The Porsche Cayenne is a luxury SUV made by Porsche. It’s designed for comfortable driving and everyday use, but with more power and nicer features than many regular SUVs. The podcast mentions it because it was the person’s car before it got totaled.
A trim shop is a specialist that can repair or redo parts of a car’s interior and sometimes exterior trim. Here, they’re trying to match the exact color so the repair won’t stand out.
The Nissan 300Z is an older Nissan sports car. It’s famous for being fun to drive, and for a high-schooler it would have felt like a really cool, special car.
This is a 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier, and the Z24 is the sportier version. The host is saying it felt quick for its time because it had a decent amount of power for a small car.
Ground effects are car body parts that help the car “stick” to the road by using air flowing under and around it. They’re meant to improve stability, especially when you’re going faster.
They’re comparing the small Cavalier to newer Corvettes. The point is that Corvettes had much more power back then, even though the Cavalier was considered quick for its class.
Term
Fox body
Enthusiasts call the 1979-1993 Mustang a "Fox body" after the Fox chassis it was built on. Saying a car is "Fox body adjacent" means it looks or feels like it's from that same boxy '80s era, even if it isn't a Ford.
“Fuel injected” means the car uses electronic injectors to spray fuel into the engine. Compared to older carburetors, it generally helps the car run more smoothly and respond better.
A 1995 Ford Taurus is a regular, everyday Ford sedan from the mid-1990s. In this story, it’s the car the host inherited, and they’re pointing out that it has about 79,000 miles.
The Ford Mustang is a sports car made by Ford. It’s known for looking sporty and for having versions that are built to go fast. The podcast brings it up because there was talk about building Mustangs in 2019.
Tuscany Motor Company is a company that made certain performance vehicle builds. The speaker explains that it was sold and then the team came back to work with Shelby again.
Brand
FTX
FTX is a specific name for a vehicle version/edition. In this segment, it’s one of the named builds Tuscany Motor Company made before they returned to work with Shelby.
Black Ops is a specific named version/edition of a performance vehicle. Here it’s mentioned as one of the builds Tuscany Motor Company made before partnering again with Shelby.
Harley-Davidson is a famous motorcycle brand. The speaker is saying Tuscany Motor Company built things associated with Harley-Davidson too, not only car-based projects.
The Shelby Cobra is a famous high-performance sports car associated with Shelby. It’s known for being fast and for its classic, aggressive look. The podcast brings it up because Shelby is especially known for cars like the Cobra.
The Ford GT40 is a sports car that was made for racing. It’s known for being part of a major racing program connected to Ford. The podcast mentions it as part of the performance history around Shelby and these cars.
This means the truck has a big V8 engine (about 5 liters) and it’s supercharged. A supercharger pushes extra air into the engine so it can make more power.
This is a Ford heavy-duty truck with a diesel engine that’s tuned to make more power. Shelby focuses on upgrades like the suspension and styling, not changing the engine.
“F-150” is the name of Ford’s full-size pickup truck. Some versions are built for off-road driving and can be very powerful. The podcast mentions high-output and Raptor versions to describe the performance lineup.
Concept
compliance and regulation
This means there are legal rules about what you’re allowed to change on a vehicle. Shelby is saying those rules make it harder to do engine upgrades in this case.
Term
warranty on that engine
A warranty is coverage that helps pay for repairs if something goes wrong. Shelby is saying Ford’s engine warranty is strong enough that they don’t want to risk it by changing the engine.
King shocks are aftermarket shock absorbers from a company known for off-road suspension. They help control how the truck moves over bumps and rough terrain.
Coilovers are suspension parts that control ride height and bump absorption. “Adjustable” means you can tune them to get the ride and handling the builder wants.
A custom hood is a different hood than stock, usually with a more aggressive shape. It’s mostly about the look, and sometimes it helps with airflow too.
They’re using “extreme configuration” to mean you can customize the truck’s look a lot. You can pick different paint colors and accent colors so the truck can feel unique.
The front grille is the opening at the front of a vehicle that helps with airflow to components like the radiator and also serves as a styling focal point. Here it’s specifically called out because it carries “Shelby lettering,” making it part of the visual identity of the build.
They’re saying you can order a truck that looks essentially unique. The different paint choices (body color and accent/strike colors) are what make it feel one-of-a-kind.
The Ford F-150 is a big, popular pickup truck. Here, they’re talking about it as one of the truck models Shelby Performance offers in different versions.
A “championship edition” is a special version of a vehicle made to celebrate a past racing win. Here, it’s tied to Shelby’s 1966 World Championship history.
They’re referencing a specific championship Shelby won in 1966. The truck’s special edition is designed to celebrate that racing history.
Car
Raptor R
The Ford Raptor R is a super-tough off-road truck version of the regular Raptor. Here, they’re talking about a special build that can make around 1,000 horsepower and is meant to handle both dirt driving and normal road use.
The Shelby Baja F-250 is a special off-road truck build by Shelby Performance based on a Ford F-250. They’re using it as a reference point for how their Raptor R upgrades are designed.
EcoBoost is Ford’s name for turbocharged engines. In this case, they’re talking about a less extreme (550-horsepower) version compared with the 1,000-horsepower Raptor R.
Paint booths are special enclosed areas where cars are painted under controlled conditions. That helps the paint cure evenly and reduces dust and contamination.
Assembly line production means the work is done in stages, step-by-step, with different stations handling different tasks. It’s how factories build cars efficiently and consistently.
Company
Ford Bailment
“Ford Bailment” is a legal/business setup where Ford supplies the base parts (like the chassis) to Shelby to work on. Shelby then finishes the vehicles and sends them through authorized dealers.
Shelby Performance is the company making the Shelby vehicles being discussed. In this segment, they explain that Shelby works with dealers to get the cars to customers.
The chassis is the car’s main skeleton/structure. It’s the part that other components bolt to, so if they start with the chassis, they’re building on the car’s base frame.
This means Ford Mustangs that are made or upgraded under the Shelby name. The speaker is saying their dealers keep these Shelby-branded Mustangs in stock.
Aaron Shelby is the person the guest says allowed Shelby Performance to use the Shelby name. That matters because it’s how the brand is authorized to be used.
A dealer black book is like a pricing reference that car dealers use to estimate what a vehicle is worth. If your car is modified or customized, having it listed there helps dealers give a more accurate value instead of guessing.
An aftermarket vehicle is a car that’s been changed from stock using parts or upgrades from outside the factory. The problem is that modified cars can be harder to price, so dealers need better tools to estimate value.
Resale value is what you can reasonably expect to get when you sell your car later. They’re saying Shelby vehicles tend to hold their value better than other modified/custom options.
The Shelby Super Snake is a special, performance-focused Ford truck made by Shelby. It’s built to look tough and go fast, and the company sells it through its dealer network.
The Shelby GT350 is a Shelby performance variant of the Ford Mustang, built for track-ready handling and strong engine output. Here, the guest says the GT350 is built in Michigan and then sold through Shelby’s authorized dealer network nationwide.
An authorized dealer is an official, approved shop that sells that brand’s cars. The host is saying Shelby uses approved dealers to distribute these vehicles across the country.
This is a Shelby-tuned Ford F-150 Super Snake truck (crew cab) that’s been lowered to sit closer to the ground. The host is saying it looks and drives in a way that makes it a popular “street” version.
“22-inch wheels” means the wheel size is pretty large. Bigger wheels can change how the truck rides and usually make it look more aggressive.
Term
supercharged Harley trucks
A supercharger helps the engine make more power by forcing extra air in. The host is saying they’ve owned a themed, supercharged truck before, so they understand the appeal.
Car
Shelby truck
They’re talking about a Shelby truck that gets a full custom paint job. Shelby is a brand with a racing legacy, and this edition is meant to look and feel special and limited.
“Daytona pearl orange” is another named custom pearl paint color, this time referencing Daytona racing heritage. Like other pearl finishes, it’s designed to pop under different lighting by using reflective pigments.
Term
sea bring pearl green
“Sea bring pearl green” appears to be a named custom pearl paint color used on the championship edition. The key idea is that it’s a pearl finish—meant to look especially vivid and “dynamic” in person under real lighting.
“Le Mans pearl blue” is a named custom paint color with a pearl finish, referencing the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Pearl paint uses tiny reflective particles so the color can look different depending on lighting and angle.
“Team Shelby” is the organized fan community associated with the Shelby brand. The host describes it as having a large worldwide membership and being actively involved in supporting the brand through events and leadership structure.
Carol Shelby is credited here with starting “Team Shelby,” the brand’s fan organization. She’s closely associated with the Shelby legacy, which is rooted in motorsport history and the Shelby brand identity.
Place
Amelia concor
“Amelia concor” refers to the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, a well-known classic-car concours event in Florida. The host mentions it as the setting where Team Shelby hosted a dinner for attendees.
Car
Ford Raptor
The Ford Raptor is Ford’s off-road pickup that’s meant to handle rough terrain really well. The guest is saying he’s owned multiple versions of it over the years, including the newest “Raptor R.”
In a burnout, “white smoke” is the smoke you see when the tires overheat and start to smoke. The guest is saying his car wouldn’t make that kind of smoke.
“Hook up” means the tires finally get grip instead of just spinning. He’s saying his car wouldn’t get traction, so the burnout didn’t work the way he wanted.
Term
throw it in reverse
He’s describing a risky trick where he’d shift the car between reverse and drive to try to make the tires spin. That can stress the transmission and drivetrain, which is why the car eventually stopped him.
A Camaro is a classic American performance car. Here, the person is talking about their 1984 Camaro and how they accidentally caused major engine damage by blowing a gasket and letting coolant mix where it shouldn’t.
The head gasket is a critical seal inside the engine that keeps coolant and oil in the right places. If it fails, the engine can overheat and fluids can mix, which can quickly ruin the engine.
Car
Packard 1941 Packard
Packard made luxury cars, and this was a 1941 Packard convertible. The story is about how the driver would intentionally do spins by shifting into reverse and using the clutch.
“On the tree” means the gear shifter is on the steering column instead of on the floor. The shift pattern is shown on that column, and you move the lever to pick gears.
The Honda Civic is a small, everyday car made by Honda. It’s known for being practical and usually good on fuel. The podcast calls out a “hopped up” version, meaning it’s been modified or is a more performance-focused setup.
Traction control helps prevent a car’s wheels from spinning when the road is slippery. Without it, the tires can lose grip and you’re more likely to spin or do a burnout.
Term
burned out sufficiently
This just means the tires spun enough to do a burnout. It’s describing how much wheel spin happened, not a specific part of the car.
Shelby American is a famous performance company associated with Carroll Shelby. They make and market Shelby-branded upgrades and vehicles, and the guest is pointing listeners to their social pages.
“Crumple zones” are parts of a car designed to crumple in an accident to help protect people. “Pre crumple zones” means older cars didn’t have that kind of design as much.
The Dodge Omni GLH is a performance version of the small Dodge Omni. The “GLH” is the sporty trim, and the hosts are basically saying it’s a fun little car that can move.
Term
diesel Chevette
A diesel Chevette is a Chevette powered by a diesel engine. Diesel engines can feel different than gas engines—often more about steady pulling than quick acceleration.
The Volkswagen Golf is a compact car made by Volkswagen. Some versions are performance-focused, like the GTI, which is why the podcast connects the Golf look to “going better.” The speaker is mainly describing how it looked and what it likely drove like.
The Volkswagen Rabbit is a small compact car made by Volkswagen. It’s generally known for being practical and easy to drive. The podcast mentions it because someone is comparing the look of another car to the Rabbit.
The Toyota Prius is a car that uses both a gas engine and an electric motor. Its main goal is to help you use less fuel than a typical gas-only car. The podcast mentions it in a comparison about driver behavior.
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Hey all you gearheads and car fiends,
welcome to Driven Radio Show,
your weekly automotive happy hour.
I am Brett Hatfield and I'm here with my co-host
and engineer extraordinaire, Mr. Mark Groves.
That's me.
We are coming to you from Driven Radio Studios,
where it's just about 10 degrees hotter than lava.
It has what do they call it, a heat dome?
What in the hell happened?
The switch, somebody flicked the switch on.
I drove to Ohio last week and it was nice.
You took all the weather with you, you son of a bitch.
And then I drove home and I hit 14 of every bug
ever known to mankind.
I'm not kidding, I got back in that truck
and when I got home, Rhonda and I went to the car wash,
we spent $31.
Oh my god.
Because I ran through a couple of pretty good rain storms
and then they quit raining in Illinois.
Oh, I sat in a two-hour traffic jam on I-70.
That's fun.
Courtesy of a fatal car collision.
Well, it wasn't car collision, it's two semis tied it in.
Dude.
Yeah, one time and it stopped me from ever doing it again.
I got stuck and I was living in Dallas, Texas.
Got stuck in a bunch of traffic over in Irving,
trying to get to the apartment complex
we lived in the mid cities.
And I'm like, God, it better be a good accident.
I was all being all pissy and whining.
Somebody did.
Dude, it was bad.
There was a 4x4 sitting on top of a little bitty car
and there were drapes.
And I'm like, oh my god, I am such an a-hole.
And that was the end of that.
I don't ever think about, oh man, it better be a good, no, no.
Please make it be just somebody rubber-necking.
Well, I looked this thing up online while we were sitting
you know, stuck.
And online, somebody had said something to the effect
of the traffic jam was 27 miles long.
I don't know if that's accurate or not.
It was outside of Casey, Illinois.
And it was two semis.
And I've never seen anything like it.
Two semis meeting together.
Yeah, two sticks.
They tell you to pass it apart.
If you don't know Conan, please watch it.
All of that will make sense.
Go watch that one or just go watch the Arnold documentary.
Netflix.
Man, if you don't know how to speak like Arnold
by the end of that damn thing.
Anyway, got stuck in a really, really long traffic jam.
I sat there for a couple of hours and then finally got
moving again, got back home a little bit after midnight,
when I should have been home at like 9.30.
And just that truck was filthy.
And it was spotless when I left.
It's like it got rhino lined by nature.
It was it was so bad.
We took it through, you know, the coin op, the the wand wash.
Oh, yeah.
And spent like 15 or close to bucks there
and then ran it through the Super Jumbo Deluxe Automatic.
It's hard to get that stuff off, isn't it?
No, it's crap.
When it's as hot as it is, it just glues it
and then four bucks worth of vacuuming.
And and she and I wipe in the truck.
And it looks fantastic now.
Oh, I'll bet it does.
I think it was physically lighter.
It actually got two more miles per gallon from less wind resistance.
Yeah. Well, let's drag, let's drag, you know,
all the little wings sticking up, you're grabbing the wind.
I drove to Springfield, Illinois, moved there by total misfortune.
That was what? Oh, what a God awful thing.
It was a horrible year.
I've been there.
Yeah, it's great.
No wonder Lincoln looks so sad.
But anyway, drove up there to be a DJ.
You know, you never do see a picture of Lincoln with a big old smile.
Oh, no, it's like, oh, shit, I got to go live in that town.
But I went up to Springfield and as we were driving,
it was Kami and I when we were living in Sim together, my wife,
and driving through there at exactly what you're talking about.
It's like the Mayflies and everything right over the Mississippi
had decided, you know, we're going to go knock some boots.
And we got to do it right now in front of that little black Nissan.
I mean, it was a carpet.
I actually had to run my wipers a couple of times.
I think they were Mayflies.
Because it was just a coating of ick.
I've run into one of those.
Yes, absolutely.
Unpleasant.
And it also coated our dresser.
So we had to light that up.
It was sticking up above the back of that little Nissan pickup.
Oh, crap.
Um, so Luke Chennell.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
And Dr. Ken, the three of us when we went to pick up the Bradley GT
in Ohio and we drove that back, we ran into about the same place as you're talking.
Although it was a cloud of Mayflies and we were in that navigator.
So, you know, we're cutting a pretty good hole through them.
And it looked like when the Millennium Falcon
goes into hyperspace and you see everything rocking,
that's what the Mayflies look like.
I was like, oh my God, are you guys seeing this?
And I look over at Ken and his mouth's just a gape.
Yeah.
And yeah, man, those bugs are horrible.
I don't know what it is about Missouri.
You'll use up a gallon of windshield washer fluid.
Oh, yeah.
And all it does is kind of make soup.
Yeah.
So, you've got to drive faster.
Try to shove it up to the top of your windshield.
Good times.
Just go as fast as you can.
Thank you, Samuels.
You'll ruin the squeegee at the next gas station you stop at.
You get done, I just throw it away.
It's just stew.
Hey, what's new in your world?
Anything to report?
Not really.
I do have to give a little credit to bring a trailer,
because I finally, I never did get word back from the guy about the T-bird from.
Oh, what a surprise.
Yeah, shock, a Reyes.
But the guy, I am so proud of you for bringing up his name.
James, I didn't bring up his whole name.
It's just what the emails.
But the fellow James bring a trailer as a sign of goodwill.
They're refunding the money.
Oh, the bidder's fee.
Yeah.
The buyer's fee.
Oh, cool, cool, cool.
Run five or $600.
That will help.
Probably going to use that to.
To hire an attorney.
Yeah, I need a couple hours from an attorney to look over all the paperwork,
all the saved emails and stuff, and tell me whether or not I have a chance in hell.
If not, I'm just effed and less than learned.
You know, it is what it is.
There are people like that in the world like a Reyes who will absolutely lie to you.
I would recommend if anybody like me kind of, you know, I'm not one of the high bidders
on bring a trailer.
I look for the deal deals.
And if you don't know how to do stuff yourself, like, you know, bodywork,
ask all the questions and ask it in writing.
And if any of it, your gut feeling goes, you know what?
This isn't quite get the hell out.
You know who I used, you know, after Rhonda's cayenne got totaled,
and I went looking for another car and I found it on bring a trailer.
What was the name of it?
It was a company that goes and looks at vehicles for you, right?
Yeah, it's called Lemon Squad.
That's the one.
That's them for you.
And that's what I was going to say, man.
If you are looking into car and you can't be there in person for, you know,
geography or whatever other reason.
Get Lemon Squad to go look at it.
We need to have Lemon Squad on.
Well, they charge 200 or 300 bucks.
Yeah.
But well, look at this.
I'm probably going to be out eight or 10 grand.
I'm going to lose an s ton of money on the car because I'll be honest.
I've already said shit once, you may as well let it fly.
I'm going to sell it, but I will actually put everything honest on it,
all the stuff that's wrong with it.
And the plan is using Daryl Ossipic of Ossipic Automotive?
Yes, down on Merriam Lane, 5920 Merriam Lane in Merriam, Kansas,
913, 8313, ask me why I can do that off the top of my head.
By the way, my 65 Stingray sitting next to your T-bird right now.
Oh, nice.
That must look really sexy in there with neither one of them operational.
But no, Daryl's taking care of me and he's going to get help.
Our plan is I want to get it licensable, but the engine's tired.
You know, you may have flat out engines tired.
You may have to take it in Kansas.
Well, I'll take it to Missouri.
As long as it's running, the wipers are working,
the headlights are working, the brakes do function.
I know that.
You're going to tape one of those Energizer flashlights.
He's going to get up and I'll throw a lot of cash at him.
And then once it's, you know, it's running, I want to make sure people
can't are able to drive it.
But it's going to take somebody with way more skills than I even remotely have.
I have a suggestion.
It's not a good suggestion.
Drive it into a wall.
No, no, I can go one worse.
Uh, we can buy a crap load of matte black rattle can.
Greaser on my baby.
Let's matte black the sucker and red and white pen stripes.
You know, I, I still have a Bondo and some stuff from when I was going to work on
the trunk rim where there's Bondo and a will that I can patch that little hole
or the crumbled stuff that's in the corner of the foot well for the driver's side.
And I'll have Darrell tell me about the rest of the stuff that may or may not be an issue.
I'd be kind of curious to let Rick look at it.
Oh yeah.
I, my buddy down at Spartburn gave me an estimate, which is part of what I sent
as a legal for legal work.
I'm so sorry that I drug you into this, man.
I promised I wasn't going to do this.
It's all good.
It's all good.
And you know what, we're going to let the Thunderbird story rest now.
This is where it's at.
This is where it's going.
If anybody wants to buy it, you, you get hold of Brett.
Brett at readthedriven.com send him a message.
He'll get hold of me and I will gladly give you all the information on it.
I mean, it's, it's kind of pretty to look at overall, but it needs, it needs love.
And if you want to, to buy it, let's talk.
But that's where I am with that.
So that we'll, we'll back off of the Thunderbird story because I'm tired of
whining about it.
And I just want to get it done and move on.
Okay.
Real quick, because we've got a guest who is.
Yeah.
Who's been kind enough to sit there and listen to me whine about this for the
most that many is 100% tired of listening to our crap.
Like, dude, dude, so it's my show.
I thought you were going to talk to me and not just, you know, air your laundry.
Yeah.
Uh, the, it's shot and for it to express his home.
After, after more than a month at the Mercedes dealer.
Dude, it looks good too.
Yeah.
My first thing, I had to go look at that, you know, I like big butts on my car
and went around, took a peek and that looks good, dude.
It does.
They took everything out.
Everything's nice and clean.
It looks practically new.
All the body works done.
All the mechanical stuff is done.
Yes.
The, even the wheels have been refinished.
I'm down to one thing.
What's your one thing?
Well, getting in and out of the car for 27 years on 146,000 miles is worn a little bit
of a spot in the driver's side outside bolster.
And I am trying to find a trim shop that can match that particular color.
Mercedes called it mushroom.
Oh.
So it's kind of a golden 10 brown.
Yeah.
If I can, if I can match that, then we're golden.
Just got to get a couple of panels replaced.
And while they got the seats apart, if I can find the original foam,
I'm going to put new foam in it.
Nice.
So yeah, it is a hell of a pretty car.
Values on those have really gone the other direction and that thing looks mint.
And writing in it.
God, what a sweet ride that is.
Still has a killer stereo, man.
There is that.
It does.
It does.
You can just deafen yourself in that car.
But yeah, I'm excited to have it back.
It's been like six weeks.
It's been gone.
Oh, and by the way, I had to let my credit card cool off
before I could put it back on my wallet.
I bet you did.
Mother of a passport.
Oh my God.
You do a gatharian taste.
Oh, look at you.
It was bad.
Let the plebeians drive the gears.
Yeah, yeah.
I am in my 27-year-old Mercedes.
So anyway, it's back home and it's very pretty.
Yeah, it is.
That was, I think that's the second most expensive car bill I've ever.
Yeah, it is.
It is.
The only one that beat it was the paint job on the 65 Stingray.
Yep.
Well, there you go.
So anyway, that's all our garbage.
If you will bear with me for just one moment,
I'm making a note of something I thought of just now.
And I wanted to make sure I didn't forget because,
you know, not terribly bright.
Our guest this week.
Our special guests are very patient.
Our very patient, very kind guest.
Is Brock Patterson.
He's the director of sales and marketing at Shelby Performance.
Brock has built his career around the automotive industry with a passion for
performance vehicles, extensive experience in sales, marketing, and brand development.
Basically, he's been there and done that.
Probably got the t-shirt too.
Throughout his career, Brock has worked closely with dealers,
enthusiasts, industry partners to expand and preserve the reach of Shelby's
specialty vehicles and legacy.
Brock, thank you for waiting so patiently.
Welcome to Driven Radio.
Howdy.
Howdy.
How are you guys doing?
This is, man, I feel like I got to jump in.
We're like playing hopscotch to get involved in the combo now.
Oh, for the love of God.
It's Mark and I just, you know,
Tyler Hoover used to have a show on TV called Car Issues and we just missed the name.
You know, we easily have that going.
We've got our issues.
We hope you're not suffering with this kind of stuff.
When did you realize you were a car guy?
Did you have an early influence in your family or, you know, that's usually how it starts.
So, you know, in high school, I played football and baseball.
And so it was my freshman year in baseball.
We would ride to the games, you know, and travel to the different, you know,
schools that we were playing if it was an away game.
And I happened to ride with a guy named Josh Chaffin who had a 19.
I think it was 88 Nissan 300Z.
And at the time, you know, that might as well have been an exotic car to us.
And so, you know, we always had to ride with a junior or senior in high school to the away game.
And I always wanted to ride in Josh's 300Z.
So it was kind of my first taste of, you know, cars and, you know, the excitement,
enthusiasm and head teetops on it.
And so, you know, you got to, you know, win in your hair as a teenager, a thrilling experience.
And it kind of, you know, it was always my, you know, started to become a little bit of a passion.
And, you know, I wanted to get, get my own.
I didn't, I didn't get a 300Z.
But I started out with a 1989 Chevy Cavalier Z24.
Oh, I know that car well.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Those were reasonably zippy for the time.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Story later on that.
But yeah, 180 horsepower at the time.
So, so that's really good at that time.
Ground effects.
Oh, yeah.
You know, 180 horsepower at the same time when new Corvettes were putting out 240 or 245,
depending on the exhaust you got, that's not bad.
No.
Now, what year was it?
89.
89, I believe, yeah, 1989.
First wife had an 89 Z24 convertible when we got together.
All that is so close.
It's like a Fox body adjacent.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, I'm real, real familiar with those.
Those were decent little cars.
Yeah, they were.
Fuel injected 2.8, pretty snappy.
Yeah.
So, the 300Z, I got to get back to this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The 88 did still have all the digital dash and Star Wars looking stuff on it.
Oh, man, those are so cool.
It was like a spaceship.
You know, it was just so, it was super cool for the time in a lot of fun.
So, you know, the cluster was incredible.
The car just, you know, was just a fascinating overall build.
And, you know, again, for us, you know, we walked out into the parking lot and you thought,
you thought you had an exotic.
Yeah.
And I was like, I'm riding in a Ferrari or Lamborghini today.
Those things were really cool.
What was your first car related job?
So, I got into, I got into the industry, you know, later in life and happened to take over in,
as a marketing role, director of marketing at a dealership that had gone through a refresh
of their front fascia of a fourth store.
And it had the building, you know, was just empty land.
They were doing the construction.
The old building was, you know, dilapidated and they needed some, you know,
they needed somebody to help add some firepower to marketing because a lot of people when you
drove by might have thought they were going out of business, right?
You had an old dilapidated building construction.
You didn't know what was going in.
So, I joined in 20, I think, 14, 15 in the industry and, you know, immediately got to
work into social media when it was becoming a new thing for automotive dealerships and,
you know, helped us take our performance and specialty vehicle business to the next level.
So, I joined, you know, straight in as a director of marketing and automotive.
So, obviously, post high school, post college already had your degree.
What had you been doing before then?
So, I've been into, you know, still a lot of sales and marketing.
I spent some time in higher education and in the middle Tennessee State University
and the Entrepreneurship Department, kind of, you know, kind of.
Wow, I feel kind of intimidated.
This guy's got a real education.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, you know, I was a full-time faculty member there, you know, non-tenure based.
I had an undergrad in marketing, master's in business education.
And so, I had an opportunity to do that and then spent some time out in the coaching and
developing world.
So, sales and marketing was my background leading into it.
So, I had a bird's-eye view of training and development and sales and leadership and coaching
and branding and some retail and ultimately automotive was exciting because I felt like
what I could do was to help solve a problem most people have.
And it sounds like, you know, Mark, you did too.
People don't enjoy the car buying experience.
Yeah.
And I wanted to solve that problem.
So, you know, if you just get them from your relatives, that works out pretty good.
Have you met my relatives?
Kidding, kidding.
I love my relatives.
Most of them are really good people.
Just not car people.
No.
I've been shopping at the dealership of Dad for a long time.
Oh, you're done with that?
Okay, well, that's kind of shiny.
I like it.
Yeah, that'll work.
You know, I got to do the same thing.
My mom, uh, when she passed, left me a, uh...
That was a hot wagon, man.
A 1995 Ford Taurus.
Hell, yeah.
Nice.
Yeah.
You should have said he needed a stick to keep the women away.
79,000 miles on it.
Yeah.
I was curious.
I'm the SHO version, huh?
No, no, no.
But it did have racing stripes down the side of it.
They were yellow from whatever she backed into, but...
It was extremely gray.
It was a...
You know what, it ran and I sold it to a super nice guy
and he got a good deal.
How did you go from working for that first dealership
and doing the social media and the marketing for them
to working for Shelby Performance?
Well, so I, you know, immediately left, uh,
in the director marketing role
and took over as a specialty vehicle manager.
And so I ran the program that sold Shelby vehicles
and, you know, Hennessy Performance and Roush Performance.
Man, that sounds cool.
Yeah, yeah.
So I managed that specialty vehicle program
and really we developed an opportunity through social media
that, you know, I had my own, uh, license at one point
at the store where we had a golf oil, uh, license
to build golf Mustangs back in 2019.
Dude, I want one of those.
Official golf livery.
And we were in a town of 800 in Tennessee
and we're at one point, the number one show, uh,
Performance dealer in the country.
So I've personally sold more Shelby trucks
than anybody in the country and, uh,
it did it out of a town of 800.
So in doing that, you know,
I developed a lot of relationships
with, uh, the founder founders of our company.
Sorry.
I saw the opportunity that I took it
and I should have thought first.
I'm sorry, my bad.
So yes, I developed a lot of,
a lot of relationships with, you know,
my, you know, represent my rep,
my market rep and the owners of the former company,
Tuscany Motor Company who built the Black Ops
and the FTX and Badlander and the Harley-Davidson.
They eventually sold their company
and came back in for round two here with Shelby.
And naturally I was looking for the next challenge
and we had already, you know,
created the blueprint out of our store.
And now it was time to take that same blueprint
and do it nationally.
So they approached me and I started with them,
uh, Shelby Performance back in November of 2025.
So I'm kind of stuck on this.
You've sold more Shelby pickups
than anyone else in the country.
I got to know how many that is.
You know, I'm guessing, you know, over the,
you know, it's 10 years now.
And we're going to be close to,
could be close to a thousand, you know, 800 to a thousand.
That is a lot of high performance pickup trucks.
Yeah.
Wow, man.
That's impressive.
Let's, you know, conservative.
We'll see, we'll see 800 total, you know, over that.
Oh, is that all?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's almost as many cars as I've owned.
Yeah, no doubt.
No doubt.
Shelby is best known for Cobras and Mustangs
and his involvement with the GT40 program.
But the biggest sellers have always been the Shelby pickups.
Can you tell us a little bit about the lineup?
Yeah.
So our, the Shelby truck started 2016.
There was a Shelby F-150 off-road.
So that's the lifted edition, which this year,
we're celebrating a 10-year anniversary.
So that's an exciting feat for us, you know,
coming from, you know, the first year of that,
that truck to now just the evolution.
It is, it is by far the best version,
best contented pickup in this category.
And it sets the bar, obviously, with the Shelby name.
Our lineup includes the Shelby F-150 off-road,
5-liter V8 supercharged crew cam.
We also, in 2017...
Hang on, Brock, don't gloss over that.
5-liter supercharged.
So what are we talking about for output?
This year, we are at 810 plus horsepower.
Man, you're kind of making my Harley pickup
look like a chunk of junk, man.
I'm...
I'm feeling inadequate.
Yeah, I have honest to God been thinking about
trying to find a way to bump that thing up
around 500 horsepower,
because I think it would get there pretty easily.
It's the 5-4 with a supercharger on it.
So, you know, it's a 340 or 360 or whatever it is now.
840, how the hell am I supposed to compete with that?
Yeah, give it some boost.
Yeah, yeah, let's get it up there.
I'm interested.
Okay.
I am truly interested.
I'm gonna...
Okay, sorry.
I had to jump in and ask.
Now I kind of wish I hadn't.
So 840 horsepower.
I know, 810.
810 horsepower this year on our 26 lineup.
Yeah, so we have our off-road, F-150 off-road version.
We have what's coming out here in the next couple of weeks,
our F-150 Super Snake, 810 plus horsepower.
We also have the return of the regular cab, the Shelby Super Snake.
Oh, okay, okay.
810 horsepower.
We have an F-250 Super Duty high output diesel in the lineup.
We have a Raptor R EcoBoost.
We have a Raptor...
I mean, I'm sorry, Raptor Eco.
And we also have a Raptor R in the lineup.
Well, okay.
Now I'm curious, with the Super Duty, with the three-quarter ton,
what does Shelby do to that?
So we're modifying.
There's not any engine upgrade on that,
obviously with a lot of compliance and regulation.
And Ford has such an incredible warranty on that engine.
So we've got a new relationship with King shocks.
And so premium full suspension lift on the truck.
We've got King Race Series 2.5 adjustable coilovers
with beautiful setup, great ride control and stability,
two-tone wheels, it's a 37-inch tire, full size,
two full-size spares, bed chase rack.
Okay, so that's what we're seeing over your shoulder there.
Oh, you see it right here.
It is a dynamic custom hood, custom grille.
It is a luxury style performance pickup truck.
So when I see those people protesting in the middle of the highway
and I'm dreaming of something to be driving, that's the one.
That's, this is it.
This is it.
It's an absolute monster.
It's an absolute monster.
Here's the beauty of it.
This year, we're calling it extreme configuration.
We have the opportunity with nine exterior colors.
We have six track colors and the front grille as the Shelby lettering.
You can match your body color with the paint or the strike color paint.
So you can essentially build a one-of-one custom configuration Shelby truck.
Oh, cool.
Wow.
Very cool.
Alrighty, I've stepped on you 19 times now trying to ask you stuff.
So how many different trucks are in the lineup?
Or is it just infinite because you can configure them so many different ways?
Oh, you know, so three F-150s, super duty, two Raptor versions.
Okay.
Yeah, and we got a special edition, the championship edition on our off-road
commemorating the 1966 World Championship for Shelby.
That was a huge feat.
And so we are commemorating that with a special edition championship.
Three special colors offered this year.
Cool.
Tell me, God, I just got to know.
I want to know, first of all, tell us about that 1,000 horsepower Raptor R.
That's an impressive truck already.
So Ford obviously builds an incredible Ford Raptor R, highly sought after truck.
We're upgrading that very similar design to what you see in the Shelby Baja F-250.
So you've got an upgraded up to 1,000 horsepower on our Raptor R.
We've got 550 horsepower on our EcoBoost version.
Same customization opportunity.
You've got your two full size tires, spare tires in the back, tires and wheels,
your nine-pod LED VisionX light bar system, two-tone wheels, graphics, custom leather.
It is a full package, off-road capable if needed.
If you want to ride it to the country club or out to the country, it's an incredible ride.
And here's the beauty, three-year 36,000 mile warranty on all our builds.
Raptor R, all-wheel drive, four-wheel drive,
1,000 horsepower. The first thing I'm doing in that sucker is lighten up all four tires.
I want to do a four-wheel burnout.
Here's the beauty. If you burn them out, you've got two in the back just to replace them,
burn them again.
What do you think I'm looking at?
Yeah, do it again.
I'm ready, man. Let's do this.
Let's go.
That thing looks cool.
LFG.
Alrighty. So where are all these fantastic trucks built?
Oh, we have a new facility in Bristol, Indiana, over 200,000 square foot facility.
Incredible. We've got eight paint booths, assembly line production.
We've got an incredible team led by Ryan Bell, who's our director of operations up there,
and just a world-class organization.
I'll tell you, I'd love for both of you to visit the plant.
I'll tell you, one of the things you're going to notice, how clean our facility is,
the process, the structure, the customization, real-time, it is an impressive operation that
we've got.
You notice that emphasis he put on how clean everything is? You know what that means, Mark?
They're not going to let us touch nothing.
Stand five feet back and don't even look too hard.
Yeah. You two, you just stay behind the row.
You morons.
Put safety vest on, you guys, when you give it to them.
I have those big helmets on.
Everybody will know, okay, Mark and Bret are here.
Neon green vest.
Who are these jammokes? Aren't they supposed to be outside filling potholes?
Why am I wearing soccer boppers?
Yeah, that's right.
What the hell?
So when people buy Shelby vehicles, do they get them from a Ford dealer?
Do they get them directly from Shelby Performance?
So we have Ford Bailment, so we order the chassis, and then we have authorized Shelby
dealers nationwide to carry our product. We've got a select group.
These are elite dealers, and so they're stocking our cars and our Shelby Mustangs,
and they're also selling our Shelby trucks.
And it's from coast to coast, like butter on toast.
We've got dealers from Alaska and Hawaii to New York and Florida, so we've got coverage
all across the U.S., and some of the best partners that you could ever ask for.
He's got that pattern down, the toasted.
Yeah, nailed it.
So when Shelby Performance was established, what was and is its relationship with Shelby American?
Yeah, so the name, obviously a powerful name in Shelby Performance, and Aaron Shelby was
so generous to allow us to use that name. Two separate entities, but really we're one
organization. We've got one cause, and that's honoring the legacy of the late Carol Shelby,
and upholding the brand of Shelby American and the Shelby brand, and so we work together
on product development and design. We've got Vince and Gary out in Vegas and their entire team
that work with us, and so we communicate on market strategy and product design and events
and marketing and anything. So it's a synchronous group of people going after one car cause,
which is building the coolest and baddest cars and trucks on the planet.
I heard your son works next to you in the company at Shelby Performance.
I tried that with my dad. We're lucky to still be alive.
What's your son do?
Exciting. We have our moments, okay? We have our moments. No, his name is Braxton Patterson,
and I'll tell you, he gets embarrassed when I tell the story, but when he was 15, he came to
me and said, dad, I want my success story to start now. And I was like, whoa, when I was 15, hello.
I just wanted beer. the keys. Can I borrow the keys?
Yeah, yeah. And so I said, yeah, you know, what's it look like? And he said, you know,
I want to do online school. I want to come to work for you. And at the time, it was when I was
managing, you know, I started to manage the performance division. And so we brought him on,
and, you know, he started photography and videography, and, you know, we would paint to
create videos for YouTube. And then he started to get into Facebook and social media and help us,
you know, become one of the most followed four dealerships in the country. And naturally, you
were so successful. Naturally, he joined Shelby Performance. He's a brand manager. He helps do
all the media content that we've got. A lot of the, you know, most of what you're seeing on Shelby's
social media, Braxton is producing that content or creating it. You know, he works directly with
our sales team in the field and does just about everything. So events, shows, marketing, sales,
you name it, he's involved. And it's been a fun thing. You know, automotive, you got that father-son
relationship, you know, with cars a lot of times or trucks. And for me to experience it in the
business side is incredible. We're going on now our, I guess, 10th year together. And so
no signs of stopping. We work really good together. He knows my blind spots. I know his and
and together one and one equals 10 with us. That's nice. Very good. That's very cool.
In a press release that I saw, it says that new Shelby cars and trucks are now listed in the
black book, the dealer black book. What does that mean? And why is it important?
That is an incredible new partnership that we have with black book. I think, you know, they've
been tremendous to work with. Well, you know, the, if you've got an aftermarket vehicle that's
been customized and, you know, the, it's hard to determine what a value is, whether you're going
to trade it in or, you know, or sell it privately. And so there was no guide or rule to be able to
do that. It was a lot of guesstimates. And so we partnered with black book to, to provide real
value for the package. So whenever dealers are going into appraised vehicles, or, you know,
if you want to go in and see what your vehicle is worth, use black book as a guide to be able to
tell you an accurate number. And the great thing about it is what we see historically,
Shelby vehicles have a higher resale value than any other, you know, aftermarket or custom brand
out in the marketplace. And black book allows us to do that. Now, we know we can get all of the
trucks at these premier dealers, but can we get, can we also get Shelby Super Snakes or GT350s
through the dealers? You got it. Just tell me what dealers local to you and we'll get you one of
each tomorrow. Dude, nice. That's what I needed. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yes. Our team, you know, those
are built in, you know, the Super Snakes built out in Las Vegas. We've got a plant that builds
the GT350 in Michigan, but our sales team sells those to our same authorized Shelby
dealers nationwide. So it is not uncommon to drive to one of our partners and find a Super
Snake, a GT350, an F250, a F150. So we distribute those through our dealer network all across the
country. Well, you got to have something to haul your Shelby to the track. 100 percent.
Just doesn't make any sense to use anything else. So what's your favorite vehicle on the lineup?
You know, in 2017, we came out with our Shelby announced the F150 Super Snake crew cab lowered
street cruising, just an incredible low rider. And I fell in love with it. It was just a
fascinating ride and has become a hot sell unique market, right? So crew cab lowered four door,
22 inch wheels. Same look and design as our off road truck, just, you know, obviously
different styling with the lowered. That has been my favorite since it came out in 2017. Love it.
Well, like I said, I got, I've had a couple of the 0203 Supercharged Harley trucks. So I get it.
Yeah. Lowered, big wheels, big supercharger. Easy to get in and out of. I will say here and,
you know, if the folks at Ford are listening, they can be mad at me. I don't give a damn.
You lied on the horsepower. That ain't 340 horse. No, that thing is a lot quicker than 340.
I know it for a fact. I put it to the test. So I like the fast pickups. I think they're
fantastic. You've got something that you can stick for people in. It'll, it'll haul people,
haul stuff, haul ass. Perfect. Great. You know, it's, it's, it's, you know, the beauty is it
could be a daily driver or, you know, if you want to go to a vehicle, you just take out on the weekend
or car shows or whatever you need it to be. It's, it's, it's a versatile and majestic floats. It's a
super fun, super fun ride. Yeah. 1966 is a big year and shall be in Ford history. I think you're
celebrating it with an unusual vehicle that sets some industry first for repaint and tell us a
little bit about that. So that is alluded to that earlier. That is the announcement of our
championship edition. So first full, full repaint Shelby truck is this year,
obviously doing a lot of, you know, head nod to 1966. There are three custom colors.
There is Le Mans pearl blue, sea bring pearl green and Daytona pearl orange. So
awesome, beautiful pearl paint job, full custom paint, very limited production, our off-road
championship edition. There are only going to be 54 of those produced nationally. Oh yeah. It is a,
and I happen to be at the plant this earlier this week and saw those there, they're in production
and they, that the pearl paint absolutely pops. You know, we've kind of tossed up what's going
to be the biggest or the quickest seller out of the bunch and what's going to be the most,
what are people going to love? And, you know, after seeing the green in person, holy moly,
it is, it's dynamic. It is different for, for what you typically have seen out of our truck
lineups, but, you know, they're, they're all, they all blend together in, in, in their style and
color palette. Alrighty. Let's dig into you. What's the biggest surprise since you work,
you started working with Shelby? Here's what I, I knew this going into it, but, but it, it,
it's also been a huge surprise. You know, the, the brand is such a legacy brand and it is,
you know, the logo is iconic, the name is iconic. And what I didn't, what I didn't realize,
we, we have what's called Team Shelby. And, you know, Carol Shelby started that. There's,
I think over 80,000 members worldwide and they're fanatical. They love the brand.
They are there to support the brand no matter whatever they do. I was surprised at, at how
much they, they give to back to the brand and, you know, and the brand gives to them. It was,
it's a joy. We were at the Amelia concor back, I think in March and team Shelby in,
in out of Florida hosted a dinner for us that we all got to go to. And so it's truly, you know,
it's not a club. I mean, it is a team. It's, it's a fascinating Tracy Smith, Scott Black,
you know, involved in that and all the directors nationwide and worldwide that, that lead that
organization. That is what continues to fuel the engine about the passion about the Shelby brand.
And what we're doing uniquely this year is for anybody that purchases one of our truck, we're,
we're paying for their first year of membership into Team Shelby, which is an incredible kit that
has, you know, a coin, a hat, a tee, this year, a book. It's, it's a, it's a cool way to get a,
get a part of a club. And, you know, you don't have to own a Shelby to be a part of Team Shelby.
But it is, it's most surprising to see how, how involved that group is.
So what is in your personal car stable? Oh man. The, you know, being, being out of the car
dealership world, you know, all my neighbors have thought, man, it is like a car dealership at your
house, you know, from, I wish I knew what that felt like. Yeah. Yeah. From, from personal vehicles
to demos, to rentals, to customer cars. I've been a truck guy for probably 20 years and I've
owned just about every, well, I have owned every generation Ford Raptor, starting with the OG,
Gen 1 Raptor, all the way through the current, my most current Raptor R. So big Raptor owner and
also I got to have SUVs and we're huge Ford family and, and, and always have been expeditions,
love the expedition. And, and I tell everybody, you know, outside of owning a lot of performance
trucks, man, I love my Ford expedition. I fight my wife over, over great handling, great turn radius.
And I've got a new one I'm going to be adding soon that I'll send you some, some pictures of this
as soon as we make the announcement. Okay. So you got something coming, you can't talk about
just yet. Not quite Yeah. Okay. Something, well, you may be able to talk
about this, you may not. What's the dumbest thing you've ever done in a car?
Oh, gosh, it's embarrassing too. Perfect. Let's hear it. Here I am just going. Come on.
Story coming in coming back at Z 24 in high school. Okay. So, you know, I always tried to do a
burnout. I was trying to figure out how to do a burnout in that car. And, you know, 180 horsepower
was, was fun, but I couldn't get it to ever hook up and I couldn't white smoke it. And so what I
would do is throw it in reverse. Oh, no. And jam it in drive and try to create some type of
I know. I think I already see where this is going. And I did that over and again.
And you'll eventually, you know, the car invited you not to do it anymore. Pop goes.
You know, I'll never forget drove from home home from school one day and
started to see smoke and pulled in the driveway and my dad, you know, obviously
was not too thrilled about it and said, what happened? And I said, you, you probably don't
want to know. Yeah, probably don't want to know. So I proceeded to tell them that I
ran it in reverse and drive, you know, over and over again for the last six months. And
therefore, you know, toward the training. Yep.
Yeah, I did something similar. I drove an 84 Camaro into the ground hard enough
that eventually the head gasket popped and I was unaware. And of course, it poured all the
coolant into the engine and into the oil. And I wound up popping the engine coming home one day.
And, you know, of course, clunk clunk.
And I acted dumb and went inside and got my dad and said, you know, my car is making a noise. I
think you might want to hear it. And he came outside. I started it up. He looked at me with
the worst face he could make and said, shut it off. And seemed great, dirty, hairy for our dad.
And and that is I regrettably
one of the less dumb things I did in that Camaro. I did a lot of really stupid crap in that car.
And anybody who's listening who's known me for a long time, you can call in and tell those stories
your own self. You know, I had a teacher in high school and I wish you could remember his name.
He was a very cool English teacher. He was one heavy chain smoker. He was one of the ones that
made the teacher's lounge smell like a, you know, VA bar. He he told the story about driving. It was
a Packard 1941 Packard when he was a kid. And you were talking about, you know, popping it into
reverse to make the tires. That's what he used to do. It was a convertible. And they would go
rip and roar and down the road. And then he's like, okay, ready, he would fight it into reverse
and then pop the clutch and do some spins down the road, then pop it back in, you know, and this
is all on the tree, pop it back into first and head on out. And he drove that car for years.
You're kidding. No, no, this is according to him. Now he might have been, you know,
putting a little bit of extra jelly on the sandwich, but it was it was pretty, pretty cool.
And I earned it. I had a deep respect and still do for Packard's because tough son of a gun.
Okay, I'm going to go with that. That sounds fantastic.
Gee, rocket could have been a lot worse. It really could have. But
looking back, do you look at that and go, oh man, I was so abusive to that poor car,
I'm going to have to pay pennants for that at some point.
100%. 100%. Yeah, yeah, yeah, which included not not having a car. Yeah, yeah, that'll do it.
And as a teenager, you know, you know, new, new driver, that is not a, it is not cool.
Not cool at all. Didn't anybody tell you you could just find a hill and, you know,
sticking in gear and just mash it? And it probably would have done one.
Stupid is a stupid drives, Jenny. And we can have you tube or anything back there.
Yeah, a little bit of water, you know, wait till it's wet out and you just do the infinite burnout.
That's right. That's right.
Been there. Yeah, understood.
To that, to that end, I'm coming back. I was in Columbus last week covering Barrett Jackson
and I'm driving back to the hotel one day and it's, it's raining out. It's drizzling out a little
bit. This kid and a very, very hopped up civic is next to me on the stinking highway in the rain
comes up and starts revving it up. You know, of course he's got a fart can muffler and all that
stuff and he's making a bunch of noise. And I knew exactly what that truck would do because
I've done it before and those trucks don't have traction control on them. So we're doing about
50. I got a little room in front of me. I just stuck my foot to the floor and the thing snapped
them loose and burned out sufficiently. So enough so that you could hear it, you know,
the super, supercharger wind up and then shift gears. And the kid looked over at me and his
eyes were as big as cocaine. That's right. That's why you don't mess with those four pickups of wine
like that. Bless your P picking heart. Yep, there you go. We've been speaking with Brock Patterson
and Shelby performance Brock, please tell us where we can find you online and on social media.
Yes. So at Brock Patterson, all social media channels, be sure to follow at Shelby American
and at Shelby performance official for all our business channel content and be able to check
out all the cool things that are on there now, especially these fantastic trucks. Brock, thank
you so much for being with us. Thanks for letting me come on guys. So now I want to go drive all
the Shelby stuff. Dude, that sounds like fun. I want to go drive the old Shelby stuff too.
You're not wrong. Well, they made those, you know, dodge meet those convertible pickups for a while
in the 80s. And I think they made a Shelby version. I want to drive that. That you know,
and probably had a 360 in it. You would have a lot of burnt tires. Had a 318 or a 360 in it,
but I don't think those trucks weighed a whole hell of a lot. No, they didn't. I'd like to drive.
Well, remember 80s, pre airbags, pre crumple zones, pre all the safety stuff. Die like a man.
Yeah. And it was before they made the cars big fat and stupid. They were still reasonably sized.
Yeah. So I'd like to drive one of those. I bet those things go like stink.
Well, you know, I as much fun as I've made of it, I would like to have. I'd like to take a spin.
And it's so stupid. dorky. But that 86 dodge on all the Omni GLH and the GLH. Yes.
Yes. Hell yes. I drive one of those. That's not dorky. I actually, when those first came out,
I thought they were kind of cool. It's like they took a Chevette and made it better. Yeah.
But I don't think that's exactly a high bar. Well, you know, when all those horizons
believe it or not. Omni was I dated a girl at one time who if memory serves, I'm pretty sure
it was a diesel Chevette. Oh, my God. 80 or 81. Talk about not being able to get out of its own
way, man. Now, she I never saw her put gas in it ever or diesel. And she never had to stop for fuel.
But it probably got 50, 60 miles a gallon. You know, wait, how light stuff was back then.
But yeah, God, it was awful. Plus, on top of it, it was pale yellow with wood grain down the side.
Well, these, you know, those 86s, they just look like, what was it, the VW Scirocco?
When it's like got too tall of a forehead. Well, they look like Chrysler version
of the Rabbit. Rabbit. That's what it was. So it looked like a GTI and it probably went a hell
of a lot better. So I'd like to drive one. I think those things are cool. Oh, by the way,
that reminds me, you know,
I drove all the way to Columbus and back last week. And it was it's like 1700 miles, I think.
I have a new and very intense hatred for all super wagon drivers,
all of you, all of you. What do they do to you? What, what mean things do they do to you?
First starts and quit paying so much stinking attention to your stupid dog.
Every one of them had a husky or a Samoyet or some big fuzzy dog in the car with them
that was standing on the console. So its head was right there with the driver's head.
You know, you can't see out of your rear view mirror that damn thing there. And
just what are they? What do they make sure you don't know how to drive when they give you one of
those super wagons? I know they come with a free flannel shirt, but come on, man. Get out of stinking
way. Actually, I was thinking something similar about that when I had little gripy thoughts going
through my head on the way here, because there was a Tesla driver in front of me that was very
aggressive. Very aggressive because I'm in a Tesla. Oh, look, I'm going to put it in plan.
Well, a Tesla driver is just the more stuck up Prius driver. Now, I have respect for it,
because, you know, everybody their own and there's a certain amount, but there is sometimes a
cache that goes along with things between that and the Audi drivers who the road is theirs. Oh,
yeah. And you're just renting it. Well, if you if you watch Top Gear and then the Grand Tour
afterward, you would know that all the Packers who used to drive BMWs sometime during the late 90s,
early 2000, shifted to Audi. So it's all those people. Got it. Got it. Okay. And I have a really
good friend named Chad, who helped us set up our website, by the way. Oh, thank you. And he's had
several Audi's in a row, and he's just mitten with them. He thinks the world and I'm sure they're
fantastic. They've made some great stuff. Let's not forget that it's the same parent company
who made my wife's Cayenne. So, you know, it's reputational. So and I'm sure that I'm the guy
who turns on is, you know, I am pretty religious about my blinkers. I put on my turn signals.
Sometimes I do it like a, you know, three miles ahead of the turn, which I'm sure is pretty annoying
for people. That's a Missouri thing. You either turn it on three miles ahead or six feet. Yeah.
Yeah. And in a Raytona Beach, blinkers are merely a suggestion. I love that you call it Raytona
Beach. I still think that's funny. My wife got me a t-shirt for our anniversary that says Raytona
Beach on it. Oh, that's perfect. And it's in kind of this classic late 70s colors of the orange and
brown and tan. Yeah. Oh, God love Cammie for that. Yeah. It gave me a pretty good giggle. Oh, hey,
by the way, yeah, I just thought of this. Just in case she happens to listen,
Rhonda, sweetheart, happy 19th anniversary. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love you, sweetheart. You hung
the moon and you've made my life and I'm so very grateful to you. And I would merrily do it all
again. Yeah, we do love the ones that will put up with us. Well, and she puts up with an awful
lot of crap. You know how many times a day I call her into my office and go, hey, look at this.
And it's usually just car stuff. Every now and then it'll be something far worse. But
she does put up with an awful lot of my garbage and most of it is car related. And my poor,
long suffering wife, thank you so very much, sweetheart. I love you and you are just the greatest.
So there's that. We celebrate our 19th anniversary on, let's see, the seventh, I think, is Tuesday,
isn't it? I think so. Coming up on Tuesday. Yep. 19 years. I found somebody and we were talking
about this the other day and I told her, I hope we screwed up everybody's betting pool.
Well, who knew Stockholm syndrome had such longevity? I hope we hosed everybody. Everybody.
I hope they're sitting around going, who had 19 years? The Hatfields had 19 years. They were the
only ones. They get the pot. It was us. So thank you, Ron, so much for sticking with me. You've
absolutely fabulous. I couldn't have asked for anything more. And as long as we're thanking
people, thank you so much for spending time with Driven Radio. See what I did there?
Oh, dude, then you had to point out, you could have just smoothly just slid right into that. It was
like, you know, going sideways into a parking spot and just being done. Are you kidding me on this
show? I had to point it out. Look at what I did. I did good. Thank you so much for spending time
with Driven Radio. We can't believe you listened to us. We love what we do and we wouldn't be able
to do it without the support of our listeners. You can find us online at drivenradioshow.com.
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at Driven Radio Show and on LinkedIn as Driven
Radio Show podcast. Oh, hey, by the way, as long as I'm bringing up all the places you can find us,
I talked to our good friend, Miss Cindy today, who finds us so many fantastic guests and
tells us what we ought to be doing and tries to help us out. And she seems to think she found
somebody who's sucker enough to make an app for the show. Well, I'd like to be able to see us or
to make up stupid jokes. No, you put it on your phone and you just push the button and it takes
you directly to Driven Radio and all the episodes and also our partners and everything else.
That's sexy. You know, I'm not trying to predict anything, but we might have an app.
That would be cool. I think it'd be pretty awesome. I didn't even think that was possible.
Driven Radio app. And then she brought it up this afternoon. I was like, really?
We can do that? Yeah. The only apps we usually have are appetizers. Yeah, well,
kind of thinking about it now. Nachos on your phone? Lunch was a long time ago. If I hustle,
I can go get some wings down the street. Hell yeah. That's right, baby. If you have a story you
would like to tell or someone you would like us to interview or maybe a really awful joke you'd
like to tell us or want to buy a T-bird. Yeah, if you want to buy a 1958 Thunderbird,
you want to buy a really questionable Thunderbird, you can't get a magnet to stick to anywhere.
Contact. I'm sorry. You and I will work something out that makes you feel better. How about that?
That's all good. Contact me at Brett at drivenradioshow.com. Hey,
speaking of hungry, did you pick up that tummy grumble on the mic?
No, but I did feel a little shake. Yeah, well, I wasn't kidding about the wings, man. It's time
to get the hell out of here. I am Brett Hatfield for Mark L. Groves. Thank you for listening.
We'll see you next time you want to buy wings on Driven Radio.
About this episode
Brett and Mark kick off with a chaotic travel-and-weather rant—heat dome misery, bug splatter, and a brutal I-70 slowdown caused by two semis. They swap stories about cleaning the truck, windshield-washer “bug soup,” and the joys of long traffic jams. Brett then updates listeners on a Bring a Trailer dispute, possible legal review, and plans to get his Thunderbird back on the road with help from a local shop. The conversation shifts to a guest’s Mercedes return after a month at the dealer, with only a worn seat bolster color match left. Brock Patterson of Shelby Performance is introduced as the guest.
Brett and Mark welcome Brock Patterson of Shelby Performance to discuss the magic of driving in an early 300ZX with a digital dash, the monstrous 1,000 horsepower Shelby Raptor R pickup, working with his son by his side, and ruining a car by doing transmission drop burnouts. All this and much more on Driven Radio Show!
