Numbers matching means that the important parts of the car, like the engine, are the original ones that came with it. This is important for collectors because it shows the car is authentic and can make it worth more money.
The Plymouth Superbird is a unique car from 1970 that looks very different because of its big nose and tall rear spoiler. It was made for racing and is famous for its unusual design.
NASCAR is a type of car racing that happens in the United States. The cars are specially made to look like regular cars but are built for speed and competition on tracks.
TorqueFlite is a brand of automatic transmission made by Chrysler. It's known for being strong and shifting smoothly, and it was popular in fast cars from the 1960s and 1970s.
The Plymouth Cuda is a famous muscle car from the early 1970s. It's known for its strong engines and sporty design, making it a favorite among car enthusiasts.
A five-speed manual transmission lets you change gears manually, giving you more control over how fast the car goes. It's different from an automatic transmission that shifts gears for you.
Electronic fuel injection is a modern way to deliver fuel to an engine using electronics. It helps the engine run better and use fuel more efficiently.
The Mustang II is a smaller version of the Ford Mustang made in the 1970s. It was designed to be more fuel-efficient during a time when gas prices were high.
A Hemi V8 is a type of engine that has a special shape that helps it produce more power. It's known for being very powerful and is often used in muscle cars.
Coilover shocks are parts of a car's suspension that help control how the car rides and handles. They can be adjusted to change how high or low the car sits.
A restomod is an old car that has been updated with new parts to make it better to drive while still looking like the original. It's a way to enjoy classic cars with modern technology.
The 1970 Dodge Challenger RT is a famous muscle car from the 1970s. It is known for being fast and having a cool design, making it a favorite among car lovers.
A four-speed manual transmission is a system in a car that lets you change gears manually. It has four different settings to help the car go faster or save fuel.
The 1966 Plymouth Belvedere is a vintage car that many collectors admire. It has a striking red color and a black interior, which makes it visually appealing.
A flat head six cylinder engine is a type of engine where the top is flat and the valves are inside the engine block. It's an older design that was common in classic cars.
The Plymouth Road Runner is a classic car that was built for speed and fun. It's famous for its cool design and the funny horn that sounds like a cartoon character, making it a favorite among car lovers.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a fast and stylish sports car that many people love. It's known for being powerful and fun to drive, making it a favorite for car shows and events.
The Toyota Corolla is a small car that many people use for everyday driving. It's known for being dependable and getting good gas mileage, which makes it a popular choice for families and commuters.
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Welcome to another in-wheel-time podcast. From the Fambia Loso, Hemi Hideout in
Brookshire, Texas, USA, it's the in-wheel-time car talk show, just ahead. The
Hovis Mopar collection that you have not seen all of them, and we're about to
show them to you. Jeff has the cruise in and events calendars and I'll bring in
stories making automotive news headlines this week. How do you along with Mike out of
this world Mars? We always need more Jeb Zekin sometimes. Our chief engineer David
Ainslie has decided to join us today. Usually he's sleeping in at this hour of
the day. I'm Don Armstrong, glad you could join us. It's been a whirlwind of chaos
at the in-wheel-time show booth. We're gonna blame it on the weather. Do we? We
set up to do- It was raining. We set up to do video pictures that we can show
to you right now. What do you want to do? Well we start with one. How's that? Let's see if I can pull that puppy up.
Okay. Are you ready? So John, you know, started this. John's, he was 18 years of age
in 1970, so he's got a special place in his heart for 70 model cars, okay? So our
first car today that we're going to discuss is the 1970 Dodge Super B in the
collection. I don't, is it in here today? I don't know if it is or not. I see a
yellow car over there, but it may or may not be it. Anyway, it's back there. It's
called Banana Yellow Exterior with a black interior. This has a 440 6-pack,
440 cubic inch V8, three two-barrel carburetors, and the N-96, not mask, but hood
scoop. Let's start it though that out there. Torque flight automatic transmission,
power steering and AC, power front disc brakes, and here's the real clincher on
this car. It's a numbers matching, one of only 599 built. That's that's pretty
cool. Numbers matching, one of 599. So congratulations, John, but I know that he put a lot of
thought in his collection when he was buying all of these back in the day. Before this place
was built, he had the collection in a barn here on the property. Well, this is taken
place of the barn, although I understand that the barn is still in use because not all
the cars are inside the hideout to make room for people, tables, chairs, and that sort
of stuff. Okay, next up on the list is the 1970 Plymouth Superbird. Now, this one kind of
changed the landscape of NASCAR because it's got that big, weird nose on the front of it,
and that great big sticks way above the roof line, rear spoiler on it, along with plenty
of power and everything. If you see this car in person, you go, man, that's really weird
looking, but well, tell you what, it's certainly got the attention of NASCAR because it won
all of the races that it was in. It was truly amazing, and then they banned it.
They tried to make some changes to accommodate it, but it didn't happen. And then it was kind
of like the very first car that really worked on the aerodynamics of the cars, and that
really changed the landscape of NASCAR. You did? The cars didn't look like that after
they banned the car clearly, but they started working about, you know, windshield rake,
the nose going into the wind at 200 miles an hour, it changed the landscape, and let's
not forget the rear deck lid spoiler of the thing. And do you know that thing is adjustable?
Yeah, you can also sit on it. It holds the weight of a human. Well, it holds the weight
of a very small blonde in the bikini. I've seen that, but I haven't seen anybody like
John set up there. It's not mother in law. It must be in that bikini. You just didn't recognize
the time. It must be younger. It must be younger. It must not mother-in-law proof. So here's
the specs on this. 440 cubic inch V8, 390 horsepower, 32 barrel carburetors, torque flight
automatic transmission, power steering, power front disc brakes, numbers matching, John's
the second owner. One of only 277, 446 pack superbirds. There were a total of 1,840 superbirds
made, one for every dealership in America. Wow. That's how they did it. That was a NASCAR
rule at the time. Well, it was a NASCAR rule that you had to build 500. And they decided
that we're going to give one to every dealership. Well, I thought NASCAR told them they had
to. 500. There's always 500 cars back in the day. That was the deal for any kind of car.
You had to build 500 of them. That's why the old saying about, you know, race on Sunday
sell on Monday. True. There you go. Yep. All right. Next up is the 1971 Plymouth Cuda.
Now this is John's favorite car. He's told me that. I don't know whether it still is,
but I would imagine it would be. If you've ever heard this car run you go, yeah, I kind
of get it. It's painted sublime, get it sublime, sublime pearl green exterior with a black
interior. And here's the real kicker 528 cubic inch all aluminum, heavy V8 with 739 horsepower,
one four barrel carburetor underneath the shaker hood scoop and a five speed manual transmission
with the pistol grip shifter. I have a picture of Cathy ice and I standing in front of
this car from years ago, probably from, you know, that was the first car that we took to
out of Rama. Yeah, it's right over here. I still have I got the picture on the wall.
Cathy and I stand in front of it. We're all dressed to the 9th. And it got all the looks.
Yep. No, we did. Oh, I'm sorry. They were looking at the car to get to me.
Narrowed four link rear end power R&P steering and AC power four wheel disc brakes pro street RMS
altercation front end with Kuala over shots and 22 inch wide rear tires. It's tubbed. It's
yeah, that's the car that's tubbed in here. It doesn't have an L-ass. It's got a hammy. It's got a
hammy. Nothing got a hammy in it. Mike got aluminum. And by the way, if I didn't tell you already,
hey, thanks for joining us today on the in wheel time car talk show. We're coming to you today
from inside the hammy hideout open house. 10 bucks gets you in. No children under 12. Come on out.
The money that you spend per person goes to charitable causes because it's doubled up by John. So
you pay the 10. He'll give you 20. Yeah, for the charity. All right. Next up is the
1937 Plymouth pickup truck. Green exterior and tan leather and sway. Yeah, 360 cubic inch V8
Power steering power front disc brakes numbers matching. One of 34 convertibles made with this
engine combo. And only two of those were in this color combination. Wow. Stolen and then recovered.
After 25 years underwater on a river bottom. No way. Wow. Because you know, that's a story.
You know, yeah. Because you know what that would look like once you pulled it out of there after
25 years Swiss cheese. Yeah. I don't know. Oh, come on. Fresh water. Yeah, but if it doesn't have the
air and if it gets a good covering of silt on it, I really don't think if you look at some of them,
they pulled out when they find these bodies and stuff. You know what happens when you die?
You don't live anymore. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you're probably just kind of melt away into nothing.
And that's what that would be. I want to be stuffed. Stuffed. Yeah. I'm going to be stuffed.
Yeah. John's got a place right over there. Yeah, we'll be behind the steering wheel.
All right. Last car for this segment because we're going to carry it over to the top of the next
hour when John can join us. This is a 1970 Super B go mango exterior with black bumblebee stripe
with black interior. 426 cubic inch heavy V8. You know, Steve doesn't give any miles per gallon on this.
No. 425 horsepower. Yeah. 425 horsepower dual four barrels carburetors in 96 ram air hood.
Torque flight automatic transmission power steering power front disc brakes numbers matching
original. Get this one of only 32 engine colored combos made. Only four known to still exist
in the Chrysler registry. And this one is one of them. That's it. Isn't that cool? Yeah.
Okay. So I've got more. We're going to get to those after a break. No, we're not going to pause.
Pause the run through on these. Okay. What number is this one? The one that's coming up.
The one that's coming up will be car number 12. Okay. So we're going to get out of this for now.
We're going to get out of this for now because we need to take a quick break here.
We're going to some of the stuff we've got to get done including the cruise in and events
calendars and the headlines. Okay. Hey, we hope you're going to join us on the hot rod tour of
Texas more of that coming up. Jeff has the cruise in and events calendars coming up and I'll
have the stories making automotive news headlines this week. Thanks for joining us on the award-winning
in-wheel time car talk show coming to you today from the Hemi Hideout in Brookshire, Texas.
We'll be back after this break. You've waited all winter and it's finally here. The tail pipes
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Okay, I want to remind you again about the upcoming hot ride tour of Texas. We're going to go on it
and we'll be broadcasting on the Saturday of April 26th from the spindle tap brewery right here in
Houston up on the city's north side. I bet you've never heard of it. I bet you've never been
there. We invite you to join us. It's a very different place in a bizarre location that you'd
never guess in a million years, but it's really a cool place. That's a real honest to God brewery
and you're going to love it. I promise you that. Thanks for joining us today here on the in-wheel
time car talk show. Time now for the cruise in and events calendars, Jeffrey.
We were sponsored by anybody? No. Okay, making sure. We've got next weekend Wharton Cruise
nights. This is a good sponsorist though. Okay, I'm sponsored by Need More Jeff.
Saturday night hang out with the old and new friends with their cars, bikes, trucks,
all that good stuff. Bring a tricycle. They don't care from 6 p.m. to whenever. It's the Wharton
Cruise night at Domino's Pizza 309 East Bowling Highway in Wharton, Texas. Again from 6 p.m.
until whenever at the at the Domino's Pizza. Then you got Octane and Espresso. That's the speed
advocates will be hosting this event. It's every second Sunday of every month at the Black
Rifle Coffee Company in Copperfield, Texas. 7086 Highway 6 North and then we've got one next
weekend. We're supposed to have some Mustang people here. We've got a Mustang event going on next
week again. Snakes and stangs. All Ford. Snakes and stangs. You got to say that with a little bit
of a draw. I don't think we could do that. That's it. That's it. Yeah, you've seen Dave and
Nathan Stein. Anyways, that's from 5 to 9 tailgate party at the Hallmark University. It's a
car show. It is in where is that one going on? It's in the hill country. It's in San Antonio. So
if you're going to go out there, it's a poker run. They've got all kinds of stuff. People's choice
awards, kids event, and all that good stuff. Mike sent me this one. 21st annual Corvettes and
Crawfish. Mike, do you want to take that one here? That's AJ Lupeau, the Corvette Club down.
Lupe. Lupe. Lupe. Lupe. Lupe. Lupe. Lupe. Lupe. Lupe. Yeah, and this has been a fitting
Texas equisurge. They would do this twice a year. This spring has to be their Crawfish event.
What day is this? It's on next Saturday. That's Saturday. Yeah, it's coming up pretty quick. So
it's only seven days out. So be sure to check it out. It's a great, it's a good event.
It has lots of fun. We went down there here recently. Good. It's a Space City Corvette Club
on Facebook and on the internet. You can find out more information there.
All right. Time to I want to get some of the new stories in it. Obviously the one that the
elephant in the room, so to speak. Oh, as a as a mobile elephant. So there you get it.
Oh my god. The elephant in the room. Well, President Donald Trump has imposed a 25%
tariff on imported vehicles. In all likelihood, consumers will not see a 25% hike. That's because
of complex factors, including the amount of non-US content in each vehicle, automaker calculus,
dealer decision making and loan agreements. Cox Automotive, for example, predicts a 2.8%
year-over-year increase in wholesale vehicle prices in 2025. Black book projects a 5% increase
in the average transaction price this year. Morgan Stanley predicts the tariffs will boost
the average price of a vehicle by 11 or 12%. So don't panic. Be calm. Hang on, man. Be
happy. Crazy. Well, don't worry. The projections recognize that the tariff is not applied to the
manufacturer's suggested retail price, and that the industry lies on sometimes labyrinth systems
to calculate the vehicle's cost. The price of the vehicle is determined using a cocktail of market
research, bills of materials, financial agreements, institution, and other elements.
Even more variability enters the picture in the dealership lot, where prices vary widely by
region, timing, personal relationships, and the way buyers settle up with the retailer
a separate business from the automaker. Are you following all of this? We talked about this
last week. Yeah, it sounds like a bunch of lawyers. Automaker's export vehicles from the foreign
facilities and calculate the transaction value of the import, US customs, and border protection
defines the transaction value as, quote, the price actually paid or payable for the merchandise
wins sold for exportation to the United States. End quote. Plus, packing costs, commission, royalties,
or license fees, or resale proceeds that go to the seller. Importors have to explain the
declared transaction value to the government. Even if an actual sale does not take place as
in the case of foreign automakers with domestic subsidiaries, companies follow rules from the
treasury to calculate the transaction value of goods going across the border. The rules rely on
principle that transactions be valued as if two unrelated entities were involved. For vehicles
imported from outside of Canada and Mexico, the automakers who are the importers,
will be paying the government 25% of the total transaction value for imports from Canada and Mexico,
which are captured by the United States, Mexico, Canada, agreement. I know you've heard about that.
Automakers will be given the opportunity to certify their US content and systems will be implemented
such as that 25% tariff. It will only apply to the value of their non-US content according to
Trump's March 26th executive offer. Like I said last week, it's not just 25%, you can't do it that
way. That's why I said to you about these guesses as to how much the price of a car is going to go
up, 2.8%, 5%, 11% or 12%, not the 25. Because cars aren't made like the R era. All of the stuff
wasn't produced here in the United States. Even cars that are actually assembled here in the United
States, they get glass. It's really just assemblies. That's correct. Actually, there's only one
the Toyota Corolla, which I'm driving out there, is built in Mississippi and the panels, the body
panels are actually stamped at that assembly facility. That's the only one that I know of.
Because usually the assembly, the body panels are stamped somewhere else, then they get sent
to the assembly. It's a different kind of factory. It's a bizarre labyrinth of stuff that you
never know really what's going on. I've got more of this to tell you about automotive news,
put that together, and I thought that kind of really tries to explain it because it's difficult
to understand them. Well, the good news is Jeff's got a camera going on the Hemi hideout, so we've
got something to look at while we let's talk about all this nastiness. Yeah. We just want to
you know, give me a shot. You don't have that isolated camera that's focused in on you?
No, we didn't bring it. We didn't bring it. You forgot it? Yeah. I left it at David's house.
David's house where he's using it for other things.
There is that. God's going to be right down what time it is, so we'll know what the FCC says.
Holace is not the FAA. That's true. All right. I've got lots of papers here. Have you noticed that?
Yeah, I've really been. Every week you get more and more. Well, I know you recycling or what?
Well, no, I wanted to do the car, the Hemi Hideout cars, and it was very stressful. I started
working on this last Monday because not all of the cars show up on the Hemi Hideout website.
So, Shelley had to come out here and take some pictures of the cars that are not in here today,
but they're in the barn and the other barn. Oh, yeah. It's been a process. I'm telling you. Well,
you did good. Well, yeah, it shows not over yet. It's very interesting. Yeah. Don't mess it up. I like it. Well,
I've already done that. Coming up. We'd love to hear from you. Shoot us an email. The address here is
info at inwheeltime.com where you're back after this quick break.
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About this episode
A deep dive into the impressive Hovis Mopar collection at the Hemi Hideout in Brookshire, Texas, showcases iconic muscle cars like the 1970 Dodge Super B and Plymouth Superbird. The hosts discuss the unique features and historical significance of each vehicle, including their rarity and performance specs. The episode also highlights the importance of automotive events and charitable contributions associated with the collection. With lively banter and expert insights, this episode is a treasure trove for classic car enthusiasts.
Step inside the legendary Hemi Hideout, where automotive dreams come to life in spectacular fashion. Once housed in a simple barn, John Hovas's remarkable Mopar collection now resides in this purpose-built sanctuary that celebrates American muscle in its most glorious forms.
The collection tells a story that began when John was just 18 years old in 1970, explaining his particular affinity for vehicles from that era. From the moment you walk in, you're surrounded by automotive royalty – numbers-matching rarities that represent some of the most sought-after configurations in Mopar history.
The stars of the show include a 1970 Plymouth Superbird, whose radical aerodynamic design literally changed NASCAR racing before being banned for its dominance. With its distinctive nose cone and towering rear spoiler (strong enough to support a person's weight), it represents a pivotal moment in racing history as one of only 277 produced with the coveted 440 six-pack configuration.
But perhaps nothing captures the essence of this collection better than John's personal favorite – a 1971 Plymouth Cuda in Sublime Pearl green. This restomod masterpiece houses an all-aluminum 528 cubic inch Hemi V8 producing an earth-shaking 739 horsepower, channeled through a five-speed manual with the iconic pistol grip shifter. With its tubbed rear end accommodating massive 22-inch tires, it perfectly balances vintage character with modern performance.
The stories behind these vehicles prove just as fascinating as their specifications – like the ultra-rare 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner convertible recovered after spending 25 years underwater, or the 1966 Plymouth Belvedere with just 10,000 original miles that remains unrestored and numbers-matching. Each car represents not just engineering excellence, but a piece of American automotive heritage preserved for future generations.
Want to experience this automotive paradise yourself? The Hemi Hideout occasionally opens its doors to visitors, with admission fees going directly to charity and doubled through John's personal contribution. Come witness this extraordinary collection where passion, history, and horsepower converge in spectacular fashion.
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