ECU is the engine computer. It controls how the engine runs, and when you swap parts, you often need the right computer and wiring so everything talks to each other.
“SN95” refers to an older Mustang generation (roughly 1994–2004). They’re talking about which Mustang generation the engine came from, because that affects how the car’s electronics and wiring match up.
IRS means the rear wheels are set up so they can move independently. That usually helps the car grip the road better and feel more controlled over bumps.
The Volkswagen Beetle is a small, iconic car with a rounded shape. Some older versions use an air-cooled engine, and they can also be found with options like a sunroof. People talk about them a lot because they’re recognizable and many are still kept running.
The Volkswagen Type 3 is an older Volkswagen car. It’s famous to car fans because it has a rear engine layout and a different design than the more common Beetle.
The Mitsubishi Pajero is a rugged SUV made for off-road driving. Here they’re saying the noise was caused by the A/C belt being loose, so tightening/fixing that makes the car quiet again.
The A/C belt is a belt that helps run the air-conditioning compressor. If it’s loose, it can rattle or squeal, and the fix is usually tightening or replacing the belt.
Term
new cannon
“Cannon” sounds like a nickname for a part they replaced. Since they’re talking right after the A/C refrigerant/cooling discussion, it likely refers to something in the air-conditioning system that helps it cool better.
The Toyota Supra is a sports car made for faster, more exciting driving. The podcast mention suggests they’re talking about an older version from the 1990s. Different years can feel different, so the exact model year matters when people discuss them.
Term
Mitsubishi build quality
“Build quality” just means how solidly the car is put together. They’re saying the Mitsubishi seems to feel well-made, which helps it stay nice and quiet.
Mitsubishi and Chrysler worked together to build some cars. Because of that, different models could share the same core design and parts. That’s the reason people group them together under the DSM label.
DSM is a nickname for a Mitsubishi-and-Chrysler car partnership. Enthusiasts use it to talk about a specific group of Mitsubishi performance cars from that era. The question here is basically whether the guest was into those cars.
The Eagle Talon is a sporty coupe that was made for faster driving. It’s from an era when people liked turbocharged performance cars. In the podcast, it’s being mentioned along with other similar cars.
The Honda CR-V is a small SUV meant for normal daily driving. It’s built to be practical and comfortable. The comment in the podcast sounds like someone felt limited by it for what they wanted to do.
“Vents” here likely refers to openings/grilles in the car’s interior or bodywork that allow airflow or provide access to components. The host says they “popped the vents out,” suggesting they removed or modified those parts to change how something functions—possibly airflow, sound, or access for the audio setup. Without the make/model and what the vents are connected to, the exact purpose can’t be confirmed.
The Chevrolet C10 is an older pickup truck. People like it because it’s a straightforward truck that’s easy to restore and customize. The podcast mention sounds like someone built or added equipment inside the truck for a specific purpose.
JDM speaker brackets are special mounting pieces made for Japanese versions of cars. They help you install speakers in the correct spots so the fitment matches the original Japanese setup.
Honda EG is a specific older Civic generation. Here, they’re talking about adding special JDM parts so the car can have speakers mounted in the rear the way some Japanese versions did.
Rear door cards are the plastic/trim panels on the inside of the rear doors. If speakers mount there, the panel shape and mounting points affect whether the speakers fit correctly.
Brand
Katie design
Katie design sounds like a custom shop or design brand that does the finishing work on a car build. In this clip, the host is saying they’re doing some of the install prep, and Katie design will make it look finished.
Gathers is a company that makes aftermarket car parts, especially for Honda interiors and audio. Here, they’re being mentioned as the source of the dash speaker parts the host is trying to fit.
Speaker pods are custom boxes or mounts that hold car speakers in a specific spot. People use them when the factory speaker location doesn’t fit the speaker they want, or when they want a cleaner, custom interior look.
“Full repops” means making brand-new replacement parts that copy the original ones. That helps people rebuild older cars because they can replace worn or missing pieces.
The Acura Integra GSR is a sportier version of the Integra. It’s a popular car to rebuild and modify because it has a big enthusiast following and lots of parts support.
“Bone stock” means the car is basically unchanged from the factory. Collectors often prefer that because it’s more original and easier to compare to what it was when new.
Car
VR four
“VR-4” is a Mitsubishi turbo model. The point here is that it’s not a simple rebuild—people treat it like a harder, more specialized project because it’s less common.
Brian Earl Spillner is a character from the Fast & Furious movies. People use his name to talk about a specific style of Nissan Skyline GT-R that fans copy or modify to look like his car.
“Big butts” is slang for a car that has a noticeably wider, more flared rear. It usually comes from wider wheels/tires and fender flares that make the back end look extra wide.
The Mitsubishi Starion is a 1980s turbo sports car. It’s remembered by enthusiasts for its look and for being part of the Mitsubishi/Chrysler era that helped shape what came later.
The Chrysler Conquest is basically the same car as the Mitsubishi Starion, just sold under a different brand. It’s brought up because it connects to the same 1980s turbo-car scene that enthusiasts later called DSM.
The Mitsubishi Lancer is a compact car. Some versions are known for performance, and the podcast seems to be talking about a particular generation and color. People remember specific years and styles, so the details matter in the conversation.
GST is a model trim name, and in this episode they’re saying it means the car is front-wheel drive. Front-wheel drive means the front wheels do the work of moving the car.
On a turbo engine, a wastegate is a valve that helps control boost (how hard the turbo pushes). It keeps the turbo from making too much pressure and helps protect the engine.
When the speaker says “as much power as you can get to the front wheels,” they’re describing traction limits on a front-wheel-drive layout. In practice, front tires can only grip so much, so beyond a certain boost/power level the car can’t accelerate effectively without wheelspin.
The Volkswagen Golf is a compact car, usually a hatchback, made for everyday driving. The podcast mention suggests they’re talking about faster versions of the Golf. People like these because they can be both practical and fun to drive.
The Hyundai Sonata is a regular family-style sedan. It’s meant for comfortable everyday driving. The podcast mention sounds like it’s being listed among other cars, not necessarily discussed in detail.
The Dodge Ram is a pickup truck with a bed for carrying things. It’s made for towing and practical use. The podcast mention sounds like it’s just being named as part of a group of cars.
The Nissan Altima is a regular sedan meant for daily driving. It’s designed to be comfortable and practical. In the podcast, it sounds like it’s just being mentioned as one of several cars in the conversation.
In this context, “nostalgia” means people wanting older cars because they feel connected to the past. That emotional connection can make those cars cost a lot more.
Mopar is a nickname for Chrysler’s car and parts brands—especially Dodge and Plymouth. The hosts are basically saying Mopar cars have become extremely expensive to buy.
The Dodge Charger is a famous American muscle car. It’s the kind of car people buy because it looks cool and has a big engine, and in this chat they’re saying the prices have gotten crazy.
The Nissan GT-R is a very fast sports car. The podcast mention sounds like someone saw one and had a story about it. People talk about the GT-R because it’s known for performance.
“Paper work” means the documents that prove the car’s ownership and identity. With older cars, the paperwork is important because it can affect whether the car can be registered and sold. The host is saying the paperwork they have isn’t very official.
A “legit title” means the official ownership paperwork for the car is real and correct. For older cars, the title matters because it affects whether you can legally register and sell the vehicle. If the paperwork doesn’t match, buyers get nervous and the car can be worth less.
This is a guided session for driving on dirt or rough ground. The goal is to teach you how to control the vehicle safely when traction is worse than on pavement.
Concept
two lane east direction road
They’re talking about the kind of road they’ll take for the drive—basically a simpler, two-lane route. The point is organizing a fun drive together.
“Cars and coffees” are casual meetups where car people get together, usually in the morning, to show cars and hang out. The host is basically saying the best part is actually driving together, not just meeting up.
A four post lift is a garage platform that uses four posts to lift your car up. It lets you look underneath and do work safely. It’s the kind of lift you usually see in professional shops.
“Car condos” are like storage units built for cars, usually with better setups than a normal storage unit. The goal is to keep the car cleaner and more cared for while it’s stored.
A “10 by 20 storage unit” is a typical self-storage space size people rent to store belongings. Here it’s used as an example of the kind of storage where cars can get neglected and not be ready to drive later.
If tires are “flat” after a car sits, it usually means they lost air pressure while parked. You may need to inflate them (and sometimes check for a leak) before the car can be driven safely.
A “jump starter” is a portable device that can give a dead car battery enough power to start the engine. It’s handy when a car has been sitting and the battery isn’t strong enough to crank it.
“Starting fluid” is a spray that helps an engine catch when it won’t start normally. It can be risky if overused or used on the wrong engine, so it’s not a long-term fix.
Term
vehicle storage
“Vehicle storage” here means a place that keeps cars safe for owners. Instead of driving it all the time, the owner can store it in a facility that’s set up to protect the car.
Porsche is a well-known German car brand that makes sports cars. Here, they’re talking about storing Porsche cars for people who don’t want to drive them.
Term
insulated
“Insulated” here refers to thermal insulation in the building’s foundation and floor levels, which helps stabilize temperatures. For stored cars, more stable temperatures can reduce condensation and help protect materials over time.
Climate control means controlling the temperature and humidity in a building. That matters for keeping cars clean and helping coatings or protective work behave properly.
Ceramic coating is a protective layer you put on a car’s paint. It helps the paint resist dirt and grime and makes washing easier because water and contaminants don’t stick as easily.
Paint correction is basically polishing the car’s paint to remove scratches and swirl marks. It makes the paint look cleaner and more even before adding protective coatings.
A battery tender is a device that keeps a car battery charged while the car sits. It helps prevent the battery from going dead and can extend battery life during storage.
Fire suppression systems are safety systems that automatically help control a fire. In a building, they’re designed so a fire can be handled quickly without waiting for people to react.
That 128,000-gallon number is how much water the building would need for its fire safety plan. It shows how expensive and complex the system becomes when you change the storage layout.
Pressurized means the system is under higher-than-atmospheric pressure. Here, they’re clarifying that the tank isn’t pressurized in the usual sense; instead, the fire pump generates the pressure needed for water delivery.
A fire pump is the machine that pushes water with enough pressure to fight a fire. It’s the part that makes the water flow strongly when the system is activated.
Precast concrete pieces are made in a factory, then brought to the site and put together. It’s a common way to build large concrete structures efficiently.
The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car from Porsche. It’s known for having its engine in the back and being a long-running model. Here, the host mentions it as part of an interactive car display.
An internal combustion engine is the kind of engine that burns fuel to make the car move. The host is comparing that to electric cars and explaining why their setup doesn’t store EVs.
Electric cars run on electricity stored in batteries instead of burning gasoline. The host says their place doesn’t store EVs, and they clarify it’s not meant as an insult to electric cars.
The Ferrari 288 GTO is a very special, older Ferrari known for being fast and rare. Here, the host uses it as an example of an extremely expensive car someone might trust them with.
A fire blanket is a thick, heat-resistant sheet meant to cover a fire to smother it. They’re describing it as a precaution people use when storing expensive cars.
Fire suppression is the system that puts out fires automatically. They’re saying that in parking garages, the way the system is set up matters—horizontal discharge is often required because of how fires spread there.
A parking garage fire is especially dangerous because it’s enclosed and can spread through levels and ramps. That’s why fire-safety rules and systems are designed specifically for garages.
They offer a service where they refuel your car for you. Instead of you worrying about the tank level, they’ll handle it as part of the plan.
Term
E
On a gas gauge, “E” means empty. They’re saying if you leave the car with the tank almost empty, they’ll ask if they should refuel it.
Term
93
“93” refers to 93-octane gasoline, a fuel grade measured by octane rating. Higher-octane fuel is often recommended for engines with higher compression or knock sensitivity, and using the specified grade helps the engine run as intended.
Paintless dent repair (PDR) is a bodywork method that removes dents without repainting by reshaping the metal from behind the panel. The host also ties it to “fine line scratches,” which are often handled by a detailer rather than traditional panel repair and repainting.
A ceramic coating is a protective layer you put on a car’s paint. It helps the paint resist dirt and makes washing easier because water and grime don’t stick as much.
A safety inspection is a thorough check to make sure the car is safe to drive. It looks at important things like brakes and other safety systems before you take it on the road.
Chargers often fill a battery quickly at first, then slow down near the end. That’s because topping off a nearly full battery can be harder on it, so the charger uses a gentler approach.
If a battery’s voltage is extremely low, many chargers won’t try to charge it right away. The charger is basically saying, “this is too far gone or unsafe,” and you may need a different recovery approach.
This means trying to revive a battery that got too low. Sometimes it can be restored with the right charging steps, but if it’s been damaged, it won’t fully come back.
Optima is a well-known car battery brand. They’re often talked about as a higher-quality option, and the speaker is using it as an example of how prices used to be lower.
Infrared heating uses radiation to warm objects directly rather than heating the air in a room. That can be more efficient in high-ceiling garages because it reduces wasted heat that would otherwise linger in the space.
The El Camino is a classic Chevrolet that looks like a car but has a truck bed. The host is using his 1969 El Camino as an example of an older car that’s simpler and doesn’t rely as much on modern electronics.
WRX is Subaru’s performance model line, and here it’s referenced because the host installed WRX seats into his 1969 El Camino. That’s a common enthusiast move: swapping in supportive, often heated seats from a different vehicle.
Carbureted means the engine uses a carburetor to deliver fuel. The host is saying carbureted setups can be easier to build and troubleshoot than more modern systems.
An LS swap means putting an LS engine into a different car than it originally came with. The host is saying he did that kind of swap back in 2012, when it wasn’t as “easy/common” as it is now.
Enhanced Street Performance is a shop the host credits for helping with his engine swap. A good shop can make the difference between a swap that runs well and one that’s a constant headache.
A checklist is a step-by-step list the shop follows when a car comes in. It helps them make sure they record the car’s condition and don’t forget important tasks.
Corrective action means steps taken to fix problems or address issues identified during intake or inspection. In this context, they’re asking whether there are items that need to be addressed while the car is in their possession.
Monthly reports are regular updates about what’s happening with your car while it’s stored. They help you keep track of issues and show proof of what was checked or fixed later.
Transmission fluid is the liquid that helps the gearbox work correctly. If it’s leaking, the car can run low on fluid and the transmission can start shifting poorly or even get damaged.
Collection management means managing a whole set of cars, not just parking one. It includes keeping records and making sure maintenance and documentation stay organized for the future.
Here, “value” means what the car is worth when you sell it. The idea is that good records about how it was stored can make buyers trust the car’s condition more.
Relative humidity tells you how damp the air is. If the air is too humid for long periods, it can speed up rust and other moisture-related problems on a car.
The Nissan Skyline is a sports car series. The podcast mention references a specific Skyline model (like the R32 GT-R), which is known for being a standout performance version. People talk about it because it’s a well-known car among enthusiasts.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car made for performance. It’s well known and has been around for many years. People bring it up because it’s an important, recognizable car that many enthusiasts collect or study.
An air-cooled engine uses air flowing over the engine to keep it from overheating. The speaker is saying their older MG is the kind that doesn’t use a typical liquid-cooling system.
AMG is Mercedes-Benz’s performance division. When someone says “AMG,” they usually mean a Mercedes that’s been tuned to be faster and more exciting to drive.
This is a Mercedes-Benz 300 E that was tuned by AMG. AMG is Mercedes’ performance division, and the point here is that it’s not a stock 300 E—it’s been modified for stronger performance and handling.
The Mercedes-Benz 500 E is a well-known AMG performance Mercedes. It’s used here as a comparison car to explain how another AMG model shares similar suspension and tuning ideas.
An inline six is an engine with six cylinders in a straight line. The host is saying that engine layout is part of what makes the car’s character, and it’s been tuned for more power or feel.
This is a special, high-performance Mercedes-Benz G-Class made by AMG. The “G 55 AMG” part means it’s the stronger AMG version, and “two-door convertible” means it’s a rare open-top G-Class with only two doors.
“Federalized” means the car was changed so it meets U.S. legal requirements. That usually involves things like emissions equipment and lights so it can be registered in the United States.
Side markers are small lights on the outside of a car that help other drivers see it better. Different countries require them differently, so changes to side markers can be a clue that a car was modified to meet U.S. rules.
Term
catalyzed
This is about the catalytic converter system. It’s the part that helps clean up exhaust gases so the car produces fewer pollutants.
“Emission stuff” is the equipment that helps a car pollute less. It can include parts that control exhaust gases, and in this story it’s mentioned as part of making the car legal for the U.S.
The G-Class is a luxury SUV with a very distinctive, boxy shape. It’s designed to handle rough roads, not just city driving. The podcast mention is about a high-performance AMG version that was also a convertible.
The Suzuki Jimny is a small SUV that’s built to handle rough roads. It’s compact, but it’s meant for off-road driving too. The podcast mention sounds like they spotted one and talked about how it stood out.
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Efficiency at its finest.
Better than coffee.
If crackheads are one thing, they find more ways to be efficient.
That's true.
I mean, I think I've seen Red Bull take rust off of parts.
I'm not sure if that's what you want to use.
Yeah, shine those bitches up, dude.
You're shining teeth up.
Maybe.
Pretty set of teeth.
All right.
You ready to go on screen?
They were cracking teeth, and they were pretty on point for cracking teeth.
You only brush the ones you want to keep.
Yeah.
All right, we're going to play the intro in 321
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm Josh Garcia, and this is the Revival Motoring Podcast.
As always, I'm joined by Chaku.
Roger T. the Red Bull.
Corey.si.
Hello, hello.
Today in studio, we have our friend Mr. Landon from New England Auto Chateau.
Welcome.
Hey.
Appreciate it.
Thanks for having me on.
We're going to catch up with him, find out what it's like to own and operate a
storage business in New England.
Seems like a growing bit of the car industry.
Want to kind of pick his brain with all that sort of stuff.
How it works, how it doesn't work.
The good, the bad, all that.
But before we get into that, thank you very much for listening to us.
As always, you can go to our website, RevivalMotoring.com.
We can sign up for the B4B.
That is how you support the show.
God knows we need it.
Go there to do that.
And we appreciate everybody in the chat as well.
I actually did get about, I don't know, 35 minutes to work on some merch the other day.
So I was working on that.
So that was a lovely thing.
Not done yet, obviously, but as soon as that is started and I will get it on the
website and have it out there for some new shreds or no,
threads, threads, that's what I was looking for.
New threads, not, not shreds, lettuce, new threads.
We could do a Midwest Safety Co lab.
Honestly, they get the rainbow badge.
Yeah, dude, bad play match made in heaven, not a bad play.
So you can go there.
We will have some new stuff, but you know, we have some classic designs up there right now.
So hit that up, purchase some of that stuff, and we will get it moving to you.
Let's get right into the old
if you'd like to leave a callback number, press to callbacks real quick.
I can't think of anything directly on
you got nothing going on.
On my mind, I it's all all work all the time at this point.
All work, no play with Josh.
He had dull boy.
That's really bad.
Yeah. Yeah.
I got to talk to Kyle, but I guess this can be a callback.
I need to remove myself from a shell of a Mustang
because it's never going to happen at this point.
So if anybody is interested in that, let me know.
I have a powertrain as well because it's just not not in the cards at this point.
Just tell us a little bit more.
All the parts are there.
Yeah. We're basically done.
No. No. No.
No. No.
But all of your stereo basically by upon all our president accounting for
comes with the new battery.
New battery. New batteries.
Son of a bitch.
I needed a battery today at work.
I should grab PowerGain.
Is there engine transmission ECU wiring too much to wiring?
It's good power train, right?
It's 302 from like an SN95.
Nope. Nope.
It's a 4.6 from an S197.
Ooh, S197.
I was telling them really at Mercedes codes,
I don't ever understand those, the Mustang ones.
I just, I'm worth the SN95s.
That's those are the good ones.
There's a new edge ones.
I like those a lot.
Oh, no, those are the bad ones.
No, bad ones still technically SN95 before that,
but the new edge SN95, whatever.
It's still.
So that was 99, 99 to 04.
Yeah. Yeah. For the new edge,
but this particular motor is from an S197.
So it's not the new edge.
It's the one after.
It's the one I had basically.
It's the gray one, bigger body style.
The one they went a little bit retro.
Oh, the big boy.
Yeah. That's what that's from.
That was before IRS though.
Yes. Yes.
Cause the ones after that are the IRS ones
that are great cars.
Not quite yet.
So you switch.
Actually, I'm sorry.
No, no, no.
Sorry, there are a hundred bad generations.
S197 to S550.
That S550 did go IRS,
but I don't know if it's across the board.
I, that's a great question.
I think it is actually cause I believe.
I rented just to like a five oh,
if that's even a thing in that generation.
Yeah. And it was, it was insanely good.
Yeah. Which there's super cool.
The higher motor is good.
And that's what I was blowny ponies.
And that's a part of it has in his most things,
the IRS, but obviously you go boost.
That's a great platform either way.
Great guys out there.
The motor is from an S197.
So you're selling an S550 ready to go.
No, I'd keep that.
Cause I'd be able to, I wouldn't be able to use it.
What year, what year is this thing?
64.
64.
Oh, yeah.
Good year.
So early boy.
Early boy.
Nice. Okay.
Early boy.
Any other, any other things, tidbits,
information to put in there.
There's a lot to do.
It's assembly required.
Let's go.
It has a cage.
A coop.
Fast.
Have a cage.
Probably needs to come out.
Not fast, but yeah.
Could be you.
Does have will woods has all the panels.
If you want to just slap them on there.
So it has all that.
It's got some wheels.
You can roll it.
Wheels help.
Wheels are big dude in the car industry.
Can roll it.
Really.
It's a, it's one of those.
It's like a blank canvas.
I was just saying exactly really the open ended Lego set.
You know, however, it's like a cozy home.
Literally however you want to do it.
You can do it.
Yeah.
It's just waiting for the right owner.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Exactly.
It's as great as you want it to be.
Yeah.
Could be any color.
Honestly.
Really.
Yeah.
Life's a journey.
Yep.
That you pilot.
Live, laugh, live, laugh Mustang.
Life is a highway.
But it's there.
All right.
You guys are going to love it.
It's, you know, I don't talk about it much, but a lot.
You just got to trade in the chat.
Yes.
Well, trends for a set of AT.
Sure.
Whatever.
Yeah.
Bring those.
Petoria is over here.
So a lot of good positive stuff is happening at work, but it
has literally taken my life, basically, which is good.
You know, it'll pay off someday.
At least that's what I keep telling myself.
So we're going to, we're going to stay focused on that.
Posi vibes down here.
We're going to stay focused on that and really see what happens.
Yeah.
Sure.
I don't know.
I'll use you for something.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sure.
I don't fucking, what are you going to do with this?
That's why I said yes.
I got an old issue.
In reality, I'd have an easier time selling those.
Wait, look at the image size.
Why do you even put up a wheel that's $7,500 to $3,000?
That's just a camera flex at that point.
Yeah, dude.
What do you mean you need 60 megapixels?
1D.
Yeah.
Hashtag high res.
Yeah.
That is high res.
Yes.
I'm the leader of high res.
I can see many affections, you fix.
Seriously.
That's crazy.
Anyway, I can see the dust.
There's dust.
Nobody even cleaned that wheel.
Oh my God.
Come on.
And it looks like it was upscaled after too.
Yeah.
Pretty poorly done.
All right.
Yeah.
So they should reach out to you.
Reach, hit me up.
You literally smoke and deal.
For anything.
For anything.
Yeah.
Make it go away.
Yeah.
Like half a Red Bull.
Help me help you.
You got any tools to go with it?
Any tools you try to unload?
Are the tools staying on the table?
No, no.
Tools got to stay here.
I got a lot of uses for those.
I agree.
I agree.
It's fun to make sure, you know.
For future Mustangs.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Future.
Future.
Get this assembled.
Future Mustangs.
Yeah.
No, no.
Just just the vehicle at this point.
All right.
This is the vehicle.
It's 500 on the vehicle.
The vehicle.
Will you sell it drivetrain separately?
Yes.
Jokes on you.
$500 will take it down here.
Yes.
Seriously.
Hey, you fucking idiot.
You're selling it on the table?
So you'll sell it drivetrain separately?
You fool.
You sell cars separately?
Yes.
All right.
Yep.
Doesn't have to be a package deal.
Levin's rules, brother.
If you want to put the scene together,
take it to Levin's.
Dude, seriously.
No, this would be a good Levin's car.
Yeah, absolutely.
What do you mean?
It's already got a cage, Lexan, Bing Bang Boom,
a little Kierke up front.
Pop the hood on it.
Is there a Kierke in it or are you good?
It would be done no time.
Yeah.
You can use the vice grip to steer it.
Yeah.
Bob's your uncle.
Away you go.
Get you sorted.
Yeah.
So reach out to me if you are interested in, you know.
Being a cool guy with a Mustang.
Messing about.
Yeah.
So that's a callback.
Sure.
There you go.
That's good.
It's a good one.
Good one.
So we move this Mustang for you.
Yeah.
We're trying to get the thing out of here.
Move it right out of the garage.
So what can we do?
I mean, we just push it in the road.
It's not attached to you.
We could put it in our new sad space.
Technically, no.
We could put it in our new sad space
brought to you by Wolfskart in the back.
That's true.
The bamboo is about to swallow it.
It's about to grow through the center of it.
And they're about the same level of built.
Yeah, they are just.
Yeah.
Your boys going to have to get like that.
Honestly, for the right price, you can have both.
You could have both.
Seriously.
Your boys got to get that deforestation gas.
Yeah.
Find that thing once it's time to go.
It's.
Yeah, sure.
Come pick it up.
You just need a chainsaw.
Yeah, that's going to be deep in there.
It's going to disappear.
I would think how many weeks do you think
before we can't see that car?
Every time I come here, I should take a photo of it.
You should.
The growth from the same spot.
It's already pretty deep.
I know I should have started before.
I'm glad we left that area of the parking lot.
Like not graveled.
So the bamboo can grow.
Yeah.
This is a bamboo is grown.
It's had an oxygen at this point.
Yeah, it's unbelievable.
I think that's great.
I didn't.
I haven't looked over there.
Lift the vehicle.
It might.
If it lifts over the fence, I'm fine with it.
I was a train track.
Yeah, give us the trains.
I mean, I think that's that's pretty much it.
It's got another three weeks before.
I'm just going to put it on the train tracks.
Put it right out there.
I mean, I don't know.
I mean, you can come get it.
That's that's a deal.
I'll give you another month.
But just I don't want to deal with it.
We know someone who wants parts of it.
Maybe if those parts are still there,
from what I understand, there's not a lot in that baby.
No, no, no.
What is it?
Tell the people what it is.
I can't couldn't tell you.
It's some air cooled notch back thing.
No, it's not a notch back.
It's some fast back.
Fast back.
Is it called a fast back?
It's got a sunroof.
It's an air cooled Volkswagen with a sunroof from Beetle
Times.
It's not a beetle.
It's not a gear.
It's not a.
No, no, no.
No, you know how they made the notch back in the wagon?
Oh, is a sorocco?
No, no way.
Oh, whoa.
It's a bit older.
That's hollowed ground.
Don't you dare.
Oh, I don't even like.
Did I just step in it?
Oh, oh, boy.
It's one of the ones that Hayler was involved in.
I can from what I can tell.
It's an old boy.
It's one of those we were on vacation cars.
Yeah, yeah.
Hell, hon, hon, hon.
He's going to tell us what it is right now.
Yeah, I'm going to tell you what it is.
You're going to understand how not important it is in a second.
Yeah, you know how they made all those those weird ones
in Volkswagen times?
There it is.
Oh, it's a type three.
Only that one has a son of you on one for the auto set.
As a matter of fact, I don't.
You know what you could do?
I'm here to the side.
We we we we don't discriminate.
We do have discerning taste.
You know what would be really cool for it, though?
If you were just like him gets it,
paint it one solid color and just hang it on the wall
or slap it on you like the top of the sign
like the old school.
Oh, my God.
It looks so cool in your lot.
Yeah, I'll get it over there for you tomorrow.
It would literally look like you got something
going on the 30th, right?
Yeah, we'll drop this thing off.
Yeah, it looks just like this, actually.
You could raffle it.
It's right about this condition.
It's about there.
It's the same shape.
Yeah. Yeah.
Is it?
You have to get some lawn chairs for.
I don't know.
We can't see it anymore.
But yeah, it would be a nice mascot for your business.
It looks cool.
Complete.
I'm not going to lie.
Sure.
Mike, my computer.
Not my brand of Mustang.
Now you've out in it.
Not my brand.
Well, anyway, anyways, we run up by your partners.
You run up the flagpole.
That's right.
I've just run it by 50% of the partners.
You don't want to know.
Hard no.
My majority votes still out.
Still out.
Well, anyways, if anybody wants to perform
a hostile takeover, so we can get rid of that thing.
Is that a type three Volkswagen, please come get it.
Hey, perfect.
Reach out to Josh.
And the crowd goes wild.
Oh, my God.
What else do I have going on?
I don't know.
I'm out of stuff this time.
I don't really know anything.
What do I have?
My my thing was making noise.
The doesn't the Pajero was making noise when you hammer
with the AC on turns out AC belt was loose.
Boom.
Done.
So silent now.
Yeah.
And that thing fucking coldest they seen any car I have.
Is the R 12.
I don't think so, because I put the new cannon.
Yeah, it's also kind of new.
It's a 90 something.
Oh, that's one 34.
Definitely.
It must be that.
It must be that 90s.
Mitsubishi build quality that makes it so nice.
Yeah.
Quality.
The mirror glass rattles on that thing.
Like you guys.
The outside.
You guys built this to fucking race the desert.
I guess you need to use the mirrors.
But anyways, yeah, that's that's it.
Kyle, fix it in 20 seconds.
Out there.
What are you doing in the mirror?
Now, you're not looking at me.
Yeah, I'm dressed like a fucking jiggaloo.
So I couldn't work on it today.
I was here and all white with white like baby blue shoes.
Like I just can't work on a car today.
So yeah.
Got a yeah, I got lucky.
It is coming.
Can't try as Mitsubishi H vacuum.
It's a B.
She makes a nice H vac unit.
They make a nice mini split.
Yeah.
Quality mini splits.
Yeah.
Really good stuff.
I'm playing about it.
You know what?
Total trash cars, but the mini split games.
Unbelievable.
Hey, hey, DSM had some good years.
Yeah, but I don't think that was technically Mitsubishi.
It was.
It was it was a partnership between Mitsubishi and Chrysler.
And the devil.
Yeah.
Yes.
It was heavily heavy Mitsubishi.
It was.
Were you a DSM man?
You weren't a DSM man.
I was not a DSM man.
You were an Nissan man.
I was an Nissan guy before being a Nissan guy was cool.
You know, still being an Nissan guy is cool.
No, no, no.
Is that like is that like type three Volkswagen?
No, no, no, no.
See, it's not.
Everybody's going to come.
I'm from Central Illinois, though.
You know, DSM, the factory for DSM was in normal Illinois.
It was really like 40 minutes from like from where I lived.
So, you know, yuck.
There was Mitsubishi eclipses and lasers and talons and I read lots and quick,
quick messages to TD's asked what my thoughts are on Planet Frog,
which is funny because we're talking about that earlier.
It's the new action Bronson album.
Yeah.
Action is going to put an album out with it like a he's going to do
something with the producer that can really knock it out of the park.
It's OK. Is it is a static selector?
No, no, you you you.
I hope not.
You it seems like actions done.
This is crazy.
I'm into this now.
Actions done to like our albums.
We need one for the people.
You know what I mean?
I haven't listened to action.
I'm still listening to his old stuff.
You should.
Is without trying to say in not so many words as you should.
Yes.
But the old OK, the old stuff was static selector, though.
Yes. And then he did the one with Alchemist, which was fucking insane.
Alchemist is dope.
And then the last one, the last two I haven't been super hot on.
I do very much like action Bronson.
Yeah, TD's, I've been listening to Larry June a lot because you posted it back.
God knows when.
And I was like, wow, this guy's fucking on a real.
Larry June is good.
It is super vulgar.
Yeah, I can't really.
We started talking about Junes on a real.
I mean, that's great because of the show that action Bronson did at Katz,
Deli, right, that I was telling my wife, if I was like 10 years younger,
I might have driven up to it to go watch it at 11 p.m.
And drive back.
You know what hurts me with action now is like his records.
Like I got subwoofers and everything.
Way too much subwoofer in all my cars at this point.
And like his new albums, it doesn't even matter that it's back there.
It doesn't. What are you doing to me?
It's all you got back into the sound system.
So had to.
It's all high notes.
I know.
Dude, the fucking Pajero is going to attend in it.
It's magic.
Now with action, Bronson comes out.
Sounds like a fucking spoken word.
Come on, put a little fucking little bump in there.
How are we this age and we're still putting JLs in our cars?
You have to because it just sounds nice.
Cory's always just installed double speaker mounts.
There's your callback.
Yeah, I was going to get there.
All right.
I don't want time travel.
All right.
That's all right.
It was a big, already is a big part of car culture.
You know, it is.
You just think about how many.
But it went away for a bit.
How many ice installation shops there were at one point?
Facts.
I was getting it out of it.
Now I'm back in harder than ever.
I'm back in.
I was never, I was never into it.
And then I see all the cool stuff they do next door.
Katie designs, you know, Chuck's always throwing something in his car.
So he's still on some insane sound system in their shop.
And they're like, listen to this.
I'm like, this is so insane.
But it's crazy.
The reality of it is the car is an expression of you.
And then the music you listen to is also an expression of how you feel.
We revive whatever.
So I'm like, there's no reason why we don't need to elevate this
because we elevate the cars that would drive as well.
Absolutely.
So what are we doing?
It goes hand in hand.
There's a big tie.
You know, I'm fucking flack.
I'm driving around two speakers like it's.
I mean, I literally the free RV, which I got ready to get the the LX.
Yeah, I put the whole free RV fund into the stereo on the LX.
But then it's in my audio systems went away for a hot minute, though.
It did.
But they did a real remember.
It's interesting.
Because cars come with decent serials until you hear a bass line
on like a 10 or 12 and you're like, oh, right, never mind.
This is what this actually sounds like.
That's got the juice.
Yeah, there's a you know, going to overdo it.
A lot of guys overdo it.
Yeah.
Overdoing anything.
You never go full retard.
Right.
Right.
This is they say in the French, you know what I mean?
Half measures only.
What?
Why did that go away?
Did it?
Or did it just to us?
There used to be an audio or like a like a audio shop like at every corner
to like back in the early 2000s.
They're what it's interesting.
There were sound shows.
Yeah, they are for sure.
And Katie knows more than any of us.
So he still knows that they have them and they happen.
Right.
But that's like a niche thing.
Yeah.
I would say he didn't go nowhere for audio files.
Right.
He did it forever.
He's been done.
Yeah.
But like I'm trying to think all of the cars I've
messed with over the past few decades.
Never was I like, I need to mess with the radio next, you know,
whether it's Mark, Mark for the TT, all the stuff.
It's just like never was I like, oh, I got to ice myself up.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, I don't know.
I get back into it with the with the CRV is one of those things.
You can't do anything.
But if you're in problems, you can put white walls on it and put a stereo in it.
Votes.
I didn't have money for the hand, but in a mayonnaise and mustard.
Hand banana.
No, it says sound offs.
That's what I believe they were called.
This just reminds me a little side note.
Do you guys see I sent that key down thing?
Yeah.
Did you see?
No, I remember.
I remember key downs.
So I sent like a little clip of a key down.
Yeah.
There's a group of gentlemen having a key down in a parking lot.
Yeah.
And one of those son bitches was key downing so hard, there was an arc
coming off of his antenna.
Just absolutely wild.
I remember like you go to you be pumping for show out there.
You know, it's interesting now if I'm in one of my cars of the sub,
which is most of them, yeah, someone else's music is a little loud.
I might hit that Larry June a little louder.
So let them know that's a 12.
Yeah.
I know you are going on, but it's not a 12.
That sounds like an eight, sir.
Sir, I believe that's a self powered eight.
That sounds like a little flight 12.
That's a little geriatric millennial pettiness.
Yeah, just offer.
Yeah, yeah.
You popped the little the vents out on the back of the LX and there it is.
I'm with you though.
You're going to let it breathe.
I'm on board with that.
And I really wonder why I have hearing problems.
I know why I'm hearing problems.
I'm still adding to it.
Tds, I've never had a sub in the car yet.
Yeah, but you're way younger than this, aren't you?
He is. Yeah, you'll get there.
Yeah, decent amount.
Right. Maybe he's not experienced, although he's in Florida.
You're going to go air max only and put subs in the back.
Yeah.
And everybody knows you get a little gray hair.
Transfer yourself.
Right. Right.
So some some one can't hear it otherwise.
No.
Absolutely not.
Oh, my God.
I was 30. I was God then, dude.
Jesus.
She's just fucking out there.
My guy, you've got plenty of time.
Yeah, yeah.
But you should start.
Start just putting a little self powered unit.
Give yourself another eight to 10 years.
You'll lose your hearing and vision and really want to pump that noise up.
Get to really hear it.
You got to make sure that, you know, the deep voices in the podcast
really come through.
Yeah. Speaking of which, Matt,
get one of those slim boxes to put under the seat of that C10 TDs.
The thing that Phil built.
It's crazy. Yeah.
Just on Memorial Day, a little Memorial Day sub amplifier project
in his vehicle. Yeah.
It was pretty rad looking.
Very, very cool custom box build.
I think it was like 26 by nine's a sub and the amp all in one box behind the sea.
This is he's really crazy.
Check it out.
Shit's unreal.
Four door Phil.
Yeah.
It's all on his Instagram there.
He posted like a whole thing about it.
Dare I say he's getting really into designing stuff.
Yeah.
So it was all like cat.
Yeah.
Then it was all laser cut.
Just just true like professional touch from Alboran.
Shit going on.
Yeah.
Alboran did a little bit of this old house and that was a 25
All of it. Yeah.
That's all you're saying Bob Vila.
Vila was Bob Vila was.
Who was the other old house?
But there was this old house guy that looked like Alboran.
That was Bob Vila.
No, no, no. There's another guy with the glasses.
What are they?
Manufacturing.
It's real close.
I can't remember his name.
Shit.
When you see him, you're like, oh, that guy.
Have you seen that this old house merch?
No.
I think that's hot dude.
It goes hard.
Throw it up.
Let's see.
Is it flannel?
No.
Is it the Dune bucket?
Let's see.
Dune bucket.
Steve Thomas, I believe his name.
I don't do that.
I was like, he's got to shine that.
He sounds fake.
Yeah, he does.
That's two first names.
I'm out.
It's Bill Williams.
Let's see.
Oh, OK.
I hear the two of them right here.
Let's see.
Let's put eyes on these guys.
That's my guy right there in the left.
That's the guy I was thinking.
Yeah, you're right.
Just like Bob Vila.
Your boy on the right is looking like Matt Damon up in there,
dude.
Just fucking looking strong as hell.
Steve Thomas.
All right.
So that's yeah.
It's Bob Vila.
We all what was Bob Vila?
Obviously.
Didn't you have like a catchphrase?
Boom.
No, that was the overall.
Also, like Ram, I told him I'd cook watching,
watching old Emeril.
I don't know.
I was a two time guy because what's his face is a car guy.
Tim Allen.
And he was on the cocaine.
And he was in the cocaine.
He shared it with the kids on the show.
Very tight.
Car parts are expensive.
Someone's going to do it.
Yeah.
You got to set those late nights working on those things.
Little Red Bull energy powder.
Boom.
Bob Vila.
You know, he's swamming it.
Just the depths this guy has wandered into.
Oh, OK.
Doesn't have official catchphrase,
but he's famous for his signature.
So thanks for being with us.
A job worth doing is a job worth doing right.
You're absolutely right, Corey.
That's right.
To this guy was after just laying foundations and pipe
the entire time.
So good.
Oh, and that's our construction minute.
I can't norm Abrams.
I met him when I was like five.
All right.
Good.
Yeah.
So I was yapping a long time ago about trying to find
the JDM speaker brackets to put in the back of the Honda.
Yep.
So there was like you get an EG with like a gather speaker
setup and it was a dual speakers in the rear door cards.
So not the front, but like kind of the rear three quarter.
And they're really hard to find.
Well, they're not really hard to find.
But they're really hard to find at like a reasonable price.
People charge you like $1,200 just for some metal brackets.
Yeah.
So I ended up actually, I think it was Pete,
ended up finding them on some by whatever for a very reasonable price.
It bought them and I just been hoarding them.
Finally, I'm like, what are we doing?
Like, actually, you know what I was?
I was driving home from your event last month and I'm just like,
I get a what I get to speak of brackets.
I got everything I need.
Like, why am I not doing this?
So I finally tore their back into the car apart, put the brackets in.
That's going to go with the Katie design.
They're going to make it all pretty, pretty, pretty.
Gathers just did such crazy shit.
They're like, just look at like 90s gathers.
It's so cool.
It's so weird.
You go one speaker back there.
How about two?
Yeah.
Holy shit, I want that.
Like those stupid speaker pods that are totally blown on my beat.
Yeah.
Those are gathers parts for the dash and I can't find a single fucking thing
that fits in them, but they look cool.
The real plan was to make them work.
But, you know, that's not happening.
That's like what I what I got going on right now.
So really, it's not a lot of my project.
There's a lot of prep for a Katie designs project.
But other than that, I mean, it made such cool stuff.
I was trying to see if they could find like those pods.
I think they're kind of like these.
What do you have in your car?
They're like kind of like that.
Yeah, rear ones.
Yeah.
I've seen those in a lot of cool stuff like this in the 90s for these cars.
Because the the be there are actually the. Wow.
Those are the great.
The greats. Yeah.
These will go. You have those.
No, I actually have a better idea.
I love that.
Yeah, I have a better idea.
Oh, those are yours.
Those are the whole setup.
Yeah.
I wouldn't be surprised.
Something like this was well over a thousand dollars for.
Are you kidding me?
No, no, no.
That's crazy.
I have three sets of just these metal brackets and those are like 250 a pop.
Just the metal brackets.
That's crazy.
Do I have these things called 3D printers?
So here's the thing.
My original idea was to 3D print them.
So my idea was to buy a whole set, scan it and then 3D print it and resell it.
However, a few people have already tried to do this.
And what happened is once you mount them in the car and I don't I don't know anything
about 3D printing.
I don't know what material they're using or everything.
Once you bounce them in the car and hang speakers on them, I think naturally,
they just start to crack.
No, you'd have to.
You'd have to make a metal.
Yeah. Yeah.
So I'm not getting into stamping them out of metal.
And I don't care.
I bought my set.
I'm just trying to factory down Southeast Asia.
Knock these things out, dude.
I said, you know what?
I got my.
They're making 86 bodies in China.
You can't make a couple of brackets.
Binds a 100000000
Yeah. Yeah.
I don't need a thousand pieces.
You know, the least we could get out.
That's crazy.
But this is this is what the setup is here.
So the only thing I don't have is these like grates.
Yeah.
But I've got I've got a better idea.
Nice.
I mean, even that comment, man, it took me six months to piece mine together
and you have it all in one pack.
Dude, gathers are sick.
Yeah.
The the beat tape deck is a gathers tape deck, which is really funny.
Yeah.
My beat tape deck was full of most shit.
So it is now literally all the guts have been pulled out.
And it's just like it's it's a draw.
You can put stuff in there.
It's pretty funny.
You should have stored your car.
What do you mean?
Oh, yeah.
No, it was before it was in a barn and we can get to that.
It was before I owned it.
Dude, I got the amount of times I've torn that fucking car apart.
It's great. I hear you, man.
But yeah, I got to talk to Doug, who's not in the chat, but details by Doug.
We want to do my carpet and that thing hot water extraction.
I need a hot water extract to carbon the beat.
You you fucking hollet your boy.
It's like the reverse hot beef injection.
I love that.
It is.
Yeah, reverse cowgirl.
There we go.
I seen somebody injecting
here's just for example, here's a US spec.
So single.
Get the fuck out of here.
750 bucks.
Yeah, that's a grip.
And like these these plastics back here, these are a couple hundred bucks alone.
So yeah, people are crazy, man.
People are crazy.
Is there is it just the grill covers?
That's it. Just a girl covers.
I should grab them.
Is there much of a market for EG authentic restoration?
Yeah. Yes. It's insane.
Dude, it's insane.
Yeah, you that's I mean, I've never been a hot out of control.
It's shocking.
It's out of control.
But is it shocking, though?
Like all this?
No, no, no, it's cyclical.
You know, Honda's from when we were kids and you're like,
these guys fucking make them original now.
That's right.
You go like like Thailand's huge.
Thailand's like big, big, big.
They do like full repops and stuff in Thailand of like parts, right?
Yeah, because they made a Firo.
Maybe it was that what it's called.
They made a car called a Firo up until like much, much later.
And those same parts, like a lot of the door,
I can go buy gaskets and stuff like that, that a Firo that the same here.
So you can kind of rebuild a car completely.
You know, it's surprising and it's not.
I guess when I started seeing, you know,
50000 dollar Acura GSRs or Integra GSRs and type Rs.
Yeah, you knew that like, oh, wow, people are going to really start
trying to rebuild the Hondas and Acura's and DSM.
Tegra type Rs, dude.
I don't think anyone's rebuilt the DSM.
I think you're safe. No, no, no, not for nothing.
People, you know, a really if you found like a bone stock GSX,
I'm fucking pushing into the ocean, dude.
Bone stock GSX.
I guarantee you that car will be 25 plus.
I know, dude, but in two years, it will be 25 plus.
I got a Mitsubishi, they hand-built and it's a fucking nightmare.
I can't even imagine.
Well, no one told you to go buy a dune buggy.
I like it.
But I'll tell you what, I mean, yeah, I I I haven't seen a restored Mitsubishi.
And it's fucking warms my heart that I haven't.
But I bet there's one out there.
There are some DSM deep cuts out.
Can you imagine trying to rebuild like a VR four?
So the 10 mils fucking strewn.
Never found.
Wasn't there like to varishes like claim to fame when he brought
like that VR four back from the dead?
For you. Yeah.
Like one of his first really big projects after the maximum was the VR four.
That's crazy. Yeah.
I can't even first gen GSX is just like the one I had.
Roughly around 15 grand.
The first gens are.
And then second gen second.
Gens are good.
I don't like the Brian Earl Spillner ones.
Brian Earl Spillner. The big butts.
Yes. Yeah.
They're too bubbly.
I'm sorry, man.
Those are good looking cars.
And what?
I mean, which is crazy because those are going for.
I mean, here's one right now.
I like that you like them.
7000 mile.
The bid on it was 50000 dollars.
Thank you. It's crazy.
Thank you.
Like the price.
They're up there.
Two idiots get into a bidding war.
That's not the whole market.
No, but I'm saying here's the thing.
So like this one.
So many of those cars were modified.
So far modified.
Oh, they were all.
Yeah. Yeah.
Finding a bone stock one is like finding, you know, a thousand dollars on the ground.
I mean, this looks pretty stock.
This one right here that it was up to.
Let's see. Did it.
Oh, my God.
No, there were not cells.
We get the hump on the hood, right?
The hood hump.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They look too much like a hood hump.
Thank you very much.
If it didn't have that hood hump, it would look like a Cavalier.
I don't think I've ever seen one of stock height, to be honest.
I don't think I've ever seen a press photo at stock height before.
Oh, you miss me?
Missy, Missy press.
With the fucking 20 burger intercooler on it.
That's low.
Listen, OK.
This was like this is our 33 territory.
This is the bulbous Japanese Carville.
They realized they went wrong with the starion.
They're like, let's make this thing.
Oh, they went all right with the star.
I started starting yesterday.
Starions.
I haven't seen one of those for a while.
They are very dope.
But that was like the start of DSM.
Because that was a Chrysler conquest.
Yeah, really weird voter for this thing.
That's not that's not right.
Oh, green. Oh, the bad wing, dude.
That's classic.
That one looks OK.
They have so bulbous.
99 was the best year of that generation.
Why?
It was it was like the final one of that generation
because it was the closest to the Lancer.
Purple. Oh, no, you're right.
That's a $50,000 car.
Purple with the bulbous hood.
Brother, that's a G.S.
What was what?
G.S. X.
So GST is the front wheel drive.
G.S. X is the all wheel drive.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Base base base.
OK, OK, that makes I almost bought one of those in high school.
200 and ten horsepower.
You guys are losing your fucking mind.
But you.
But you.
200 and ten horsepower in 1995.
Out of a 4G, 6, 3 power plant.
Thank you.
Thank you.
That's probably going to crack its its its heads.
For 20 something G's.
Come on, you guys are a great 30.
$30,000.
That was that fucking.
OK, the last one real expensive, real expensive.
But that was a performance bargain, man.
I don't know.
Well, bargain.
Yeah, it was a bargain.
Mr. was so little performance in there.
This it was all wheel drive in turbo.
That's all that mattered.
You crushed the wastegate 300 horsepower.
Right. Exactly. Yeah.
And why do you think everybody modified them?
They're called back then.
Wow.
I remember seeing fucking fast ones.
I don't know how many engines these guys had to put in these things.
I mean, it would always probably just as many as the Lancer people.
They would be racing.
SRT fours.
Yeah.
Dominate getting dominated by them.
You mean getting dominated by basically still under warranty.
SRT fours.
That's as much power as you can get to the front wheels.
It's not even usable at that point.
Or arms to four arms back then.
Fucking huge.
Four arms are unreal.
GTI is an SRT for it.
A GTI never went that fast.
We need to talk about.
No, they really didn't know.
They said 180 180 was the most.
Yeah. Well, from, you know, back then.
This guy had a DSM and SRT for.
Yeah. And a GTI.
I had an SRT for where he grew up.
I want to let me down now.
Where all the SRT fours from, you know, so I was called the yeah, so close.
I'm a forever.
You heard that was DSM capital.
It was.
No, it's it.
No, no, not going to say.
I don't know what the hell it is now, to be honest.
Anyway, ultimate.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, there's no.
And Sonata's Dodge Ram in the car.
We're in Sonata's.
Altima's.
And Sonata's.
What a time to be alive.
Unbelievable stuff.
It's incredible.
The Riv that deep.
Everybody's named Suza.
Just gone.
Just out there.
I mean, as soon as the sun went down, the lights went up.
If you know what I mean.
Go to the Wendy's in New Bedford.
Oh my God.
The New Bedford Wendy's Street races.
Yeah, my life.
I know nothing about those.
Nope.
Not even once.
Anyways, reminiscing nostalgia.
That's why everybody's paying so much nostalgia.
It is.
Everybody's nostalgic for them.
Right.
That's the $50,000 for the car.
Culture is cyclical.
It is.
Yeah, it's in it goes back even to boomers.
You know, that's why they paid absurd amounts for Mopar's.
Worst vehicles.
Think about the lot of.
Yeah, 15 years ago, Dodge Charger, 69 Charger was $180,000 cars.
Yeah, crazy.
Yeah, not crazy.
Not and don't get me wrong.
They're dope, but they're not $180,000 dope.
No, never happened to the Brass hour cars.
Those guys all get you after.
I'm a crazy Ben being into those things
and just scooping up for no dollars.
It's because they're worth no dollars.
Museum cars, no dollars.
Can you melt them down?
Smelt them.
Yeah, so that's our callbacks.
Sorry.
It's all right.
You get our heart out.
You don't know.
No, no, we're almost there.
We got, you know, coming up this week.
Anything.
Yeah, there's a car show.
Cars and cars.
Coffee.
Cars and coffee at land and spot on Saturday.
Right.
At New England Auto Shots out in a lot.
What's the time?
9 to 11.
Never forget 9 to noon.
9 to noon.
9 to noon.
It's better than our times.
9 to noon.
What are we doing over there?
So, you know, good old cars and coffee.
We provide the coffee and pastries.
You provide the horsepower.
How close are you to at least donuts?
I don't know.
You gotta figure that out.
We're going to get down there.
I mean, I'm fat enough without the donuts.
Well, I'll tell you what, it's worth getting fatter for them.
But OK, so cars and coffee.
You got a big lot in your front lot.
Yeah.
Whole buildings open to check out.
Absolutely.
So that's Saturday.
9 to 12.
I'm going to go.
As long as the weather's nice.
I've been to the preserve before I shot.
Some part of me.
The events at the preserve are awesome.
I've shot some clays there.
Bit of a clay man.
Bit of a clay man myself.
It's 12 minutes away.
That's too close not to go.
Yeah, it's basically free.
Oh, excellent.
All right.
Yeah.
So these cars and coffee events, I mean,
we're we're trying to build a community, you know.
Yeah.
No, we were the last one.
It was great.
It's great to see the spot.
It was great.
Even though the weather wasn't wonderful,
there's still a really good turnout.
So I mean, that speaks for how much people want to show.
How's it like showing up to this Saturday?
It's looking similar.
No, no rain.
No rain.
No rain.
All right.
No rain cold.
The weatherman says no rain.
Weatherman says not hot.
Not hot, but no rain.
Definitely warmer than it was.
Turbo weather.
Oh, it's turbo weather.
It's turbo.
I don't know.
Mid 50s.
Mid 50s.
Low 60s.
I mean, functioning turbos right now.
Oh yeah.
I get a little one in the the Hatsu.
There you go.
Take that baby.
No rain.
Yeah, we just got that to fall back on.
No, I'm going to take.
I don't know what I'm going to take something.
But no, there was some car spotter kids over there.
I got to shoot up my GTR.
It could be a God for those guys.
Get repped.
Not anymore, dude.
Totally out.
Never again.
Never again.
Hey, you still have the GTR?
I mean, technically have the loose term based on common law.
I'll do it on a paper.
I'll do it on a paper.
I'll do it on a paper.
I haven't seen the GTR since I inadvertently put a debt in it.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm about the same amount of time.
It's a rounding error between the amount of time you've seen
and the amount of time I've seen at this point.
Wow.
But we're getting there.
Okay.
We're getting there.
It's a great car.
Closer every day.
It was.
Met my hero of dropping that car.
It was one of the best.
It was one of the greats.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't know.
I wouldn't have fun in a GT3 anyway.
So I think we should just keep building this GTR.
GT's.
It's definitely close.
It's close.
Yeah.
I'm close.
I'm right on the edge.
Every day it's closer than it was a day before.
Exactly.
Life's a journey.
Get a 60.
One more day away from Mustang.
Yeah.
That's it.
That's it.
Come and get yourself a 64 Mustang.
Yeah.
So is it a 64?
Yeah.
Yeah.
The paper work.
64.
I think technically it's a 64 and a half.
The paperwork's a McDonald's napkin.
This is Josh.
64 Mustang.
No, no, no.
It's a legit title.
That says 64.
When I'm 64.
That's when I get my GTR back.
Anyway.
In 2064.
2064.
Okay.
Yeah.
So anyways, I'll bring something.
I don't know.
There's a good drive from my house.
It's a really fun ride.
Oh yeah.
There's great driving roads out there.
We have some rally events.
You know, we'll get together early in the morning,
get some coffee and go out driving.
I mean, this is what this, what this is all about.
It's true.
Driving is better than the shows.
Driving is much better than the shows.
Driving is better than parking.
Okay.
That's it.
I bet it's parking.
Let them know.
Yeah.
We had a good ride.
But go park it in the L'Anon de Chateau.
Yeah.
And then drive.
You need to drive to it.
I mean, it's not going to be lived that close to there.
To and fro.
What's the address?
314.
New Snack Hill Road.
Let's go.
Route 3.
Exeter.
Right off.
Let's just stick with right off.
Yeah.
I know.
Route 3.
Where's it going to go?
314.
Route 3.
Exeter.
Really is beautiful.
I mean, from anywhere you're coming,
it is a beautiful drive out there.
For real.
Who the hell are those guys?
Honestly, love this kid's hair.
I wish I could grow that.
Honestly, honestly.
One of the best details, if not the best detailer.
I wish I could grow a hand with that.
That's your detailer?
Yeah.
That's Holden.
He owns Auto House.
He's fantastic.
Damn.
He's got a dream.
I love that.
What's he yapping about?
This is Holden.
Yeah.
There it is.
There it was.
There we were.
We were there.
Yeah.
It's a great show.
Yeah.
So what else got some flow?
What else got going on the rest of the year?
So the Preserve.
What is the Preserve?
Can you?
So another Cars and Coffee at the Preserve.
The beautiful thing about having this event at the Preserve
is not only do you get the Cars and Coffee aspect,
but you have all of the features of the Preserve.
So if you're a sportsman, fishermen,
they got the shop right there.
It's like a their version,
high-end version, like a Cabela's over there.
Mm-hmm.
They have the underground Pupi range.
It's awesome.
It's crazy.
It's crazy.
Largest Hendo World Wild.
Is this an event that you'd Pupi-at?
Yeah.
Is it a BYO?
Yeah.
I mean, it's Pupi for a friend.
BYOG.
If you want to go to the range after the show, absolutely.
Love that.
And you know what?
The Preserve has been awesome.
When we have events there, sometimes they give specials
on range memberships.
They do a Bentley Offroad.
Oh, yes.
They have the Bentley Vintega experience.
Yes.
Brother.
Yes.
So there's a three.
I think it's either.
It's a three mile off-road course.
It's an Exeter.
It's a no.
It's in Richmond.
It's in Richmond.
Look at this.
We go sporting clays.
200 clays.
Oh, it's very fun.
Hey, but can I do a shoot out of the vehicle?
No.
No.
Wait, Josh, you bid?
I have.
In the Bentley?
Not in the Bentley.
Oh, I don't want to do this at home.
I drove the Explorer at the time.
But I've been and I've gone around their their clay range.
Bentley uses four hours of Bentley uses 75 miles, 300 dollars.
Wow.
Yeah.
That's not a bad.
All for experience.
A thousand dollars for up to three people instructed to assist in your off-road driving
experience.
Yes.
And I've been in those vintegas.
They're awesome.
Do I get to drive?
Yes.
This is riskier than the freaking side by side.
What do you think the security deposit is?
It's a hundred grand.
I've read these things on the road and we almost went over.
I can imagine.
Imagine.
I would call it credit card company ahead of time.
Like, I guess I got something heavy hit my card right now.
I think there's going to be a fraudulent charge tomorrow at 12 in the afternoon.
Honestly, though, like for all for everything they have over there.
And like I said, they're they're car fanatics over there as well.
And so for us to have the event over there, they're doing tours.
Other facilities, you know, they got a question in there.
They get off road trails.
Can you off road your own vehicle?
You cannot off road your own vehicle, but I'm, but I'm lobbying.
I'm lobbying.
We get a lobby.
I'm in for a lobby.
Yeah.
So that's you can go down there.
You can pew pew.
You can rent a Bentley.
Where are you guys holding the event?
They got a big lot or something?
Yeah.
So they have this like massive pavilion there, right?
That's probably, you know, a hundred by 60.
It's massive.
Right.
Gee.
So we'll have our, you know, some of the nicest cars that come to the cars and
coffee, they'll be posted up underneath the pavilion.
We probably got, we got probably a hundred and twenty or so cars in the parking lot,
just adjacent there.
It's awesome.
We talked about doing a, a donut.
I mean, we bring sporting goods.
Mm hmm.
This is, this is, do it there.
Not as a, not as fast, not as well put.
I think it wouldn't be front.
I mean, if we did the sporting goods meet here, it would be frowned upon.
Yeah.
If we did it at the preserve, we would be removed.
From the property.
Yeah, that's true.
But if we went up north,
Hey, open season, baby country, like we got Elmer Fudd.
What's this driving rally?
Tell me about this.
What is this all about?
So driving rallies.
So we're going to be planning the, the, the roots and, you know, it's the beauty about
being sort of in a rural area is the roads are really nice.
There's no Leo's in, in Exeter.
No local cops come again.
State troopers only local enforcement, enforcement officer.
That little enforcement officer, but there's none in Exeter.
No, we are the exeter is the only, the only town in the state of Rhode Island.
That is very interesting.
Yeah.
The only sound.
So the beauty is we have an excellent relationship with the Rhode Island state police.
That's why our building is so secure because they, they keep their tabs on that.
It's awesome.
You know, cause a lot of those folks are, are, are car people as well.
They've been at just about every one of our, of our events in the past.
They've been really supportive of what we're trying to do.
Yeah.
And that's right off of the fight of two lane east direction road.
I know, right?
Brother.
Route three.
I mean, we would do suspectator drags.
No, no, no, I don't know y'all.
I don't know y'all, but you know what?
The, the, the, the roots are really nice.
We'll get out early in the morning, meet up, get some coffee, and we'll be out and, you
know, we hand out the route to everybody.
And like I said, cars are meant to be driven.
All my cars are meant to be driven and, you know, cars and coffees are nice, but genuinely,
like whether they're driving an air cooled 9, 11 or like a beautiful R eight,
our, our clients want to drive and being able to do it with a group of people who are like-minded
that enjoy the drive just as much as, as, as you do.
Like that's, that's what this is all about.
So putting those together because listen, everybody's doing a cars and coffee now.
Everybody, right?
Coffee shops doing cars and coffee, you know, karate studios.
They're strange ones.
Right.
There's some, oh, there's some weird.
There's some coffee shops.
You're like, you, you don't even have a parking lot.
Right.
How long is, uh, is like the driver route a couple hours?
You know, a couple hours.
Okay.
We'll start those out.
You know, quarter eight will be back by, you know, 10.
Okay.
Cool.
So you want to get out before traffic, you know, gets out because, you know, you know,
Exeter's a, you know, booming metropolis and everything.
Yeah, you gotta get out there.
Get out of the work.
Let's go for the, for the traffic, but, but this is, you know, we, we want to be able to do
something different in our cars and coffees, aren't just cars and coffees.
We have tech sessions there.
So we have experts there that, you know, you got questions about your car or maintenance
question or a modification question, you know, between, you know, our affiliate vendors who,
who support us and, you know, experts and consultants that we have in house, you know,
these are, we're just car people.
And so we got a four post lift.
So people want to put their car in the lift.
They can, it's no problem.
Sign a little waiver, put your car in the lift.
Not how many people have lifts at their house.
They don't really get to see underneath it.
This is an opportunity where you get to do it.
So to have that or cars and coffee, we want to do something a little bit different.
Nice.
Yeah.
So it's a good one.
Good one to come out this Saturday, check the place out, plan your, uh,
future events, get out there for the, you know, a little road rally or something.
I had a great chocolate muffin there.
Yeah.
I had a, I had a killer.
I had a, I had a blondie dude.
The thing slapped.
It's just a random muffin, a chocolate muffin.
It was like blueberry, but there's chocolate chip.
Oh, chocolate chip.
Okay.
That's why I'm like, like a chocolate flavor.
It was a good dupe.
Yeah.
Not only do you have a good dupe, I'll often go for a chocolate chip cookie and his own meal,
raise it.
I'll just say raising one in the street.
Oh, I love when we're raising.
Oh, I'm with you.
Oh, no raisins.
Don't you guys all like only a reason?
Yeah.
I'm, I mean, it's not my favorite, but I'm a fan.
I mean, if you expected a chocolate chip, you got only a reason you,
you wouldn't lose your fucking mind.
You wouldn't, I'd be stoked.
Wow.
I mean, of all the things that like you can be duped on, that's not the worst thing to be duped on.
It's not.
I don't know if it's how to happen to you.
So let's, let's kind of, uh, knowing when auto Chateau, please explain your business.
So stay your business.
We are an enthusiast vehicle storage facility.
And so what does that mean?
Which is it's an interesting term because I feel like it didn't exist about 10 years ago,
not to the level it does now.
It didn't, right?
And I think one of the big things is that, you know, between, you know, there's, there's
car condos out there and like these massive places that store, you know, 300 cars or something
like that on lifts and they look really good on Instagram and everything.
And that's fine.
This is, this is, this is more bespoke.
This is more personalized.
We're not storing, you know, 150 cars.
We're storing 65, 70 cars tops.
But the point of it is that how many times have people like stored their car and, and it wasn't,
it was at a, you know, a 10 by 20 storage unit, right?
Where's that our old warehouse and you come and pick it up five or six months later and
it doesn't start.
It's filthy.
Your tires are flat.
Mouse house.
Mouse house.
No one was taking care of it.
No one was looking after it.
And you're like, what did you pay for?
I mean, you could have had that catastrophe if you just like locked your garage door.
And, and I had that happen in the past.
I didn't know whether I was going to bring an air compressor, some Wendex, microfibers,
jump starter, you know, starting fluid, whatever.
And, you know, you know, my dad is a, is a docent at the Newport car museum.
They do storage over there.
And we're like, you know what, this is a good business and there's no vehicle storage like
this on in the part of Rhode Island that we're at, you know, serving South County, right?
And we looked at it and said, you know what, we have a bunch of cars.
We know a bunch of people have this.
It's really of need.
And now that like people are, are not just buying cars to enjoy, people are buying cars
for investments.
Look at the, some of the Porsche boat.
We hate it.
Listen, you know, I hire Porsche.
Somebody wants to bring me a GT three touring or an RS three or GT four or whatever the case
may be.
We'll store all the Porsches, which is a great business model for you and finding that clientele
who don't want to drive their cars and give them a location to hang out.
You know what it is.
And, you know, the, we, we have the personalized attention to it.
I mean, the, the big part of what we do is, you know, like I work for an engineering firm
for my day job.
My dad is a retired engineer.
We designed the building.
We built the building.
Yeah.
The building is designed to our specifications.
So when we paid attention to like the details, all the concrete in the foundation and in both
levels of the floors are all insulated.
So, you know, you walk into an uninsulated building in the, in the summer, the floor is
wet.
Yeah.
That's all humidity.
All that humidity turns in the white mold, black mold.
It's horrible.
It's all, it's, it's, we keep humidity between 40 and 60% in the, in the building the whole year.
And because we insulated the concrete, spent the extra money, it's those little things that
matter, right?
We, we manage that humidity every day.
We track it.
It's, we're data driven, you know, we're checking tire pressures in cars once a month.
We give you inspections once a month to let you know how your car is doing.
Yeah.
Where's your battery voltage at?
Where's your, you know, when's your inspection sticker up?
When's your registration or your insurance up?
For most of these people, it's out of sight, out of mind.
And if something's going on with your car, you find out when you picked your car up.
So you, you don't have to, you don't get to enjoy your car when you pick up the
things sitting in the shop for a couple of weeks while you wait.
That's, that's not how we, how we wanted to operate our business.
We wanted to build this business for enthusiasts who enjoy their cars, who drive,
who really do care about like having that, that, that individual like program for how
they want their car stored.
So is it a lot of local people to you?
Are you, or are you finding kind of people all over the place?
We've had people come all the way from Cape Cod.
Yeah.
You know, and you know, I expect probably more people coming down from the Boston area,
because I mean, quite frankly, look at the prices in Boston for anything.
Yeah.
Real estate parking.
And I know there's at least two, if not actually, there's probably three, if not four.
There's about four of them up there.
And they're all very good.
And I just don't know.
Right.
And that that's my, I always look at it as like, all right, if somebody's willing to have that
vehicle and are they from out of town and they need a place to store it because they
don't have a home here to that extent, or they do so much business here, something like that.
Or like I look at somebody, well, all right, cool.
You got a GT three.
So you don't have a place to keep that.
It's just a weird thing to me because to me, I would be like, well, I own that car.
I want to keep control over it.
Here's the thing though.
If you live in a neighborhood in Newport or a neighborhood in near Gantzit, where there's
regulations where you cannot build a garage because the home is historic or something like that,
but you're a car person, is your spouse's car going to sit outside?
No, I'm very, very, it's difficult for me to even wrap my head around it because I
would never be there in any of those places.
And we run into that.
And, you know, at the, at the end of the day, you know, people care more about having their car
and knowing that we're ultimately going to treat it better than they would.
We have the best detailing studio in the state at our location.
Every car that comes through our facility is stored clean, no matter what,
which makes a lot of sense.
Right. Just get it in.
No contamination for its part that sits.
Keep you have, what do you have for filtration?
So a lot.
So you're going to say, right?
Land and walk to the whole fucking big man.
I vaguely remember this crazy, crazy German facility that has, I can't even remember,
they pump stuff into it to make sure that there's zero dust.
And it's like, it gets to an absurd amount of almost scientific level of lab versus,
you know, hey, this is a place to keep cars.
It is. And that was one of the reasons why we built the building as opposed to, you know,
converting an old mill building or something like that.
Yeah.
Cause you can't, those aren't clean spaces to start with.
They never were.
Cost you the same thing. You won't have the same result.
Won't have the same result.
They're incredibly difficult to climate control.
Yeah.
You know, so truck, I mean, those buildings weren't, weren't meant for almost clean room type,
type work. It just weren't.
Yeah. You're sitting in one can confirm impossible.
Yeah.
Like in the big sections of this place, good fucking luck.
Yeah. Yeah. Hypothetically, if there was an explosion outside, we would hear it.
If it's made out of wood, man, it's just going to be dusty.
Right. It's going to creak. move. Right.
It's just, then who knows, depending upon what was done in it for hundreds of years,
that are going to have to lack or the whole right ceiling.
It's just, yeah.
No, it makes a lot of sense to just, if you can, let's start fresh.
Yeah. Just, just start fresh. It's, you know, we have complete control over it.
And then, you know, once cars go through the detailing studio, oftentimes,
once they've either gotten a ceramic coating or something like that, or just gone through a
paint correction or PPF, they usually just covered in plastic.
Yeah. And next thing, you know, you know, the only time where they'll be moved is,
I mean, we have owners that will request that we start their car, you know,
once every two weeks or once, once a month or something like that,
get the oil recirculating, get it up to temperature. That's no problem. We'll do that too.
But everything is hooked up to a battery tender. We learned the hard way this past year,
especially with a lot of the newer cars. They're like, I don't know. We don't need a batter's
there. It's going to be fine. No, no, no, everything. Everything gets a battery tender.
Yeah. Everything gets a battery tender. Like, yeah, that's not how batteries work.
New, new, new cars just are not always on. Yeah. Those active alarm systems and things
like that with the motion sensors. They're like, even just like that comfort access stuff,
you walk close to it. Yeah. It's not like turn on. I'm like, yeah. Hi. Do I need to
wave to this dark horse? It's yeah. Right. Right. The thing. Yeah. I want to,
there's so many different questions I have. Let's, let's kind of go back to the building.
Obviously you worked on the design of it. Like you said, bespoke for your needs. What were some
of the big issues that you ran into or stuff that really was like nightmare. Oh God. So one of the
things is so Exeter is a rural town. There's no town water. Okay. No town water. So well water.
Okay. So one, all that well water has got to be filtered. I'm in the water business. That's the
easy part, but well water doesn't work with fire suppression systems. We have a 40,000 gallon
tank underneath the parking lot that feeds our fire suppression system for the building. Yeah. Okay.
Any other place that has town water has the pressure to feed a fire suppression system.
We have to have an 85 kw generator, a massive fire pump, you know, just for the fire suppression
system and the have to constantly run. It doesn't have to have to concentrate. It'll never run.
Okay. Right. Right. Because we don't allow electric cars. This water will never run.
It will never run. But you know, the fact of the matter is like we,
I did not feel comfortable having this business and people potentially soaring some very valuable
cars without having a fire, fire protection system. You absolutely need it. It's, it's required.
That was significantly more expensive because of the lack of town water. But you know, we,
we had really great consultants, um, you know, Providence architecture and building company
helped design the building. You know, they took, they kept that all in mind. The other difficult
part is, you know, we, and it sort of goes back to the fire system is even if we wanted to put
lifts in the building for all the cars, we couldn't because we would need 128,000 gallons of water on
site because if a car was to ever catch on fire, not just from the top, you need them from the side
as well. It was just one of those things. That's why the building is two stories. We were never
out here to, to, to store 150, 200 cars. Right. You know, the goal was give these 75 people
or 70 people the best possible service that they can. And you can do that with 75, but having a
two story, you know, metal building with cement floor that has to hold, you know, a quarter million
pounds. That's a serious engineering that goes along with that. Yeah. You know, that's a lot of
steel, a lot of cement, battery tenders on the tank. Yeah. That's the tank. Get the hell out
of here. Really? Yes. Yeah. 40,000 gallons. That's no way. It's right there. That's eight by 10 by 12
sitting right underneath the parking lot. It has to be inspected every year. I was just saying,
because it holds pressure, right? Obviously it gets, it's holding a particular amount of pressure
just because it has to be at the ready. Well, it's, it's no, so it's not pressurized besides like
the weight of the water because the fire pump is actually producing all that. So that makes
it. You can water from a well fast enough. Right. Right. Yeah. You dry it. Yeah. So, but that's,
that's it. There's a lot of engineering that went along with it. And that's why, like,
how did you feel it? Do you just trickle it? And I was going to ask as well, what water? Pool trucks.
Absolutely. Pool trucks. But yeah, that's underneath the parking lot. And people needed to see that,
like, because we're not going to be the least expensive place to store your car. We're just
not, right? But there's a reason for it. And if you want to find cheap places, go to, go to,
you know, go rent to 10 by 20 self storage and see what happens. That went in one day. Yeah.
Went in one day. Good Lord. Do you have some operators on that equipment? Yeah. Shit. Absolutely.
So it's, it's, it's, it's important that, that people saw, you know, what, what went into this.
And we don't have outside investors. This is just me and my dad, old man.
That's the best dude. This is our passion. This is what we want to do. You know,
this is the community that we, that we want to support. Dude. Yeah. Yeah.
Wild crane action. So is they glue them together? So they're, they're bonded together. So those are
precast concrete, you know, portions of the tank. Yeah. And they're, they're bonded and, and bolted
together. Holy cow. So there's gaskets in between them. And then there's a sealant that goes on top
of that. Is there a bladder in there at all? Or is it truly just, yeah. Yep. Yep. Dude, that's bananas.
Yeah. I, I, I, if you would have told me four years ago that, that I would be part of a major
construction project that I would be, be, be responsible for, right? And paying for. Yeah.
Yeah. I would have told you you were nuts. But I mean, you know, we have big plans,
big future plans for, for the new England auto chateau and, you know, the storage portion is,
is just the beginning, you know, as we build the, the community, we're still looking to,
to expand not necessarily in, in storage, but we're certainly looking at, at a, at car condos,
for sure. I think it rounds out the offering. I think it solidifies this as a place that
that, that, that, you know, you think about it. If you're a golf fan, right? You get to go to a
country club or golf club. If you're got a boat, get to be at a yacht club. But if you're a car
guy, get to hang out in the parking lot. And I don't think that needs to really be that case.
Right. I think having a place for like-minded people to, to hang out and talk about cars and
the weird obscure stuff and the 64 mustangs. And I mean, those sort of things, having a place to,
to belong to is important. And that's what we wanted to build. Like a community hub.
For sure. For sure. Why did you guys land on Exeter in particular? Was that a strategic thought?
Was there, you know, available space? It was a combination of things. So we,
we obviously did full feasibility study to make sure that this business was going to be viable.
And we looked at what was in the area. We looked at all of the other storage facilities. We're not
taking people from Aqueduct Island, you know, with a drain there and the museum there. They have
more than enough parts. They have Park Place now too, right? Yeah. Well,
Audrey owns both. It's Park Place and then the other one in, in, in Portsmouth.
Wild. You know, they're, you know, 600 Samad cars. And then the museum is another 120 Samad cars.
They, and they both do a great job. They do, you know, and we got a lot of, you know, support
from, from, from folks that, you know, know the business, you know, intimately who,
who helped us do the, do the right thing. Park Place is one of like the originals.
Really? I remember hearing what that plays back in the day and being like, they do what?
Absolutely. I mean, you know, and, you know, it's, but being an exeter, so we're a minute and a half,
two minutes off of 95. We're 20 minutes from Connecticut. We're 15, 20 minutes from Providence.
We're 40 minutes or 35 minutes from the casinos, right? So we have, you know, a target audience,
right? You know, it's, it's the, the land was available. Right. And we, we got that next,
the next plot of land as well, which helped out even more. Very cool. And, you know, it just,
it just worked out. Right. And we see more people trying to get into this industry. Right. But
it's, it's tough. It's not, it's not heavy. Yeah. It's heavy. Gigantic, right. Up front costs. Yeah.
And it, and it's not just having, having a building, you know,
No, you can't lease a space and do it. You can't lease a space to do it.
And I was going to want the insurance liability. No, no, absolutely not. And the crazy thing about it
is to do it right. You know, to do it really right and make sure that your clients, it's not just
space. It's people that actually genuinely care about your car. Right. Right. That takes time.
That takes effort. Yeah. You need to prove that you got to be intentional about all of your SOPs
and all of those things to make sure that for what we charge, right. That client feels like
this is absolutely worth it. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it's, it's not a, not an easy business,
but it's certainly worth it. Who's running the front for you guys?
Cause you're not, I know it's not your every day. I mean, so, so I have my desk all the time. I mean,
so my day job is remote. Right. So I have an office there at the auto shats. Oh,
sick. So you're there. So I'm there. Yeah. I'm there every day.
No, that makes sense. I was wondering what you were doing. Yeah. We have a dope lobby and, you know,
yeah, lobby is super cool. A little lounge, little lounge, big screen TV, coffee machine.
It's a place where you feel comfortable and like, I'll be honest with you,
the biggest flex, the absolute biggest flex is when I'm on a conference call for my day job
and I'll sit in the lobby every once in a while to change up the scenery. Yeah.
And people would see all of the cars from, from the window and like, wow, Landon,
is that a, is that a screen saver? Yeah. I mean, it's a new screen saver. It's built in.
It's built in and like, yeah, it's interactive too. So I'll just go up and open up a, you know,
a 9 11 door or something like that. And like, where do you work? To what about what office is
this? That's awesome, man. None you.
The old mind you. Yeah. Oh, that's awesome, man. That's fantastic. Do you think,
I mean, it's really, it should be sustainable in all reality. There's no,
other than, yeah, you get to the, if you get to the count you need,
this is brilliant. Yeah. The thing is though, it was so important to us to make sure that,
you know, our clients and our inaugural class, because we've been open since November. Right.
We actually got like a two or three month late start, but we had people that walked into the
facility that said, you know what, the facility's really well thought out, you know, the offerings,
what it, what it should be and more. Those people are coming back. I expect to probably have,
you know, 85, 90% retention rate for, for our clients. Yeah. Unless they built a garage with
a couple of them did. I will, I will miss that, that C 706 you know, and,
and that nine 11, but they said that's not a reality for everybody. Yeah. And it's not a
reality for everybody just because of towns and maybe the city. Yeah. Exactly. And you know what,
there are still people that believe in the internal combustion engine like I do.
And like I mentioned before, we don't store electric cars, which is, that's, I mean, that's
just, no, you can't. Yeah. I fucking wouldn't know. You have a dumpster full of water to dump it
in case she goes up. Well, let me ask you this. Maybe store one back there now.
I mean, the thing is, and this is no knock against any electric car. It's not, but here's the thing.
Say for instance, I am blessed one day to have a 288 GTO or something ridiculous
like that. Right. How comfortable with that client feel who's trusting me with this million
dollar car and there's a Mach E with a fire blanket on top of 288 GTO. I'm fucking not
storing the norm. I'm storing them in my bedroom. Is he kidding me? I'm selling my house to buy that
fucking for the down payment, buddy. Jesus. Yeah. Of course. But that's what it is. And,
you know, that's, that's what it like our, our customers and like I said, no knock against
electric cars. They certainly do have their purpose. They sunk the boat that brought my GTR over.
But that's true. Honestly, they burn at the philosophy. A thousand degrees. Yeah.
Yeah. 5000 You let a Peter out and two weeks. I have 40,000 gallons of water.
Great. Run out of water. And there's still not enough water. No. Okay. That just goes to show
you that like, like it's not, I mean, I think that's just a whole separate issue overall of just
people not really understanding the, the danger levels that we are currently being. You gotta
push the Lamborghini outside before you started for the season.
Yeah. I mean, it's part of the Italian national anthem. It's, it's, it's one of the,
it's one of the things and I'll tell you about it. If you're storing your car and you see
Teslas and Machis get out. No. Yeah. Get out. Like it's, it's, it's just,
if you're storing a Tesla, this is something wrong with you. First off, you know what though?
That is crazy. Let's be honest. No, I mean, it's, it's, it's not though, because people store their
cars for a ton of different reasons. You know what I'm saying? They could be going out of town for,
or going on sabbatical or going wherever and parking in a parking lot somewhere. Yeah.
Walmart. Yeah. As expensive as cars are. And this is why I don't, why I don't own new cars, but
you know, for, for the investment. Hey, old cars are expensive too. Yeah. I mean,
they're expensive. Generally now. Yeah.
I think it's interesting you bring that up because I think you drive into like a parking
garage, parking garage. Oh, it's full of bombs. Yeah. It's full of, full. Yeah. Well, that, that,
that reason, the, the reason why they, why they mandate, if you have lifts, you have to have
fire suppression horizontally as opposed to vertically is because of parking garage fires
in Europe. That's the biggest reason why, because in Europe, the only way you get them out, you know,
is they pick them up with a forklift and dump them in the bay. European communist dude.
Every time. I mean, they, they, they do know how to put out electric car fire.
Jump it in the largest body of water you can find. Yeah. Yeah. The ocean will fix it all.
So where batteries go? Yeah. So I mean, there, we, we offer, you know, service. We, we,
we just bought a new car. Yeah. We bought our executive car because we think that, you know, one,
if you're dropping off a car to be stored and you don't want to rely on your spouse or your friends
or a perfect stranger to drop you off at home, we'll drop you off at home. We'll drop you off at
your office, you know, but the other thing is, and I think the most important thing is, is
people enjoy their cars. People also enjoy their, their drinks, their alcohol. Yeah. And,
you know, with this executive car, you can call me at any time if you're a client of ours,
it could be two o'clock in the morning and we will come pick you up. Who's we? So I have a right
hand man. Are you going? Huh? Absolutely. I'm going to come and I store a car
there. Just get out of dinner. Listen, that's, that's, I didn't get the ranz in for six.
That's what, that's imagine you're just a raging
alcoholic, right? You spend the money to store your car for a month. It's cheaper than all the
Uber's, but I'm looking at the monthly here for a platinum that includes this. I mean, 425,
you go out every night, get blasted. That's what, that's what I'm talking about. Just Uber ultra,
dude. I don't even, I did it again. I'm not proud of me. I promise this is the last time
this week. You pick you up in an executive car and you get a total run, you look like the king of
worlds. Seriously, but you know what the thing, but it's, but it's true. I'm running. I'm running
in the taco bell. We're going to put some limits on this thing right now. Please God, you have holes
in my business. I was going to say, we're going to put limits on the state. It's changing right now.
Yeah. We're a level of debauchery. We can think the ship may not, may not think it's possible,
but it is, is important because I mean, listen, you want to take, take your, your
wife or, you know, out to Fed Hill or something like that. And you might have too many. We don't
want people driving drunk. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And so instead of running, you gotta come pick
me up in Brooklyn. Yeah. But I'm a little good. I've had too many. I've got off the rails. But,
you know, no, but, you know, it sounds like 500, but it's, but it's important though. You know,
and, and we'll pick you up. We'll drop you off at home. We'll pick up your car. We'll bring it back.
We'll make sure it's clean. And there's going to be some additional charges for it. Yeah,
of course. If you're calling us at two o'clock in the morning, the old bailout, but, but, but,
but honestly, if you think about it, what is, what is cheaper calling me and giving you a ride home
and bringing your car home safely or getting a do we having the option right? Yeah. I'm sure
smart. Well, I say smart people. Smart people would take that option. Any day. Absolutely. Yeah.
And it's, it's, it's, it's the least responsible of us in the, the car community that ruin
it for the most responsible of us. Get me. I'm like 200 yards off the highway. Don't worry about the car.
Don't worry about the car. It was stolen. I already burnt the registration. I took the plates.
You gotta pick me up, dude. Yeah. Behind the T.J. Maxx.
It's three AM. Jesus. I'm, I'm fucking in. We're talking about different plans. I wanted to bring
this up here. You can kind of show. I mean, I don't think it's as expensive, expensive as I was
expecting. No, this ain't Boston, but I mean, per month, platinum, four and 25 bucks a month.
Look at all the stuff you get. You're telling me, I mean, with the gas prices now, you do a
fill up service as well. Yeah. So incredible. So, and we don't charge extra for the fill up service.
We charge you for the gas and that's it. That's it. So, because the last thing you think about is
when you drop your car off, did I drop this thing off with a full tank of gas? Obviously,
you get that in, in your, in your monthly report. Yeah. Right. But if you, and some people are
going to utilize this facility like a garage during the summer. Yeah. Absolutely. Right. So if you
inadvertently leave the thing on E, we're going to let you know, Hey, do you want us to take this
car down the street and fill it up for you? Put some 93 in it? Done. That's what I was just going
to ask. It doesn't. Okay. So you do have to provide notice for pick up and drop off. If you were,
yeah, yeah, yeah, just because there's not so easy way to do that. Yeah. There's different levels
that obviously for, for bronze and silver, for, for in-outs, you're, you're not getting a bunch of
in-outs, right? But if you're on the, you know, gold or bronze, yeah, you, you, I mean, a gold
or the platinum, use it as much as you want. Use it like that garage. We're going to keep it on the
upper level. So it's easier to, to get in and out because we just couldn't do that for all 70 cars
because the building is 12,000 square feet on two levels. Yeah. You know, so, but, you know,
obviously pay a little bit more. You get a lot more services, but we wanted to make sure. I mean,
the other thing about it, you could swap your car. So if you have a daily driver in your platinum
or gold client, you want to drop off your Denali and take out your, whatever your RA,
we'll take your car in. If you want us to bring it to the detail studio, we could have it, you
know, cleaned or detailed while, while you got it. And, you know, that's the type of service that,
that people really, you know, expect, you know, at this, at this price. We use this term a lot
in day-to-day stuff. A lot of customers want one throat to choke, which is a good and bad thing,
right? And presents many different issues at times, but again, ease of, hey, I'm dropping this off,
let's swap this out. Cool. And all right, I'll come back in a couple of days to pick up whatever.
Exactly. It makes, it makes a lot of sense. Yeah. You know, it's, it's, you know, we built this
business for, well, like I said, for the enthusiasts. That's why we have, you know, a series of,
you know, different options for folks, but we also have a series of, of affiliate vendors that we
work with local people that do all of the other services that, that we don't do in-house. So we
have a powder-coater. If you want valve covers or wheels or something like that done, we have people
that do German and Japanese automotive general repair. If we have something, if you have something
weird or quirky or it's a 9-11, I got a guy for that, right? We do paintless dent repair in the
facility. Car never has to leave, right? It's good. And if you do with a paintless dent repair,
there's fine line scratches, something like that. It goes directly to the best detailer,
you know, at auto house in the state. And, you know, all of that's taken care of, you know,
in-house. And he does, you know, ceramic coats, paint, protective film, you know,
interior extra detail, paint correction, he does absolutely everything. I think the best,
you know, sort of story about what we do is we had a car that came in, had mice, right? Had mouse,
you know, had a mouse infestation before is stored in a barn before it came to us. And this,
this turned out to be a big project for us because we had to systematically get it to the
point where the car was drivable again, right? It had to be able to, you know, not smell like,
you know, a mouse infestation, but we had one of our affiliate vendors take the whole car apart,
dash seats, door panels, convertible top, absolutely everything, right? The detail studio
did the complete remediation, everything, right? Paintless dent repair popped out some high spots,
couple of low spots. And then, you know, it went, got put back together, right? Did a safety
inspection on it, make sure the car was safe, full, you know, paint correction was done on the car.
This car is going to be able to be enjoyed by the owner. So the first time in probably about three
years, right? And if we hadn't done it, it would have had to go to four different shops
to be able to get all of that done. Right. Right. Right. In the logistics of each time,
arranging pickup and drop off each time, just it is a pain in the ass. Exactly. So having this,
this, this network of people, right? Of other independent business, because the independent
business part, you talked about throat to choke. We don't work with big corporate entities. We just
don't, you know, I want to be able to talk to the owner. I want to make sure that he's on the same
page as, as I am, right? Set expectations. Yeah. There's many different things. Absolutely. So
being able to have all those people that, that genuinely care about the cars. Yep.
These are the type of projects that we're able to do, you know, out of here. So it's,
it's awesome. We're, we're very unique in that way. So what I'm still fascinated by the building
as well itself. How did you pick your battery tenders? Man, it was a, it was a lot of reviews.
So we have a 10 bank battery tender branded tenders. And the nice thing about is they're
incredibly smart. So it's a, it's a, you know, it's a little bit quicker charge up until about 80%.
And then it's a very slow trickle charge above 80%. It lets us know when it gets from 80% to 100%.
It stops charging and it just monitors it from that 80% to 100% level. So make sure the car
always charges. The nice thing is we have all of those backups as well, because those tenders
will not charge if the battery's down to like under three volts. Right. So we have the ability to
bring batteries back if they're new enough. Right. We're not going to have to deal with this
because everything's on a tender this year, but you know, it was, it was really important that,
that we had that and you know, batteries are expensive as hell nowadays.
They certainly are.
They're 250, 300, 350 bucks.
Crazy. In the past five years, batteries have gone through the fucking room.
I'm expensive.
It's crazy. I just got to buy another one.
You used to be able to get like an optima for like $189.
Yeah. Remember the best battery on earth?
Exactly. But this just to show that like,
You're going to get a nap on legend for like 350.
Yeah. Yeah. We're just old now. Now we're just like yelling at clouds.
It's tough, dude.
The batteries are tough, how expensive.
Yelling into the ocean we threw the battery in.
Exactly.
I want my batteries back.
But no, it was, it was a lot of thought that went into it, making sure that we get the best
equipment and not just, oh, we got sponsored by somebody and they,
Yeah. No, because it's an important thing. You want to, you're, it's, when you're buying that
many of them, he's got the fucking unit.
You want to make sure like,
Just get the battery center I've been dreaming of.
Yeah.
The first thing I walked in there, I was like, nice bill. Holy shit.
He's got the multi bank boys.
Yes.
What do you do? Do you guys have air compressors, different things like that?
You know, what are some other fun garage level tools?
I mean, all of the fun tools are really besides the four post lift on, on our side,
all of the fun stuff is on the detail side, man.
Okay.
I mean, they have, they have the scissor lift up there.
So they're able to work more ergonomically.
They can take wheels off, ceramic coat, you know, wheel barrels and things like that.
I mean, they have the pressure washers.
I mean, they have, oh, they have a,
now I'm just, I'm losing it.
So they have a type of heating system there. It's an infrared.
Infrared heating over there that, that heats objects and not spaces.
It's just the whole buildings runs on, on propane.
So instead of, you know, just wasting, because the buildings got high ceilings and all that stuff,
the infrared heat, they worked all winter long and, you know, they were comfortable the whole
time and work on, you know, uh, you know, late into the night.
They got a wild water filtration system.
They do have a wild water filtration system downstairs.
I mean, it's, it's carbon filters. It's, you know, softeners. It's, it's all the things.
It's all the thing. I mean, the water business. I mean, come on.
If I, it's just coming out the tap, you'd be disappointed, man.
I remember walking, first thing we saw downstairs like, holy shit.
Is it one of those things they're constantly monitoring it?
Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Because obviously, you know, we can't, uh, you know, there's no sewer
out there. So it's all septic. So we have a set, a separate tight tank that all the water that comes
from the detail studio goes into the tight tank. So that's all pumped out. They monitor how many
gallons are going into that. Cause you know, obviously it has to get pumped out. Right.
But I mean, you know, those sort of things is, I mean, I work for an environmental engineering
firm, you know, a civil engineering firm. We can't be, you know, throwing chemicals and
whatnot. Right. For sure. Yeah. So I mean, it was, once again, it was part of being able to
engineer the building to, for, to meet our needs. Knowing what you're going to require is well,
that's a huge part. It's huge. I mean, will I, will I build another building? Likely.
Uh, will we have a GC this time around? Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. A little,
yeah. You're not, you're a fucking years on your life. Bro. Yo, that was, that was more stressful
than kids. Yeah, for sure. Oh yeah. Cause you're just trying to coordinate everybody. The timing,
who's available, what changed? Right. Every entity you almost don't want to deal with.
Oh man. The, the unspeakable things we had to do to get powered or our building.
Let's do, there's nobody that works in that whole company as far as I can tell.
We have brand new infrastructure. They move the poll out from where our driveway is. It works
wonderfully. I have nothing but wonderful things to say about them. Oh my God. Yes.
Yes. They are wonderful. Now that they can't turn my power off.
They'll fucking disaster. I can't imagine what you had to do with it.
You know what? It's, it's, it's all about the experiences, man. It is. It's all about the,
it's all about the stories like fishing. You know, fish or fish, fish of the stores.
You're not that deep into it. You did the building. What's something you like? Wow. I'm glad I
weren't that so far. I mean, new cars sucked a store. I think, yeah, your sentence had a
couple of extra words. New cars. That's really what I'm coming away with, but, but no, I get it for
sure. And we were briefly talking about all the, all the bells and whistles that they have,
things to monitor, security stuff. Like you said, no, no touch entry, all that. It's all working
all the time. So what do you think's happening? Yeah. It's, it's, that was the biggest thing
because I mean, listen, I have a 1969 El Camino, right? That I've had for 20, 24 years now. Right.
It's got keyless entry, right? Yeah. It's got all the bells and whistles. It's got WRX seats in it.
You know, it's heated, heated WRX seats. It's dope, right? But that car was not on a tender.
This, this water fired right up. We had, you know,
yeah, there she is. This is a work truck. Yeah. Yeah. There's a, that's my, that was my learning
tool. That's awesome. It's, it's as analog as it's got a, it's got a little L Y carbureted L Y
five LS motor and a TK 500 in it. I was just talking about carbureted LS's and how much easier
to make my fan. You know what though? I, I, we did that swap shout out to enhanced street
performance that helped me with that, with that swap back in 2012. It was before everybody's
saying they can LS swap something in a weekend. Right. I mean, that car fired right up, right?
After not being started for like three or four months and there are brand new cars
that if you didn't, if they weren't hooked up to something or you didn't start them for a week
and a half, they were dead, like dead, dead, like four volts. And I think if I had to do it over again,
I think you do this with any, any small business, right? You have to, to learn. Okay.
Your customer says they don't want a battery tender. They don't need it. They don't want to
pay extra for it. Okay. And now it's like, okay, we're the experts here. We know better than you
do. Your car is going to be on the tender, not your tender, our tender, right? Cause we, we saw
some crusty, you know, you know, Sears and robot battery tenders, Sears and robot older than me.
Right. And I'm like, I don't know if I want to plug this thing. Right.
This one hooked up to my gender in my house when I moved in. Listen, I have it somewhere.
The thing hummed like it was in the Jetson. So I'm like, you know, it's working.
Yeah. So I think that's, that's the biggest thing. Just reset, even though it's, we're,
we're a new business. I mean, we're, we're car people and we know a little bit better.
Everything's on a tender, no matter what. Yeah. That was, that was our biggest lesson.
Cause the hours that you have to go in to charging and monitoring,
shooting and diagnosing and it's stressful. Cause like, yeah, I want to pick up my car tomorrow.
Oh, okay. All right. We'll, we'll make sure the cars wipe down and ready and,
you know, tires are where they're supposed to be. Cause we'll have to, you know,
we'll have to air them down because we over inflate them a couple of pounds. Right.
But yeah, that next, next winter will be a little bit more stress free because everything's on
tenders. We know everything starts. Do you, is there, for instance, you from a management team
when you're intaking your vehicle, do you have a checklist to cover yourself?
In other words, you know what I mean? Like, Hey, look, we're noting this. It's just,
without a shot of doubt, every car that comes in gets a series of anywhere between like 20,
12 to 20 pictures is like front, back, side, side, all four corners, all four wheels,
roof, two interior shots guaranteed, no matter what. And just to, you know,
even though it might be dirty when it comes in, this is shot before it goes to the detailing studio.
Right. You need those things, right? But that goes along with the rest of the checklist that
we have. Like when is the insurance up? Once the red job, you know, do we have any corrective
action things that need to be addressed while the car is here? Did you, you know, drive this thing
hard and, you know, hang it wet, you know, that's, I just picked her somebody again, hopefully not
the case, but somebody coming in and you guys, or saying, Hey, you know, my, my tires weren't
dry-rided when I parked it. Actually, they were, they came in exactly like this. And if they refuse
any corrective action, you know, just again, to cover yourself. So anything corrective action
related, we know when the car first gets there and we monitor it constantly. So if you're on one of
those packages where, where we're giving you monthly reports on it, if I tell you transmission
fluid is leaking, transmission fluid is leaking. Yeah, it's currently, do you want us to address it?
Like I said, in the beauty that we have all these vendors that are in our network
to fix it is it's fixed because listen, a lot, some of these folks got more money than time.
And at the end of the day, not everybody is as well connected within the industry locally as we are.
So being able to utilize that experience in those relationships is critical to, you know,
the, the, the quality of service that we're able to, to provide. Like I said, this is,
this business is much more complicated than, than I ever imagined it was.
No, you really, you, you know, storage is one thing. You're almost, you're a concierge.
Yeah. This is a concierge service. This is, this, and it can merge into collection management as well
once you get into like, um, you know, scanning, you know, maintenance records, making sure
all those things are forever. Cause ultimately when I give you a monthly report on your car
storage and two years down the line, you go to sell that car. What do you think the value on that
is, you know, no one's going to say, Oh, well, let me see the underside. It might be rusty. Oh,
well, this was in the climate control building. And oh, by the way, here's the average relative
humidity of the environment that it was in for the last three years. That's how detailed we can get.
So if you were to ask me, what was the humidity in the building on, you know, February 2nd,
a 2026 and you're asking me two years from now, I could tell you, it's, it's one of those things.
You know, we're all, I mean, it's 2026. We're a data driven world now.
Yeah. What are some of the tech bits that you are excited about that the building itself can do?
Is there anything that stands out? They're like, obviously, you know, monitoring,
relative humidity, temperature, all that sort of stuff that's data gets, that's gets saved,
but is there something else about the building that you're like, Oh, I really like this feature
that we added. You know, the biggest thing is, is technically that when you walk into our building,
right? And, and it's like, you know, in January, in February, and you walk into our lobby and we
have these big giant windows in that lobby where you can just see everything. And if you're a car
person and it doesn't matter what you like or what you're into, you could be into volts wagons or,
or Hondas or, you know, you know, R32 GTRs, GSMs. There's always something odd or interesting or
hardly ever seen at the facility. Like we have pre-merger AMG Mercedes over there. They're just
awesome. You know, we, we had, you know, classics from, from the sixties, you know, 63, you know,
Thunderbird convertibles. The, the, the amazing thing about the building is that it's a vessel
for the car community. That's, that's, that's really what it is. That's cause storing cars and
just having a warehouse isn't fun. Talking to people about what these cars mean to them.
That's the fun part. Each one of these cars got a story. All of them do. You know, I got people
that's like, Oh yeah, this is me and my wife's car. We got married in it. Don't. Yeah. That's,
those are the things that, that I wanted to hear. And the other thing about the building is we always
knew that the building was going to be a building for storage. Unlike some other places, we weren't
building it to be storage, a clubhouse, you know, a bar, you know, an event space and all those other
things. We just made it the best building possible to be able to store 75 cars and under. That's it.
You know, we tried to make it as best it could be for that one thing. So it could be a master of
something. Are you guys currently full? So this is the, the off season. We fully anticipate
probably being full by probably as far as reservations go, probably by September. So
that's what I was just going to ask. Yeah. So we already have people still bringing in cars that
are like storing for the year. We had people who are looking for us to be open sooner last year
because of the delays. Yeah. Like, Hey, you know, you guys are open now. We've been in the cars
and coffee. We want to store our car. We're going down to Florida. We're going wherever.
Take it now. So, I mean, with the retention, we were probably 75, 80% full being three months late,
you know, to the party last year. Yep. We probably realistically only have about 22 to 25
slots left for this upcoming winter, which again, if this is May, you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah.
That's going to fill up real quick. Exactly. So, I mean, it's, you know, we're really happy with
how it's been. We're really happy with the response that we've gotten from, from our clients and from
our events. So, and that's really with no, like no crazy marketing, right? This is really just
word of mouth and it's, it's word of mouth and, and working with really good people. I have a
fantastic team. Yeah. You know, I got a right hand man, Joe Cusco, who I, I couldn't operate without
him. You know, we have a chief engagement officer in Joe Reddish, who is really our liaison between
us and the preserve, which is fantastic. We're able to put on great events. You know, the preserve
is being able to advertise these events and our clients are able to have a really great experience.
We had great project managers for, for the, for the build. And, you know, I get to work with my dad.
You know, that's, that's awesome. I never imagined I would be in business with my old man.
Who convinced who? He convinced me surprisingly. That's, you know, he's like,
this is going to be a low touch business. And now, you know, for him, right?
I get the same deal.
You know, I'm here every day, right? Yeah. He's here, you know, 23 times a month tops.
Right. You know, schmoozing, but it's, it's, you know, it's, it's one of those things. I get to work
with the, with the great detailing studio, you know, Holden and Luke are awesome and do fantastic
work, you know, being around and seeing just the interesting stuff around. If you're a car person,
it's usually like, Hey, you don't want your passion to be your job. Well, this is like a side
hustle, right? Right. You can still, yeah. You know, I still have a day job that I absolutely love
and bust my, bust my asset, but this, you look out and you see all that interesting stuff there
and the new stuff that comes in. You're like, yeah, this is, this, this feels right. Yep. You know,
yeah, it provides right an outlet for the car stuff, even more so to be involved. Yeah. I just
wish we had more odd stuff. I wish we had more stuff that was like more my taste, you know,
I don't think it is. I was just an interesting one. Right. Because yeah. And those weird people
are going to just have those weird things in a shed or a, uh, an extremely small garage,
you know, at their house tucked away somewhere that nobody, you know what I mean? Just weird,
weird, quirky stuff. Yeah. And I like weird, quirky, old stuff from like the 80s and 90s. You
know what I'm saying? Like that's the era of weird, quirky stuff. I just don't think we're
going to get a ton of it. I mean, we, we sort of look like a Corvette and Porsche museum.
Last year we had four generations of Corvettes. That was pretty dope. I was just going to say,
do you know offhand what the oldest car you currently have is or on the list is? I believe
it's a 1959 MG and I'm sorry. It's a 1963 MG. Okay. Yep. We can be that. We're getting air cooled.
You can take it. You take it with you tonight. Listen, listen, you could not pay me enough
to take that type three. Okay. You could, you could, you could buy 10, you know what? If you
bought 10 platinum memberships for the year, I would take it. I thought I don't take one store
mic, beautiful runner. I'm going to call you drunk and tell you that was the car I got here.
I
I knew this was real problem. It was fully put together.
Yeah. Yeah. Rainland Park. Yeah.
That's awesome. I rent from it when I parked this weekend, baby. Yeah, this weekend. Saturday,
Saturday, Saturday. Can you give everybody your website?
It would best way to contact all that sort of stuff. Yeah. Best way to contact me
is either through our website at in e auto chateau.com or you can find us on Instagram or
Facebook or you can call us direct at a 4012684535. There we go. There you have it.
Direct phone number. Come on out this weekend. Come see your boy over here. What time is that
for this weekend? Yeah. Okay. It's beautiful. There's that baby AMG. That's a baby hammer
right there. Yeah. That's cool. That's that's AMG Japan right there.
That's cool. What is the actual model of that? So that is a 300 E AMG. So the so think of it
everything. So the hammer was the 500 E. Yep. This is the same thing. All same suspension.
The only thing is different is that is the that's the inline six in there, but it's been tuned.
Gotcha. You don't have to say this, but is what is the rarest car you've had stored there
that you're aware of the rarest car that we had is actually another Mercedes. Okay. It was a G
55 AMG two door convertible. Okay. It was a 2003. Yeah. Okay. It was built for the president of
AMG Japan. That's cool. Yeah. So the car had a really interesting story. It was it was federalized.
Yep. But you know, how many bad side markers did it have all of them? The joy of federal
oh, and in the third break like exhaust pipes, third break like you know, the rest of the motor,
the motor and all that. So in motor transmissions, they catalyzed. Oh yeah. It was 2003. So it had
all the all the emission stuff already just bad side all the side markers and the brake lights
were brutal, but I had never seen an AMG, you know, a G 55 AMG convertible before. And the
reason why is they built four of them. The top school as hell with the like half on the back.
Didn't we see one of these one time in New York? A Jimny. We see when it wasn't an AMG. Okay. Yeah.
It was yeah. It was the weird. I just remember like us being convertible. It was just odd. Yeah.
Yeah. It's cool how it's like that the final pillar is kind of like dipped down a little.
Right. Right. Yeah. That's like one of one of four. That's in the world.
Some believe. I don't see it. It's pretty rare. Yeah. Yeah. That's a wild one. Yeah. Very nice.
And on that note, 9 p.m. hard out. We're out. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you for coming
in now. Awesome. Go check out cars and coffee this Saturday. If you're around the area, go see
some cool stuff and support the business. Drive them anyway. I was just gonna say follow
the Instagram website, all that sort of stuff so you can see all the happenings over there
that at the New England Auto Chateau. That is going to do it for us. Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you very much for tuning in. Hit up our website or 5 1.com.
Center for the B for B. We'll be back next week. That's all we got. Goodbye. Later.
About this episode
Hosts kick off with banter about “efficiency,” then welcome Landon from New England Auto Chateau. The conversation bounces between unfinished Mustang projects, engine-swap details (S197 vs SN95, ECU wiring), and how IRS-equipped Mustangs change the drive. Later, the show shifts into Landon’s storage business: humidity control, monthly data-driven checks, dust-free handling, battery tenders, and the engineering behind fire suppression. They wrap with community plans like cars and coffee, plus a Bentley off-road experience at the Preserve.
This week, the boys sit down with Landon of New England Auto Chateau. From the ground up, Landon walks us through what it takes to build, own, and operate a vehicle storage business that caters to the enthusiast. The car storage business has turned into much more than just keeping cars in a building, find out what Landon has cooked up as we dissect the world of storage.
