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Car Talk at Past Event

Speaker 1 0:01

Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast . You are on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show Today , coming to you from the Back to the Past Car Show Coming up . We've got a couple of guests we're going to talk to . Today's show is presented by Spring Branch High School Museum Foundation . It's sponsored by VFW Post 8790 and its auxiliary working to vitalize and unite the Houston community and its veterans . No veteran is left behind Howdy , along with Mike out of this world , mars . We always need more , jeff Zika , we do , and with always a fine appearance by the ever dapper , dapper and dapper .

Speaker 2 0:48

Your dappers are showing . Your dappers are showing . You need to put some ointment on that .

Speaker 1 0:53

It's David Ainsley , I'm Don Armstrong , glad you could join us today . It's a beautiful , beautiful day in the neighborhood . A couple puffy clouds are coming in Finally , yeah finally , a coupleuffy clouds are coming in Finally , yeah finally A couple Fair weather clouds . It is spectacular . This is car show weather right here . Absolutely no rain in the forecast Clear skies , perfect temperatures .

Speaker 2 1:17

What is it ? 80 , maybe 75 ? 80 ?

Speaker 1 1:20

I don't know .

Speaker 2 1:21

Mr Mars is the temperature . I'm checking . I'm the weatherman today .

Speaker 1 1:24

Whatever the case may be 79 .

Speaker 2 1:27

Very close , very good , thank you .

Speaker 1 1:29

When it gets to 80 , we're going to sell . Okay , You're going to sell at 80 . Who do we have in the guest spot ?

Speaker 2 1:35

You know we've been sitting here all morning looking at this blue glow whatever . Anyway , this 2021 red-eyed Charger sitting over here that's got all kinds of stuff on it .

Speaker 1 1:47

Well , the first hood . Let's not even get to the hood . Let's talk about the doors . You know they don't look factory to me .

Speaker 2 1:52

This is AJ Rosella . Aj Rosella , did I say his name ? Yes , sir , I was too busy talking about the car , sorry .

Speaker 3 2:00

AJ , what color is it ? It is a factory Dodge . Indigo Blue . You didn't repaint it did you Factory paint you ?

Speaker 1 2:07

repainted it with factory color . No , sir , no it's original Original . It's original paint . Yes , sir .

Speaker 3 2:12

Everybody gets on to me about why I don't wrap it , but I love that factory color .

Speaker 1 2:16

Why would you wrap it ? No , I don't wrap it .

Speaker 3 2:18

That's 100% everything on it , no paint work , all original now what about those , uh , those , the wide body kit . So this is a . This is the red eye wide body charger . It comes that way . So this is one of the . This is the red eye , not the hellcat . It's the red eye hellcat . It's the 800 horsepower version . Okay that's now you're bragging again oh , it makes way more than 800 I'm sure it does you've been fiddling with it , haven't you uh a lot I , I can't sleep at night , yeah , exactly .

Speaker 1 2:45

But first of all , though , I have to ask about the doors . Okay , them ain't factory doors .

Speaker 3 2:50

Sir , no sir .

Speaker 1 2:52

Vertical doors California sponsored the car gave us the kit , we installed it . How difficult was that ? It just seems like a total pain to get them to fit .

Speaker 3 3:03

Fitment is perfect . It's the wiring in the door that you got to watch out , because when the door comes up it stretches them , so you've got to be careful and extend the wires okay you said , we did it what is , who is we and what shop ? Is that so I own gns automotive , the sponsor here , and several of these cars we've done .

Speaker 2 3:19

We see that on the place , so we we've done , um , we do automotive repair .

Speaker 3 3:23

We used to build cars . Kind of got away from that now , kind of just more general repair stuff . So we did the car .

Speaker 1 3:29

Do they build wiring extensions for the doors ? No , you've got to do it yourself .

Speaker 3 3:33

That's the hard part . You're one at a time , so everything that's in that door harness In that loom .

Speaker 2 3:39

Yeah , electric doors , electric windows , everything .

Speaker 1 3:46

Well , you know , when they build a car you know this , mars , we were schooled in this that the doors don't go with the car once the car is built , the car goes that way and the doors go there because it is the single most complicated thing on the entire car . That's right the doors it's not just the alignment , but all , all the electronics , the doors , the window , stuff , everything .

Speaker 2 4:06

It's a lot , and you factor in the leverage , the weight of the door itself On the hinge itself .

Speaker 3 4:11

yeah , those are the factory doors right . Yes , sir , I mean the kit comes with everything complete , so it's a direct bolt-in kit , except the wiring Right . Well , some people don't , I do .

Speaker 1 4:32

I'm a perfectionist , so I had to extend them , martha , that the window ain't rolling down no more . Oh well , there's the end of the wire hanging out of the car .

Speaker 2 4:36

It's happened .

Speaker 3 4:36

Oh , touch them two wires together you know the good news it's always the back door , it's never the front doors , it's literally the back door .

Speaker 1 4:41

Has stopped on me once already so the back doors do the same , or they just traditional .

Speaker 2 4:47

But they're factory traditional is what he's saying .

Speaker 1 4:49

The doors are a total pain , I'm telling you . I don't care what kind of kit they make , there is always something with the door .

Speaker 3 4:56

You got to be patient . When you put it on , you're right , the alignment's not exact and you're screwing it , tightening it , loosening it to get it right . I mean they fit perfect . I mean they close like you can't even tell it's Lambo doors until you really lift them ?

Speaker 1 5:07

Well , I don't know . I can't speak for Dodge , but I can speak for Toyota because I saw how the doors were made . Because at the factory that built the Corolla in northern Mississippi they took us on a tour of the factory in northern Mississippi . They took us on a tour of the factory . And at the back of the factory , at the back of the factory they probably know each other . His son-in-law is a policeman . Yeah , no , david's got warrants , I'm warrants .

Speaker 1 5:35

At the back of the factory they had the stamping plant . So they stamped the whole car back there and we I sat there and watched this ginormous machine come down and stamp the whole side of the car , not the fenders , but the back fender and the doors . Okay , that was all one flat piece of steel . And the thing comes down and boom out , there's the doors , and the doors then are cut after the stamping , but every door stays with that side panel of the car because there's just that much difference between the stamping . Then they do it and they cut it right . So they keep the doors with the exterior , the surround , if you will , of the door , and that all stays in a rack and they know which one is which and it goes on to the assembly line You're going . How do you keep all of that straight ? Now , I don't know whether they do , but I have a feeling that they do . They probably do . Yeah , the same way . Process .

Speaker 1 6:46

Yeah , because you're telling me that the doors fit with this kit on there if it , if you ever wreck the car , you're going to get a replacement . Let's say you get a replacement door from dodge right and you try to put that door on there . It's not going to fit the same way , no way I agree , yeah , so it's bagged , sir .

Speaker 3 7:03

It's fully airlift , all four corners , dual compressors , so it lifts all four corners . You can do front or back .

Speaker 1 7:10

You haven't had one of those lines , go pow .

Speaker 3 7:13

You know , the good news is the old airbags did do that . With these new lines and the way they do them now , that's really impossible to have technology improvements .

Speaker 1 7:19

What's the difference in the lines ?

Speaker 3 7:21

Because now they use a 5-8ths line . It's a hardened line where they used to use airlines like old diesel lines . Yeah yeah , those were rubber , they'd get hot . I mean , it's happened to me before on other cars . These , they're pretty much bulletproof .

Speaker 2 7:32

That's good .

Speaker 3 7:32

And they're a cool-over type bag too , so it's a real active suspension . The bag goes out .

Speaker 1 7:51

You're not going to suspension from the factory , so it maintains that you know your sport mode , your race mode , track mode .

Speaker 3 7:54

Yeah , it maintains that it does .

Speaker 1 7:55

Yes , sir , so it's a kit .

Speaker 3 7:55

Yes , it's made for that car , absolutely , oh my god , they make that too .

Speaker 2 7:57

Yes , they do golly , I had no clue , yeah you can program this one from a cell phone .

Speaker 3 7:59

You can pretty much do anything you want with it . Where did you say your shop was ? It's here locally in spring branch off of gesner I have two shops , both off gesner .

Speaker 1 8:07

You like Spring Branch ?

Speaker 3 8:09

I was born and raised here .

Speaker 1 8:10

Were you ? Yes , sir . Did you go to high school when it was here ? I did not .

Speaker 3 8:13

I went to Springwoods High School . Springwoods it's rival , yeah yeah , yeah Well you're still sitting there .

Speaker 2 8:19

Got to have them rivals .

Speaker 1 8:20

Got to Spring Branch property Absolutely .

Speaker 3 8:22

Yeah , I lived in Spring Branch my whole life , loyal to Spring Branch , and these people are loyal to us . Well , yeah you stay loyal to the folks that are loyal to you . Absolutely Community . I love being in my community .

Speaker 1 8:36

We talked about the wide body kit Now . So the interesting thing about this one you don't see the screws or how it's attached to the actual fenders . Correct , because it's factory .

Speaker 2 8:46

They snap in .

Speaker 3 8:47

It came from the factory that way , as far as the body modifications other than the add-ons , the wide body kit , the fender flares , all that came from as factory splitter

Custom Car Modifications and Tuning

Speaker 3 8:57

too . And that splitter is no , sir , that is a carbon fiber anderson splitter . That's something we purchased and put on all the carbon fiber inside and outside .

Speaker 2 9:05

We put those on where's the little yellow things that go on the front ?

Speaker 1 9:08

those are the protectors I ain't gonna lie , those came , I'm not even going to lie .

Speaker 3 9:13

Those didn't even last at the dealership . I took them off as soon as I got delivered the car .

Speaker 2 9:16

Well , some people think they're supposed to be there .

Speaker 3 9:18

Yeah , yeah , they shouldn't be owning that car I know some Dodge people . They just shake their head when they see it they go , that's not what that's for More power , your appliance , you got to take the plastic . I tell people hey , if that's your idea , I you know I , I don't make fun of other people's ideas and build that .

Speaker 2 9:36

People look at this they may hate it , but I didn't build it for them . If I put them on my car , that means we'd both be wrong , right ?

Speaker 1 9:41

wheels .

Speaker 3 9:41

So let's yeah wheels those are uh weld wheels so they're custom made because of the brakes on these cars stick out , so weld makes the rear and fronts um , so it's a 20-inch on the front , 17-inch on the back , 315 on the rear .

Speaker 2 9:58

So when you say the brakes stick out , but it looks like the offset is to the inside .

Speaker 3 10:03

Well , if you look at where the spokes are on the front especially , it has to be kept forward Because the brakes it barely not , hits it's so close it sits right next to that caliper . I mean , if you look at that first little spindle right there , it's right next to the caliper .

Speaker 2 10:18

Because you can go zero and then you go negative .

Speaker 3 10:19

Right , and I actually have a three-millimeter spacer on it just to keep it from hitting , because that's how close it is .

Speaker 1 10:24

And there is a . Those are stock calipers .

Speaker 3 10:29

Yes , sir , I painted them , the brake kits . It comes with these big brakes on the red ones . They're big brakes , they stop .

Speaker 1 10:35

What about the lip on the rear spoiler ? Is that stock ?

Speaker 3 10:42

It's custom made . It lights up . Of course it does , of course . Right , it's going to be blue . It lights up any color you want .

Speaker 1 10:51

Oh , okay .

Speaker 3 10:52

The car has 16 ghost boxes on it , which is probably the most that you'll ever see , and you can literally light the car in any color you choose , and you can do multiple do they ? Talk to each other .

Speaker 3 11:02

Probably internally they do yeah because they're all done by wi-fi and you know and they communicate , they do so the car can . You can make the whole car do everything the same . So the interior , exterior lights underneath it you can . Make the whole car do everything the same , so the interior , exterior lights underneath it you can do it , and I assume that's a kit too . It is my 16-year-old son , the kid that's hiding behind there . He's the one that did all the lights on it .

Speaker 2 11:20

Well , good for you , young man .

Speaker 3 11:22

And which one's yours ? You got the Toyota right Right-hand drive Toyota that's a twin-turbo , 98 Risto , it's the MK4 super motor in it .

Speaker 1 11:32

And let me just say this Now that I see the back of it , I believe that Lexus took that body and called it a GS .

Speaker 3 11:39

So James does own a GS300 as well . When Japan built the Risto you're correct they brought to the United States as a Lexus GS300 . They're the exact same platform . I mean , they're identical . We own a GS300 the same year , You're right .

Speaker 1 11:54

Oh it's a Mercedes , it looked like a Mercedes .

Speaker 3 11:57

A lot of people like hey 50% of people ask us what Mercedes is that ? And you're right . A lot of people think it is just because it's a luxury car . It's just Japan's version of a luxury sports car , because that's what it is a twin turbo .

Speaker 1 12:13

It's a pretty car . Have you fiddled with the engine in that one ?

Speaker 3 12:16

Well , you know , of course , I have .

Speaker 1 12:20

That's the answer to everything .

Speaker 3 12:21

Yeah , I mean , I can't leave nothing alone .

Speaker 1 12:23

I got a Norge refrigerator . I fiddled with that too . Now it's got 500 horsepower and it's pinstriped .

Speaker 3 12:28

The only stock car I own is the GT500 , and that's my wife's , and she would not let me mess with it until it was out of warranty , so now I'm fixing them on it .

Speaker 2 12:35

So wait a minute and the Edsel's yours too right .

Speaker 1 12:36

That's correct . And so the Mustang , the GT500 , that's the wife's . Yes , sir , did she bring it here today ?

Speaker 3 12:44

No , sir , who brought it ? I did .

Speaker 1 12:47

She let you pulled up at .

Speaker 3 12:48

Edsel , I went back and got them .

Speaker 2 12:50

My shop's not that far from here , Gotcha , did you walk ?

Speaker 3 12:54

No sir .

Speaker 1 12:54

No , you probably had a battery-operated team member .

Speaker 3 12:58

See that blue van over there ? Yeah , that's my shuttle van ?

Speaker 2 13:01

Of course it is . That's his daily driver .

Speaker 3 13:03

That's right .

Speaker 1 13:04

So actually this is going to be renamed next year the GS Automotive Car Show . We , the GS Automotive Car Show .

Speaker 3 13:10

We'll bring them all next year . We've got a couple more .

Speaker 1 13:13

Yeah , well , that's good .

Speaker 2 13:15

I wanted to ask about under the hood of the Charger .

Speaker 3 13:18

Okay , so this is a 2.7 stock blower ported throttle body .

Speaker 1 13:23

Wait a minute . So what did it originally come with ?

Speaker 3 13:27

It was a 797 horsepower car . It's a 2.7 . That's the original blower .

Speaker 1 13:32

Okay , that is the stock blower , but you made modifications to the blower .

Speaker 3 13:35

Correct . It came stock 14.5 pounds of boost . We're at 24 . We've got throttle body , air intake , green cats . It runs 100% on E85 race fuel Boosted pump , bigger injectors . It makes about 1100 horsepower .

Speaker 2 13:50

So what do you ?

Speaker 3 13:51

got in the rear end , stock 282 . Red-eye , that's right , stock red-eye . Does it just go up in smoke ? Oh , you can't hook on this car . You got to go 60 roll or better . I was wondering . You can't even hook . Even on the drag riddles that are on the back , you can't hook . I mean , it's over 1,000 foot-pounds of torque to the wheels . It doesn't hook .

Speaker 1 14:11

It spins .

Speaker 3 14:12

It does .

Speaker 2 14:13

And it's scary fast and it smells good when that rubber is like flying in your face .

Speaker 3 14:17

It does . It's a smoke machine . I mean , doing a burnout in this car is effortless , like you , literally , if you can't do a burnout in this car , don't even try .

Speaker 2 14:23

Just create your own little EPA dump right there in the red light .

Speaker 3 14:26

I mean , you can go like half throttle and just stand there .

Speaker 2 14:30

So what does the street in front of your house look like .

Speaker 3 14:32

Is it a blacktop with marks ? My shop looks like that .

Speaker 2 14:36

My house . I keep all the . You just don't bring work home , that's right .

Speaker 1 14:39

Do you have a dyno at your shop ? No , sir , do you dyno your engines ? I do .

Speaker 3 14:44

Every car I have I dyno , tune them . And where do you dyno ? I use a guy named Jason Herrera Stupid , fast and then I use Alex Pite's performance out in Humble .

Speaker 2 14:58

It's our spring , I think we talked to him .

Speaker 3 14:59

Alex Pite , he's the one that does all the vets with the twin turbos and stuff on them . Yeah , yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1 15:02

Yeah , so we had him on the air because I have a stock LS1 2001 Corvette .

Speaker 3 15:09

Yes , you need a harmonic balancer .

Speaker 1 15:10

I do . You heard these .

Speaker 3 15:11

You're listening . That's a heck of a job . Rack has to come out . I know Two pieces . That's why I'm not doing it . The engine 99% of people that touch that car are going to mess that engine up if they don't know what they're doing Okay . Well , where am I taking it To Mr Pike ? Alex Pike , Chevy GM products LS .

Speaker 1 15:29

And has he done that job before ?

Speaker 3 15:32

I wouldn't admit to answer that question . I know that he knows that platform real well , probably better than pretty much most of your shops If he doesn't know ?

Speaker 1 15:38

he knows somebody Right .

Speaker 3 15:38

I mean there's not a lot of guys that are messing with those motors anymore , but Alex has a humongous amount of experience with that platform , so I mean he does phenomenal work . I mean he's tuned this car and it was dead on perfect every time .

Speaker 1 15:51

That's good to know because I'm kind of steering in that direction to take it up there to him , because I've got to find somebody that I can trust , because pulling it off of there is one thing , but putting it back on is the trick .

Speaker 3 16:05

Without damaging the crank and everything , because , yeah , it's two pieces on that car , I know , and if it was one piece it'd be simple . But that two-piece is not an easy job and I know a lot of people have messed up cars doing it .

Speaker 1 16:14

Yeah , and I am not worthy of that kind of job and I'm too old and I'm not getting on my back underneath doing it , no , and trying to reach over and down . Yeah , I know , hell , no , heck , we'll watch them . Yeah , we'll watch them . You ain't watching me because it ain't going to happen .

Speaker 3 16:32

Yeah , they'll be watching you sit on the couch watching the Alabama game . That's exactly right .

Speaker 2 16:38

I understand that , but they either score or once in a while

Auto Enthusiast's Car Collection Discussion

Speaker 2 16:40

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Speaker 1 16:40

So , AJ , what do you do over there ?

Speaker 3 16:44

At our shop . Yeah , basically we've stuck to general repair . Now , you know ACs , brakes dispensions , you know .

Speaker 1 16:51

How many people I mean how many mechanics you got .

Speaker 3 16:54

I've got two shops . I've got six people total Four bays at one , three bays at the other . So we have one physically on Gessner and then one down the street on Gessner , Because we do a lot of fleet accounts so we have a lot of companies that we do work for . So that's really Solid work , consistent work yeah Right .

Speaker 1 17:11

That's always good . It's excellent yeah .

Speaker 3 17:14

It's my fun shop . I call it .

Speaker 1 17:16

Yeah .

Speaker 3 17:16

It allows me to do these kind of things , yeah .

Speaker 2 17:18

Yeah , nice stuff , good collection .

Speaker 3 17:21

Thank you yeah .

Speaker 1 17:23

So we see what you brought . So what's left ?

Speaker 3 17:27

So the Bronco that was here was ours .

Speaker 1 17:29

The Bronco yeah , that's a good looking . That's pretty good , very nice so .

Speaker 3 17:32

I own the same car as that blue one , but mine is a silver , it's the non-turbo one . So I have a right-hand side Aristo , non-turbo . I just bought a new Supra , a 23 Supra , with a little BMW motor in it , with a turbo . Yeah , I've got an F-150 2024 Platinum , and then I've got a Fox Body 88 Fox Body with a 393 stroker in it . And then I've got a 1985 Ram Charger with a built motor , built trans , fuel-injected , fun little truck , old school .

Speaker 2 18:01

And this is your only son , or you've got other ?

Speaker 3 18:02

children . That's my only son , three daughters , one son , okay , and they all participate and drive and work . Well , one's 20 , he's 16 , and then my other girls are only 8 and 10 , so they're going to be driving at 11 . All my kids start driving at 11 . Oh wow .

Speaker 2 18:18

And he's going to adopt us next week .

Speaker 1 18:20

Come on by guys , Absolutely .

Speaker 2 18:22

I want to know about the Edsel . Just a quick recap on the Edsel , the Edsel's weird 58 ?

Speaker 3 18:27

59 Edsel Ranger . I actually bought it here in Spring Branch and at a state sale . So I knew some people that do estate sales and they couldn't get anybody to bid on the car . So they called me and said hey , we know you , we know , you know Hot Rods , come by and bid on it . So I went and bid on it . I had no intentions of buying it . It was in pieces , everything was in the trunk .

Speaker 1 18:44

Oh really .

Speaker 3 18:47

So it was sitting under trees , some guy passed . I went back and bid on it again , just trying to help these people out get it up . And then the guy called me and says look , give me $10 more than you bid you can have it . So I bought that car for $4,810 in pieces . How ?

Speaker 1 19:01

long did it take you to ?

Speaker 2 19:01

put it back together About a month .

Speaker 3 19:03

Is that original paint ? Yes , sir .

Speaker 2 19:05

Looks good .

Speaker 3 19:07

Everything was original . The guy that owned it I didn't get the pleasure of meeting the guy . I know he was a big Edsel guy . He had three of these . Everything on it when I bought it was 100% original . I actually did add vintage AC in it because he had the original AC . Those are cables and that's out of my .

Speaker 2 19:24

I didn't want to deal with all that .

Speaker 3 19:25

So I put vintage AC the battery . I put an aftermarket battery , but it does have the stock radiator . Even when it broke I sent it out to Liberty Radiator and had them rebuild it because it's just so cool to keep the old radiator in it . So 95% of it is original .

Speaker 1 19:41

Why have you been waiting to talk to us ? I mean , we all run in the same circle .

Speaker 3 19:44

I was at Loopy Tortillas last time you guys were there .

Speaker 2 19:47

Did not know that , yeah that car was there .

Speaker 3 19:50

That one won the award . Yeah , you guys gave me the new monitor . I remember now I know Biff and these guys pretty well , jay Hoboken and those guys , everybody knows Biff .

Speaker 2 19:58

Yeah , who doesn't ?

Speaker 1 19:59

know , biff , everybody knows .

Speaker 3 19:59

Biff .

Speaker 1 20:00

He's like an old dog Just wanders the neighborhood . Yeah , yes , we're aware . He wandered through here twice this morning .

Speaker 3 20:05

He's over there , right there .

Speaker 2 20:07

Giving somebody a hard time .

Speaker 1 20:09

I smell his cigars . Oh , there you go , him and Jackie Hansen .

Speaker 3 20:13

I love Jackie Hansen . I've known Jackie Hansen 20 years .

Speaker 1 20:16

AJ , it's great to talk to you .

Speaker 3 20:17

Thank you , sir . Thank you , We'll see you at Loopy Tortilla . Yes , sir , absolutely I'll be there . Thank you guys , Appreciate it guys

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Speaker 3 20:23

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Speaker 1 20:23

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Speaker 1 20:38

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Speaker 1 21:43

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Speaker 1 22:45

Welcome back to the in-wheel time car talk show . Was I supposed to do something ? No , he's waving what . What are you waving at ? You can put on your headset . Yeah , I know what would you think that you think that put on your headset ? Yeah , I know you think that I wasn't going to take my own cue . You give me no credit , david . You never have , but it's okay .

Speaker 2 23:03

He gives us credit . Mike and I get credit from him all the time .

Speaker 1 23:06

I give you crap . There is no doubt about that , and it's well known too .

Speaker 3 23:12

Thank you , for the credit , david no .

Speaker 1 23:13

I was actually getting up my time by the second . I thought you were watching more reels . No , not watching reels just yet .

Speaker 3 23:24

Good call , david , I know .

Speaker 1 23:25

I do love my reels , though I know you do . I know and I like to share them with my friends , and you've been subject to some of that yourself haven't you ?

Speaker 2 23:32

We all have my friends , and you've been subject to some of that yourself . Haven't you have we all have . Yes , well , don't you appreciate it ? I'll stop fun , okay , the only problem is I can't let my grandkids look at my phone anymore that's not true .

Speaker 1 23:41

I don't send those kind to you , I send worse ones . Um , we certainly have had a good time out here it is good fun yeah , uh , hopefully they'll invite us back next year and windy this is nice it's , it's absolutely perfect , seriously now you couldn't ask for a nicer day , um . So in about 30 minutes they'll be giving out trophies and then in about an hour the car show will be over with yeah , so you still got a little time you come out .

Speaker 1 24:12

There's some really nice cars out here , well hopefully we've showed you some and we've gotten you involved in some of the builds that are out here . You know it works for all of us .

Speaker 2 24:24

Doesn't it Good stuff A lot of kids , a lot of kid action going on Watch out , watch where you walk Watch where you go . There you go .

Speaker 1 24:32

I just don't want him to trip over that bar , yeah , face plant out in the concrete .

Speaker 2 24:35

What happened to our yellow tape ? Did we take that down ?

Speaker 1 24:37

Somebody stole it .

Speaker 2 24:39

No , oh , that's the police crime tape . Police crime tape , yeah , so I stole it . Thank you for .

Speaker 1 24:43

David , let's see . I had another story I wanted to tell you . He's got pictures of it Somewhere I have . Oh , here it is . This is one that I thought was interesting . Accuride Corporation you familiar with them , probably not , no A supplier of wheels for semi-trucks and light vehicles has filed for bankruptcy with $486 million of debt as it seeks to exit from an unprofitable General Motors contract and recover from depressed demand . Hmm , hmm , I wonder what that could possibly be . Do you think that would be ?

Speaker 2 25:22

electric . Hello , I've always wondered how do you get $486 million in ?

Speaker 1 25:26

debt .

Speaker 2 25:27

Well , there's the question of the day I get $20 in debt and I got people knocking on my door . You could start a car talk show .

Speaker 1 25:32

I get $20 in debt and I got people knocking on my door you could start a car talk show . The company , whose board chairman , jason Lewell , has plenty of bankruptcy experience , wants out of its contract to supply wheels for GM's Bright Drop electric vans in Ontario Automaker . Unwilling to renegotiate terms with said Grant Hatton , director of marketing for Accuride . About 75% of its business at the Ontario plant is with GM .

Speaker 2 25:56

Ne , ne , ne , ne , ne ne .

Speaker 1 25:58

Former finance manager took hefty kickbacks from a vendor of extended warranty contracts , according to a lawsuit filed by a New York City dealership alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duty . Now there's . What are you in breach of ?

Speaker 2 26:12

Fiduciary .

Speaker 1 26:13

Duty . How do you spell that ? Duty ? D-o-o-d-y Duty ? Star Hyundai in Bayside alleges Vadim Mladenov .

Speaker 2 26:25

Oh yeah , that guy .

Speaker 1 26:26

Uh-huh , you know he's from Ireland . Yeah , accepted kickbacks of $40,000 to $60,000 annually , plus free vacations from JMA Group before he resigned in January 2022 . Under the alleged scheme , jma Group billed Star Hyundai for higher amounts than what the store charged customers for the warranty and paid Malazanov part of the difference between two amounts as a kickback , according to the complaint . So you know , you've got to be careful of those Boris Badenoff kind of people . Remember Boris Badenoff ? Yes , especially Natasha , natasha .

Speaker 2 27:03

Natasha was terrible .

Speaker 1 27:04

Yeah , all right . Well , I think we're getting close . We are To moving on here , so let me One thing . One of our guests you need to moving on here , so let me One thing .

Speaker 2 27:15

One of our guests . You need to hurry Mars . One of our guests left their phone . So if you're missing the phone and you're one of our guests , come back and if you can recognize it , we'll give it to you .

Speaker 1 27:24

Yeah , Because Mike just called China and ordered food Pizza , yeah .

Speaker 2 27:30

Pizza and car parts , all yeah Pizza and car parts .

Speaker 1 27:33

All right , and car parts .

Speaker 2 27:34

Yeah .

Speaker 1 27:35

Doors or wheels . Which one is it ? Yes , we'll take a quick break . We'll be right back .

Speaker 1 27:39

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Speaker 1 28:38

The fabulous Hemi Hideout is having an open house and you're invited . Mark your calendar for Saturday , november 9th , 1030 to 1230 , and make a reservation today for a two-hour opportunity to see an eye-popping tribute to American muscle cars a collection of neon signs that'll dazzle , all in a venue like no other in the country . Entry to this rare Hemi Hideout open house is by reservation only 713-825-2555 . The $10 cash donation per person is matched and given to Brookshire Charities . See you November 9th at the Hemi Hideout . In Real Time will be there too .

Speaker 1 29:10

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Speaker 1 29:59

The NWT Video Technical Director is we Always Need More Jeff Zekin For Booking Agent , video Editor and People Finder , mr Mike Out of this World , mars and Chief Engineer David Ainsley . I'm Don Armstrong . Special thanks today to VFW Post 8790 for sponsoring today's show and the Spring Branch Senior High Museum Foundation for all their hard work . Next week we'll be back in the Sugar Shack Studios , a live broadcast run from 10 to noon Central . Thanks for joining us today . Be safe out there and have a great weekend . Get out and enjoy . We'll see you next week . Music , you , you . 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 .