Racing, Laughter, and Tex-Mex: A Joyful Ride with Stan Holt

Car Talk Show Banter and Laughter

Speaker 1 0:20

Welcome to another In Real Time Car Talk Show . Just ahead , another guest , stan Holt , is our guest All right At the beautiful cruise inn here at Tailpipes and Tacos Good crowd filling up the places Yep . We're going to have the events calendar . We're also going to get to the little-known facts about popular luxury car brands . We're going to do that this half hour . Don't let me forget to do that . Okay , the what ? Yeah , your feature .

Speaker 2 0:47

Yeah , well , don't worry about it , we're good .

Speaker 1 0:48

All right . Well , at any rate , along with Mike out of this world Mars , we always need more Jeff Zekin , our chief engineer , david Ainsley . I'm Don Armstrong , glad you could join us today .

Speaker 2 0:59

Thank you , and we appreciate that Just want to tell you the folks that are out there . You donate an unwrapped toy , you get a free breakfast taco , but you can still donate cash to the charity , can't you Stan ?

Speaker 3 1:11

Yes , absolutely .

Speaker 1 1:13

And you can still do that as well . You can go to Toys for Tots and Houston Children's Charity , get a free breakfast taco and you'll be good to go .

Speaker 2 1:19

So I challenge everyone to step up . Step it up , set that money free . I challenge everyone to step up .

Speaker 3 1:23

Step it up , set that money free . Yeah , I understand , we had an election recently , did you ?

Speaker 1 1:28

Yeah , I just heard about it this morning . Did you really ? Yeah , interesting , you've been busy , eh yeah .

Speaker 3 1:33

I've been busy and apparently he's been president before , something like that .

Speaker 2 1:37

You tell my Don right , that's the story .

Speaker 3 1:39

Strange story .

Speaker 1 1:40

Yeah , yeah , it really is . Apparently he's selecting now his cabinet and apparently a couple of the choices kind of have mixed feelings about them . But we'll see how it all shakes out .

Speaker 2 1:56

He's filling up his cabinet and she's emptying hers .

Speaker 3 1:58

Yes .

Speaker 2 2:00

Why do they call it a cabinet ? I don't know . I would call it maybe a duvet Liquor cabinet , a duvet , a du would call it a . Uh , maybe a duvet liquor cabinet a duvet , a duvet a duvet do you remember the duvets ?

Speaker 1 2:10

I do not .

Speaker 3 2:11

Oh yeah , they live right down the street , carl and uh , wilma carl and wilma duvet , yeah , nice people , great , great people . Yeah , they're really on . Yeah , small middle- , yeah , small middle class family .

Speaker 1 2:24

That push mower , yeah , push mower , yeah . A real , real push mower R-E-E-L . Yeah .

Speaker 2 2:30

There you go .

Speaker 1 2:31

Our guest today in the hot seat is the founder of Lippy Tortilla , that'd be Mr Stan Holt , car collector and avid racer . How did the racing and go for you ? A lot of fun , that's not what I was looking for . We had a lot of success . Fill in the blank .

Speaker 3 2:49

Yeah , you know , we didn't , we didn't , everything stayed together . That's good news .

Speaker 1 2:53

Well , that's good , that's always a good thing . You didn't blow any motors up or anything . I didn't say that . Oh , well , then it didn't apparently .

Speaker 3 2:59

The comp car it's . Uh , you blow up the car , oh comp .

Speaker 2 3:05

Several times oh , comp , oh those cars ridiculous sport this .

Speaker 3 3:11

I never understood why they call it the I hate money class , but now I do it's so close , so close to super stock now , but it's not because the the motor's just winding them at 12,000 RPM . A little 292 cubic inch motor .

Speaker 1 3:27

Wound up to 12,000 .

Speaker 3 3:28

RPM .

Speaker 1 3:29

How do they keep it together ? They don't .

Speaker 3 3:32

That's what we were talking about .

Speaker 1 3:36

But we were talking about your cars . Oh , my car , that's my car . You have a comp car .

Speaker 3 3:42

Yes .

Speaker 1 3:43

Well , this is all new to me . What happened ?

Speaker 3 3:44

to the the what was it stock or was it super stock ? But no , both . No , that's sheila's she drives a stock she drives it . Yes , we have two super stockers , and now you got a comp car , comp car who drives the car and a gasser jared and a gasser jared drives the car for dragsters , four dragsters , four dragsters . I bought dragsters , four dragsters . I bought Chase's wife a . I didn't buy one .

Speaker 2 4:10

We had it built . He talked about that the last time we were here . Oh , he did , he was getting her started . Please finish the story .

Speaker 3 4:16

Yeah , it was a wedding present to Mariah and built to her specifications , and she said she wanted what the heck is his name . I'm ruining the story . It doesn't make any difference , does it ? It does , because the point of the story was she wanted a car made by this guy . Oh , I see Carbon fiber .

Speaker 2 4:39

Oh boy .

Speaker 3 4:40

This particular dashboard electrical system . I said could you be more specific ? Anyway , we built it just like that .

Speaker 1 4:50

She knew what she wanted .

Speaker 3 4:51

Oh my gosh , I didn't know that she was a racer . That's where they met Really . He was just out of juniors and she was still racing juniors . That sounds awfully familiar to me . He might still be a racing junior , yes doesn't he ?

Speaker 1 5:04

Sounds awfully familiar . We , yes , doesn't ? It sounds awfully familiar . We call them track babes , babes , yeah , yep , well don't let .

Speaker 2 5:11

Yeah , you found one . No , no , no , gold diggers , gold diggers .

Speaker 3 5:15

Okay , well , I wish I wouldn't go . I wish I'd have known about gold diggers when I was a teenager man .

Speaker 2 5:21

Those are great people . They're the Gold Diggers dance troupe .

Speaker 3 5:25

Yeah , I remember that , that's great , but no , we're a racing family and we haven't made our plans for next year , but Chase , three days ago he and his wife had their first child he just found that out .

Speaker 2 5:39

Congratulations , yeah .

Speaker 3 5:40

He's trying to figure out how to hold that and shift the car and hold a baby no car seat .

Speaker 1 5:46

I heard that you are now a great-grandfather , I would say above average .

Speaker 3 5:53

Not necessarily great , just above average . Above average grandfather yeah , above average , depending on who you're talking to . I understand which kid . Yes , I am a great-grandfather and he was born on my birthday .

Speaker 2 6:05

Oh darn , that is too cool . Very good , and the name .

Speaker 3 6:08

I can't remember A lot of grandkids .

Speaker 2 6:12

Gotcha , I know that one's new , that one's new . You haven't got it quite memorized yet .

Speaker 3 6:19

Well , we'll see how it goes , Uh-huh Well . I'm trying to pick myself up off the floor after the comp comment yeah , this is the second year of racing the comp car . It's a Cobalt .

Speaker 1 6:32

Well , you know I don't get to see you very often , I know , and I would like to change that , but you're a man on the go .

Speaker 3 6:39

Since I got caller ID . I mean it's it's separate years . I don't know . You know he said it with a straight face . I did , I know and I believe it .

Speaker 2 6:54

Yeah , I believe it . Anything Stan says you've got to believe it .

Speaker 1 6:58

It's been this way since that first dinner meeting at Shanghai Reds or whatever it was in Las Vegas .

Speaker 3 7:05

Oh my gosh , Do you remember that ? I think they closed that place . Right after we left , yeah right after we left Contaminated it .

Speaker 1 7:12

Le Choy , I don't remember some sort of Chinese food , and that's where you told me the joke , the nut joke .

Speaker 3 7:19

Yeah , I have some embarrassing photographs of you and I . We were fully clothed , but I have some embarrassing photos . We were at a nightclub or some kind of baby show , just the two of us . Don had had something to drink , of course .

Speaker 1 7:34

Only me , only him .

Speaker 3 7:36

I was a designated drunk driver , and we had these goofy sunglasses on .

Speaker 1 7:43

I believe that Greg Enders was with us .

Speaker 3 7:45

Yours was heart-shaped and mine was star-shaped . No , Greg Enders wasn't with us . I don't know .

Speaker 1 7:49

Greg .

Speaker 3 7:49

Enders .

Speaker 2 7:50

He wasn't with us . No , I don't know him , okay , yeah , well , I will tell you , I've been embarrassed already , I know .

Speaker 1 7:55

I will tell you that I vaguely remember that night . Vaguely because I clearly had way too much to drink and somehow I managed to stagger my way across the street . It was bad , was it the Imperial Palace show ?

Speaker 3 8:13

It was oh my gosh , don't tell anybody that we were at the Imperial Palace . Listen , they had drapes that matched the bedspread .

Speaker 1 8:21

It was so bad Pillows on the chairs that matched the drapes .

Speaker 3 8:24

Pillows on the chairs that match the drapes A little petty print thing , and the ceilings . They got an extra floor in the hotel . They lowered all the ceilings afoot so you could get an extra floor in . You could stand on the phone with your head on the ceiling like this , resting like you're against the wall . One of my favorite stories about that hotel is Rob Geiger calls me .

Speaker 1 8:46

Good God .

Speaker 3 8:46

He's the one that hooked us up with that hotel , david Nickens , anyway , hey man .

Speaker 1 8:52

He called me Great deal .

Speaker 3 8:53

Free rooms . He said I'm here somewhere . He said I'm at the Imperial Palace . He said you're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you . I said well , try me . He said well , I got to the front desk and they said would you like to upgrade ? I said well , they're going to let you sleep in your car in the garage .

Speaker 3 9:13

He said they've refinished or decorated or remodeled a wing of the hotel and they said for an extra $10 a night true story you can stay in the remodeled wing . He said does anybody say no to that ? She said yes , everyone does . Did they tear it down ?

Speaker 1 9:37

I don't believe it exists anymore . I don't think so . I think there's a hole there . They should have torn it down when we were there , while we were in it , that was in 2006 . Seriously .

Speaker 3 9:48

That was 2006 .

Speaker 2 9:49

That's not very long ago , no .

Speaker 1 9:52

Yeah .

Speaker 3 9:53

Well , you have to count us in dog years .

Speaker 1 9:57

Gee whiz , that place was probably the biggest dump . It was dumpier than the Circus Circus and that's pretty dumpy . It was bad but the Circus Circus , and that's pretty dumpy .

Speaker 3 10:07

It was bad , but it's a great memory . It is a great memory .

Speaker 2 10:13

We have stories to tell .

Speaker 3 10:14

Well , the only thing really good about it is that we didn't see anybody we knew there .

Speaker 2 10:18

Thank God . Yeah , none of our friends would stay there and there was no cell phone cameras or anything like that . They don't even have security cameras .

Speaker 1 10:25

No , they didn't even have security . No , there was no security .

Speaker 3 10:28

Oh well , you know what ? They got cash laying all over the tables everywhere , but they had the paper towels locked up in the restroom . Oh well , you got to protect the expensive stuff . Yeah , not getting in there , yeah , that's right .

Speaker 1 10:40

Oh , that was quite an experience it was , and a good time was to be had by all . And I was working for the drag racing team David Power's own , and I remember stumbling out to the parking lot with Stan and Stan says why don't you come to work for me ? Well , stan , I've got a job . You really need to come to work for me . Okay , so I don't't know . A couple of months later , stan , you know , you offered me that job , I did , I did what job yeah ?

Speaker 1 11:13

dishwasher ? No , it was a catering manager . Catering manager . I said stan , I don't know anything about catering . He says you don't need to be , either

Speaker 1 11:24

I'll tell , I'll teach you everything you need to know , about catering . Okay , so I left the drag racing team . My dad wasn't doing well , so they gave me an opportunity to spend some time with him in his last couple of months . Anyway , I wound up going to work for Stan for a couple

Wild Stories and Car Talk Laughter

Speaker 1 11:44

of years . I wound up going to work for Stan for a couple of years , and let's hear what he's saying to him , shall we ? Let's hear .

Speaker 2 11:54

No , you can't have a raise . Ha ha , ha , ha , ha ha cocktail waitress .

Speaker 3 12:02

I know Pretty .

Speaker 1 12:06

Apparently he's gone the Sinead O'Connor route and shaved your head . Anyway , I interrupted your story . Anyway , no , it's okay . So I went to work for Stanford for a couple of years Actually I was the catering manager and then it all kind of went downhill .

Speaker 3 12:22

Wait , you think there's a correlation there , him being the manager didn't know anything about the business he had to close three restaurants .

Speaker 2 12:31

I could teach him everything yeah it was .

Speaker 1 12:34

It was a transitional period in our lives .

Speaker 2 12:36

There you go with the trans stuff . Very good , that's right , we were among the first .

Speaker 3 12:41

Yes , we were , we transitioned . Yes , we were transitioning . It's expensive .

Speaker 1 12:45

Jeez , yeah and yes , I remember some late-night phone calls that you and . I had and it was like ooh yeah , are we all going to make it through this ? We both , yeah .

Speaker 3 12:59

Those that have never seen Craig Beerman's home . Oh Lord , yes . So , as broke as I was , I had a limousine , broke as I've ever been , and so Don and I show up to this party .

Speaker 2 13:14

At Beerman's . At Beerman's .

Speaker 1 13:16

And he's never been to Beerman's house .

Speaker 3 13:18

I've never been to Beerman's house and I'm just amazed and you're in the limousine , I'm in the limousine and we got out of the limousine , went inside and I'm just . If you've ever seen it , it's just . You can't even explain it . No , you can't explain it , and I ended up dancing on the glass case of some kind .

Speaker 1 13:35

Yes , it was a pole dancing kind of thing .

Speaker 3 13:38

He put a stage in for me after that I wouldn't stage with a pole .

Speaker 1 13:43

Just for you after that I wouldn't stage with a pole , just for you , just for me . What a deal it was .

Speaker 3 13:48

But anyway , fast forward . I called Don . I want to double back to the story , but I called Don . I said Don , I had the strangest dream . He said what was it ? I said you and I were in a limo . We went to this house and it looked like a normal house , except it had a neon address on the front . It was just normal . You open the door and it was a life-size Marilyn Monroe with her dress blown up , a full-blown taxidermied elephant and Don's laughing . I said let me finish , I've got to hear this story . So I tell him all about the house and the dream . I said Stan , that was Craig Bierman's house . We were there together . It wasn't a dream . So back to the story . Everybody's outside . The only place you could smoke was outside and the seats along the pool are jet fire seats .

Speaker 3 14:38

Ejection seats out of a jet fire yeah , and they're all sitting there and smoking some funny cigarettes around the corner , I think and so I go missing and I hear Don Stan , where are you ? Where are you ? So I had gotten down to my boxer shorts . I'm glad to clear that up for anybody that wondered . Boxers are brief , so I cleared that up . Anyway , the fuselage of this jet is the pool slide , so I crawl up the ladder .

Speaker 1 15:09

The air intake of a jet fighter .

Speaker 3 15:09

And so I'm crawling up the ladder and I get in head first in this jet fuselage with my underwear on the crowd around the pool . I don't think I made a splash .

Speaker 1 15:18

No , it is what he was in there . And then all of a sudden , he comes out of the middle of the pool Like the water dancers , whatever they're called . Oh , yeah , synchronized swimming .

Speaker 3 15:29

Synchronized swimming and people are just mesmerizing .

Speaker 1 15:34

Where did he come from ?

Speaker 3 15:36

Out of the drain to the bottom of the pool . It's all part of that dream , yep . So you were hired for swimming events after that Hangover to remember Wow , yep , so you were hired for swimming events after that Hangover to remember .

Speaker 2 15:45

Wow , yep .

Speaker 1 15:47

Those were different times back then . I know , yeah , I don't know , as if I could do all that again . Whew , that hurts . Yeah , just thinking about it hurts , but we've been down the road a time or two . Yep you know , I was kind of hoping that maybe , perhaps , that we could get the nut joke . Do you think we could ?

Speaker 3 16:08

no , I can't you can't no on the air . It's too in this day and age . It's too offensive is it ? Yeah , it is , you can't do it oh , you can do it , but you're not going to choose to do it , but I can tell you , I can tell you the ralph williams , uh Williams Chevrolet convertible story yeah , that won't hurt anybody's feelings , no .

Speaker 2 16:28

Maybe Ralph .

Speaker 3 16:29

This guy's watching the ad Ralph Williams . And he's got this beautiful Chevy convertible and there's a girl in a bikini sitting in the passenger seat and he's hawking the car and telling her all about it . And you know , come on down , Bring your mom , Bring your girlfriend , Come on , Will Dicker . And you know , come on down , bring your mom , bring your girlfriend , Come on , Will Dicker . And so true story , and excuse me . So this guy's at home , he's watching this ad , he's saying , Nick , you're unbelievable , yeah . So he drives down to the Chevy dealership and they said can ?

Speaker 1 17:04

we help you , sir ?

Speaker 3 17:05

He said yeah , an ad on a semi-convertible , in this beautiful blonde bikini . And it says if you buy the car , she comes with the car . Well , that's true , Not permanently , sir , but yes , you have a date with the girl in the bikini . He's getting a matey . How much did the car ? They told him . He said I'm buying , I'm done , we're done here , Write it up . They get in the car . She's sitting there . He goes this is amazing , oh my gosh . So he goes about a block . He said anything I could hold your hand . Yeah , sure , I don't see why that's a problem . Oh my God , this is amazing . He goes another block . He pulls over . He said do you suppose I can have a little kiss ?

Speaker 3 17:50

He said sure I don't think that's harmless , you know , gives her a little kiss on the cheek , he goes . Oh my God , that is so amazing . He drives another two blocks , he pulls in , he says and it's quite good , but I'm really shy , do you mind if I whisper it ? No , go ahead . So he whispers in her ear and she goes back . Oh no , sir , you got that when you bought the car .

Speaker 1 18:22

Well , we cleaned that right up , didn't we ? That's the way to go . I like it .

Speaker 3 18:29

Jokes you can tell in church . Jokes you can tell in church to your great grandchildren who are constantly calling me what , what ? Anyway , nice to be at a cruise in it is .

Speaker 1 18:46

It's been a while and thank you . Thank you , yes , it has .

Speaker 3 18:49

I'm afraid to turn around . Is there any cars behind me ?

Speaker 1 18:51

there are cars . Yeah , the parking lot's full , that's good , there's another . So I want to know huh , another big car they're rolling over into the jason park .

Speaker 3 18:58

There is , yes yeah , in cyprus , oh they do it once a year I don't know ? Well , that's . I'm just telling you because I have to leave in a few minutes .

Speaker 1 19:07

You're not going to go , no , you're not no , because I'm on at 10 .

Speaker 3 19:12

Well , yeah , ish , ish , yeah .

Speaker 1 19:16

Did we have ?

Speaker 2 19:17

anybody you lined up to Well , no , I've been busy listening to stories I see Well so we're going to take another quick break , because it's that time to do it .

Speaker 1 19:24

We got it right this time , I think so .

Speaker 1 19:26

All right . The In Wheel Time Car Talk Show 24-7 through the Odyssey Radio app Just look for In Wheel Time Car Talk . Grab a podcast anytime from your favorite podcast provider . We also have a video stream or a live show on Facebook , youtube and InWheelTimecom . The In Wheel Time Car Talk Show continues right after this quick break . The the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show continues right after this quick break .

Tex-Mex Fajitas, Car Social, Cruising

Speaker 1 19:45

The original group of Loopy Tortilla restaurants will have you telling your family and friends just what the original recipe means when it comes to the best fajitas in Southeast Texas . Founder Stan Holt invites you to visit the first Loopy Tortilla near I-10 and Highway 6 . Here is 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 . Nothing can compete with the original lime pepper marinade that everyone will agree makes Loopy Tortilla award-winning beef fajitas the best anywhere . Loopy Tortilla Katie is another location that gives you the same quality and service Houstonians have come to expect at Loopy's . It's located on 99 the Grand Parkway at Kingsland Boulevard in Katie . Find yourself in Aggieland Head to the Loopy Tortilla in 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 Going to Louisiana . The Loopy Tortilla in Beaumont is on I-10 , so you can't miss it . The original group of Loopy Tortilla restaurants has the best Tex-Mex anywhere and you're invited anytime .

Speaker 1 20:44

Is your car ready for that all-important holiday road trip ? Gulf Coast Auto Shield is having another Car Social Saturday , december 7th , and you're invited . Bring your car , truck or SUV and find out what it'll take to get that thing looking new again . Gulf Coast Auto Shield is your one-stop shop for paint detailing , coatings , window tint , clear bras , camera installs and wheel repair . The Car Social is your opportunity to get a tour of this state-of-the-art facility located at 11275 South Sam Houston Parkway , just south of the Southwest Freeway . Join the Car Social Saturday December 7th , 9 to noon . Talk to other owners and see how good your car can look on the road trip . To Aunt Mary's She'll want that good-looking ride in her driveway . I promise Put it on your calendar .

Speaker 1 21:25

The Gulf Coast Auto Shield Holiday Car Social and Road Trip . Get ready Saturday December 7th , 9 to noon at 11275 South Sam Houston Parkway , just south of the Southwest Freeway . The In Real Time Car Talk Show will be there too . We'll see you then . Welcome back to the In Real Time Car Talk Show . I wanted to remind you that next Saturday's live broadcast will originate from the Sugar Shack Studios with some of our most popular Zoom guests , so we invite you to tune in for that . That's 10 to noon next week . This show today we started at 8 , we go to 11 . And the reason that we do that actually it was the original reason that we do this was this show when we started several years ago doing remote broadcasts and we kind of coincided it with the actual car show itself 8 to 11 . And the reason at 11 o'clock we cut it off is because the restaurant opens at 11 o'clock for regular passengers .

Speaker 1 22:19

So this is beyond their normal events , their normal business hours , and it's funny because this is an event , so you can imagine a regular restaurant that opens for lunch . They all get here at 6 o'clock to cook breakfast and do breakfast tacos here .

Speaker 2 22:33

And there are all kinds of vehicles out here . There's new , there's old , there's classic , there's gassers like we have out here .

Speaker 1 22:38

Well , two of them . One is Stan's the Rambler .

Speaker 2 22:42

Now and weler , and there's a parking lot behind where you see us that's filling up , and there's another parking lot behind the building of Lupe that's filling up as well , so you've got a 360 parking lot you can meander through and you know what ?

Speaker 1 22:56

It's interesting because we do a lot of cruise-ins and that's our main thing is doing cruise inns , and the interesting thing that I have learned by doing these cruise inns is that when we do that here , so this draws from katie brookshire area on into the west side of houston all over . Well , yes , it does all over , but I mean it's funny because you don't see these cars typically down at , like the Friendswood show that we had . That's down on the south side . So those used to be . There weren't this many cruise-ins . There's cruise-ins . There's probably a dozen going on today .

Speaker 2 23:34

And you're not going to do the cruise-in calendar and there's so many and you have to pick and choose . But a lot of them are repetitive . A lot of them are the same same same same every week , every time With the same cars . You have to pick and choose what you want to broadcast or tell people to go see .

Speaker 1 23:48

This is the one , this is like the One of the original actually as far as cruise-ins for just everyday folks , there's one up in the Woodlands . His name slips my mind , but he has one once a month up there in the Woodlands area and that is a cutoff of the year , make and model of cars . I think that he may be up to 70 now but it's pre-1970 or something like that , and they come and go .

Speaker 2 24:16

So you know , if they don't get a big turnout , maybe they'll wait another month or another few weeks . So it's depending on the folks that are putting the show on and the folks that are contributing to it . But this is an event because you've got the holidays coming up , you've got , you know , the toy drives and things that are happening all over the city , all over the country . Really , this is an event where people can network . They can buy or sell a car . Stan's got several here and I'm sure he'd take money for them .

Speaker 1 24:40

Yeah Well , speaking of which , toys for Tots and Houston Children's Charity reap the rewards of today's donation . We've got big boxes out there full of toys , and if you want to make a cash donation , that's great . Grab a free taco while you're doing it .

Speaker 2 24:56

Even if you miss the show , come to the restaurant . The restaurant's really nice . There's a fire pit in front of us . There's a fire pit in front of us . There's a playground for the kids . They've got sandboxes , they've got all kinds of stuff for whatever you want to do .

Speaker 1 25:06

Yeah , and you know there's this one here in Katy , and right down the freeway , down at Highway 6 , is the original Loopy Tortilla . That's the first one that Stan opened 40 years ago and this year they are celebrating their 40th anniversary I've never seen that place , not busy yeah , well , the original has . As I say in the commercial , the original is really the platform or the look of all of the loopies with the rooms , and people think what , what ?

Speaker 1 25:37

is , what is it with the rooms ? Well , that house down there that stan actually leased . At the very beginning it was a house , a house that had people in it and that sort of thing , and he turned it into a restaurant and left the rooms in it , and so the rooms are still there . Of course , the restaurant's been added to many hundreds of feet because of the additions onto it , but wherever room you're in , you can tell what part is the original house and the add-ons , and I think that's part of the charm of all of this , along with the great food you know Stan developed all of those recipes himself and worked his tail off .

Speaker 2 26:16

He still goes back in the kitchen and dabbles .

Speaker 1 26:18

He does . Yeah , he's still there . If he's there , he's got something to do , he'll go do what he has to do to make it work . Let's put this in there , let's try that , let's do this , or maybe he'll do dishes or busses a table .

Speaker 1 26:29

Well , I mean , you know he's not far from having the expertise as , let's say , emeril Lagasse . I've watched some of Emeril's shows his latest shows , very talented but I'm thinking this is a Stan type . He's over in New Orleans and some of those recipes that he comes up with are truly amazing . So we're very fortunate to have a relationship with Stan and you know you talk about cruisings .

Speaker 2 27:00

We have never been to a bad cruising .

Speaker 1 27:02

No , we haven't actually .

Speaker 2 27:06

No flops or anything like that . They've always been . The people are gracious , our hosts are gracious , the folks coming out here with their cars to show their cars they're wonderful and it's a big network . We're waving to people right now that we've seen that have been on the air with us two or three times ago .

Speaker 1 27:21

Yeah , exactly , we've seen that , have been on the air with us two or three times ago . Yeah , exactly , and you know the fun thing about this type of cruise in is all are welcome . There's a Buick Riviera there , there's a C8 .

Speaker 2 27:32

Corvette .

Speaker 1 27:33

What A Buick Riviera .

Speaker 2 27:35

You said Buick , right , yeah , buick .

Speaker 1 27:36

And there's a C8 Corvette . Yeah , there's a 66 Gasser here . There is a 40s . I don't know what that is , but it's a 40s sedan back there . So all types of cars A couple of Oldsmobiles , it's really unique . I've talked about this many times . The hobby of automotive is truly amazing to me . I like it .

Speaker 2 28:04

I like it a lot .

Speaker 1 28:05

I like it a lot and lots of fine folks here . And everybody wants to talk about their car and it's a draw to have lots of folks commune with each other .

Speaker 2 28:18

We got David Ainsley . That's the kicker right there .

Speaker 1 28:20

That is the kicker . There's a .

Speaker 2 28:22

Volkswagen over there . It looks like a taxi cab .

Speaker 1 28:25

David , David , David .

Speaker 2 28:26

David .

Speaker 1 28:27

Calm down now . Everything's going to be all right .

Speaker 3 28:30

Time now for another quick break here on In Wheel Time .

Speaker 1 28:33

We'd love to hear from you . Shoot us an email . The address is info at inwheeltimecom . Back after this quick break .

Speaker 1 28:39

The holidays are upon us and Pro-Am Auto Accessories is your local one-stop for the auto enthusiast on your gift list . Pro-am Auto has been serving Houston since 1984 , providing world-class products for sports cars , european sedans and American muscle . Pro-am was one of the very first distributors in the US for brands such as Recaro , redline , momo Corbo and Simpson . Located in the heart of Houston's premier shopping corridor , the Galleria area , pro-am's walk-in storefront includes an 8,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom with installation and service bays . Pro-am reaches a worldwide audience through Pro-AmAutocom , taking its local reputation to the rest of the world . Holiday gift-giving is alive and well at Pro-Am Auto . If you don't see what you're looking for on the website , call and Pro-Am will lend you a hand .

Auto Show Podcast Episode Details

Speaker 1 29:31

Pro-am Auto , 6125 Richmond at Greenridge in Houston's Galleria area . Call them at 713-781-7755 . That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show . I'm Don Armstrong , inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning 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 .