“One-percenter” usually means a small group of people who don’t fit the mainstream and have a strong, separate identity. Here they’re using it to say only a small number of people are truly into cars from early on.
They’re talking about how younger people are getting into cars and racing. It’s about where that interest comes from and how it turns into real projects and hobbies.
This is a 1977 Pontiac Firebird. It’s a classic muscle car, and they’re talking about it as a tribute build—basically a car made to look and feel like the famous “Bandit” vibe from that movie.
A “bandit tribute car” is a car that’s customized to look like it belongs to the “Bandit” character from the movie. It’s a theme build—more about the vibe and appearance than a specific factory model.
The Honda Civic is a very common, everyday compact car. Here it’s mentioned as the kind of car the speaker thinks wouldn’t match the “cool boyfriend” vibe compared to a classic muscle car.
The Chevrolet Camaro is a sporty American car, usually with a strong engine meant for quick driving. People talk about it a lot because it’s a popular classic car that’s easy to customize or restore. In the podcast, it’s used as an example of a “cool” car from the muscle-car era.
A hot rod is an older car that someone has modified to make it more fun to drive. It’s usually about turning a regular car into a personal project you can enjoy.
“Cars and coffee” is a casual car meetup—usually in the morning—where people bring their cars and hang out. It’s a place to see what kinds of cars people are building and buying.
They’re referencing the Chevrolet Chevelle, a famous older muscle car. The hosts are using it as an example of the kind of cars people could find and tinker with more easily back then.
Muscle cars are older American performance cars built for power and fast acceleration. The hosts are saying that back then, there were more of these cars available to buy and tinker with.
The Dacia Duster is a small SUV meant for daily driving and light off-road use. It’s usually known for being affordable compared to many other SUVs. The podcast brings it up as an example of a car people might end up with, not just the classic performance models.
They’re talking about the Chevrolet Nova, another older muscle car. The hosts are using it to show that there used to be more options that were easier to buy and work on.
The BMW M5 is one of BMW’s top performance sedans. It’s the kind of car that costs more than a basic enthusiast car, so the hosts are using it as an example of something kids might get help affording.
A “wild build” is a car project that’s been customized in a big, creative way. The idea is that younger people are making more unusual cars and learning by working on them.
The Cutlass Supreme is an Oldsmobile from the 1970s. People are starting to modify these cars for more power and style, not just the most famous muscle cars.
The Dodge Charger is a well-known American muscle car. The host is comparing how different age groups react to his Charger versus his Skyline.
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take it to the next level
“Take it to the next level” is used here as a hot-rodding concept: pushing beyond the car’s stock capabilities with upgrades. The host is setting up a comparison between older builds that had to be made fast from scratch and newer builds that can be improved further because the starting point is already strong.
This is a Ford Mustang GT, which is the sportier Mustang version. The “88” refers to the model year, and that generation is famous because it’s popular to modify and there are lots of parts available.
“Fox body” is what car people call a certain generation of the Ford Mustang (roughly the late 1970s through early 1990s). It’s a recognizable Mustang style and it’s known for being popular to work on and customize.
The Ford Mustang GTD is a performance version of the Mustang, built to be more track-capable than a regular model. In the podcast, it’s brought up because the car looks great and is a serious performance machine. The “GTD” part is the name used for that higher-performance Mustang trim.
Headers are aftermarket exhaust parts that help the engine push exhaust gases out more efficiently. People install them for better sound and sometimes better performance.
“Wheeling” means taking a vehicle off-road on trails with obstacles. It’s the kind of driving where you go over rough ground and rocks, usually with a 4x4.
The Pontiac Trans Am is a famous American muscle car. Here, they’re saying this “77” build focused on making the car safer and easier to control for a young driver—like the suspension and brakes—before adding more power later.
Suspension is what helps the tires stay in contact with the road and controls how the car moves over bumps. Better suspension can make the car feel more stable and easier to control.
Horsepower is basically how strong the engine is. More horsepower can make a car faster, but you still need the right setup and driving experience to use it without getting into trouble.
A three-eighths-mile track is a small oval race track. Because it’s short, the cars are constantly turning and accelerating, so handling and control matter a lot.
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circle drags
“Circle drags” is the name of the racing event they run. It’s basically a race format on an oval track where cars compete while going around in a circle.
The GMC Yukon XL is a big SUV. They mention it because someone brought it to a track event and had a serious crash, showing that even a normal SUV can get into trouble when driven aggressively on track.
Keeland Harvick is a kid who was racing at the event. They mention he’s very young—13—and that he’s connected to a famous NASCAR driver, which is why it stands out.
AMA supercross is a major U.S. motorcycle racing series run under the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA). It’s known for stadium-style tracks with tight turns, jumps, and high speeds—so “being the fastest” there is a big deal.
Hayden Deegan is a motocross/supercross racer. The hosts are saying he’s been very good for a long time, and that he had to wait until he was old enough to race in supercross.
A “triple flip” is when someone spins three full times while they’re in the air. The hosts are using it as an example of how kids are seeing bigger, crazier stunts than earlier generations.
X Games is a big competition for extreme sports like skateboarding and motocross tricks. The hosts are saying kids watch events like this and get inspired to attempt harder moves.
An “ollie” is a basic skateboarding trick where you jump the board up off the ground. The host is saying that what used to seem impressive is now just the starting point.
“Dirt nap” is a funny way riders say they crashed and ended up on the ground. The point here is that taking some falls can be part of learning how to go faster safely.
Car Craft is a car magazine brand. The hosts are saying that, when they were younger, magazines like this were one of the main ways to learn about car builds.
Cylinder heads are the top part of the engine where the fuel/air mixture burns. They also hold the valves, and improving them can help an engine make more power.
It’s a kit that helps you set up a dry-sump oil system. Instead of relying on oil sitting in the engine pan, the system stores oil in a separate tank and pumps it around so the engine stays properly lubricated during aggressive driving.
The oil pump moves oil through the engine to keep parts lubricated. If you’re building for hard driving, the oil pump setup matters a lot to prevent oil starvation.
Mopar is a nickname for Chrysler’s cars and performance parts (think Dodge and Plymouth). The speaker is talking about building a Mopar engine and buying parts for it.
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You know what's funny is at one point we all considered well most of us in
hot riding or an automotive enthusiast typically got the the bug bite when
they were young we typically were the kids playing with matchbox or hot wheel
cars had the total control racing track or had the you know the the pinewood
derby cars that we would build as kids and you know it's that sort of
inspiration that sort of wow factor that drew us in and it's funny because as
kids you always considered yourself young guns now as Kevin and I have both
had kids and we meet new kids that are involved in you know crazy cool builds
and you know really expanding the world of of hot riding and racing and
everything that is involved around the incredible automobile it's awesome and
incredible to see younger people kind of break the mold and that's what we're
talking about today some of these cool young guns and Kevin it's weird man I
don't know what happens but one day we wake up and we're the same ages old
people I don't know how it happens it just you just yourself it's just bleak
I don't know what you're talking about it's like what what's going on I'm still
like 19 20 24 8 40 we like to think of ourselves is that but you know when you
turn on the bathroom light in the morning you're like well that can't be
right it yeah man it's wild it happens fast but it wasn't that long ago in our
minds we were considered young guns but it is something that as time goes on it
is so encouraging when I go to you know car shows cars and coffee races different
events and I see all these young kids both in the stands and in the driver's
seats man it's it's exciting time for motorsports all across you know the
different types of motorsports the genres of motorsports you see young
guns really feeling that void yeah and I think it's really easy for a lot of
people to sit back and they go oh the young people aren't into cars these
days they're not getting their driver's license at 15 and three quarters like I
did and you know all that stuff and I don't know man you go to enough events
and it's tough because right our kids are still small sure so right they
haven't you know I haven't come to fruition on you know a driver's license
and what's gonna happen now but you can still see through your other friends
friends and their kids etc and and at events but I still think it's I think
it's strong I think the next generation is about as geeked up as we were yeah
yeah I feel that way too and I do have friends with kids that you know for
whatever reason don't want to drive and don't want to get their license and
really that's where that bloodline shit in they're weak and they don't deserve
to live on but I will say that that honest God man seen all these young guns
and across so many genres of racing just in the last few months you know I've
been able to you know both participate witness see narrate all kind of
different types of racing and and events and it really has been cool we see it on
the show just recently with some of the young guns that we brought in from
these rebuilds and really just an amazing class of this is all girls and
they really aren't afraid to get their hands dirty dive into a build yes with
the help and yes with you know somebody that had a great functioning a working
knowledge of whatever it is they were tackling but at the same time they're
all learning they're all taking big steps and it was really cool to witness
yeah and I think the broad brush view is you know younger people aren't as into
cars in general licenses etc that we talked about but we've always been a
one-percenter group anyway the ones that really dig cars the ones that are on
Saturday Sunday tearing stuff apart getting their version of a Chilton's
out trying you know doing the hard knocks right learning and getting the
busted knuckles it's always been a one-percenter and even if the broad brush
group of kids you know can uber and get parents to take them somewhere or
whatever I still think there's the one percenters I think it's just somewhere
in the blood somewhere in the DNA and it's you know it doesn't always follow
you know the apple from the tree you know it just ran up because my dad wasn't
a car guy I just popped out you know so anyway you just brought up a great
topic we brought in a couple of girls one was 15 with a 77
Transam wanting to get it fixed up so she could get her driver's license and
have it as her first car so we just had an episode I think it'd be fun to dive
into some of that as well as just talk about right who are some of the young
kids that are young kids young people that are getting into different aspects
whether it's karting racing hot rotting you name it yeah there's some youngsters
out there killing it man we'll talk about it coming up next it's the two guys
garage podcast he's Kevin Byrd on willy b we're back after a break
it is the two guys garage podcast he's Kevin Byrd on willy b we're talking
about all well what we see is the young guns all these new faces you know and new
races there's all kinds of cool action and it's great to see young guns kind of
feeling the void and feeling the Gap man people younger than ever are just kind of
breaking the mode more on that in a second we're talking about Maddie's 77
firebird and what a cool kind of bandit tribute car that thing is for a first
car that thing is a dime bro that thing's awesome yeah that's that's
definitely some cool points for sure and you know just overall I was probably
one of my favorite episodes two episodes actually we did with Maddie and the
girls on her car because it was just inspiring it was fun to see the youth
the excitement the newness you know and it brought me back a good couple decades
of you know when I was learning just how much there is to learn about so many
aspects of the car and it was just really cool working with them because they
were excited and they were excited about cars and everything that we did every
project you know suspension brakes fuel injection it was all fairly new to them
I mean some of the things they were really good at like right they've been
rebuilding car breakers as a as a job at 1516 17 right rebuilding car breakers
with Riley but so many other aspects were new and it was fun that they could
look to us for guidance I honestly bro it's like throwing a junk drawer on a
trampoline bro and it bouncing on it it's just like it was a little bit of chaos
it was a little bit you know out of control but at the same time controlled
because they were so excited that and this is what was great what we sit back
and got to laugh at because we remember you know being that kid in the candy
store we get car parts we're excited now but it's a whole another deal and it's
your first car you're 15 you're just about ready to get that one you know
getting a license is your first real you know let's do that's a march of
independence that you just accept right you boom now you're gonna be independent
you're gonna go out and you know see the world through your own lens without mom
and dad in the driver's seat and you know chaperoning and everything else it's
your first you know claim the independence and there's a certain amount of
excitement around that and the girls just being girls you know how guys are
it's one thing we can you know hang it out with dudes and talk shop and it's a
whole another thing with when his girls and they're plugged in social media and
they're continually laughing and it's funny and goofy and they bring a whole
different type of energy but it was so for everybody involved from the camera
guys to the the people behind the scenes everybody was laughing and it was a real
great vibe and show because they were genuinely that excited and would try
anything and would take you know any advice they could get and we're really
happy to be there and it took four or five cuts and some of the stuff you'll
see it took even more than that but when you do see it you will honestly be
overwhelmed because it is that candy store scenario that when you're 15 and
you're getting your first car and it's a 77 Trans Am it's got so much cool points
around it history around it bravado imagine being her boyfriend who's got a
you know I hope he doesn't have a Honda Civic I'll just say that he better have
a pickup truck or something cool because he's in the world of her pulling up and
she's got a 77 Trans Am that's on point the car is nice yeah no doubt like I
said I haven't seen the episode yet but I imagine that energy that excitement that
newness gotta come yeah for sure and but it was just encouraging because you know
as we talked in the opening it's easy to kind of look out and and miss the
1%ers you know miss the younger people that are really into it but you know we
were chatting before we we'd started the podcast here just about like oh yeah
what about so-and-so and so-and-so and we interviewed so-and-so and and there
really is that 1% 2% still out there growing right like fresh grass right
out of the seed you know like and you what I think I think in a way to put in
context the farming leagues are different right how you used to see the
kids in shop at your high school used to see the kids out at the hangout at the
you know for us believe it or not it was a freaking grocery store called Piggly
Wiggly yeah yeah you would hang out there and you would see the dude that
maybe was a year too older but had the cool Camaro hot rod or the you know the
tri-five or the charger whatever was hot at the time the Camaro's the
challengers you know you see them rolling through the parking lot and that
and that networking allowed you to you know strike up conversations to meet
friends and people they were like minded now they so much of that is done via
social media it's a little bit different so we may not see that farming league if
you will into that hot rod but man they're out there it is evident when you
go to a cars and coffee or a car show or you see you know a great place I've
been lately as auctions and see what the young people are buying what are they
buying because you know if you think about our generation right we we had
readily available you know Fox bodies and third gens and whatnot and then we
could go back to a lot of the muscle cars right from your Chevelle's and
yeah dusters to you name it Nova's whatever you get your hands on but we
had a pretty good cool selection that we could go grab and modify and do cool
stuff with that they can't afford nowadays so they have a whole different
batch of cars trucks you name it right to play around with well I think you got
the BMW hot riders in the Audi hot riders they're a little different
probably have a little more money mom and dad are probably throwing down and
helping him acquire their little M5 or whatever you have to pick up truck crowd
but the real the real hot riders I think they're buying so many cool wild builds
that people like to get their hands dirty I saw kids at this auction and this was
just probably good car it was a Lincoln it wasn't a continental but
it was close big plushy pillow tops mid 80s and this kid walked away with it for
4500 bucks and he was so ecstatic the AC worked on it I see oh Cadillacs you know
and by old I mean some of the 70s Cadillacs dude kids love to pip those
around some hot rods obviously Fox bodies gin three Camaro's big with the kids
man it's wild to see it muscle cars but the off muscle cars the wild ones that
maybe you know they can still get their hands on that are fairly inexpensive you
know anything off-brand or off you know common type builds meaning you're always
gonna find the Camaro's in the Chevelle's but what about the 76 you know Regal or
you know the Cutlass Supreme from the mid 70s those are turning into cool hot
rods now and people are finding them flipping them the trans Am's the gin
two Camaro's are still big and you know you can't discard the 90s I think a lot
of the 90s with the you know I think some of the wing cars from the 90s the
trans Am's the WS-6's definitely the firehawks the Ram Air cars I think or
something to watch but you get a whole influx of new hot rods I own a
skyline and when I take that skyline out there are more kids that will bum
rest my skyline than will my charger it's it's close I got a 69 charger that's a
big crowd pleaser but between the two of them on the younger side I think that
skyline wins both of them are crowd pleasers both across the board but
older people won't be attracted to that skyline as much as younger people both
young and old attracted to the charger but it's really cool to see men old
hot rods new hot rods 90s hot rods I think it's really up to the personality
because sky's the limit everybody can build a horsepower now everybody can
throw a combination in that makes power and you could do it believe it or not at
a fairly affordable price and still have a fairly fast car you know big power
out there yeah the one thing you know we started out a lot of you know with the
wheezy 70s and 80s and so it forced you to figure out how to make power whereas
a lot of these younger younger folks are gonna be picking up these late model
muscle cars that are already handling and steering and braking and have power
so it'll be interesting to see how many take it to the next level even right
because it's already good we started out with a bunch of junk and we had to make it
cool fast corner break you know but they got a much better starting point depending on what
your price point is right what they can afford but there's gonna be a plethora of opportunities
you know pick your poise and pick your favorite word what's your price point where do you want
to take it what's your style are you a truck person are you you know street racer I got a funny
story man I got a buddy whose kid was you know just turned 16 and he he'd done right he'd shared a
really ugly car and beater car for about a year and a half and it was time for him to get his own
car and it was really cool because I had this Mustang that I picked up it was an 88 Mustang GT
so prime arrow the Fox body with you know the rear you know and the spoilers that went along the
you know the wheel flares and along the doors and whatnot it was the full on black
I I paid 12.5 and an auction for it I put a water pump on it so I had about 13 into it my buddy
calls me he's needing this car and I was like oh man I got a ruler don't make money on friends so I
sold it to him for 13 13 grand but let me tell you his kid worked at 13 000 off but right now that
kid with that car a freaking Ford Mustang GT an 88 it's black it looks good that guy's got the coolest
car in school he's got the coolest people look even kids with the BMWs or the cool pickup trucks
people love that Fox body and to me that just blows me away in a way it makes me kind of tear up a
little bit I'll be honest and I'm sure you know when we were young um the older folks the dads
whatever probably did the same thing you know they looked at us like ogling over right this is
what 80s 90s ogling over a first gen Camaro Chevelle you know cars that we didn't grow up with they did
but they see us like get wide eyed the chrome bumpers you know like bolt some headers on the
whole thing just like they did pretty cool yeah man hey what else is cool are the kids in racing
and I mean dude just in the last couple months you know from you could take it from that adventure
ride I did right and we went with um Brad uh no one I think it was a guy here in Colorado
yeah we went wheeling with his kid level yeah we went wheeling with his kid and his kid was so
excited to do some of the bad cool tough obstacles that his dad did he was just getting into it so
things like that have been really cool to see we got to take a break now but when we get back
I met this 13 year old kid the other day who was just killing it in racing and I go to another
like high level race you'll hear about who in just a minute it's another teenager just killing it in
racing like the the racing world is being taken over by some some badass young guns man we'll chat
about them coming up next we missed our prime Kev what I'm saying is we missed our prime and man
that sucks all right it's two guys ride podcast Kevin bird will be we're back after the break
it is the two guys ride podcast he's Kevin bird I will be we're talking about young guns and
what's really cool is and that I only see this on the show and be able to do this on a two guys
garage show where we actually got to dive into a cool 77 trans am and the way they were building it
I gotta tell you as a 16 year old or a girl that was just turning 16 you can't get much better than
that they didn't they didn't give her the opportunity to upgrade the power per se yet but that's in the
future but where she needed the upgrades is where she got the upgrade suspension brakes interior
everything that was important you know tunes everything to you know qualify as a teenager
that got checked off yeah I mean you know you kind of got to earn your horsepower
you got to walk it up a little bit you know as you sort of progress and get some
experience behind the wheel because we've all seen enough youtube videos cars and coffee in the
ditch and everywhere else well man that's a great segue to well to some race I went to this event
I host circle drags uh at the beginning of every month at a local you know three eighth mile
circle track here just outside Denver Colorado and what's great they do something called circle
drags and you would have been so proud of this person in a Yukon XL that slammed it and put it
in the wall the other day uh it looked like a similar crash that we witnessed and I won't say
who was behind the wheel uh of that crash but it was something similar he hit the wall buckled it
man it was a good crash but that same night during the circle drags this kid named Keeland Harvick
who was 13 years old man uh Kevin Harvick's son dude he's 13 this kid when we were outside doing
an opening ceremony he got out of the car and he's like mid chest and I'm like dude how old are you
man he's 13 years old and not only him but there were five or six other like drivers who were all
like 15 16 18 it was wild to see and this was in the uh the the driving pro-late models in the
Spears cars tour and this kid is just killing it he's one of the fastest kids on the track at 13 at
15 so to see that and then you know you fast forward I went to an AMA supercross the other day
um Hayden Deegan uh Brian Deegan's son he's you know the baddest dude on two wheels right now he
just turned 20 you know for the longest time he couldn't race in the supercross because he was too
young I think they hold it back till they're like 18 or 19 and he's just been killing it so it's great
to see some of these these kids that watch their dads do the impossible they grew up with their dad
you know breaking records or winning titles and you know in a big show and all that stuff
I think it's awesome to see that next generation tackle it even more because you know since day
one they've been groomed you know they've been they've been in the you know in that sort of
lifestyle scenario spotlight simulator if you will so I think it's only gonna you know bring
the level of racing uh you know higher and higher racing building you name it I mean look at all the
sports outside of automobile you know you've they've been watching uh nitro circus and you know like
the triple flips and skateboarding and every every x games thing like they just keep pushing it
like we thought we were so cool doing an ollie in a this and that a rail slide you know all of a sudden
they're doing triples and whatever and so yeah they're just feeding hopefully
off of every past generation and just keeping moving the bar lift in the bar up you know
yeah man no doubt if you're not making your dad nervous you're probably not doing the kid thing
right um you know uh which is you know which is good I used to have this it's funny when I was
trying to get my pro license in motocross uh you know I had this guy that I used to ride with and
he's pushed me he's like look man if you're not crashing you're not trying you know you're not
trying to go fast enough so push yourself harder because the only way you're gonna get faster is
that you know take a dirt nap every once a while so push push push man let's go uh it really does
make you faster so whether it's you know dad or that experience or just being in that lifestyle
that makes you push if you're growing up with it if you're you know getting a taste of it at a little
you know at a young age and it's there as a as a part of your growing up
dude you can only get better you know you can only refine the sport and and make it better
with what you're bringing to the table because it's uh it's incredible to see and and that's why
we're seeing so many records fall and so many so many people go faster and faster man that's why
you know it continues to this day technology and the people that race it gotta keep up with it so
that's how you know the hook can come from anywhere um you know you you've kind of mentioned stories
about uh you know some of your first memories are at the drag strip with your dad or whatever
you know um my buddy at work he's phenomenal oe designer right car designer and his son
uh i think he's like 15 he's already exceptional he's got an amazing eye he can draw right he loves
to to drive and go kart and race but uh you know he picked up the bug from watching his dad design
supercars you know amazing stuff uh and then my other buddy uh you know his kid is full on
karting you know he's only 10 11 but full on karting loves it and that's where his bug came from
and you know we talked about you get smoked by a 10 year old man it it punches a hole in your
man card it tears your pride a little bit i hate those little 10 year olds that are fast as hell of
karting man it's like damn that's like you know imagine you know i obviously when i race motocross
have these young guns you know clean your clock it would be something when elie tomak would pass
this on an 80 you know we'd be like good lord that kid's fast you know now he's a national you know
racer and and you see these guys excel in there they're giving sport and discipline it is it is
amazing um but to see everybody get after it and kind of fall in love with it again to see so many
people parents bring their kids through the track uh you got to think of this sport and hobby that
we're into this little tv show we we kind of build a little bit of a career around you gotta imagine
this is in the long haul this is this automobile thing is going to be around this truck thing is
going to be around this going faster things gonna be around for a long long long time and it's just
cool to me that youngsters are getting into it sooner than i think they ever had before and i
think in part due to the technology kids are doing things now earlier well yeah do you think about
we talk about access one to cars right what what will they be able to get their hands on to own to
to modify to race have fun with uh but the other is the knowledge right just the awareness the
knowledge right when we were kids you'd go to maybe a magazine rack so you had to get your face
across a magazine rack somewhere and maybe there'd be a a motor trend and maybe there'd be a hot rod
or a car craft you know like that was all you got but that was enough to get you hooked but now
every phone you could scroll endlessly you know and get inspired get ideas uh you know see what
people are doing uh get excited to show people what you're doing so i think access to the knowledge
base is so much different uh yeah again i didn't have the car dad so it was it was literally what
could i glean out of a hot rod and you know most of it was just fluffy articles and maybe there was
a little tech question section you know you're trying to suck some knowledge out of there
but otherwise it was like read a Chilton's you know like just go out there pull your breaks apart
and read the Chilton's but now you have right obviously the tv shows the youtube's the everybody's
instas and you name it right to learn it anything you want you can just obviously google for two
seconds and an endless amount of information so i mean what an advantage from a start point
you know like to take the fear away like the unknown away um yeah and again as humans we're so
much into copying we see something we go oh that's cool i want to do it and that's just right at your
fingertips yeah especially youtube you could do anything with youtube man well and then on top
of that so many more parts right oh yeah we were scrounging junkyards and salvaging stuff so we
learned how to salvage some older cylinder heads that might have been a little bit better and maybe
do some important polish and this and that and you know maybe a cam in this but um god the amount of
go fast parts to build anything you want yeah man it's crazy it's so quick and i just i just bought
an oil pump and a dry sump relocation kit for a big bike mopar from a guy in detroit for 425 bucks
vim mode and money a day ship me it out this afternoon so yeah it's amazing you can have it
move at your fingertips like that you know and you used to you know you can go for months trying to
find parts and it's just wild uh it's all available and like you said it's a wealth of knowledge you
can't you could find a video or a how-to or a magazine or something online about any any freaking
subject matter you want to when it comes to these cars it is wild man i mean the good side of that
is it's so accessible the bad side of that is yeah it's going to put us out of a job
why do i gotta watch this show when i can just google it seven seconds uh no doubt but uh it
look we love doing a show and hopefully uh you can learn some tips from it but there there is no doubt
it's it's available and we encourage look i want like most dads i think like my dad i want my son to
have that that bug you know i want to see it uh you know the excitement in his eyes like i know
the excitement were in my eyes so i get excited thinking about that and um i mentioned at the
track the other day when i was there just a shout out to all the parents who bring their kids around
racing expose their kids to racing let them plug into it and not just be a spectator but
participate as well and in any form or fashion i think it's awesome uh and i think kids are better
for it man it teaches them uh winning and losing and that's uh that's crucial so good big time fun
for sure and i thought it was awesome yeah and i'm i'm all about with my son whatever he's into
but you know what he's gonna have a lot of great memories of we just went to um supercross right i
think you just went to monster truck jam so cool right so they're gonna be they follow each other
yeah whether they pursue it whether they spend a you know infinite amount of time and money like we
did just throw it in a hole um doesn't matter man they're gonna have a ton of great memories
you know help carry the torch in some fashion turning money into noise is never more fun via
doing it with a car or a truck or an engine that's how turning money into noise is that becomes super
fun yeah i tell you what man kind of wrapping this up i was cool i was at um my kid's little
birthday party and you know it's for like 789 year olds but just the teenage kid
that was helping to you know it's one of those little kind of jungle gym bounce house type places
and you know he's the guy just handing out pizza uh but he heard me talking about cars to someone
didn't didn't recognize me from the show or anything but just heard me talking about cars
and just slid right into the conversation like oh you guys like cars i got a cool car oh man let me
tell you about my truck that i'm building and this thing my buddy's car and it was like this is awesome
man like wow just what you want to find you know people like you uh passionate about what we're
into uh and and swapping stores we're the eight we're the crossfitters of the automotive industry
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incorporated all rights reserved and don't forget about the podcast so way cool well i i'm i'm lining
up um you know summer is coming up and um good weather lots of car activities so i'm just going
to line up fun stuff with my kid man like i said whatever you're into we're gonna have some fun
together doing some car stuff and great memories yeah lots lots of crossfitting for me too i mean
car stuff for me too all right gang hope you guys had some fun with us a little nostalgia a little
looking forward uh talk about the next generation who knows what we'll talk about the next time around
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About this episode
Younger gearheads are showing up everywhere—from “car shows cars and coffee races” to the driver’s seat—fueling motorsports growth. The hosts share stories of young builders coming from rebuilds, including “this is all girls,” and explain how first-car projects like a “77 firebird” and a Fox-body Mustang spark lifelong interest. They also compare old-school wrenching with today’s instant info and parts access, plus how modern racing and even supercross age limits shape early talent.
Car culture might look different in the age of YouTube and social media, but the defining core obsession remains the same. On this episode, Kevin and Willie delve into modern car culture, comparing their own "busted knuckle" beginnings to today’s tech-savvy young drivers and builders who are jumping straight into high-performance builds, racing, and rewriting the motorsports playbook.
