Cars Yeah
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Last episode 12 months agoCars Yeah is a 4-day a week podcast produced and hosted by Mark Greene. Mark interviews Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™, people who have wrapped their lives, careers, and business around their passion for automobiles, motorcycles and trucks. Together we inspire listeners and fellow automotive enthusiasts showing them that it's possible to have a life, career, and a business in the field they love. Enjoy over 2,300 shows.
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977: Ray Cody is the Founder of Telluride Festival of Cars and Colors
Ray Cody is the Founder of Telluride Festival of Cars and Colors that takes place September 27 through the 30 in 2018. It is a world-class automotive celebration set against the spectacular September foliage of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. This will be the fourth annual event Ray and his team put together focusing on high-end restorations, vintage and exotic vehicles. Ray has a life-long passion for automobiles, airplanes, and motorcycles proclaiming "Anything with an engine excites me!" His business has been in real estate having owned hotels, commercial properties, apartment complexes, and a B&B in Telluride. He was a hockey coach for 30 years who understands the importance of team building in sports, business, and events.
976: Bill Goldberg is a professional athlete, former NFL player, former pro-wrestler, TV host
Bill Goldberg is a professional athlete, former NFL player, former pro-wrestler, TV host and most importantly an Inspiring Automotive Enthusiast. You've seen him on the World Championship Wrestling, WCW and World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE and he earned a 173-0 undefeated streak in singles competition. Bill's the first undefeated World Champion in the history of professional wrestling. He's been in many movies and appeared on a number of television shows. He's a self-described automotive fanatic and Bill loves cars, has a collection of his own, and loves hosting automobile driven content including Bullrun and GarageMahal. You will find him at The Classic Auto Show March 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
975: Rick Abate is the President at Classic Car Marketing
Rick Abate is the President at Classic Car Marketing in Orange, California where they bring buyers and sellers of classic cars together. Whether it's original, restored, custom, or exotic, Rick and his team have you covered as the one stop shop for the automotive enthusiast. They target a global market to find or sell the ride you've been dreaming of. Rick and his team have over 50 years of combined marketing and automotive expertise and dedication to the industry finding automobiles and resourcing specialized services. You've seen their cars featured on Velocity's television shows and they are long standing Goodguys members and have judged numerous car shows.
974: Alan Drayson is the owner of Canford Classics i
Alan Drayson is the owner of Canford Classics in the beautiful rolling hills of Dorset, near the small village of Bere Regis in the United Kingdom. There he and his team restore and care for classic Porsche automobiles. They have earned an international reputation that has become the benchmark within the classic Porsche fraternity. Alan's love affair with Porsches started in his Mum's garage when he was 17 with a 1967 912 that was in need of some love. Over 2 years he restored that Porsche and the hook was set. Today Canford Classics is known for their painstaking attention to detail and quality in every vehicle they touch.
973: Steve Day owns and runs British Car Ranch in Wenatchee, Washington
Steve Day owns and runs British Car Ranch in Wenatchee, Washington. He started his business in 2008 after retiring from a career with NAPA Auto Parts. At British Car Ranch he has fully immersed himself in the full time restoration and repair of British cars. Steve also travels the Northwest to present technical clinics for British car clubs and enthusiasts gatherings. He is a technical advisor for a national magazine and three North West regional British car clubs. His passion for British cars began way back in 1969 when he met his future wife Laurie in high school; she was driving a British car and today they celebrate 45+ years of marriage plus playing with and working on British cars together.
972: Mike Liebing founded GoClean Products
Mike Liebing founded GoClean Products in 2003 after developing Get Off Clean Road Paint Remover. Past Cars Yeah guest Renny Doyle helped Mike create his first YouTube video to promote his new cleaner. In 2014 Mike opened Praxis Detailing in Auburn Indian where he cares for a variety of his customers vehicles. He's worked with numerous car care professionals including: McCalls Detailing Team during Car Week in Monterey/Pebble Beach, Air Force One Detailing Team, Boeing Detailing Team, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club Detailing Team, Velocity's Competition Ready Team with past Cars Yeah guest Mike Philips and the Bandit Detailing Team.
971: Ted O'Dell is the Founder and Executive Director of the newly formed Hackett Auto Museum
Ted O'Dell is the Founder and Executive Director of the newly formed Hackett Auto Museum located in Jackson, Michigan. He is a professional advocate representing people and projects across the state of Michigan and has served as both an elected and appointed public official for nearly 12 years inside both chambers of the Michigan legislature. Ted's enjoyed collecting automotive memorabilia his entire life and purchased his first classic car, a 1966 Ford Mustang Sprint 200 at the age of 16. Ted currently serves on the executive committee of the MotorCities National Heritage Area, an affiliate of the U.S. Park Service and is a longtime President of the Central Michigan T's Model T owners Club.
970: Alex Seremet is a media relations officer who describes himself as a story discoverer
Alex Seremet is a media relations officer who describes himself as a story discoverer. Alex uncovers stories about people and brands, engineers, managers, race car drivers and more, and shares them with the world. Since 2007, he's worked as the PR department for BMW Romania, and he's also worked for the Porsche Group and the Volkswagen Group. He's developed unconventional projects including fuel consumption records and creating special painting marathons with past Cars Yeah guest Mitu Adrian, who paints scene of cars and architecture with coffee. He's also a present at the Romanian Concours D'Elegance.
969: Tim Hahne is the Director at Stereoscreen
Tim Hahne is the Director at Stereoscreen where they are known for their innovative and revolutionary nature. They visualize stories with timeless pictures using the best minds in the business. Founded in 2001 Tim is a filmmaker and director whose sophisticated visual concepts are finished with his special signature. Stereoscreen is known for their racing films and they have produced over 400 films in the last 15 years. Shooting for marques including Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Dunlop, Porsche, and Red Bull he has contributed to Getty Images and partnered with many television channels. Some of his full-length documentaries include 24hours – One Team, One Target, Adrenalin about BMW and No Limits a film about Alex Zenardi.
968: Jose Martinez is an Engineer at Mazda's North American Operations in Irvine, California
Jose Martinez is an Engineer at Mazda's North American Operations in Irvine, California. He is a Southern California native and perpetual tinkerer who earned a degree from the University of California, Irvine in Mechanical Engineering. He got his start working with carbon fiber composites for the aerospace industry and moved to building concept cars. Today he's living his dream developing parts for Mazda vehicles.
967: Rick Neville has embarked on a career as a bon vivant and raconteur after retiring
Rick Neville has embarked on a career as a bon vivant and raconteur after retiring from a 35-year career as a federal prosecutor. With a high-pressure lifestyle in the proverbial rear-view mirror he now has time to spend on his first automotive love, Austin-Healeys. If he's not in the garage under the bonnet of his Bugeye Sprite or his 345 hp Ford-engined big Healey, he'll be found in the library researching and writing articles for several Healey magazines.
966: Cheryl Kelley is an artist who was classically trained in oil paint
Cheryl Kelley is an artist who was classically trained in oil paint and has taken her passion and love of cars, muscle cars, and put her own stamp on the subject matter. She started painting at the age of ten and grew up in the formative 60s. She often paints on aluminum that plays well to the reflections on the surfaces of automobiles allowing the viewer to go deeper and to see something more in the form. The quality and mystery of these reflections take the viewer out of the mundane and in to a dream world. The nostalgia of the American dream along with cars makes her art unique and Cheryl adds her own feminine stamp on the subject matter taking the beauty of the object and going beyond the surface.
965: Peter Larsen is a life long gearhead
Peter Larsen is a life long gearhead. He serves as a Pebble Beach class judge and he also judges at the Concours d'Elegance at Chantilly outside Paris and at Schloss Dyck in Germany. Peter has a wide taste in cars, having owned automobiles as varied as a Bizzarrini, Facel-Vega, Duesenberg Model J and a number of Maseratis, including two Ghiblis and a 5000GT. His enduring fascination has been with French cars in general and Talbot-Lago in particular, including ownership of two T26 Grand Sports. He and Ben Erickson co-authored the book Talbot-Lago Grand Sport: The Car from Paris and Jacques Saoutchik – Maître Carrossier. Peter also authored a book about Joseph Figoni. Today he's here to share his and Ben Erickson's latest venture, a three volume series titled The Kellner Affair, Matters of Life and Death.
964: Zack James Todd is an automotive photographer who works as the Digital Marketing Manager at Canepa Design
Zack James Todd is an automotive photographer who works as the Digital Marketing Manager at Canep Design in Scotts Valley, California. Canepa Design is a leading automotive and race car restoration and maintenance facility where you'll find the finest collector cars, race cars, classic, and sports cars in addition to transporters and much more. And Bruce Canepa is a past guest here on Cars Yeah. Zach has been an automotive enthusiast since he was a child and has shot photography for many notable magazines including Pete Stout's 000 magazine, Vintage Motorsport, Classic Porsche, Robb Report and others. He travels to automotive events and records his adventures posting them on his Zach James Todd website. You'll also see the many amazing images he has snapped at Canepa Design on their website.
963: Debbie Baker is the President of Cruisin' For A Cure, the nation's largest single day charity car show
Debbie Baker is the President of Cruisin' For A Cure, the nation's largest single day charity car show that raises money to find a cure for prostate cancer. She started the organization when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Next to skin cancer, prostate cancer kills more men than any other cancer. Cruisin' For A Cure provides men with free prostate cancer screening that catches the disease early and saves lives. Her event brings in more than 3,500 hot rods, trucks, customs, muscle cars, daily drivers, old and new. The cars cruise all day inside the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, California. This year's Meet & Greet will feature Chip Foose, Troy Ladd, Chris Jacobs, Ed Iskendarian otherwise known as Isky, Carson Lev, Larry Wood and others at the Meguiar's Hangar. Debbie's day job is in real estate.
962: Bryan Davis is the Founder of the Malaise Motors Facebook group
Bryan Davis is the Founder of the Malaise Motors Facebook group, 6,000 members strong and growing. Malaise Motors is dedicated to the history, design, manufacture, and roadability of the unloved cars of the Malaise era that began in 1972 and ended in 1995. The groups seats are button tufted, roofs landau, and they roll on the shiniest genuine wire wheel covers available. The 1972 model years were hit with a drop in compression ratios and switched to net horsepower rating in preparation for upcoming emissions regulations. In 1996 OBDII diagnostic electronics came to play ending the Malaise era. When not managing Malaise Motors he is a realtor and property manager who enjoys driving classic Jaguar limousines.
961: Tiffany Kruse is the Auction Coordinator at Dan Kruse Classics in San Antonio, Texas.
Tiffany Kruse is the Auction Coordinator at Dan Kruse Classics in San Antonio, Texas. She is the eldest daughter of Daniel Kruse, one of the original founders of the Kruse Collector Car Auctions. Tiffany spent her summers traveling with her father to auctions all over the U.S.A. She worked her first auction at the age of 5 in Auburn, running clerk tickets. She attended auction schools in Missouri and at Reppert and decided to use her knowledge to manage the business side in 1995 and moved in to events in 2002. Kruse Classics conducts four large collector car auctions per year in San Antonio, Austin, Midland, and Houston, Texas. Tiffany is also a member of the International Society of Appraisers. Her father Dan Kruse is a past guest of mine here on Cars Yeah.
960: Chris Duke is the creator, executive producer and host of Motorz TV
Chris Duke is the creator, executive producer and host of Motorz TV, a half hour syndicated television series available to over 200 million television households in the US and Canada, plus online at YouTube, iTunes, Roku, and more. He also reviews cars for Duke's Drive and talks tech in Duke's Tech. This year will mark the 100th episode and 10th year of his Automotive Improvement® show. Congratulations! Chris is a true automotive enthusiast with more than 31 years of experience in hands-on vehicle customization and an 18 year veteran of the automotive industry. Previously he served as a magazine editor, as well as the host and co-writer for Auto Center, a web series produced for Mobil 1.
959: Brad Bator and Trav Jordan are full-time YouTubers and co-founders of Ideal Cars
c are full-time YouTubers and co-founders of Ideal Cars, a premium automotive education platform that's shifing the way the next generation of car enthusiasts buy, sell, and drive their next Ideal car and do it for free. Trav's build his career in the automotive industry by following his love for anything mechanical. He's a Certified Audi Master Technician who thinks like an engineer. Brad has worked in the tech industry helping build several notable Seattle start-ups but it's his passion for automobiles and the Art of the Deal that drove him to connect with his buddy Trav. The two started flipping cars and decided to combine their skills to create Ideal Cars on YouTube. They create 30-minute Vlogs about buying, fixing, selling, tutorials, and trips around their passion for automobiles.
958: Bryan McCarthy is an automotive blogger at Bearded Mug Media
Bryan McCarthy is an automotive blogger at Bearded Mug Media. His is a site where Bryan combined his passion for photography and writing about automobiles and as Bryan says, "Where the shutter hits the word." Bearded Mug Media is an amalgam of his two joys with the beard on his face and a perpetual cup of black coffee that follows him around. He attends as many car-related events as possible and brings them to his website and social media platforms to share his "fly on the wall" approach to capturing the cars and people who share his passion and share his interpretations of these events. Bryan's full time job is a police officer in Jew Jersey.
957: Ilko Nechev is the Advertising Director for the Porsche Club of America's monthly magazine Panorama
Ilko Nechev is the Advertising Director for the Porsche Club of America's monthly magazine Panorama. Panorama serves over 80,000 members of the PCA in an award-winning format and has been published since 1955. Ilko was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and came to the United States when he was 18 years old. He settled in New York City and became infatuated with the car culture in the USA. He joined the Porsche Club of America and purchased his first Porsche over 15 years ago, a 944 Turbo and today he drives a 993 and 997 of the iconic 911. He's heavily involved with the Club and has helped to more than double the PCA's advertising revenues as part of the team. He joins a group of past Cars Yeah guest from the PCA including Robb Sass, the Panorama Editor and Vu Nguyen the Executive Director of the PCA.
956: David Townsend is an automotive artist who owns Sports Car Art in southern Vermont.
David Townsend is an automotive artist who owns Sports Car Art in southern Vermont. If you count the Rat Fink and other Ed Roth doodles that David used as inspiration as a grade schooler in SoCal, he's been drawing cars for well over a half century. While a career in advertising and design eventually led him down a different creative path, he returned to illustrating full-time after he "retired" to reconnect with his fine art beginnings. David's work has been featured on everything from catalog covers, and full-scale laser etchings, to books—including some 300 or so illustrations featured in a soon-to-be-published tome aimed at new or first-time collectors.
955: Brian Scotto is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Hoonigan Industries as well as Creative Director on Ken Block's ultra-viral Gymkhana Series.
Brian Scotto is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Hoonigan Industries as well as Creative Director on Ken Block's ultra-viral Gymkhana Series. He first turned his childhood obsession with fast cars into a media profession as an automotive journalist. He served as Editor-in-Chief for three different enthusiast titles, including the award-winning 0-60 Magazine, which he founded. After working with Ken Block's marketing team, Brian helped to form Monster World Rally Team (now the Hoonigan Racing Division). It's Brian's creative storytelling approach that has grown the company into what it is today while creating the attitude and authenticity that has made Hoonigan a subculture of its own.
954: Steve Pasteiner is the Founder of Advanced Automotive Technologies in Rochester Hills, Michigan
Steve Pasteiner is the Founder of Advanced Automotive Technologies in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He's a graduate of the Art Center College of Design and spent 22 years with General Motors Design, where he became the Assistant Chief Designer for Buick and Chevrolet. His company AAT is a full in-house prototype company that provides customers with design and build solutions including: full-size prototype automotive builds, steel and sheet metal fabrication, MIG and TIG welding, paint services, clay modeling, mold making, interiors, engineering, mechanical, and fiberglass, carbon fiber, and composite layups and parts. Steve also owns Pasteiner's collectibles and hobbies where you will find a vast collection of automotive related items.
953: Reginald Kruger is an automotive artist with a passion for Porsche who works and lives in The Netherlands.
Reginald Kruger is an automotive artist with a passion for Porsche who works and lives in The Netherlands. He creates exclusive artwork with special airbrush and silkscreen techniques that he developed himself. His technique of painting with photographs combined with brushed aluminum produce amazing light effects. His use of metal results in very bright colors and a 3D special effect. Reginald also works on glass and textile and he produces extremely large art pieces for automotive showrooms and for special presentations. He will create custom art using your special vehicle as well for a completely customized work of automotive art.