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Maserati MC20

The Maserati MC20 is a fast sports car made by the Italian brand Maserati. It has a powerful engine and a stylish look, making it a popular choice for car enthusiasts.

Car

The Toyota Camry is a popular car that many people buy because it's dependable and easy to drive. It's a four-door sedan, which means it has space for passengers and luggage, making it great for everyday use.

Car

Delorean DMC-12

The DeLorean DMC-12 is a unique car known for its cool doors that open upwards. It became really famous because it was used in the 'Back to the Future' movies, making it a favorite among fans.

Car

Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is a popular sports car that has been around for many years. It's famous for being fast and stylish, often associated with American car culture.

Car

Myers Manx

The Myers Manx is a type of small, lightweight car designed for driving on sand and dirt. It's famous for its unique shape and fun driving experience.

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Porsche 917

The Porsche 917 is a famous race car that won many races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was known for being very fast and having a unique design.

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Toyota 2000 Gt

The Toyota 2000GT is a beautiful old sports car that was made in Japan and is famous for its design and speed. It's a rare car that many collectors really want to own.

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Shelby Cobra

The Shelby Cobra is a classic American sports car famous for being very fast and powerful. It was made in the 1960s and is loved by car collectors for its cool design and performance.

Car

Cobra

The Cobra is a classic sports car that is famous for being fast and stylish. It was made in the 1960s and is still loved by car fans today.

Term

three-Window Coupe

A three-Window Coupe is a type of classic car that has three windows in total—two on the sides and one in the back. It's often associated with hot rods and vintage cars, which many people find really cool.

Company

Bring a Trailer

Bring a Trailer is a website where people can buy and sell cars, especially older or special ones. It's popular among car enthusiasts.

Brand

Honda

Honda is a car company from Japan that makes many popular cars, known for being dependable and good on gas.

Car

Porsche 914

The Porsche 914 is a sports car that was made by Porsche a long time ago. It's known for being fun to drive and has a different design compared to many other cars.

Car

Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC

The Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC is a stylish and comfortable two-door car made by Mercedes-Benz. It was popular in the late 1980s and is known for its powerful engine and luxury features.

Car

Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16

The Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 is a sportier version of the 190E model, known for its powerful engine and good handling. It was made for people who wanted a fun driving experience.

Car

Ford Escort Cosworth

The Ford Escort Cosworth is a special version of the regular Ford Escort car that was built for racing. It's famous for its speed and unique look, especially in rally competitions.

Car

Lucid SUV

The Lucid SUV is a new electric vehicle made by Lucid Motors, a company that focuses on luxury electric cars. It's designed to be high-tech and comfortable, similar to other expensive electric cars.

Car

Lucid Gravity

The Lucid Gravity is a new electric SUV that focuses on luxury and technology. It's designed to be comfortable and high-tech, making it a fancy choice for people who want an electric vehicle.

Car

Diablo

The Diablo is a famous sports car made by Lamborghini. It's known for being very fast and having a cool design, making it a favorite among car fans.

Car

Porsche 911 (993)

The Porsche 911 (993) is a model of sports car known for its distinctive shape and powerful performance. It's the last version that used air-cooled engines, which makes it special among car enthusiasts.

Car

Volkswagen Gti

The Volkswagen GTI is a sporty version of the regular Volkswagen Golf. It's known for being fun to drive and has a more powerful engine than the standard model.

Car

Falcon

The Ford Falcon is a car model that Ford made in the past. It's known for being reliable and has a classic appeal among car lovers.

Term

horsepower

Horsepower is a way to measure how powerful an engine is. The more horsepower a car has, the faster it can go and the quicker it can accelerate.

Car

Indian Four

The Indian Four is a vintage motorcycle made by Indian. It was popular for its strong engine and unique design, and many collectors love it today.

Term

four cam motor

A four cam motor is a type of engine that has four camshafts. This helps the engine work better and perform well, especially in fast cars.

Car

Porsche 356

The Porsche 356 is an old sports car made by Porsche, famous for being light and fun to drive. It was made a long time ago, from 1948 to 1965.

Car

Porsche 904

The Porsche 904 is a classic sports car from the 1960s that was built for racing. It's known for being light and fast, making it popular among car enthusiasts.

Car

Ford 34 Window Coupe

The Ford 34 Window Coupe is a classic car from the 1930s that many people love to customize. It's known for its unique look and is popular among car fans who enjoy modifying vehicles.

Car

Porsche 911 Turbo S

The Porsche 911 Turbo S is a super-fast sports car that is very well-made and fun to drive. It's known for being luxurious and powerful, making it a dream car for many people.

Car

Porsche 944 Turbo S

The Porsche 944 Turbo S is a special version of the 944 sports car that has a turbocharged engine, making it faster and more powerful. It's known for being fun to drive and is a classic car among enthusiasts.

Car

Porsche 912

The Porsche 912 is a vintage sports car that looks a lot like the more famous Porsche 911 but has a smaller engine. It was made in the late 1960s and is popular among car collectors.

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to bring a trailer

podcast a lot some early ones oh lots

and rall those are good Courtney cutchen

Peter cummingham Leno was what number

I'm trying to count keep that it was

early though we had some heat in the

early ones right some of these names

like I was like why are these people

talking to us in this format I thought

it was hilarious it still kind of is on

some level but anyway some of those

folks that came out of the I mean

anytime you get on a recorded line I

thought that was terrific 21 was jayleno

episode 21 yes wow sadly followed up by

me after took a little while dining was

interesting Steve D oh yeah see there's

a great one I want to hear the Spencer

trener redo episode with you and him and

Amsterdam in a few months Howard oh

sludgo was early on too when did we get

him sludgo is episode five that was

awesome we ought to have him back it's

been 95 it has been mile markers

Yep this is 2021 so this is like Feb

March of 21 get a podcast in Co that's

what everybody everybody did

totally I love it hello everybody and

welcome back to the bring a trailer

podcast we have a special episode today

this is our H 100th podcast I'm joined

here in bring a trailer HQ by Zach and

Randy and remotely by Howard how are you

gentlemen it's episode 100 if if you

don't count the ones we threw in the

garbage way ear

on if you don't count the Hannah Elliot

one that I had to do twice cuz I didn't

know how to use the recording equipment

admitting that on the air already for

sure for

sure we a Maserati mc20 debacle one that

got trash there's some there's some

bloopers

around oh man that's great actually

maybe that's a great place to start I

know we talked about this Zach but you

and I and Patrick did try to do a bat

podcast way back in the day yeah we

teased it when we were talking Camry

soras a couple weeks ago with Patrick

that's right and they were too crappy to

see the light of day is that right and

then we just sold one for 175 I saw that

avert when was this because this current

form of our podcast started in what year

you said 2020

2021 and so when you guys were messing

around in like the old office or

whatever that was when 17 version. did

where podcast even invented then that's

a long time ago well Zach is a big

podcast champion and a big podcast

listener he turned me on to them and it

was the first podcast I ever listened to

was smoking Tire when Matt Farah was

live casting the sale of his DeLorean on

vat that was the first podcast I ever

listened to I'd go back and listen to

that it's fun but you were the one you

were the plug plug for that Zach for me

and then you also were just kind of a

big podcast fan and must have been I

mean you you were the impetus behind the

ones that didn't long painful commute

turns everyone podcast then Zach told

Joe Rogan to start a podcast and the

rest is sort of History totally said I

have to commute across the bay bridge

both ways so I need 3 hours of listening

yeah three miles I need to go three

miles and it's going to take me an hour

and a half he's like I know this little

company called Spotify let me see if I

can broker a deal no Zach was definitely

the an early champion of us doing a bat

one and we had the bright idea to fire

that up I think that was Feb 21 was the

first episode me and Randy I was

terrible Randy was very media ready so

he was awesome I think I required some

editing and other uh tapes we didn't

know how to edit I think 100% of words

went went straight to the recording on

that one but uh yeah episode one people

get that's still available somewhere

right you can still go out and find that

stuff can find that right on our own

website look how media ready we all are

now totally did you guys talk about that

or plan at all or was it just completely

I don't even know the story of how this

all came to be what how did you guys

decide to do that first one I think it's

a little bit of a for the first one it's

a little bit of a check one two to see

if this even happens or works or what

does it sound like and then we ended up

just publishing it right because we're

not going to just flush it after that

effort but Howard and I like riffing

right the the sort of culture in the

office when early days when it was just

he and I but even now with a bunch of

people has always been just kind of

calling it like you see it right wasn't

that what we were talking about I me we

just started talking about a couple cars

on the site and take it from there I

think uh for folks that may have only

started tuning into the podcast in the

last year may not realize one just how

awful our production quality was for the

podcast in the early episodes um but

also like how awesome some of the guests

were we were a pretty rag tag uh podcast

crew honestly recording on our MacBooks

if I'm recall correctly we had Mr Bob

Lut who's an absolute Allstar we had

Graham Ray Hall that was fun Steve Dinan

Jay Leno all sorts of characters Reeves

Callaway can't leave him out of that

group these guys were all buying and

selling on BET and when we knocked on

their door and said hey we're recording

a podcast they're like yeah of course

that's great and I was always kind of

like why are you saying yes to this idea

I was I was like the skeptic but it's

super fun now it's still fun to go and

listen to those and those conversations

turned into more conversations and we

kind of came up with some fun new format

absolutely you mentioned that you liked

riffing with each other and I remember

listening to those early episodes and

cackling because it felt like being in

the office and this is all during the

pandemic so we're all stuck at home we

hadn't gotten to hang out in a long time

and so it was really fun listening to

you and Howard chop it up it felt like

being back at the office was really

really nice my biggest Gaff uh I emailed

a big- Time automotive CEO a CEO of a a

manufacturer I was all pumped he said

great I'd love to do it told Randy we

got this guy locked and loaded we're

doing it Tuesday afternoon he's pumped

he thinks I'm so great I line this big

guest up we sign on to what we thought

was the podcast it's couple assistants

there no CEO and we said okay you know

let's do this and they said no no no

this is the meeting to schedule the

podcast and basically he's booked for

the next 12 months but how's next year

and I was like oh so Randy quickly still

have never gotten him I don't think that

ever Goen is gone yeah Goen was not

gonna turn out to be

available oh man funny uh you guys kind

of split interview Duty early on Howard

you interviewed some of these uh some of

these kind of notable folks in the

automotive World Randy you interviewed

some of our power users slugo a fan

favorite was ear and Captain my Captain

you want to talk about those a little

bit I love the captain my captain I mean

I loved all of those but I love the

reason to exist for the bat podcast I

was kind of like yeah the the depths of

the community like hey who's on bat

right some of these big names we started

talking about it's interesting to know

that those people are lurking around

like right now today on a Wednesday on

bet there's like CEOs and and like big

car names but obviously there's also

these sort of Big B names meaning

community members that everybody SE

comment and talk and even maybe even buy

and sell and they're all out there so I

I really thought you know you can hear

Luts on a podcast you can hear Leno on

some other podcast or his own or

whatever but some of these I mean

captain my captain are like where you

GNA find this dude and first of all

there's so many questions you could ask

these people like who the heck are you

like what why are you on bat like

pontificating and like where where does

this come from so it was kind of fun to

be exploratory with those individ idual

and be like where did you grow up dude

like why why do you care about these

cars and why are you who you are and I'm

just so appreciative of getting their

time and people that dig in on BET and

have cool things to say and contribute

so to get to ask the backstory and and

figure that out I thought it was really

cool and yeah so captain my captain and

then sled is just sort of a big name

household name on bat and so getting him

to tell some of his story a lot of

people really liked that because he's

very talented with the written word but

getting the guy to like talk and open up

and interact in that way is not how

people usually hear from him so yeah the

ability to do that I still have a list

man I have a list it makes me think that

maybe we didn't do enough of those like

maybe we should find maybe we should

find some more of those and and we

should hear from people's suggestion on

who that ought to be we need to dig that

up and then Howard you also there's kind

of a third kind of interview you guys

did early on which was I guess these are

kind of a mix between power seller and

and automotive power celebrities and

that was some of our kind of power users

so we had Matt rle from Avent guard

really early on uh your buddy Spencer

from fantasy and a couple other notable

folks too anything was memorable about

talking to some of those folks they're

also people you don't get to hear from

very often yeah some of these guys are

are doing some of the rounds in media

and podcast so they're very uh high

quality Steve Serio user fod was on here

would love to have him back he's got

lots of opinions and lots of hot takes

uh that was like two or three years ago

now I really enjoyed the Pod we did with

Miles klier not really a guy you here on

many Automotive podcasts he had written

a book um and he's just a super

intellectual guy and loves all sorts of

things about Automobiles and history and

and all sorts of stuff so uh that's

worth a listen that's in the archives

that was a great one I remember

listening to that I was just a fan of

the Pod like I was a fan of the website

for many years before I worked here and

I loved listening to you guys but

eventually you did bring somebody else

in and that was Zach Zack do you

remember how your first appearance

happened was maybe 20 episodes in

something like that I don't know how it

happened I don't know they heard me like

begging and pounding at the door or

something and finally let me in and chat

about my Automotive experiences that

year I think it was post a road trip in

a certain car but we were all still

remote right there was no Studio or

anything at that no we definitely did it

in person which now the statue

limitations is way past city of San

Francisco can't send me to jail for that

right you guys were just like coughing

on each other yeah exactly well major

inside baseball I think Howard had

already given me Corona virus by then so

I had the antibodies and I could come in

record that's probably how it how it

came together was that your first time

on a podcast ever no remember you and I

did the clutch kick podcast in like 16

or 17 which there there's no way that

SEO still exists I'm sure that has been

erased from the internet yeah I mean

hopefully I but I think we've done a few

other kind of random rag tag ones I did

the Overcrest podcast I've done a few

here and there I did over that's like

that's pretty solid oh yeah it was

awesome those guys are great yeah yeah

what' you say about a Mustang Howard I

did the Ford Mustang the early years

podcast a year or two ago that was a

good one what on Earth was that I missed

that I don't know that one either bat

fan guy who talks about Mustangs and

wanted to hear what we had to say about

the Mustang market and our interest in

that

stuff on the Mustang Market shifted

since you've been on that podcast Howard

you want to give us a little market

update Howard one in this circle that

owns yes that's right a Mustang that's

not true that's actually not true but I

realized that as I said it but how hold

on Howard Swig Randy Randy is the one

that owns a Mustang or co-owns a Mustang

am I right oh I forgot yeah I forgot you

were now A Renewed Mustang owner that's

Randy forgot

to uh this actually a prompts and

interesting question you Randy and and

Howard to a large extent you too you

guys have both appeared in lots media

you guys are asked to speak you're asked

to give quotes to other media places I

it's very different thing hosting when

you're rather than being the recipient

of questions is it not yeah for sure I

mean getting to go on some of the bigger

car podcasts is always super fun and

going and sometimes seeing their Studio

or seeing their setup yeah I was on the

Bloomberg one been on Spike a couple

times I've watched you on TV buddy hey

you know I get looped out there every

once in a while but um yeah I think the

podcast format I've I'm super late

adopter but I actually listened to it

quite a bit now I listen to this one

particularly the ones that I miss out on

Howard knows that one of my sort of

weaknesses along the Journey of B has

been like just sort of letting go of

stuff so I would be like super jealous

like Howard got to talk to somebody that

I didn't he got to talk to Miles Coler

and I didn't and I was like wait a

minute like shouldn't shouldn't I get to

do that too but it's super cool to

actually expand beyond that insecurity

and see the way that the podcast goes so

I love listening to a b podcast when it

comes out and I'm not on it and I get to

hear from other folks you know it seems

like it rounds it out it's a it's a it's

a cool experience for me I love that

Randy I thought you were going to say

your weakness was saying yes too much

what's awesome is you've been very

generous with your time and you're on a

lot of these podcasts that are tiny and

very Niche and like they are very

fortunate to have you say yes to that

and and be kind of the the featured

guest for the year they're out there

there's I was poking around YouTube a

few months back and uh it's impressive

all the all the stuff you've done and

the uh the Mitzvah you've the external

ones or you mean the randoms on bat the

random ones I've hosted on bat or you

mean the external ones external as you

you as a guest yeah yeah yeah yeah I

we're going to thank him for showing up

for this right now thank God I was like

thankfully I was at the skurman

interview that can't even hear through

alll all the cat scratch audio didn't

they actively answer the phone they were

taking business calls during during the

questioning it was awesome it was it was

actually really like that I was one of

the times I've laughed the most me and

Randy sitting right here in this room

and we were laughing so much at the

absurdity it was wonderful yeah it was I

mean that's authentic right that's the

bet brand that was certainly very real

how many remote guests have had issues

setting up their audio I would say is it

more than 50% is it more than when we

have trouble I mean we had trouble today

I won't say how that all went but

there's only one person remote so a lot

enough such that like Tech is a pain

they do audio tech is a pain that's why

there's pros that get well paid we've

scrubbed episodes we've had to scrub it

before right there's real technical

difficulties to doing this Randy and I

were just down in LA Recording a couple

and like doing it remotely is

interesting and can be tricky and the

audio quality is hard to keep you know

it's hard to have high fidelity when

you're in Magnus Walker's shop and he

doesn't want to wear headphones you know

it's like tough nice humble brag in

there well I didn't I didn't say about

who did that but that did occur I

remember the one I was thinking of which

is why Randy is such a great individual

he did the Classic Auto Mall podcast

which is barely deep somewhere on the

interwebs and it was awesome that guy's

awesome loves bat and uh it's very fun

actively trying to sell me a Myers Ms

during the podcast I thought that was

pretty solid I didn't get it done but he

got the deal done like later that day

he's like you missed out you should have

bought it live while recording you were

thinking about it though I bet I love

Myers Banks yeah anyway I didn't get

that one Howard uh relatively early on

you interviewed Bill ostly rest in peace

a person who was a power bat seller but

also just kind of a notable name I was

wondering if you might talk about him a

little bit I don't think he's come up on

the podcast recently yeah I sure did

thanks for reminding me of that Alex he

um bow 317 unfortunately he passed away

this year he was the co-founder of

Angie's List uh which some folks May

recognize and just an awesome dude had

one of the most eclectic tastes in cars

he had the 77 ind5 00 winner he was a

big MGA twin cam guy he liked

duesenbergs he sold he probably actually

bought more than he sold but he sold a

good portion of his collection with us

starting in 2014 first year of auctions

all the way up until uh post humously

he's still he still sold a few cars um

his his team and and family so uh he was

a special dude I got to meet him

actually meet him in person in December

2019 I remember vividly we had an

amazing dinner at Elmo's which we

actually then had a uh bat staffer there

when we when we went to the Indie motor

Speedway for an alumni Gathering a few

years later but yeah Alex Billow 317 rip

that guy was an absolute Beauty and uh

they don't make him like that anymore as

they say great dude great bet user he

showed up at the Indie alumni Gathering

I shook his hand I remember that vividly

he was he was uh fighting a Health

Battle at that point but he was a good

dude man early early user name to go

check auctions I mean he was we were

like who is this dude that wants to sell

all these cars on bat he was very active

uh early on early supporter as was myON

vernes right another guy that you've

interviewed on here Randy another kind

of we had my about the book the book the

book quiet greatness I was just looking

at that it's on our Shelf downstairs

that's an awesome awesome book that he

was involved with I loved it so much

that I also uh bought a copy I love that

did you really oh yeah every time I have

to leave it on the bedside table in our

guest room because my dad wants to read

it every time he just wants to go to the

cosmo page and the Toyota 2000 GT page

cool uh Zack what were some other early

memories or early appear es that you had

on the podcast you on quite a bit I

think talking about events and maybe

some drives man just hanging with you

guys I like how well we can replicate

the office atmosphere on this that's

most of the fun for me so maybe it's

selfish but hopefully a few people out

there actually enjoy listening to this

it's my favorite thing if I could I just

I would do this jokes unwind little bit

of inside baseball a little bit of

what's peing your interest on the side

totally good mix totally other notable

ones Howard any any other guests that

that popped in mind you've interviewed

quite a few people I remember uh

enjoying the chubba ched interview a lot

that was really enjoyable do you

remember that one yeah chubba was Co

that was fairly recent um other wild

cards uh Paul gental oi transan Legend

we were uh riff in about 80s races dorsy

shraer all those greats if you were into

that stuff way back when that was before

my time but I got into it uh as a kid

and that was just a lot of those races

you can still watch them on YouTube flag

to flag little teas for how we just I

just interviewed Tommy kendles that's a

teaser for folks listening coming up TK

yeah he's a great dude you did that in

the last week um yeah very recently is

he on speaking terms with gendi or those

guys are fist fight if they see each

other it's a fist fight throw a helmet

totally well TK was the Next Generation

he he was the young buck that was uh

kind of coming up when when those guys

were at the end of their careers and

then TK dominated in the 90s and Alex

I'm sure you are up on this more than I

am giving you just talk to him but he's

around events he's you can you can see

him

uh lagona and Sonoma and West Coast when

stuff's happening but he's a cool guy he

dominated you love somebody who

dominates Howard uh Randy any other

notable ones for you or ones that you

really remember funny memories that you

have honestly I need to go back and look

at the list all these names you guys are

are fishing out I'm like oh man that was

that was a long time ago but no just

getting getting to 100 is an interesting

Milestone um you know they say it takes

a while before something's like truly a

habit and for me listening is a is like

a full-on habit now I like when we try

to do it remote I've admired you for

going to these places and going to these

guys garages and setting up an audio

deal and hitting hit and record and

these people start talking um I think

that's awesome I haven't done much of

that but we should do more of that we

should do we should do some on site I

did enjoy the New York alumni event

where we've done it on site at an alumni

event I thought that was pretty neat

heing almost like a panel discussion on

a podcast format audio format I we got

some good feedback on that one and I

think some people liked it my wife even

listened to that one a

I know so that tells you something that

was like one of her favorite ones was

listening to the panel discussion one

thing great Reggie Jackson also was a

good you got that I was jealous of

you're you were talking about the

Yankees and stuff and I I was nowhere to

be found man I went to the Yankees World

Series game two months ago and and

texted Reggie he was right back to me I

said we're in we're in your old house

and what's up and he's around amazing

awesome now one thing I just wanted to

say Alex is what an amazing job you've

done at evolving the format of the

podcast and I a big reason why we're so

consistent and up and coming our success

is because of you and your Evolution as

a host so thanks for rallying us to keep

doing this and yeah at ry's Point thanks

for traveling around and talking to all

these people oh man appreciate you along

those lines what's been most memorable

for you oh man Zach thanks for turning

the mic back on me and also I'd be

remiss if I didn't say that Chris Baxter

our friend and the producer of the

podcast is a huge part of what's made it

successful he has he put that on his

LinkedIn podcast producer I mean he very

kind of like me he's had to learn it you

know what I mean okay so you ask

memorable moments sweating bullets for

an hour with Peter Egan my car hero

while I'm trying to figure out our

remote setup why the sweat why did you

feel so stressed we're because I

couldn't figure out how to set up you

know the remote recording equipment

Terri oh dude and he's just waiting for

you and he's so patient and you're you

want the day to go so perfectly and it

did go amazingly and I took him in Barb

out to dinner and he signed some of

Randy's books and where was dinner that

night

uh I looked up just like uh I I figured

they would want kind of like a homey I

tried to imagine what the kind of meals

are like that he would write about so we

found kind of a homey American Italian

restaurant amazing they were on holiday

in SoCal though right correct you went

to soal Orange County they Orange County

we tried to do it from Wisconsin and

they were like it's not the internet's

not gonna be up for oh actually that's a

memorable it's Colin comr Rand and I had

to start and stop recording with Colin

comr about 15 times because his internet

home internet yeah remember it happens

that happens that was still a fun

conversation though I thought comr would

have good Wi-Fi he moved from like a

barn to a house and it got better and

again Chris Baxter shout out God love

him he stitched all the recordings

together you can barely hear that it was

like 15 different starts and

stops amazing so for you interviewing

all these people the last couple years

do you think has it impacted your odd of

taste or interest at

all I mean like you Zach my favorite

thing is sitting around bsing with you

guys like this is the kind of episode I

would do every time if I could it's my

favorite but I think people really like

the interviews and I we really want

folks to hear from our community members

and our power Sellers and interesting

Automotive names but you know not

particularly the game that we've been

playing the one- your garage has shifted

my thinking in a couple ways about

certain cars and years but for the most

part not really I wondered if meeting

Peter Egan and Bruce Meyer if that

shifted anything for you makes you want

a cobra

yeah hot rod actually I can't I can't

think of anything but the not to spoil

tomorrow's episode or actually will it

be in the past by the time this goes

live Randy speaking with Bruce Myers so

I guess we can talk about it in the past

tense now we started talking hot rods me

and him and Randy and he got kind of

excited as he realized that he knew what

we were talking about and I was like man

Bruce I need I need a three- Window

Coupe and he's like here's what you need

and he trotted us down to that car and

fired it up and pulled it out and that's

the only car I can think about now

I've got it I've got the photo right

here man we'll have that oh that was a

good one that was a great day Howard

have you done any remotes I can't

remember have you taken the equipment

somewhere and interviewed people no I

was going to say that's that's a level I

haven't reached Alex uh the the

traveling podcast Road show that's that

must be nerve-wracking uh yes very much

so very much so oh Zach gotta deliver if

you go all the way there especially if

you're hopping on a flight you can't you

can't come back empty-handed did you fly

with all the podcast equipment yeah I

got stopped I got pulled over and the

guy like the guy's like what is this

stuff and I had like my overnight bag as

it was just one night and so my bag was

basically filled with the stuff we're

talking into right now and the TSA guy

this was at John Wayne Airport where TSA

is like barely anything so he wanted to

have a conversation I said it's for a

podcast he starts asking questions I'm

like yeah it's for a car thing he's like

oh bring a trailer he's like I'm gonna

listen Maybe we made a fan in the TSA L

well done TSA fans totally there's a

usern name TSA 1223 oh is that one of

our user no no I'm just saying I'm

coming for you guys yep Zach what about

you has anything shifted for you you got

to do a really big interview that we

should talk about that was one of our

biggest gats oh that one's so obvious

yeah I don't know just solidifying my

enjoyment of Hondas and Porsches for the

most part and hatred of late model

Italian cars oh man there's one parked

out in front for all your hatred looking

sad Z I heard you were at the big

Berkeley Carson coffee this past weekend

with a bunch of other folks did I

understand that correctly Robert and

Darius both showed up as well Robert

bought a 9:14 what yeah love that I know

a cool one who else from the was there

with his kids Vince Jasper cam was there

Cameron so shout out to a bunch of our

colleagues and former colleagues Beck

had his kids they didn't make it very

long as as usual I've taken my kid to

that before you get about 30 45 men it's

a good little hang though right I mean

some East Bay folks came out of the

woodwork it's the biggest one I've ever

seen because so shout out to Alex Jordan

who invites us to those and puts them on

but hasn't done one in six months or so

so yeah really big turnout well that's a

lot of the enjoyment for me that he just

does it kind of at random so keeps you

on your toes and then you're more

motivated to go once it comes out he's

such a sweetheart too Ben's crowd this

time right yeah what Ben's is tell me

tell me Euro 560 SEC good bumpers car

yeah 500 there was the Euro 2.5 16 valve

I don't know if it's 25 yeah K's car

yeah which we've been on a rally before

with Zach oh right his his gold Cosworth

onew yeah was like tart I don't know if

that is a three or a five I'm not sure

but anyway yeah cool and then the new

most rapidly depreciating automobile on

sale today showed up the new Lucid SUV

that's wait what yeah there was wow I'm

behind I know that either and people

like what's the model name Zach need a

model name there's this moment where

this guy was taking a photo of what were

three wonderfully placed yellow cars all

together walking by getting closer and

closer then he blows past the yellow

cars and it's very obvious he's actually

just taking photos of the Lucid

SUV it is called I'm trying to look up

the name somebody just had it up the

other day interesting we need one of

those on BET let's go it's sell it oh

gosh what's it called now I can't

remember what it's called they all have

weird names Sapphire air what are they

it has the same roof line as the air

it's called the gravity it's totally

called the gravity yep but it has Howard

it has that same you know like steel

roof of the weight at which the value is

going to drop as soon as it that's cut

in half in the first three months and

it's gonna have again though man don't

don't don't turn it down we that's an

accept oh that's accept

absolutely showing you things on my

watch list I just scroll the BET app

when people are talking to me with

troubl making eye contact that is

actually true for anyone who listens

regular L most of the time when we have

Randy he's also multitasking and looking

at his telephone and it's always at bat

listing anyone moving out of Fisker

oceans and the Lucid gravities ocean

gravity air we've got it all it's a very

Zen sort of space it's a Genesis X's no

y's yet you don't want to talk about

Cena at all it was so such a big deal

you did name drop Cena go for it come on

Zach you did such a nice job as I was

driving around Arizona in a rental car

listening to you guys on that podcast

and loving it I thought it was fantastic

well topical because I actually got the

coolest text message of my life the

weekend it started with ISAC it's John

Cena Yeah so I gave him my social my

checking account totally he said he's

gonna come hang any day

now but it's true I mean like it's cool

that this thing that we do allows us to

I mean you were used to that Randy and

and Howard but you know Peter ean's

phone number and contact Bean my phone

is pretty cool right like that's a

amazing thing I never text him right now

you should say hey what you up to

tonight I was 18 years old reading all

his articles that he'd be in my phone so

pretty exciting stuff what is such a

good representative of the site of just

people and range of diversity of

audience all over the place what would

John Cena and Peter Egan talk about if

they gave each other a high five oh man

I mean they may talk about this band

replica that's coming up for sale I

don't need to blow up a spot to too much

but he's got quite what are we talking

about it's or is this secret stuff it's

coming up you'll see it okay okay it may

be it may be past tense by there's a

gowing replica on the site I thought

that's what you were speaking of this is

a pre-war car a Mercedes replica o

mysterious well he had that like almost

perfect replica of a Diablo that is Cena

did one of the most surprising things

that Egan said when I was with him and I

can't remember if it was on the pod not

it could have been when we were at

dinner he said that he drove a brand new

Diablo across the country in like 1994

for a magazine article him and bar like

5,000 miles in a brand new Diablo which

now that you've sat in one probably

means all all more right dude that was

that would have been a a task aure for

him to complete I just getting in and

out of that I had my first ride into

Diablo just like a month ago and how was

in New York right after our Coker Farms

event and I hadn't I was not interested

in it at all I was like get me out

immediately so not my not my jam but uh

yeah that is what those two dudes would

talk about and they would high five the

Diablo secret an five Howard you were

out there as part of that driving event

too weren't you in New York with Randy

and Zach which the the great Sunday me

Randy Zach and Sarah took out what did

we take out 993 turb white tester Roa

964 moded 964 couple other there was a

Volkswagen GTI that snuck into that I

don't know if you if that's official

right right that was a great day we had

a nice little lunch and then bombed

around maybe did a 100 miles over a

couple hours and that was fun yeah car

was phenomenal until you had to go use

the brakes yeah you didn't like the

brakes interestingly like I I'm I'm so

slow like I don't even use the brakes I

just downshift well I just had one nice

flyby by you listening to exhaust and

then the light turned red and I wasn't

even that far back and I was like oh I

don't know if I'm G to make it yeah I

might just be halfway out of the

intersection that was interesting I

think you have nicer cars to compare it

to and I don't like you should go drive

the alpha outside you'd be terrified has

Zach ever given you his take on the

Falcon

brakes well I was going to say well the

alpha doesn't have 400 horsepower but

the Falcon does and it breaks and those

are sketchy that's exactly what the

testos felt like the Falcon pretty much

like a 1963 for that's pretty close with

no power assist yep yes indeed Alex

we've had a few pretty awesome uh

vehicles that are near and dear to your

heart that are alive and recently ended

thought I'd ask your thoughts about

those one was one of the coolest bikes

we've listed which was 32 Indian Four

that sold yes for a big number multiple

single family ownership that sat at like

100 grand for a while and then where did

that finish 135

whoa Al you're always talking about

Ferman 4 cam Motors as we finally

actually have one live I I don't know if

you wrote that one yourself or had a a

close relationship with it but that

looks awesome I have uh 356 follow the

356 page so I got the alert for it I

edited the last fman we had which sold

and was was great we'd had one on many

many years ago that I last one had some

904 bits on it right yeah it was like a

70s rebuild when they did it had like

Finn valve covers above but then like

Porsche valve covers below it was all

like speed secrets that people would do

for race motors back in the day but uh

this one Howard I haven't had a chance

to look at it I just saw it pop up today

I was very excited to see it listed by

Parts Tech Costa Mesa California it's on

the site right now that's the place that

do it's got a pretty recent rebuild for

one of those the thing looks nice from

the outside I don't know what the guts

of it look like it's legit there's been

a lot of good stuff on the site recently

any other specific ones you wanted to

ask me about Howard I mean anytime we

have a real breezio street rod uh car on

there we got a pretty dope 34 Ford free

Window Coupe fantasy repping that aren't

they yeah no Reserve so solid so great

uh we dropped Sid Shaver's name in that

listing oh interesting but Custom

Interiors which is Mountain View

California right down by me which I

always love that he's like the worldwide

hot rod interior guy and his name gets

dropped on bat that makes me proud to be

affiliated with a website that mentions

usually it's a Bop top it's the

removable interior he does Interiors too

and that's this one's a coupe so it

would have to be that car is great

Howard and then of course we have

Seinfeld's uh Turbo S 50th Anniversary

one of one I got to read up on what

exactly how he finagled that order but

pretty neat that we're listing that in

the way that we are very sick car we've

listed a lot of X Seinfeld but this is

like he's currently it and selling it

which is terrific which we appreciate

from him yeah love him and love when he

talks about bet just bought a Fiat on

the site too somebody was just posting I

was in Germany and ate lunch with a dude

who so you know the 912 That Seinfeld

talks about all the time I don't know if

you guys know this know huge deal and

he's totally into that car but the

seller of that car I was hanging out

with he's like yeah I sold that car to

oh interesting I thought that was kind

of strong it wasn't in it was in the US

when it was in the US but it went

through apparently went through some

hands yeah it was a super original like

unrestored car very nice kind of a weird

spec blue with white interior I recall

uh anything interesting on the site

recently for you Zach I mean the sabaro

is pretty cool out of Europe agreed tell

people what that is nobody knows what

you just said they think that's where

you buy Tian food at the mall Pizza Mall

Pizza yeah it does sound like a menu

item it's a it's a kind of like an R5

Evolution right like R turbo motor

though come on oh yeah it's got a

Ferrari I think the whole thing is a 308

underneath solid we probably should have

bought that car I know I mean we still

can

unfortunately yeah Mist resered but I

mean just a wild special of its day one

of the cars that comes across my desk

that I go I didn't even know this

existed till I'm looking at it now and

one of one or one of three I think they

made I made a couple I think I I wish we

could see it next year R5 though because

it has like

similar anyway we also featured it in

2018 which is my favorite part of that

listing I love it it may be the only one

that actually got assembled maybe there

are three guys out there that made

deposits mhm I love did you guys see the

stereo yes Ian the stereo Clarion it is

a Clarion yeah it's Clarion setup it's

like a four level deck stereo with a

active equalizer and oh man it's one off

would be it's one you're right one of

one I also like that they still have the

Ferrari VIN on the steering wheel like

just on the Hub that it mounts to I

think it's just body like not just body

workor but it's mainly bodyw work I

think it's a mainly a 308 underneath

that's a weird car super cool car would

love to see it next to an R5 because

it's got to be bigger it's got to be

like an R5 and a half kind of yeah R5 is

better R5 is better looking at least I

don't know if it's better the Ferrari V8

in an R5 sort of packaging is

astonishing and would be fun to play

around with but I don't know this

thing's probably sketchy it's a

transverse V8 and a hatchback with a

short wheelbase I don't ry's the only

one with the courage to drive this thing

I would putter that around and not use

the brakes just like I do my I'm semi uh

this this auction will be over by the

time this podcast goes live and I'm

semis scared to bring this up to Rand

again I talk about my 300g love but did

you see the 61 New Yorker wagon I'm

miles ahead of you I did see it and is

it an alumni car uh r&m a couple years

ago yeah it was a back again it's up in

caloa did you see that carard I saw it I

don't think so it's a I didn't even know

this existed so it's it looks like a 61

300g Chrysler but it's the New Yorker

version version and it's a pillarless

wagon this is black over red it's so

freaking good it has the same steering

wheel the 3 and did you see the driver

seat is like asymmetrical it's like

higher for the driver oh man I was

confused by that but it worked I'm very

very much in favor of there was a car

that went through the other week that

I'm gon to be kicking myself for a long

time for not getting what is it did you

guys see the Honda amamos yes and it

sold for 10 grand even 10 grand and it

was in California I don't even know what

that is show it to me I don't don't even

know what that the perfect little work

truck run about trash in the back we

should have bought that I'm pretty

bummed honestly I I would love this

thing is the engine in the back or in

the front the engine I think it's below

under the deck right yeah yeah interest

that at Berkeley cars and& coffee you'd

be a like Birkenstock wearing hero

totally park it right over next to the

Lucid the stars of the autopilot

probably doesn't even recognize this and

just flows through it that would be

amazing I really liked the I think this

was also an alumni car the there was a

4D GT original 4D GT Blue with no

Stripes I'm like no strip Grand it went

for oh my God it was n car too it sold a

year or two ago no Reserve again people

coming in strong with the no Reserve

game yeah you guys I don't know if

you're negotiating that or if people

walk straight in the door with it but

there's been a lot of cars I'm like wow

at no Reserve that's that's fantastic

like people get it yeah I mean I think

it gets more bids so I think they're

smart once you got the confidence you

just roll in with that stuff uh there is

an oldmobile cutless NASCAR skull Bandit

race car on the website right now did

you see it uh I have not seen it but

there was some T me and TK a little bit

of skull Bandit talk come on Brandy

that's like that is like the number one

it's the car did you guys see the 85 RX7

rally car yes oh God I saw that I didn't

look into the history on it though what

was the deal did it run that's your Guy

Greg blue right how that was G blue that

was that was a legit car I don't think

it ever really raced but it was a legit

R X7 Factory Group B car and uh exced

pretty sure I also talked to TK about

that car he was watching that one he's a

bat fanatic is he really oh that's great

I like that totally his user account is

really interesting because he has his

old imsa RX7 and he's like this group b

car is so cool that the one problem with

it is it's so nice Howard to your point

because it never raced that you almost

wouldn't want to Vintage race it it's

like in really nice original condition

oh I can't not acknowledge the Montana

plates with a car located in Hawaii oh

that's a tough one to explain when you

get pulled over but he did a SI he did a

sick standard Greg blue video where he's

driveing whipping It Up a Road in

flipflops in Hawaii and I'm just like he

saw Shelby once was heel he so some

stuff out of Hawaii hasn't he he's that

guy race car that had the 328 engine in

it I don't recall that oh yeah it looked

like the rally car that you and I like

so much it was kind of a clone of those

how about you Howard what's been

catching your eye oh man I mean there's

very few instances where I will allow

the use of the word unicorn but that um

that evo9 Mr with no miles that we

sold went nuts at 160 or 170 that that

was cool you were grinding a reserve

like much lower than that back and forth

and then it went like to the Moon

effectively interestingly we had sold a

car with similar miles two or three

years ago for 880 so that one sold for

exactly double three years later

impossible to say if that's the new

market reset but

that was just one of those auctions that

the the the bid shine was going off for

for 30 minutes after the scheduled end

time and that was pretty neat fantastic

well surprisingly it's going to Canada

huh oh that's interesting it's a good

Canada car hide it away probably I mean

you pay that much what are they just

going to bubble wrap it I sort of

respect the move of paying 161 grand for

this just to drive a brand new Evo into

the ground put I really respect miles on

a no mile car just like be the first

owner and go actually use it for the

next 000 tot I just feel like it's what

it's like to own a new one yeah it's

pretty cool uh I don't know if any of

you clocked this one Howard you probably

did but the AC the frua AC coupe with

the 428 anybody Sil didn't also didn't

sell sadly it got close it got close but

yeah no no deal that that's our boy

Harry Clark Zack we had a wob had a

roadster version of that with a foure

this but the coupe is really cool

looking it's weird but I really like it

unusual

unusual has oh I love it in 60s and 70s

cars when they have the automatic

shifter that looks like the throttle

where it's two you know two vertical

Parts it's got one like a yeah like an

airplane that's why you like it I love

that that's cool I like that we can't

seem to sell

2022 Kos LP 84s but I love those things

and we'll keep we'll keep listing them

we're going to sell one

eventually I thought what two of them

missed I like those we've had some good

results on bachas in general though

recently yeah than the the Vintage model

for sure sorry you're talking 2022 it's

like an Aventador rebodied yeah having

trouble coming to coming to grips with

market value on those but that's okay

we've at least gotten all those folks

really solid bids Howard right 2.5 on

some of them we sure have next pod is

going to be our affordable late model

sports cars Alex I'm pump for that I got

a whole list I I have a whole idea for

how to do that one go ahead is the ren

Alliance GTA 5-speed included on the

affordable sports car list built in 1987

we just sold one of those for 7 Grand it

certainly should be I think it was aw is

the Maserati kamami on there kyami I'm

not saying that right am I I think it's

kyami it was which is a it's RAC track

to go back to uh the podcast not to

retread what we were talking about at

the beginning but you interviewed kobus

and he had all these articles he's done

where he's at kyalami as a kid IED Ed a

bunch of those posts back in the day

which those amazing photos you know

great they made 75 across four years I

actually really like them they're like

so plain Jane weird I know they're super

weird it's like a sports K car kind of

yep and part of their thing where they

name all the cars after racetracks right

yep any other results anything else you

want to talk about man there's so much

on the site we could just go and go and

go it's people are like Mercy Mercy

totally no we can talk about the other

pods that are either coming out or uh

that we have in the works you're the

Master of Ceremonies here Alex what what

do you want to tip people off to so by

the time this goes live episode 199 will

have been Bruce Meyer which was just a

delight for Randy and I the whole

experience was amazing he was such a

gracious host and such an amazing

conversation so folks will have the

opportunity to listen to that when this

is live and then coming up we have Keith

Martin Howard had a delightful chat with

Keith that will be episode 101 or 102 uh

and then like we've said a couple times

Tommy Kendall so those ones are in the

can already coming up and we have a

couple other interesting interviews uh

queued up so really looking for that

Nicole Johnson YouTube uh star former

moner she's gonna come here and record

in person which is rare and I think will

be really cool her YouTube content is

awesome she's a former monster truck

driver too which is cool definitely want

to grill her about that we should put

that on Chris Baxter's

LinkedIn I love that booked a monster

truck driver as podcast guest no am

monster truck driver that's what you got

to have on your on your resume it's

amazing I took my kiddos to a monster

truck rally recently indoors at the

place where we saw the the uh Warriors

play like right over here they drove

inside Chase center with with Monster

Jam back flips front flips crushing cars

you told me you went to that I forgot it

was indoor I went to the outdoor one

most recently and most recently means 10

years ago but awesome entertainment kids

loved it they were going nuts was

awesome I did a little interview with

ABC earlier this week that was Mark

originally as being about Adventure

vehicles and the postco interest in

getting out into the Wilderness so I was

all pumped to talk about you know Earth

RoR conversions and tricked out Sprinter

van interest you personally have about

getting out into the Wilderness and talk

all about your Manhattan apartment uh

but then we signed on and it turns out

that the reporter just wanted to talk

about new like Lexus gxs and the new

Defender so I I was trying to I was

trying to angle it towards more

Adventure

but the new gxs are cool though have you

guys seen any yet I love one I actually

think that's what I want my wife to get

the new gx550 great yeah us and the ABC

reporter we're all on the same page yeah

she justed she wanted to talk Lucid

gravities Howard oh you can mix that in

a little bit that would be good those

those vehicles are cool I'm actually a

believer in the new Defender now I think

I told you guys that I'm converted all

of a sudden I like it too I think we're

good this is great good stuff on the

site and interesting stuff to come

through the holidays well what a treat

to have done all these podcasts with you

guys and I hope we can keep it up for

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