo.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Phil Collins deservedly.
Absolutely.
100%.
And his health is way good.
Yeah, he's not in good shape.
Uh, Joy Division, New Order.
I guess they changed name.
I don't really know what's going on.
No idea who that is.
Luther Vandross posthumously.
Yeah.
Sure.
And Wu Tang Clan.
Yeah.
And now, by the way, that's courtesy of USA Today.
I'm not going to subscribe, but I'll give him a five.
Thank you.
There you go.
So, well, you know, here's the thing.
It's like Gene Simmons from Kiss said.
He goes, I may love certain rap song,
but I don't see rock stars getting in and inducted
into the rap hall of fame.
No.
You know what I mean?
I mean, it's like if you put a rap star
in the rock and roll hall of fame,
then should a rock star, you know,
should it go vice versa?
You know, I don't know.
I don't know either.
It's just it doesn't seem like a fit.
I'm not, I'm not, is nothing against it.
I'm not sure Shadeh is a, is a.
Well, she's not, she's not a rock star.
You just got to change it to the music hall of fame.
Yeah.
Right, right, right.
Rock and roll.
And that's a different animal.
And that's OK.
And that's, but it's not the rock and roll hall.
Now, Iron Maiden, they absolutely deserve it.
That band is bad.
I saw them in Cleveland, Ohio one time.
I think Greg, our guest Stanley from somewhere.
He's in Cincinnati, yeah.
Cincinnati, yeah.
I saw, we were driving from New York City
to East Lansing or somewhere in Michigan.
And we were heard on the radio in Cleveland.
And they said the Iron Maiden's playing
at the whatever center there was.
And we stopped and went and saw them.
And they were amazed.
You just stopped and went and saw them.
That's not how it works anymore.
I know, I know.
It's like we just pulled in and.
Yeah.
But Bruce Dickinson, the singer for Iron Maiden,
that guy's got a great voice.
He's really got a tonality about him.
That's really, really cool.
And the guitar players are amazing in the songwriting.
Steve Harris is the bass player,
is an amazing songwriter.
And yeah.
And you know, the people say, oh, they're demon talkers.
It's no different than The Shining or The Omen
or Freddie Krueger movies.
It's a horror movie to music.
Same with Ozzy Osbourne.
It wasn't, they weren't anti-Christ.
Alice Cooper.
Yeah, Alice Cooper.
Niceest guy you ever met.
Plays golf.
It tells you everything you need to know, right?
That's right.
Car guy.
Car guy.
Yeah.
So.
Alice, join the show.
Join the show.
I'm going to do a music show.
One of these days.
One of these days, Alice.
So we've been talking about having our summer version
or an auction for 2026.
And we've decided.
Yes.
June 19th.
Ooh.
2026.
Friday.
Friday.
Ooh.
We'll start at 10 a.m.
Mm-hmm.
And we'll run about 100-something cars.
I think I'm busy that day.
Some.
You didn't check with me.
Some no reserves, some with reserve.
But they'll be reasonably priced to put it to you that way.
So if you're interested in any of the ones,
we'll have them on our website starting in about a week,
10 days.
Mm-hmm.
And then they'll go on ProxyBid and on Geyer Auction House's
website as well, too.
We'll put all that information up on the screen.
But we're looking forward to it.
We, you know, it's a good way to kind of clean out
some of the inventory.
We've got some barn finds that from a couple of collections,
we've got some cars that, you know, no, retail.
That was weird.
The retail side of things works really well for us,
in most cases.
But there's some instances where an auction is just a better fit
for a certain type of car.
Mm-hmm.
Especially when it's a barn find non-runner
that may or may not have a title,
may or may not have any documentation.
Sometimes they seem to sell for a little bit better
when they're at an auction environment.
People maybe get caught up in the moment a little bit
and think, for whatever reason.
Is the auction no reserve?
No, it's reserve and no reserve.
Oh, it's both.
Okay.
There's a combination.
Gotcha.
So we'll have, and it'll be clearly marked
on each of the listings,
whether it's a reserve or no reserve.
Sure.
But like I said, we've spiked about 100 and some cars.
We're going to do some kind of breakfast deal.
Nice.
And we'll get all the details and it'll be on the website
within the next probably a couple of weeks.
But we're excited.
It's fun to do.
And we may, we've talked about doing more.
And because it's funny, to get a person to commit
to bringing their car for three or four months
is a whole different animal than a long weekend.
And so it's, it, we could probably end up getting
more inventory by doing these auctions where cars
were coming specifically just for the auction.
But they could also have the option to bring it in,
you know, in June and say, hey, we're going to try
to sell it for three or four months.
And then if we don't sell it retail,
then we've got the auction as a.
Gotcha.
Because if it's still here after three or four months,
generally means it's overpriced.
You're just, you're asking for a little bit more.
And do I understand more than ever I understand it?
Because during COVID especially,
there's about a five year window with most classic
collectors who own one or two cars as they keep it
for about four or five years.
Then they sell it or trade up to something else.
And the problem is, is that a lot of people
bought during COVID and they paid at the top of the market
because the prices were probably the best
they've ever been during that time.
And so a guy who spent 40 on a car five years ago,
might be worth 30 now.
That's a hard pill to swallow.
So what does he do?
He doesn't sell it.
He doesn't do anything.
He sits on his hands.
So with an auction, it gives him an opportunity
to put it out there to a huge market of people
that just like we do with our retail.
But in what we don't have in retail is a sense of urgency.
You don't have that.
The hammer's getting ready to, oh, I'll bid one more time.
You don't have that in the retail environment.
So that's why you see sometimes cars go crazy
and bring way more money than they're supposed to.
And sometimes a reality check that it's not
worth what you think it is.
And that's unfortunate.
Just because you saw one on TV at Bear Jackson or Mecom
doesn't mean that yours is worth what that one's worth.
And so, but we can walk you through all that.
Any of our car specialists can walk you through all that.
If you're interested in consigning, let us know.
If you've got a car here now and you want to consign it
to our sale, we can certainly do that as well too.
And we can go through all the specifics on that.
Nice thing is we already have pictures
and description on those.
So that helps.
Right.
That date again?
June 19th, 2026, 10 a.m. Eastern time.
Here at the mall.
Here at the mall.
And we'll serve you some breakfast.
Probably starting at about 8.30.
Very nice.
But online near you.
Yeah.
Yep.
And if you have any questions, call us.
Reach out to us at classicautomall.com.
There's a place to send us questions.
We've got comments.
If you don't like the color of Steve's shirt, whatever it is,
I like it practically sort of.
Just kidding.
The tickies.
The tickies.
So next week we've got another.
Oh, I don't even know if we know who our guest is.
All right.
That's cool.
We don't.
I like that surprise.
It's a mystery.
The unknown.
And also don't forget to check out Greg Stanley's channel
and like and subscribe to his channel as well too.
He's got a great demeanor about him and very, very knowledgeable
in the car world and very well respected.
I mean, look at the people that he's got contributing
to his book is very impressive.
It sure is.
And it's not easy to do.
These people are getting pulled in a lot of different directions
to, you know, for somebody to kind of endorse a book
or endorse something.
That's a good, you better have sold them pretty good information
because that doesn't, you don't get that twice if it doesn't turn out.
I mean, to write a forward for a tractor is not.
Pretty impressive.
Yeah, yeah.
So.
And last night I got sucked in to a movie that every time I go by it,
I've got to watch it, My Cousin Vinny.
The courtroom scene with Miss Vito.
The timing for a 64, 327 is four degrees below top dead center.
You know what mine is?
My go to movie that I can't walk past ever.
There's two of them.
Go ahead.
Yep.
Tombstone.
Okay.
Okay.
I love that movie.
We agree on a lot of stuff.
Movies are not one.
And River Runs Through It.
No, never saw that one.
Oh, it's a great movie.
How about 300?
The movie 300.
I can, I have to watch that.
I have to watch it.
I come across, and of course it's a wonderful life.
You ever see Silverado?
Oh, I got another one.
Sound of Music.
Ah, really?
Not a musical fan.
Oh, it's brilliant.
It's brilliant.
Okay.
You guys don't know what you're missing in your life.
And you're both fired.
Randy, you just take over.
You heard that, didn't you?
Anyway, we'll catch you next week on The Classic Automall Show.
We'll see you then.
Take care.
And thanks for stopping by.
The Classic Automall Show with their host, Stuart Howden,
executive producer, Steve Sethair,
produced and engineered by yours truly, JR Russ,
video editor, Randy Lambi.
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