The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car known for being fast and fun to drive. It has a unique shape and is loved by car enthusiasts for its power and style. People talk about it because it's one of the best sports cars ever made.
The Ford Mustang is a classic American car that is known for being powerful and stylish. It has been around since the 1960s and is popular among people who love fast cars. It's often mentioned because it's a symbol of American car culture.
A barn find is when someone discovers an old car that has been hidden away for a long time, often in a barn. These cars can be special because they might be rare or need a lot of work to get back on the road.
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Chevrolet 409
The Chevrolet 409 is a car from the 1960s that had a strong engine, making it popular for racing and among car enthusiasts. It's considered a classic car today.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a famous sports car from America. It's known for being fast and having a unique look, and it has been around for many years with different versions.
Running condition means if a car is working and can be driven. If a car hasn't been used for a long time, it might need some fixing to get it running again.
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Kia Neural Hybrid
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A rotary gear selector is a round dial that you turn to change gears in a car, instead of using a stick shift. It's a more modern way to shift gears and can look stylish in the car.
An infotainment screen is the touchscreen in a car that lets you control music, maps, and phone calls. It's like a mini computer for your car's entertainment and navigation.
Lane keeping controls are safety features in cars that help you stay in your lane while driving. They can warn you if you're drifting out of your lane or even help steer the car back in.
A 1.6 liter gasoline engine is a type of engine that uses gasoline and has a total cylinder volume of 1.6 liters. It's often found in smaller cars and is known for being fuel-efficient.
A hybrid car uses both gasoline and electricity to run. This helps save fuel and is better for the environment compared to regular cars that only use gasoline.
Horsepower is a way to measure how powerful an engine is. The higher the horsepower, the more work the engine can do, like going faster or carrying heavier loads.
Torque measures how strong an engine is at turning things, like getting a car moving or pulling heavy loads. More torque means better acceleration and towing power.
A six-speed automated manual is a type of transmission that can change gears automatically, like an automatic car, but also lets you shift gears yourself if you want, like a manual car.
The Chevrolet Impala is a large car that many families use because it has a lot of space inside. It has been around for a long time and is known for being comfortable to drive. People talk about it when discussing family cars and how they have changed over the years.
Ceramic coating is a special liquid that is put on a car's surface to protect it and make it shiny. It helps keep the car clean and safe from things like dirt and water.
A radar detector is a gadget that helps drivers know if police are using radar to check their speed, so they can avoid getting tickets.
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Welcome to another in-wheel-time podcast, a 30-minute mini-version of the in-wheel-time car show that airs live every Saturday morning to 11 a.m.c.
I'm going to get the fan blowing on me because I'm a little hot. But all the boys say that. But not the girls. Yeah, they never did. Anyway, so good to have you with us on this Saturday. It's going to be another hot one here in Houston, Texas, and we're kind of done with this, but we've got at least another couple of months to go, so we're hanging in there.
Yeah, so we have an auction here by the name of Yvette Vanderbrike auctions. And let's just pull her up right now, shall we? And say hello to Yvette. Yvette, good morning.
Hi, how are you doing?
Well, I think we're doing okay. Let me stop my ear drums from bleeding, and I'll be much better after the volume mishap, I just had.
But Yvette, we want to talk to you. We pretty much gave everybody everything that was going on on the auction that you had last week.
But one thing that struck me is the fact that you are a different kind of auctioneer. This is not Mekum or any of the other big names, but you have some very unique auctions.
Yet a lot of the stuff is on site, a lot of barn finds. So tell us how you got, first of all, into the auction business.
Well, it's kind of a crazy story, actually.
Well, that fits right in with our show.
So I grew up in the car world. My dad was a collector. Our family were dairy farmers in South Dakota.
And my dad to make extra money would restore vehicles, but mainly pickups for farmers, dairy farmers.
And he realized that people really wanted them. And he didn't have enough time to make them for everybody.
So he started selling rebuilders. And that was the start of Nordstrom's auto recycling, which is one of the biggest salvage yards in the United States.
And it's a late model yard. My brother runs it now. And so we were around race tracks all the time and all that.
But anyway, I worked at a hospital, believe it, before I started auctioneering.
And they changed shifts on us. I had little kids and I had to think it's something different.
And I thought about auction school up to high school, but there's no women doing that.
And so I was driving to work one night, thought about it, and filled out the paperwork, talked to one of the old boys down by me.
And didn't tell anybody else that I was looking at it and shoved the papers in my cupboard in my kitchen, forgot about them.
About half a year later, my mom goes, are you going to go to church tomorrow?
We go to one of the open Bible churches in Texas. You're probably familiar with them. I think you could be naked, jump around, need a snickers, nobody's going to bother you.
We're on a way after the show deal in there.
But anyway, we went and there was a prophetic minister there, Tom Stamman, and he called people up by their hair color or their shirt color and he called me up.
And he goes, are you going to listen to me? And I said, I don't even know who you are.
And he goes, how come you haven't sent those school papers in in your kitchen? And I said, what?
And he goes, this is how you're going to help people. It's going to be extremely hard, but it'll work. And that was 25 years ago.
Nice, what a great story that is. That's a really short and story.
Yeah, no, I got it, but that gives us some real insight into you. So what was your first auction? Do you remember it?
Yes, I do. I went down to Tyndall, South Dakota to actually buy a D John deer because my husband and I did old tractors.
So I actually went down to buy a D John deer for him. He's downstairs. And I wound up coming back with the auction instead of buying the tractor. And I told him you could buy it on the sale and you never got it.
Well, you pulled the tractor right out from underneath it. But anyway, it was in Tyndall, South Dakota, and it was the Saturday after 9.11.
Oh, wow. Yeah. A lot of people weren't flying. Right. And that was my first auction. And so we adapted. My seller said we're going and we had a huge crowd and it was big success.
And then after that word of mouth got on that we were doing something different. I was using a lot of tech back then. It was dial up in chat rooms.
Oh, yeah. And yes, no internet was brand new. And so we were doing advertising nationally. I was using chat rooms. I was using different things to get word out about these auctions.
And I remember in that sale. I remember an old guy saying, did you see that? There's Florida plates here. So I knew I was doing my job. And word of mouth came around that we were doing things different. We were getting the money.
And I worked with some very unique customers. And anyway, it kept going from there. And then in old five, we went out of state out of the Midwest for the first time went to Ohio.
We did a huge Ford auction, old Ford auction and just kept going from there. It was hard. The first two years I had a stalker and we had to handle that.
Oh my God. Well, there's always that. Well, be the lady in the car world. Some of them good old boys. They don't like that. Yeah. Yeah. No doubt. I have one guy say, hey, honey, why don't you make me a sandwich and let the boys do it?
What a line. Remind me not to use that line. Yeah. No, you don't want to do that. Yeah. Are the auctions? Were they and I assume that some of them still are farming kind of auctions? No, they're not. No.
No, I always did the old cars and old tractors, old motorcycles. And then we do sell farm ground in the Midwest.
No, we had folk. We had pictures of your auction last week. Excuse me. It's pretty big open field. And they've got you have the vehicles categorized by your make model. How does that work?
So I worked this last one. We just got done. I've been working on for a year. And it was a family in Montana. It was grandpa's stuff, dad's stuff, three generations.
And it was in eight locations. And we had 604 lots, which was 604 vehicles and tractors. And so we first had to get the legal stuff done.
And then moved everything to the farm or the ranch and lined it up on two farms. And because of the location.
This is where technology is so good. We had no cell phone, no electricity. If it rains, you couldn't get in or out sometimes.
And we had analog view, no services and no radio, no walkie talkie would even work. So we wound up doing it online only, ran it for 20 days.
We marketed it for about a year. And it was a big success. And now we're loading out.
Let me ask you something. How do you get those great big fire trucks out on the farm in the middle of nowhere?
They had the equipment to get the when they bought that stuff. They had low boys and flat beds. And sometimes they drove and then they parked it.
How did it get in the auction? I mean, this is an area of the United States that if you not told me where this was, the highway that it was on, I would have never known.
So this guy, this family collected these things. But they didn't collect those fire trucks from out there in the countryside.
Actually, they did. No. Yes. So out here, it's so remote. And I witnessed this firsthand. Most of the ranchers out here have their own fire equipment.
Because the nearest fire station is hour to hour and a half away at times. Or it's all volunteers. So almost all the ranchers in the area have some type of fire equipment.
But the old ones we had, they searched out and bought those. And they came from East Coast all over. But the ranchers out in Montana actually do have their own fire equipment.
That's interesting. So I have to tell you that to that to that end, you know, it's like a lot of the petroleum companies and the refineries down here. They have their own fire department within the facility.
And that sounds very similar to that whole kind of thing. Well, let's move on and talk about the upcoming auction that you have.
Well, next Saturday, August 9th, we're going to be down in Hebron, Nebraska. And for the Lambert family and her husband passed away from cancer.
And before he died, he told her to call me. And I don't know who he is. But anyway, so I went down there and met her. And they have about 40 vehicles.
Grandkids, before he died, the grandkids and his kids got to keep one. And he personally went with them and they picked him out. So these are all the vehicles that we are selling.
And they are everything from 58, Plymouth, Savoy, Christine type car to Mustangs, to Model A's. And they all run and drive a little bit different than usual. And we're going to be selling them in Nebraska.
So what Don just bought a fire truck from you. Okay. And it's out of the on and out in the field. Does he have a certain amount of time to remove that vehicle.
It's payment done online. And then he's got to get a trailer. Or do you have folks that will remove it for him?
No, no, not only know about a hell, no.
We're not getting the removal business for trucking companies. And it is up to the buyer to come and remove their items. So right now we're going to it rained. It's kind of a mess. That's what's going on over there.
And we'll be loading out for the next two weeks.
Two weeks. So there's a little bit of room in there. If on this one, usually like on the one coming up, they have seven to 10 days.
Because trucking is very difficult to get right now. Is that your switchboard ringing over there?
That's guys that are saying it's muddy and they can't get in or they're stuck.
And they're all waiting to talk to you and hear you are on. That's 14 hours away.
Yeah, exactly. What do I want me to do? Wave the weatherman on the cell phone out there so I'm their coordinator.
I got you. I got you. Well, that's interesting. So most of your auctions are like this one.
The one that you had and the one that you got coming up.
So I kind of got to be known for doing barn finds. So a lot of the auctioneers that are sellers that I knew were guys that hoarded or bought a lot of stuff.
And a lot of auctioneers had no idea what to do with this stuff. And they saw what we were doing so I would get referrals or they would call me.
And we kind of had a recipe for making these work.
And you know, it's interesting. There's a lot of them were widows or some of them were older guys that it was time to sell.
They were getting pressured from their families because they didn't want to deal with it after they died.
Sure.
And so I've go in and kind of tell them what they got, what to do, what we needed to do.
And I love, I'm a live auctioneer. I was there before internet.
Right.
And so we like to do a simulcast but at time, which is live and online.
But a lot of times the location won't allow us to do it like Montana.
And or that's not a huge amount of cars for example like 15 or so.
But they're still desirable. It gives us an avenue to sell them to the to the world.
And we will do them online only.
Do you have a lot of regular customers that buy from you?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I get a lot of.
So you're kind of like their agent.
Drug dealer.
Oh, wow.
That's it.
But it's an addiction.
Well, of course it is.
It's an addiction.
That's why we're doing this show because we're addicted to cars just like you are.
You know the thing of it is is they're easier to come home than they are to leave.
And so that's how this hoarder situation happens.
It's all in the hunt where guys find that 59 Chevy.
Are they find this and they bring it home and it never leaves.
I'm going to do something with this one of these days.
It's just got to get up to it and get to that point.
But I've got it.
I'm going to fix it sometime.
We have a lot of sometimes at our house.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, it's part of the thrill of going.
You do the hunt.
You've got whatever it is that you've been looking for after all these years.
You bring it home.
Well, I got it.
Yeah.
Well, getting to restore it or something.
That's a whole other thing.
Let me get the farm hand over here to start working on that left front fender.
Let's start working on that paint job.
I don't know how that works.
I'm going to go look for more park stores.
That's right.
Well, you know, I'm going to find a body shop to restore things.
It's quite expensive and they're getting harder to find also.
When you bring a project home, good thing the patina craze is so good.
But to do one yourself, you know, it's time.
You never, ever, ever get your time and money out of it.
But, you know, it's just, it's all in the hunt.
My dad was very much like that.
He had 60, 57 Chevy's and 228 cars total by the time I did his sale.
Wow.
Yeah.
Well, I hope that he got to reap the rewards.
You did.
Good.
You did.
He's still alive and still.
Still hunting to how boy hat.
So how do we, how do we find your website?
Vanderingcoctions.com.
You can just Google Vanderingcoctions.
The biggest thing is on social media.
We have a big presence on social media.
You get to see me dirty and work in all the time.
And I do a lot of video to let people know what's going on.
And that's Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube channel.
She's a TikToker.
She's everywhere.
Oh my god.
I did a big and policy old back three years ago in Colorado.
And TikTok is strong.
You know it was better than TikTok.
And I got most of my audience from TikTok.
You know it was better than TikTok?
What?
In wheel time.
In wheel time is better than TikTok.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, it's an interesting crowd, you know.
Sure we.
Statistically, Facebook is your best marketing tool.
The average age on Facebook is 45 and mostly male, believe it or not.
And we target mainly to men.
We do target to women.
There's a lot of women in the hobby.
I'm one of them.
And, you know, I have cars myself.
And I just actually got one.
I haven't drove it.
I'm really excited about it.
And that is?
I got one from my dad finally.
And it's a 63-bellar post with 40924.
Oh my God.
Well, did you have to pry that out of his hands?
Yes!
Well, I can understand.
That is excellent to him at auction in 2007.
And then the motor has about a mile on it.
He redid it.
And I told him he's got Corvettes.
I don't know why.
New ones.
And he said you can have one of them.
And I said no.
I want Lloyd Mays car back.
So I went up there and we got talking.
And now we have it home.
And my husband got it running.
It hadn't ran for about 15 years.
I wish he would come up here.
Hey!
Thank you, Greg!
Well, I wish that we had a whole hour to talk to you
because you're very entertaining event.
We got to go.
But listen, it's great to talk to you.
Every time you make sure that we're on your mailing list
so we know what's coming up.
And we're going to stick you in the show every now and then.
Oh, that'd be fun.
You know, I did that big Lambrick Chevrolet auction
in 2013 for Nebraska.
And for the car dealer that kept his new cars,
we should talk about that sometime.
Let's do it on our next conversation.
Appreciate it.
For the next month or so.
Alrighty.
I think I better go find out what the heck he's doing.
Do that, Jamie.
He's too quiet.
Guilt him into it.
Thanks again, event.
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Here we go.
Imagine you've owned and enjoyed a classic car for 20 years.
Then you find out the car you have might be the only one
with the same VIN number.
That's what happened to a Florida resident
who found out there's another 1962 Chevrolet Corvette
wearing the same VIN as he is.
He's suing and he wants a judge to decide
which one is the real one.
There's been a report that Mr. Dale Wilkinson bought a 62 C1 Corvette
in 2006 when he lived in Massachusetts.
The problem arose in 2022 when he moved to Florida
and he wanted to register the car.
The state of Florida says, no, you can't do that.
You got a VIN number in Texas for the same kind of car.
So, he got a lawyer.
He said that there was a couple that registered the car in Texas.
Got a new title after he told them theirs was fake.
So, they went ahead and redid that.
So, there's a judge that's going to determine based on the VIN tag.
The expert says that this was made had the clone,
the calling it a clone, was made from an aluminum tag
rather than a steel tag.
And it used the incorrect font on that VIN tag.
The clone was to have 1283 miles on it on the odometer,
which is extremely low for a car that could have had solar security.
So, the one that Mr. Wilkinson bought had 56,000 miles
when he bought it in Massachusetts.
So, that was the legitimate one.
The alleged fake was purchased by its owner at where
a MECAM auction in 2022.
MECAM is not named in the suit,
and they've insulated themselves from legality
for inauthentic cars that run through the auction.
And let me tell you something.
I know somebody that didn't have the correct tag in the right place.
Although the car was legit.
And MECAM would not take the car.
But they took this one.
I know.
But what I'm saying to you is that they usually vet their cars very well.
And there was a hidden VIN number apparently up into the fender,
not the fender well, but the fender itself,
that I wouldn't know that to look there,
but apparently it was, and it didn't match.
And so, they said, no, we're not doing it.
So, what it is is that if you have a clone like that
and you're trying to pass, you could lose like over $100,000 of the value.
So, this car was pretty much nothing.
I think I'll tell you something.
If you got proof that you were doing it intentionally,
which they bought it from an auction.
So, obviously, they weren't.
Yeah.
Whoever put it in the auction, you know, that's called.
Well, they may not have even known themselves.
But at some point, somebody knows.
There's a solution of title or just something of title.
Fossifying it is what it is.
Time now for this hour's car review.
I had a pleasant opportunity to drive a 2025 Kia Nero.
N-I-R-O, not an ERO.
And I was quite surprised and taken back.
I didn't go into it with any preconceived ideas or notions about the car.
I didn't really know anything about it.
And then I got to drive it for a week.
And I was impressed.
And I know you're going to go, wow, and Kia Nero,
he's impressed with that.
Yeah, I am.
For an everyday car that run around town,
and this is a good one I think.
You may be at the same impression.
The final assembly location on this was Wasong Korea.
Oh.
But you know, we've just done a big deal with them,
with a 15% tariff.
And so, you know, we're not going to pay some big tariff fee on that.
And I've got a story about that in Canada coming up.
Available triple levels on the Kia Nero,
LX, EX, EX Touring, SX, and SX Touring.
I had the top of the line SX Touring.
Now, the government calls this a small station wagon.
Does that look like a typical station wagon to you?
No, it does not.
Seats 5, it was completely redesigned in 2023.
Unique, attractive front fascia and daytime running lights on this vehicle
that really makes it stand apart from others in the same class.
Volvo-esque rear tail lights, high up next to the hatch glass.
Matching wheel openings with attractive wheels that are unique to the different trim levels that they offer.
Side sculpting is highlighted or down-lighted, or whatever you want to call it,
by some black just above the lower valence.
Accents.
Yeah, it's an accent as all it is.
What I liked about it, the uniqueness that I think will appeal to most people.
And what could use improvement?
Nothing need more vehicles like this.
Make it unique, but make it attractive at the same time.
Interior highlights.
Rotary gear selector on the center console, near the starter button.
I saw a picture of one that actually had a shift knob on it.
So apparently they've got a couple depending on the trim level you go.
Easy to use and understand infotainment screen.
Difficult to find lane keeping controls.
You got to drill down.
Oh, boy.
Into the menu box.
Yeah.
To turn off the lane keeping control.
I don't want that.
I don't want lane keeping control.
I don't want start stop.
Those are the two pet peeves of mine.
And if you can't turn them off easily, as you know, I ain't mine.
That's just me.
What I liked about it was really its simplicity on the interior.
A nice, harmon card and sound system, by the way, is also in it.
Integrated dash design.
I like that too.
But I like its simplicity in the use of the infotainment system and the knobs and buttons that were in it.
You can find the stuff when you're looking for it.
What could use improvement?
Seats are comfortable but could use a little bit more design pizzazz.
Okay.
It's kind of plain.
Oh, how it's powered.
This is a 1.6 liter gasoline engine.
But it is a hybrid.
So it does have a battery and a charger in it.
You don't have to plug this one in, although they do have a plug-in version.
And they have a full EV as well.
This particular one was the hybrid.
139 horsepower, which is not much.
195 pound feet of torque.
But what makes the engine work.
The six speed automated manual, it's called.
And it reacts pretty well.
And so you really don't notice a real downplayed power output on the engine.
Miles per gallon, this is where it shines.
53 city.
45 highway for a combined of 49.
I thought I'm strong.
Got 43.7 miles per gallon.
That's what you need to bring all that crap over from Neterville over here and back and forth on interstate 10.
You need that.
So it's 53 in a city is less miles on the highway than it is the city.
Yeah, because it's winding up the gasoline engine.
Yeah.
Well, you drive around town.
It's using a lot about it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's the great thing about them.
So obviously what I liked about it was the fuel economy.
What could use improvement?
A little more power for acceleration, but I don't care.
This basically is an around town urban car.
Ride and handling.
This car was built for city driving.
What could use improvement?
Handling is a little lackluster.
But this is not a corner car.
Pricing.
Bass trim price, $35.390.
Price is tested.
Top of the line, $37.6 with a couple of options.
Bass model price, $26.990.
Also available as an EV or plug-in hybrid, as I mentioned.
Competitors to the vehicle in base size and price.
Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid starts at $28.495.
Now remember, this one starts at $26.990.
Then the Toyota Prius starts at $28.350.
And then throw in the Kia Sportage Hybrid for $28.790.
So they're all right in that $2,000 mark price point.
I think that's a winner.
If you're looking for a car to putter around town in, it's a winner.
Go for it.
Now you mentioned the Volvo-esque tail lights.
I see that.
I saw that in there.
Very similar.
And so far is the station wagon look.
It has not a station wagon.
Back in the 50s and 60s, the station wagons had the roll down back.
Yeah.
Why can't they do that today?
They got room with these big fat fascia bumpers on the back.
Well, I know.
But remember, that door back there is pretty big.
And it's all one piece.
They could redesign it.
You're telling me an Impala wagons door is less heavy?
Yeah, but you're not lifting it like you are on the new ones.
Yeah.
And you're talking about pulling it over to the sun.
Pull it over to the sun.
There you go.
I'll sign your petition.
I've got to pencil it.
I'm going to draw on this afternoon.
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About this episode
Yvette Vanderbrike shares her inspiring journey from a hospital worker to a pioneering auctioneer in the automotive world. With a background steeped in car culture, she discusses her unique approach to auctions, focusing on barn finds and family collections. Yvette highlights the challenges she faced, including being a woman in a male-dominated industry and managing logistics for large auctions. The conversation also touches on her upcoming auction featuring a diverse range of vehicles, showcasing her passion for connecting buyers with unique automotive treasures.
A divine prophecy, a kitchen cupboard full of auction school applications, and a career-defining first sale scheduled right after 9/11 – these unlikely elements converged to launch Yvette Vanderbrink into the world of automotive auctioneering, where she's spent 25 years specializing in barn finds and collector vehicles that others often don't know how to handle.
Vanderbrink takes us behind the scenes of her recent Montana auction featuring 604 vehicles from three generations of collecting, explaining the logistical nightmares of conducting sales in remote locations with no cell service or electricity. With refreshing candor, she shares stories of overcoming sexism in the industry, including the memorable response to a man who suggested she "make a sandwich and let the boys do it" – she simply took away his bidder number.
The psychology of car collecting emerges as a fascinating thread, with Yvette noting vehicles are "easier to come home than they are to leave," explaining how modest collections transform into hoarding situations. The thrill of the hunt often supersedes practical restoration plans, leading to expansive collections awaiting "someday" projects – something she witnessed firsthand with her father's 228-car collection.
Don Armstrong provides a thorough review of the 2025 Kia Niro Hybrid, highlighting its impressive 53 mpg city fuel economy, attractive styling with Volvo-esque taillights, and competitive $26,990 starting price. The "small station wagon" (according to government classification) earns praise for its unique design elements, simple interior controls, and outstanding efficiency, positioning it as an ideal urban commuter vehicle.
Whether you're fascinated by barn finds with stories to tell, considering an efficient hybrid for your daily commute, or simply enjoy authentic car talk from passionate enthusiasts, this episode delivers entertainment and insights that will have you looking at both forgotten classics and modern hybrids in a new light.
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