A Tale of Bureaucracy and Speed: Combining Porsche Finesse with Corvette Power at the Corvette Chevy Expo

LS Powered Porsche and Birth Certificate

Speaker 1 0:01

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 8 to 11am , central Heard and watched around the world . It's the In Wheel Time car talk show today , coming to you from the 46th annual Corvette Chevy Expo at the Galveston Island Convention Center , right on the seawall . Just ahead , we talk to four guests from this weekend's car show . Jeff has this week's cruise ins and we'll have the stories making automotive news headlines . Today's show is sponsored by Meekum Auctions Houston at NRG Center April 4th through the 6th . Howdy , along with Mike out of this world , mars , who's sleeping the floor somewhere . We always need more Jeff Zeekin , and we have with us today our chief engineer , david Ainslie . I'm Don Armstrong , glad you could join us today . It's been quite the day . Whose phone is this ?

Speaker 3 1:08

It's yours now .

Speaker 1 1:09

It's your phone , mike . Huh . What is this that's on the screen ?

Speaker 4 1:15

A lot to wear and tear . Check around Okay .

Speaker 1 1:18

Is this the phone that I talked to you on ?

Speaker 4 1:19

Yes , there you go , whoa whoa , whoa , whoa , that's something right here . Yeah , what is ?

Speaker 1 1:27

that .

Speaker 4 1:28

All right , Mr Mars , who do we have ? This is Clement Prevost .

Speaker 2 1:31

That's correct .

Speaker 4 1:32

Yes , yes , yes , say that .

Speaker 1 1:33

Wait a minute , his first name is Clement . Yeah .

Speaker 4 1:36

C-L-E-M-O-M .

Speaker 2 1:37

That's Clementine . That's right , put a C in front of Lemon .

Speaker 4 1:41

See , he's got it . That would be an orange . You got to be simple and your last name again Prevost , like the big Prevost bus .

Speaker 1 1:48

Oh yeah , you started that company .

Speaker 2 1:52

Well , I'm still looking for royalties , royalties .

Speaker 3 1:55

Keep looking . Yeah , exactly , you just like we are .

Speaker 1 2:02

You know we are known around the world . Will that get us Absolutely nothing .

Speaker 3 2:08

Say it again Absolutely nothing .

Speaker 2 2:13

You have a car here ? No , I don't . I found out about this late , late yesterday . What , yes , I did ?

Speaker 1 2:21

Are you a Galvestonian ?

Speaker 2 2:22

But I was here early this morning . I see , yes , no , I'm born and raised in Texas City , texas , which is about 15 miles .

Speaker 1 2:30

Yeah , we know where Texas City is .

Speaker 2 2:31

I'm so old . I was born in a house , Okay .

Speaker 1 2:34

Yeah .

Speaker 2 2:36

They come in , they deliver the baby , they slap him on the behind , he cry and they leave . So I end up getting my birth certificate at about 55 years old . Oh really , seriously , yeah , I'm a little old . And the reason I got it , I say wait a minute , I'm about ready to retire , I want my social security , let me get me a birth certificate . So , the only proof that I had is that I paid taxes my whole life . Of course you got me .

Speaker 1 3:01

So you had a social security number . I had a social security number . How do you get a social security number if you don't have a birth certificate ?

Speaker 2 3:08

I was the infinite at that time , I don't know Well .

Speaker 1 3:10

I know .

Speaker 2 3:14

But you see what I'm saying ? No , but you're right , but as you , grow up , you're alive , Okay back in the old days . I'm 68 . So back in the old days , yes , you beat . Yeah , back in the old days my dad named nickname was Frenchy , so when I got ready to go to school , let him in as Frenchy son . You didn't show nothing . Well , of course not , yeah , that was back in 62 . 62 . Yeah , they weren't . You know , you don't have to show anything .

Speaker 2 3:39

I know , and I never thought , and I never had to have it to get any job or nothing Right . So once you got the first thing , I really didn't think about it till I retired and I said wait a minute , I got to show proof that I'm going to be 62 or 66 when I get my social security . So how I know this is a Corvette show , but I am absolutely fascinated by the story .

Speaker 1 3:59

Hey , I went through .

Speaker 2 4:01

I went through the .

Speaker 1 4:02

You went through a hell and back .

Speaker 2 4:03

Biosystic or somebody . Somebody told me to go to right . And the lady say what proof you have . I say well , I'm Frenchy Son .

Speaker 2 4:11

Yeah , and I got , and I got christening papers . You know what I mean . Well , where are they ? In Louisiana . So I submit , I get those and my brother name is Carl Wayne prevoce and I'm Clement prevoce and it came in as Clement Wayne prevoce or something like it was mixed up . So now I'm looking like a fraud , right , right . And so I say , well , okay , let me find some more papers . So I found some more papers that would have my mother name on it , which is Susan prevoce . It came back Elizabeth prevoce .

Speaker 2 4:42

Oh , wow , so two strikes you out . You know what I mean . And so and so , and keep in mind , at this time all my brothers , sisters , mom and dad were living and I still couldn't prove it . You know what I mean . So , wow , um , we finally found some papers . We finally found where I was baptized , in a Baptist church , because my daddy was baptized , my mother was Catholic , so I did the christening baby for Catholic and I got baptized , and then they took that . And then they said , uh , we're really not supposed to do this , but we're going to go ahead on and give you your birth , you know , give you your certificate . And I say , well , while you edit , can I get a passport too , and so that's the rest is history .

Speaker 1 5:25

My Lord go for broke . So how long did that process take you ?

Speaker 2 5:29

Oh , about , uh , and actually , uh , what sealed the deal is . I had to bring my oldest brother and then he had to sign some papers that's one level higher than a notary , and so that that kind of got the ball moving . But uh but no , this lasted about nine months .

Speaker 1 5:49

That is so weird , because you know you would , you would think that that would be in my generation , that that would happen , because I mean even in my generation , of course . I was born in a hospital which is a whole , that whole different thing .

Speaker 1 6:04

But you wouldn't think that it would take till the 1960s for you to have to find a birth certificate and go through all of this , because you know , like you said , mom just took me to school . I don't even remember mom registering me , we just go to school and show up and back then , you know , uh , the doctors was making house calls , that's right .

Speaker 4 6:26

The milk man was putting the milk on the on , the on with you , you know the things was just totally different . Right , and what makes it even more interesting is is what we were going to talk to him about is he has an LS powered Porsche .

Speaker 3 6:39

Oh , that's a picture you showed me my poor parents .

Speaker 2 6:43

I'm gonna ask , okay , argue . I'm gonna say , arguably , argue , but Lee , okay . But I truly know that I'm the first in the world to ever take a LS engine and put it in something other than what it came out of . Don't ever tell anybody that owns a Porsche . I did it because I did . Oh no , they do me like that . Yeah , Okay until they race me .

Speaker 3 7:04

Yeah yeah , and then all of a sudden it's yeah .

Speaker 2 7:07

Like a right now sitting at the house at 1350 horsepower would turn down . Ah , because it's D2 .

Speaker 1 7:15

If you got a blower on it twin turbos .

Speaker 2 7:18

Yeah , the motor is built for 2200 horsepower . It's a ERL motor , like a guy like myself .

Speaker 3 7:25

So did you just get up on a day and say you know what ? I would have put an LS in off .

Speaker 2 7:29

Okay , now he's gonna make me tell the whole story .

Speaker 4 7:32

Yeah , okay , we got a couple of minutes .

Speaker 2 7:34

Okay , when I was young , okay , I was a track star . Okay , went to college on a full track scholarship , all that kind of good stuff , right , where'd you go to college ? I got my two year degree at a local college , college of Mainland , right here in Texas City . Yeah , then things didn't go right in high school , so I didn't get any scholarships . They was like how do you hold two high school records that you broke 42 years and you don't get a scholarship offer ? Well , that happened to me .

Speaker 2 8:12

So when I came on to college community college , college of Mainland I was like a celebrity because I was in a paper every week , right , because I broke records , right . And so I didn't last 10 minutes on the college campus . So the college president summoned me to the office , to his office . Young man , what you doing on this campus , coming here to go to college ? You was in the paper every week , all those records you broke . You didn't get a scholarship offer . I don't know what happened , but I'm here .

Remarkable Journey of Innovation and Success

Speaker 2 8:41

Yeah , he summoned the coach . He said take his measurements , take my measurements . Yeah , take his measurements , we're going to start a one man track team with him . And so I went on a full track scholarship at a college that never had a track team . And so they gave me $50 in my pocket station wagon full of gas and say put this college of the Mainland logo on the side of this station wagon and represent us well . And then , because of the legality of it , that I didn't know . I'm an 18 year old guy , I'm an 18 .

Speaker 2 9:13

Next thing , I know I got the basketball coach ride with me because it's liability . They couldn't let an 18 year old loose with the college station wagon .

Speaker 1 9:22

Oh my God , you got me , so tear it up .

Speaker 2 9:24

He kicked back and sleep and then say wake me up when we get there .

Speaker 1 9:27

You know , what I mean .

Speaker 2 9:28

We're making a long story short . I ended up getting a full track scholarship at Lamar University . Oh , in Beaumont , in Beaumont , okay . So I went to a little job fair . I'm standing up . Everybody else is playing for jobs , I'm not . Because I just got there Right and a guy walked up to me , say why aren't you applying ? I say , well , I just got to the college , I'm new and I'm an industrial engineering . Right now I'm going to major in electrical engineering . I got a 2 degree that I brought here , so I got quite a few college hours . I got a good head start . He said well , if you leave right now , I'll pay you double what engineers make . The rest is history . They never seen me again , okay .

Speaker 3 10:12

And that's what inspired you to put the motor in the Porsche .

Speaker 2 10:15

No , I'm sure I'm showing you where I got the money from . Oh , okay , so I bought my first car vet , which I still have , a 1970 at home . Okay , and I got in trouble with the law racing . So they say you get one more . Tick , I had two of tickets in three months . They said if you get one more ticket , we're taking a license plate . So for every car you drive , and the license out of your pocket . Well , I can't , I can't let you do that . I work in Baytown , I live in Texas City , right . So I parked the car vet and I bought a Porsche 911 . I love the way the 911 handle and I love the power of the car that had . And I said one of these days I'm going to combine the two . And that's what brought on .

Speaker 2 10:59

When GM announced that the LS was the lightest engine ever made in their history , I looked at my wife . I say that's the one . And then I hope this is honest to go true . I went to bed . I woke up and I told my wife . I say I got it , I'm going to do it . I dreamed how to do it . I went to Dale Mar Stadium .

Speaker 2 11:22

They had a swap meet in 1998 . Guy flipped his car vet and had the mode on the engine stand . I walked up to it . Naturally I don't know what that is . They got a plastic intake . We go to school . What kind of mode is that ? He says it's a car vet .

Speaker 2 11:37

I wrecked my car , towed it out and I'm selling the motor . I said how much you want for it ? He said how much you give me for it . I said 2,500 . He said you don't know what you're looking at . I said no man , I'm sorry if I insulted you , but I really don't know what I'm looking at . He said that's the state of the art LS motor . I said that's the one that GM said the lightest motor made . He said yeah . He said young man , I tell you what he said . Right now it's nine o'clock . If this motor is here two o'clock is yours for 2,500 . I said okay . I went back . Two o'clock , motor's still there . I just found a stranger . Hey man , get on the other end of this motor and help me put it back in his truck . 91 days later , I'm driving out of the garage with it in the back of my Porsche 911 .

Speaker 1 12:19

What a great story .

Speaker 2 12:21

When GM said you're not going to be able to start it because the engine computer got to talk to the body computer , I say well , the bad news is I'm electronic technician . I crack your code for $12 . Boom , I love that . So , to add insult to injury , not only did I put it in a Porsche 911 , I put in a Porsche 914 too . Oh my .

Speaker 3 12:46

God .

Speaker 2 12:46

And they both are at the house . You can see it on my website .

Speaker 3 12:49

Yeah , wow .

Speaker 2 12:50

What is ? Your website toy-jetcom the car's so fast . I call it toy jet .

Speaker 3 12:57

Right now I'm sitting at the car Detuned at 1200 miles or 1200 horsepower Right .

Speaker 2 13:01

And it's sitting in the garage undefeated . I love it .

Speaker 4 13:06

He's got a nice little ride up there . You have to read it . But first gear , this is what you're going to feel . Second gear you're going to feel it . It gets up into like fourth or fifth gear and it's like you're crazy , if you're still here .

Speaker 1 13:16

That's it right there Boom .

Speaker 3 13:17

Let's get to it right now . Yeah .

Speaker 2 13:19

I got it on my website . You go to my website and then you click on my story Right , and I tell the whole history of what you're asking me right now , wow , and then I give you a virtual ride in what it's like to ride in that car and as you read it , you can kind of experience what I'm saying .

Speaker 4 13:36

It's a great read . It really is . It's awesome .

Speaker 2 13:38

And also when you click on home , it tells you my history , starting from high school to now and my journey of being the United States best construction instructor in the United States . I also won that award in 2019 .

Speaker 4 14:00

And he's doing all this without a birth certificate , yet All of it .

Speaker 2 14:07

So I'm that 13-year-old guy who started off with wrenches in his back pocket walking to the Texas City dump , ride back with a bicycle , sell it go make me another one , stuff like that .

Speaker 2 14:21

I was 13 years old , I was a TV repairman . I'm that guy . And then when I went to BP refinery , I worked in the engineering department and I used to always tell those guys I say see , you got validated by some Ivy League class , and I mean Ivy League school , and they put a degree in your hand . Well , I was born an engineer and I'm not boasting a bragging because I'm sitting here right now with four US patents and I've made patents for BP . I made patent for US Steel .

Speaker 4 15:02

I've proven that I'm an innovator . Right there you go .

Speaker 3 15:05

So I'm an innovator , so my proudest moment is being on this television show .

Speaker 1 15:11

Being on this television show .

Speaker 2 15:13

And I'm not going to mention no names . But when you do something like what I did , it has to be validated by an expert or a world leader . Ok , so they asked for a peer . Yeah , they asked the world peer , the number one in the world at doing Porsche convergence with the cast iron motor . Is it true what that guy in Texas is doing ? Is that possible ? He say no , it's not . He's doing trick photography . He's the biggest lion in Texas and one day he's just going to go away . We meet people like him all the time , just ignoring him . So he had his big to do in Atlanta . So I told my wife let's take a ride to Atlanta .

Speaker 2 15:57

So , we went to Atlanta , this gentleman had all a couple of acres of all converted Porsches that had the cast iron V8 in it . So when I showed up they looked at me . They say you're at the Texas Toys . Yet I say yes , I am . What brings you here ? I say number one , yeah . I say I don't exist , I do Number two . Y'all say I'm going away , I'm not Number three .

Speaker 2 16:24

I brought $10,000 right here , topping in a quarter mile than anybody in the parking lot , motorcycles included . No , thank you . Ok , honey , put the money back up . But that's the way that went and that's how that was my first taste of being nationally known , because everybody got on their phone and said no , this guy do exist , he's here , I've seen him In Atlanta . And it's the best conversion we've ever seen .

Speaker 1 16:55

Fantastic , what a remarkable story .

Speaker 2 16:58

Exactly , and so I met the gentleman that I'm telling you about , and he apologized to me Right , and I let him know that the pride that I most of my pride is based on this fact is you'll never get a second chance to be first . That's true .

Speaker 3 17:20

That is very good for you .

Speaker 2 17:22

And I don't know what the animosity was about . But I made it clear to this gentleman I'm not your competition , I'm just a hobbyist . I love cars . Ok , I'm not trying to invade your business . I'm not going to do conversions worldwide like you do , but I did end up doing 17 . Ok , first one went to Germany , second one went to Down Under . Third one went to Cuba . I sold my first one in the United States . So you do these in your own garage at home .

Speaker 2 17:55

I was doing it in my garage . I'm just an old mom and pop guy . I did it in my garage . Yeah , like I said , it took me 91 days , from start to finish , to do it to my post , to your first one , to the first one , the first one .

Speaker 1 18:08

Yeah , what a remarkable story . Yeah , we're honored to know you . Yeah .

Speaker 2 18:14

And I'm honored to be here and I appreciate you all giving me this opportunity to share my story .

Speaker 1 18:17

Thank you , yeah , thank you very much .

Speaker 2 18:19

Not my story , my fact .

Speaker 1 18:20

There you go . There you go , all right . Well , we hope to run into you again soon , all righty .

Speaker 2 18:25

All right , I'm going to do my best to be at that Mikam auction .

Speaker 4 18:28

Yeah , if we're fixing to talk to him right about that right now , right behind you , he's right behind you .

Speaker 1 18:32

So again , thank you .

Speaker 3 18:34

Thank you .

Speaker 4 18:34

Appreciate you being here Great story .

Speaker 3 18:36

Yeah .

Speaker 1 18:37

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Speaker 6 20:59

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Speaker 1 21:28

Welcome back to the In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show Coming to you today from the 46th Corvette Chevy Expo at the Galveston Island Convention Center at the San Louis Resort , 5600 C-Wall Boulevard in Galveston , texas , us of A C . All right time now for Jeff's Cruise-In Calendar . Yep , we got well , let's cruise .

Speaker 3 21:49

we're here , Everybody's here , so that's all that matters . Corvette Expo here in Galveston is going on right now till later today . There's a few of these that have already ended coming up , but you've got the Clear Lake Cars and Coffee , which was at the Grace Church was from 7 this morning till 11 . See , it missed out , missed out . But you're here today , so you're here here . And then again till 10, . You've got the Kohl's Crossing Cars and Coffee . It's the Cars at the Park thing going on in Cyprus . You got Kingwood Classic Cruiser's Cars and Coffee . That's till 10 this morning at the Water Burger 10 . 10 this morning .

Speaker 1 22:23

Yep , it's over .

Speaker 3 22:25

That was two hours that ended two hours ago , so if you didn't make it sorry .

Speaker 1 22:29

Yeah , we're just rubbing it in and this is the Rub-It-In Cruiser calendar you got an hour .

Speaker 3 22:34

You got 10 more minutes to get to the .

Speaker 1 22:35

Cars and Coffee and .

Speaker 3 22:36

Redemption Square . But there's tomorrow , oh , tomorrow . You already forgot to turn the page . There you go and you got 8 to 3 pm tomorrow the trucks and Coffee 4th Annual Charity Show in Spring Branch . You've got till 10 to noon tomorrow . You got Cars and Coffee and Corpus Christi . That's from my cousin Doug . Corpus Christi , Texas . Yep , it's the Coral Bean Coffee . I'm sorry , Coral .

Speaker 1 23:01

Café . Thank you , michael , coral or Coral .

Speaker 3 23:05

Coral .

Speaker 1 23:05

Bean Café . Corpus Christi I mean I'm going to grade your paper .

Speaker 3 23:11

OK , ignore this , ignore the one tomorrow . You got another one tomorrow , another one tomorrow at the . Winsley car meetup in Willis ? I'm not sure .

Speaker 1 23:22

D and L two value .

Speaker 3 23:22

He's not . Lee . Give me a D minus it's a DZ IK ?

Speaker 1 23:25

No , I know , but this is the one more tomorrow .

Speaker 3 23:28

You got five PM till seven at Sundays at .

Speaker 1 23:32

Freddy's . It's at Freddy's in 1960 . Boy , that took the wind out of my sails Give me that .

Speaker 3 23:38

D minus .

Speaker 4 23:38

Heck you All right ? Well , all right , need to talk to David for a minute , all right ?

Speaker 1 23:46

Well , you just go right ahead . You go , david . Greenest green . Despite the attention on dozens of new electric vehicle models , the Toyota Prius Prime SE plug-in hybrid Try to put that on one line is the greenest model of 2024 , according to the American Council of an energy efficient economy's annual greener car ratings for the most environmentally friendly cars . You know what I think about that .

Speaker 3 24:13

There you go , terri . I had to get it in there .

Speaker 1 24:16

Yeah , meekum , auctions coming up . Look who's joining us . Hello , hello , good afternoon , good afternoon .

Speaker 2 24:23

Galveston almost yeah .

Speaker 5 24:25

For those people in Mr Car Show's come to Houston April 4 to 6 . There you go , We'll have a thousand cars .

Speaker 4 24:31

That's a pretty good car show that we always talk about , that if you , if you're not going out there to buy , that's fine , I understand that , but go there to see the car show experience the atmosphere .

Speaker 5 24:42

70% of the people in attendance are going to be there to check it out .

Speaker 4 24:48

I mean there's just because there's some cars there that are in collections around that , that you won't see them any other time .

Speaker 3 24:53

I don't come to the cruising they won't come down here , you know they will after they get sold at the Meekum auction and the Mars collection yeah , but you go's , you go's .

Speaker 1 25:04

Did you have you ?

Speaker 5 25:07

ever had it . You go across the block at . I'm sure we have , but I'm not that I recall and they ? I don't , I don't think so , I hope not . Yeah , yeah , but no it Meekum Houston 2024 , april 4 to 6,000 cars . It's our 13th year there . It's a great car show , as you said , mike , but at the same time it's a lot of energy , a lot of fun . Oh it's , and you can't compete .

Speaker 2 25:30

Come check it out .

Speaker 5 25:32

Tickets are $30 in advance and we don't . We used to have a discount in advance . It's all $30 now . Energy parking is on site . Walk in , check it out .

Speaker 1 25:41

Kids 12 and under free yeah , cool , very good , I'm going to offer the Don Armstrong in wheel time bus ride to the auction , because I don't think that they would charge me because I'd be like an Uber kind of guy .

Speaker 5 25:54

So I just park wherever you want , I'll draw I thought you were going to bring a bunch of people fans or whoever from a show to we , can we ?

Speaker 1 26:02

well , we'll do that anyway , okay .

Speaker 5 26:03

That's good . Followers , yeah , followers .

Speaker 1 26:06

Creeper bus , the Creeper bus . So I hope you got good security . Yes , we do , yes , we do . That's the answer .

Speaker 5 26:14

There we're in an NFL arena , so we , you know , they definitely have tight security yeah they .

Speaker 1 26:19

Yeah , that's right , yeah , so , but no guys , thanks for coming out Thursday , friday , saturday three days , and this was something that you know , mike .

Speaker 5 26:28

You and I talked about how we support the hobby , if you will , and bring you guys out . Brings more awareness to this show , brings more people to come in see what's going on , see these great cars on display and you sell a lot of Corvettes there and 10% of the cars we sell our Corvette . So it wasn't it wasn't disjointed by no means , but yeah . So the auction we had in January . And Kissimmee , with 4383 cars , had 532 Corvette . Wow , including the first and the last L88 . Wow .

Speaker 1 26:58

That's . That's impressive . But also , if you're down in Florida , there are a lot of people that are your age , not mine , that that that are in Corvettes , I mean and there's nothing to be ashamed of or bear us about or anything else you have the means , why not ?

Speaker 5 27:13

There is a car club of a Corvette car club at the villages with 800 members . See there you go and the villages are 55 and up .

Speaker 5 27:22

Yes , I guess , sure , we started Corvette Day this year . So , in partnership with Bonnie and that used magazine and Corvette blogger and Corvette today podcast and Bloomington Gold , we said , hey , let your listeners audience whatever know about this Corvette Day and we had a couple hundred people show up and just talking Corvettes and we took them to different collections and had the consignors talk about their Corvettes because that that event's like seven , eight , ten days long .

Speaker 4 27:47

It's 13 days , 13 days in 2024 .

Speaker 5 27:51

The dates for January 20 , 20 , four , 25 have now been announced . We're going 16 days , 5000 cars .

Speaker 1 27:59

I would have to have a subscription service to Total Wine and more .

Speaker 3 28:03

Yeah , thank you so much . It's good to see you , my friend . Thank you to do that .

Speaker 1 28:07

All right , we've got more of the In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show in just a minute . Original Group of Loopy Tortilla Restaurants will have you telling your family and friends just what the original recipes mean when it comes to the best fajitas in southeast Texas . Founder Stan Holt invites you to visit the original Loopy Tortilla near I-10 and Highway 6 . Here's the original house that inspired the design of all the rest and the original charm that helped make Loopy Tortilla the go-to destination for Houston Tex-Mex . Speaking of original , nothing can compete with the original lime pepper marinade . That everyone will agree makes Loopy Tortilla award-winning fajitas the best anywhere . Loopy Tortilla Katie is another location that gives you the same quality and service Historians have come to expect at Loopy's . It's located just off I-10 in the Grand Parkway at Kingsland Boulevard in Katie . Find yourself in Aggieland . Head to the Loopy Tortilla College Station , located just around the corner from Kyle Field . It's a great place to enjoy those famous frozen margaritas before or after the game . Head to East Louisiana . Stop in at the Loopy Tortilla in Beaumont . It too is on I-10 , but can't miss it . The original group of Loopy Tortilla restaurants invites you in for the best Tex-Mex anywhere .

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Well , that's it for this week's Ed Weill Time Car Talk Show . Now your invitation to follow us on Facebook . Give us a like , tell your friends about us and share us stuff , if you would . We'll keep you posted on all things Automotive all week long , including our famous interviews , new car reviews , upcoming events , cruise ins , racing , manufacturer and car truck and SUV news . Hey , when you're looking for some award winning car talk to listen to during the week , you can find the InWheel Time Car Talk Show 24-7 via the iHeart radio app .

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Daily 30 minute podcasts are available from your favorite streaming provider . We post a new episode every day , don't forget . We live stream the show on Facebook , youtube and InWheelTimecom every Saturday , 8 to 11am Central Time . The InWheel Time Marketing , advertising Advisor and Video Technical Director is we Need More Jeff Zekin , our booking agent , video editor , posting possum and overall do-it-all Mike Mars , along with Chief Engineer David Ainsley . I'm Don Armstrong . Hey , thanks to everybody here at Corvette Expo and to our friends at Meekum Auction , houston , april 4th through the 6th . I hope you join us for our next live broadcast award winning production of the InWheel Time Car Talk Show next Saturday , march 23rd , 8 to 11 , on all of our InWheelTime Car Talk Outlets . Get out of here , fly , have a great weekend , be safe out there . We'll see you then .

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I thought it was you .

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That's it for this podcast episode of the InWheelTime Car Show . I'm Don Armstrong , inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning 8 to 11am Central on Facebook , YouTube , Twitch and our InWheelTimecom website . Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , iHeart Podcast Podcast , Addict TuneIn , Pandora and Amazon Music . Keep listening and we'll see you soon .