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Driven Radio Show #317: John Ficarra of Ficarra Classic
Driven Radio Show #317: John Ficarra of Ficarra Classic
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About this episode
John Ficarra of Ficarra Classic joins the Driven Radio Show to share his unique automotive experiences, including his adventures with a rare six-wheeled Range Rover and a quirky Porsche 928 safari car. The conversation dives into the challenges of restoring classic cars, the thrill of racing in the 24 Hours of Lemons, and the fascinating history behind his projects. John also discusses the importance of preserving automotive skills and the future of car restoration, making for an engaging and informative episode for car enthusiasts.
Topics:
six-wheeled vehicles
car restoration
Porsche 928
24 Hours of Lemons
automotive history
restoration skills
classic car racing
unique car builds
Cars:
Aston Martin Lagonda
Cadillac V16
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Impala
Ford Bronco
Ford F-150
Ford Mustang
Honda S600
Lamborghini Countach
Land Rover Range Rover
Mercury Monterey
Nissan XTerra
Porsche 911
Porsche 917
Porsche 928
Porsche 935
Porsche Cayenne
Renault Wind
Toyota Prius
Toyota Supra
Brett and Mark welcome John Ficarra of Ficarra Classic to discuss Monterey Car Week, six-wheeled Range Rovers, displaying multiple off-road dream cars at RADWood at The Paddock and Concorso Italiano, and what may be the strangest automotive purchase of his career. All this and much more on this week's Driven Radio Show!
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Ethan Llamas (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Nissan XTerra
"...pecially when you don't have AC and that fabulous XTERRA of yours and you're driving around, it's 90 stink..."
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Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Land Rover Range Rover
"Give us the rundown. So the Strange Rover is a 1976 Range Rover six by four. So it has six ..."
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MercurySable99 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Mercury Monterey
"...nd it's been a blast. So it's it's it returned to Monterey for the second time last week. So you mean to tel..."
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Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
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Porsche 928
"And I'm towing, right? I'm telling the 928 I'm blasting up the hill. He starts disappearing ..."
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TTTNIS (CC0)
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Toyota Prius
"... It's it's it's the only thing that that truck in Prius having common is the hyper mile drive style, righ..."
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Auge=mit (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Porsche 917
"...re like, let's do the hippie livery from the 1970 917 Lamal car, which is one of my favorite liveries o..."
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Alexander-93 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Porsche Cayenne
"...er crowd would be a really unique looking Porsche Cayenne. Tell us a little bit about the Cayenne."
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Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
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Chevrolet Corvette
"He had a Volkswagen Bug Limousine built. He had a Corvette C3 limousine built. So this was one of his limos."
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David Villarreal Fernández (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Car
911 Porsche 930
"...I had a couple of things done. One was I bought a Porsche 930 motor. And of course, that's a turbo engine."
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David Villarreal Fernández (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Car
Porsche 911
"...n, but he has all these tricks. He raced 935s and 911s. So he's actually put 930 motors into regular 911..."
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Lothar Spurzem (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)
Car
Porsche 935
"...ansmission, but he has all these tricks. He raced 935s and 911s. So he's actually put 930 motors into re..."
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Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
Car
Toyota Supra
"...yota Corona that has the subframes from 87 Toyota Supra. The brakes from a Mustang Cobra R"
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Hans-Jürgen Neubert (CC BY 4.0)
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Ford Mustang
"...subframes from 87 Toyota Supra. The brakes from a Mustang Cobra R and a one JZ turbo straight six."
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Alexander Migl (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Aston Martin Lagonda
"...was a very bad idea. I bought a 1982 Aston Martin Lagonda. Did you really?"
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MrWalkr (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Lamborghini Countach
"... It's the same design language as the Lamborghini Countach. Yeah."
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Jay Cross from Berkeley, California, US (CC BY 2.0)
Car
Cadillac V16
"... him. I'm like, if you want a conference table, a V16 conference table for car condos. Right."
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Dennis Elzinga (CC BY 2.0)
Car
Renault Wind
"...ing anything in this damn truck because you would wind up wearing it. And it's an F-150."
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Dllu (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Chevrolet Impala
"...t guesses correctly. Both the Corvettes, both the Impalas, all the stuff that we, between the two of us,"
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Matti Blume (CC BY-SA)
Car
Corvette Stingray
"Who did I turn to to do the body repair on my 65 Corvette Stingray? Hot Rod Express."
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Ford Bronco
"...orking on my stuff forever. I've taken my vintage Bronco in there. I've taken my Corvettes in there."
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Prova MO (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Honda S600
"... to work on that? He's worked on that 99 Mercedes S600 and done a really good job on it. Mark's even gon..."
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