The Mustang Was Nearly Six Figures Somehow

Cold Open And Swimming Hole Stories

Don Armstrong 0:08

Welcome to the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show just ahead. Recalls. And guess what the auction car sold for? Get your pen and paper ready. I'm saying seven right off the top. Right off the top. Plus, Jeff has the racing calendar we'll have this week in auto history, and I'll have some stories making automotive news headlines this week. Howdy, along with Mike out of this world bars. We always need more Jeff Zeken, Chief Engineer David. Ainsley. I'm Don Armstrong. Well, not always, but sometimes today. That's it. Yeah. Yeah, him again.

unknown 0:46

Anyway.

Don Armstrong 0:47

Well, Mr. Mars, uh I think we batted about uh 25 out of 100 on our guest lineup today, but you know what? You learn things, we've learned things about each other that we didn't know. I didn't know Don could swim.

Mike Marrs 1:04

I didn't either.

Don Armstrong 1:07

If you want to call it that, I was hiding in the corner. Hiding in the corner, cow cowering down in the corner.

Jeff Dziekan 1:16

Playing with a skimmer.

Don Armstrong 1:19

The rudder. Anyway. Um, let's see. Let's do the recall, shall we, Mr. Mars? Why not? Well, would you rather talk about swimming? Did you ever go swimming in a swimming hole over there in Neaterville? Did you have a swimming hole?

Mike Marrs 1:37

Well, kind of, sorta.

Don Armstrong 1:40

We did. We used to have, well, they're we call it sand pits, is what they were. Yeah. Where they would dig out these great big, and I mean, they they must have been 40 feet, 50 feet deep. And there wasn't a lot of water in the bottom of them, but what was there was crystal clear. You could see all the way down. Yeah.

Mike Marrs 2:03

Oh, yeah.

Don Armstrong 2:04

And uh there was a we would go fishing in it. Well, that was pretty stupid because you could see that there weren't any fish in it. But whatever. And uh by the once we figured out that there weren't any fish in it, then there were like four or five of these swimming holes, and they were all kind of together in this area. They're still there, but what's happened is that they're city parks now, right? And so you can go over there, they got bridges over there, and nice, you know, it's it's nice. But back in the day, that was the swimming pool.

Jeff Dziekan 2:33

Yeah, there was a show on uh Henry Winkler's got a history show on, and they featured something like that where the abandoned uh gravel pits and mines, some guy bought some property and he put some makeshift slides made out of wood and all that, turned it into a park that people were actually signing waivers to be there. It crowded, flooded, it made a lot of money until they started getting sued. Uh, you know, deaths and tragedies. And then they sold it to somebody else that actually turned it into a legitimate park. So it was kind of weird to hut.

Don Armstrong 3:01

Well, you know, it's kind of like the Komal River up there. Uh Schlitterbahn. Yeah. Right? There was no Schlitterbahn. There was this dumpy motel that is still there. It's part of Schlitterbahn now. It's not dumpy anymore, but it was a dumpy old brick motel. If you've ever been up there, you know what I'm talking about. And it was right alongside the river. And I think that they had had a slide that you could slide basically from the motel down the embankment down to the river.

Jeff Dziekan 3:31

That'll be darn.

Don Armstrong 3:31

And uh, and of course, now when you travel with your parents, you always had to get a pool, you know.

Jeff Dziekan 3:36

The Oh, God, that was the first thing you did. You gotta look for a pool, and you had the little guide. Oh, it's got a pool, you know, the triple-A guide and all that. And you pull up, and there are people in the pool. And the pool was usually outside in the front of the office by the road. That was the attraction to get the kids in there. Yeah.

Mike Marrs 3:51

Well, that is and the office manager could also watch the pool and not have a lifeguard.

Don Armstrong 3:55

I never once knew of an office manager that even looked at the pool. Well, there was that one with the binoculars at one time. What was that? That sicko. I remember him, yeah. But anyway, all right. Well, more tall tales from the In Wheeltime team. You know, the only person that we didn't include in the Tall Tales section would be David Ainsley. And let me tell you something. He's got some tall tales. He's a tall guy, too. Yeah. He's pretty tall.

Jeff Dziekan 4:24

And then we go back to the Yeah, we don't want to tell that story very often.

Don Armstrong 4:30

All right,

New Recalls With EV Warnings

Don Armstrong 4:31

so here's some recalls for you. Improperly secured module may damage the high voltage battery. That's not a good thing. Is it under the hood? Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC. The Escalade, uh, Silverado EV, and Sierra EV. Improperly installed seat belt buckle anchor. I guess you'll find that out when you're in some big collision. Ram 1500 2019 to 2026. Why'd it take so long to figure that out? Here's one, not good. Steel wheels may crack. Oh. Chevrolet Silverado EV. GMC Sierra EV. Sounds like a heat treat issue. But those are the ones that have the the the tires on them that you know pump it up to a hundred pounds. Am I right?

Jeff Dziekan 5:24

Yeah, I I don't know how that would welding, maybe? I don't know. That's not good.

Mike Marrs 5:29

Well, it's gotta be like the the metal structure itself. Yeah. Kind of like a cute, it gets real brittle and it'll break.

Don Armstrong 5:36

Who knows? Yeah. Maybe maybe they used uh grandpa's uh welding rods when they put it on there. Grandpa's invention.

Jeff Dziekan 5:45

Yeah.

Auction Prices And Guessing Game

Don Armstrong 5:46

All right, let's do the what the sold car sold for. That would be from Hemings Sold Car Weekly Roundup. You ready?

unknown 5:57

Yep.

Don Armstrong 5:58

Our first car up today is a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette. Now, this is not the split window, but this is the convertible. That is a pretty car. Yeah, it is very and it looks like it's been completely restored. Yep. And boy, I'll tell you what, I'm not a convertible guy, but boy, that is one pretty car. It is pretty. It looks like it's it looks like it's all stock. Okay.

Mike Marrs 6:22

I'm gonna say it's uh some of the notes said it was it's period correct. Wow. It's not a numbers matching per se, but it is period correct.

Jeff Dziekan 6:31

Well, that's beautiful. I just looked at my wallet and I'm gonna go 129.

Don Armstrong 6:37

Jeff goes 129. Now, have we just turned off everybody today?

Mike Marrs 6:43

Heightsman says 32.

Don Armstrong 6:45

Oh, Heitzman's been watching? Yeah, he says 32.

Mike Marrs 6:48

32 for the heights.

Don Armstrong 6:50

Okay. Um, is uh George with us or no?

Mike Marrs 6:54

He was earlier.

Don Armstrong 6:55

Uh I have not Oh, he's probably out cut in the grass.

Jeff Dziekan 6:58

Put a 999 on his. Whatever, whatever he's something 999.

Don Armstrong 7:03

How how about our uh Lusk family? They're not with us today. I've not seen it. No, they're probably probably trying to recover from school this week.

SPEAKER_00 7:10

Yeah, it could be.

Don Armstrong 7:12

Anyway, okay. Well, it's sold for $45,675. And I'm gonna tell you, I don't know anything about the car other than what Mars said. Forget the numbers matching. It looks like it rolled right off the showroom floor. Yeah, beautiful. I would pay $45,000 for that if I had $45,000.

Mike Marrs 7:33

It was that was it's just a the color combination, it's just really beautiful. Absolutely.

Don Armstrong 7:38

Yep.

Jeff Dziekan 7:38

Or if the reverse, it was white with blood red interior.

Mike Marrs 7:41

Either way, yeah, I like it like that.

Don Armstrong 7:43

But I I I this is a sports car, it's got to be red. Okay, next up, let's do another Corvette, shall we? This is a 1969 Corvette convertible. What looks like factory pipes on it, they're probably aftermarket, and it's got the wheel trim rings. It looks like it is a small block Chevrolet.

Mike Marrs 8:09

383 stroker.

Don Armstrong 8:11

A what?

Mike Marrs 8:12

383 stroker.

Don Armstrong 8:14

Okay, so they've replaced the motor in it. So it's a 69, it's orange in color, and uh, it's a pretty car. And I like the pictures underneath the trees, and I like the yeah, the presentation is very nice. Black interior.

Jeff Dziekan 8:26

32.

Don Armstrong 8:27

Jeff says 41. 32 and 41. Well, um, it sold for 33.6.

unknown 8:34

Oh.

Don Armstrong 8:34

Not bad.

Jeff Dziekan 8:35

I would take those pipes off. I don't like those pipes.

Don Armstrong 8:37

You know, no, it's period correct.

Jeff Dziekan 8:39

I'm going elsewhere. I don't like the pipes.

Don Armstrong 8:42

I like the pipes. I wouldn't, I wouldn't order them from the factory, but they were very expensive back in the day. All right, next up will be a 2021 Shelby Mustang. I like the color, I like the stripes, I like the car. And um, apparently it has been well maintained. Am I off off base on that, Mike?

Mike Marrs 9:10

It says it has just a hair over 4,000 miles on it. Okay.

Don Armstrong 9:15

So, in other words, it's brand new.

Mike Marrs 9:16

Yes. One of 98.

Jeff Dziekan 9:19

Oh. I'm gonna say 42, but I'm thinking it's probably gonna be in the 60s. I'll go 42.

Don Armstrong 9:27

Jeff Heitzman says 55. Jeff's a lot closer. It's sold for 94.5. Oh wow.

Jeff Dziekan 9:36

Uh well, see, if Jeff and I put our money together, you would have had it.

Mike Marrs 9:40

There you go. So it's a 5.0 supercharged coyote motor, 825.

Don Armstrong 9:46

But you know what, Mike?

Mike Marrs 9:47

Forgot.

Don Armstrong 9:48

I'm sorry, it's still a Mustang.

Mike Marrs 9:50

It is.

Don Armstrong 9:51

And I I appreciate every bit of that card. Don't get me wrong. It's just not my cup of tea.

Jeff Dziekan 9:56

It must be signed by Carol Shelby.

unknown 9:58

I don't know.

Jeff Dziekan 9:59

Oh, he usually signs the glove box or something. It could be. Of course, that would be in the photo if it was.

Mike Marrs 10:03

Yeah, no, it's just one of 98. It's the biggest thing.

Don Armstrong 10:06

Here's one for you, Mars. A 1966 Plymouth Barracuda.

unknown 10:14

Oh.

Don Armstrong 10:14

Not the Barracuda that we all have grown to love. This was one of the first ones, and it is ugly.

Jeff Dziekan 10:24

Au contraire.

Don Armstrong 10:25

You know, you like it?

Jeff Dziekan 10:26

I like it.

Don Armstrong 10:27

What is it about do you like it? I just like the it looks like a valiant in the front.

Jeff Dziekan 10:31

I grew up in that era, so yeah.

Don Armstrong 10:33

Well, hello.

Jeff Dziekan 10:34

I know. Uh, interior looks good. I'm gonna say uh I'm gonna say 27.

Don Armstrong 10:41

And it's it's got a V8 in it. It looks like it's all stock and standard and and actually been restored.

Jeff Dziekan 10:47

And that back glass, I'm sure, is an arm and a leg to replace if anything. If you can find it, you can find it exactly.

Mike Marrs 10:53

Yeah, it's 273 cubic inch.

Don Armstrong 10:56

Yeah, that's gotta be it. That's that's stock, that's stock stock.

Jeff Dziekan 10:59

Mr. Heistman says 29.

Don Armstrong 11:02

Well, everybody's overbid because it's only 17,850 is what it's sold for.

Jeff Dziekan 11:09

Yeah, that's that's in range there.

Don Armstrong 11:11

Yeah, that's in range. Unbelievable to me. I mean, I thought that was outstanding, and they are mild. All right, my daughters don't like these cars. I and I don't know why. Uh, I've always liked these cars. This one is a 1969 Chevy El Camino.

Mike Marrs 11:32

El Camino.

Don Armstrong 11:34

And it's been it looks like it's been taken care of. I love the bench seat up front. Looks all stock and everything.

Jeff Dziekan 11:39

Wait, what year was it?

Don Armstrong 11:40

69. Chevy El Camino. How can you tell? You can tell by that that little lip around the front bumper that kind of goes back toward the fender wheel. That's what makes the difference between a 68 and a 69.

Mike Marrs 11:54

Oh, and one of the things I liked about this car is the fact it is a bench seat car.

Don Armstrong 12:00

Yes, me too.

Mike Marrs 12:01

Yes, because the bucket seats in one of these cars is not much.

Don Armstrong 12:05

I mean, well, and not only that, but what do you what if you got, you know, somebody you want to take with you besides the the wife or whatever?

Mike Marrs 12:12

Yeah, but I still like, you know, if you got the seat like that, she could still slide over. Oh, yeah.

Don Armstrong 12:17

Oh, well, there's that too, yeah. Or if she's driving, you could slide over to her. So what do you think that that's sold for? Jeff says 19. Jeff says 19. Jeff's pretty close. Yeah, I'm gonna go 17. 17, 22, 575. Okay, very good. That I see, I would yeah, you need something like that.

Mike Marrs 12:36

A nice car. Finally do that. It really is. Does it have AC in it? I think I saw a compressor in one of the other pictures. Okay. That was I got wrote down as a 350 cubic amp.

Don Armstrong 12:45

Next up, a 1970 Chevy CK. A CK meaning that it is a 1500, it is a half ton. Now it's got a straight six in it. I would go for that straight six, probably before I'd go with the V8, and here's why. Because look, it's it's even got the dog dish hubcaps on it. This looks like it's all completely stock and original.

Mike Marrs 13:13

I'm gonna do that. I could do this. 38,000 miles.

Don Armstrong 13:17

$8,000. With a 8,000 miles on it? 8,000 original miles?

Mike Marrs 13:23

38,000. I'm not sure.

Don Armstrong 13:24

Oh, 38,000. Well, that's that is a uh 235, let's see, 70. Oh no, they may have bumped it up to 250, but yeah, it's two fifty on this one. Yeah, it's two fifty. Because the original engine, which is it's still basically the same, was the blue flame six that they used in the original Corvette. Anyway, the story eight grand for me. Eight grand? IMC. Did Jeff chime in? Uh here he is here he comes uh 26. Well, guess what? He wins a 1970 Chevy CK 27,038.

Jeff Dziekan 14:00

I didn't want it anyway, so it's a lot of money. All right, yeah.

Don Armstrong 14:04

That that that would be something that I'd be interested in. I don't know if I'd pay $27,000 for it, though.

Jeff Dziekan 14:09

Now, this I would drive.

Don Armstrong 14:11

And I uh selected this because of you. This is a 19. Remember we did the El Camino? Oh, yeah, yeah. This is Ford's answer to the El Camino. The ranchero. This is the Ford Ranchero. 1959 is the model year. Those fender skirts and everything that fade back into the rear off.

Jeff Dziekan 14:27

Yeah.

Don Armstrong 14:28

How much do you think that Ford Ranchero went for?

Jeff Dziekan 14:31

I'm sorry, the year against it.

Don Armstrong 14:33

A 59. Now, this looks like it's got a V8 in it. Yeah.

Mike Marrs 14:36

It does. And it's it's also listed as having a frame off restoration done a few years ago.

Don Armstrong 14:42

Jeff, this is all about you, buddy.

Jeff Dziekan 14:44

I'm gonna say 64.

Don Armstrong 14:47

Really?

Mike Marrs 14:48

Yeah, 6,400,000. Oh.

Don Armstrong 14:53

Heitzman says 33, which is closer than the actual sold price of 24,000.

Jeff Dziekan 15:00

Ah, come on.

Don Armstrong 15:01

And it even now it's just painted. I was gonna say it's even got a tonneau cover on it. All right, last up this uh day is going to be a 1954 GMC 100. Now, this uh this actually does have the Blue Flame 6 in it, uh, the GMC version of it. Um, so it doesn't have a whole lot of horsepower, but boy, I'll tell you what, this thing looks completely stock.

Mike Marrs 15:28

Except for the carburetor.

Don Armstrong 15:30

I'm saying except for what?

Mike Marrs 15:31

Except for the Holly carburetor.

Don Armstrong 15:33

Yeah, I I wouldn't do that. I I would put me a nice two-barrel, put the original two-barrel carburetor on. You can get a modern version or a single barrel, it doesn't make any difference. The 54 GMC 100. $21,000. $21,000. Now, this is I've got this has got to be a complete restoration. Jeff Heitzman says $21,000. Both of you guys. It's sold for $39,895. I wonder if Dan Patrick still has his Chevrolet. Get him on the air. He's got a lot of that, huh?

Jeff Dziekan 16:06

Get him on the air and talk about it. He doesn't want to he had one of his action commercials.

Don Armstrong 16:10

Did you know that I actually have I actually had his personal phone number? I never call him. He's he's a busy guy. Yeah. That'd be the lieutenant governor of the state of Texas. He and I go way back. Yep. He was doing uh anyway. We ran into him uh at the Meekham auction. At the Meekham auction. Were you with us? No, I was there, yeah. No, uh yeah. Uh I'm sitting there and uh I stand up for something and I look at him and he looks at me, and Danny, what are you doing here? He says, I'm looking for a car to buy. Okay. And of course, you know, he's now got secret service guys, yeah, state attack, DPS, whoever those guys are.

Mike Marrs 16:54

Yeah, he was not alone.

Don Armstrong 16:56

No, no. We should have we should have some type of protection. Well, we should. Well,

Break And Show Updates

Don Armstrong 17:02

we have some protection in the fact that we're going to take a break and protect the protect the clock and make sure that you stay on side. Just ahead. Jeff has the racing calendar. Mars has this week in auto history. I thought we already did. No, that was a different day. Uh uh This Week in Auto History. I'll bring you this week's auto news headlines too. The In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show is back in a flash. The Tex Max dining experience is defined by Loopy Tortilla, your destination for Texas's best beef fajitas and frozen margaritas. Since 1983, Loopy Tortilla has served authentic and time-tested recipes made with the freshest ingredients. Atmosphere is part of the award-winning experience of Loopy Tortillas, all developed in a little house near Highway 6 to 910 in Houston. Visit any of the Loopy Tortillas and you'll see the same attention to detail in each and every location. Start your loopy experience with queso flamingato and guacamole, along with a classic frozen margarita. Done on famous loopy beef and chicken to eat it's or pepper shrimp crochet, or a finisher vegetarian entree, and finish with a scrumptious vlog for dessert. Find loopy tortilla in Houston, College Station, Beaumont, Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas, Fort Worth. There's a Texas location near you. The recipes are authentic and time-tested. The ingredients are always fresh. Loopy tortilla. Eats pretty good. The Inwheel Time Car Talk Show thanks you for 15 wonderful years. Yep, our first show aired May 7th, 2011, on the local radio station. Then it was a move to the digital world and social media, and you followed. Thank you. We continue to build and grow our fan base, and it's all because of you and your auto enthusiast friends. We appreciate your support. It's always great to see you in our remote broadcast, too, and we hope you'll continue to stop by and say hello. It's been a great ride, and we hope to bring you more fun and adventure right here on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show.

Racing Calendar For The Weekend

Don Armstrong 19:06

Connect through the podcast from your favorite podcast channel anytime. Jeff has the racing calendar sponsored by the Texas Muscle Clark Club Challenge.

Jeff Dziekan 19:15

Here you go. Okay, we've got uh Canadian race, it's called the Markham. It's for form, it's for indie, not Formula One, for indie racing. And of course, we've got uh the end of the indie seasons coming up very, very soon, so stay tuned for that. You got NHRA, is uh actually uh this weekend is Cornwell Quality Tools. I'm sorry, I take that back. Uh yeah. No, they're off. Never mind. I was looking at the wrong date. Sorry, that's on me. Uh NASCAR, here we go. NASCAR is in Richmond. I saw some of the practice this morning. It was a rebroadcast of it. It will be on the USA Network. I'd like to go to the Richmond racetrack.

unknown 19:50

Yeah.

Jeff Dziekan 19:50

Just because it's it's it's old school. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh, and of course, the Formula One is off. They're recouping on all of their, I think they're I don't know what they're doing. Putting bedazzle stuff on their purses or something. I don't know. But that's it. Racing season's coming to an end.

Don Armstrong 20:07

By the way, I I want to say that uh we had a guy on uh earlier by the name of Dom Genova. That we you may be seeing more of him. This guy's quite the character, and uh he's got a book about not getting ripped off at the car dealership when you buy a car. It's very colorful interview. Yeah, it truly was. A great guy. All right. Time

This Week In Auto History

Don Armstrong 20:29

now for this week in auto history, Mr. Mars.

Mike Marrs 20:32

So a few things we found coming up this week in auto history that you can check into. Uh 1994, on August the 15th, Ford began production of their contour and their Mercury Mystique. Now, basically, all this was was uh the European design Mondeo being brought into America because of their change the way they wanted to do or approach the mid-sized market in America. A lot of imports were coming in and they wanted to get in uh to that and change to a different style, doing away with the tempo and the topaz that were uh originally competing against the Japanese and European imports, so they've upgraded to this and uh made a big change in Ford's progress there. Then in 1906, August the 16th, the Mason Motor Car Company in Des Moines, Iowa, of all places. This is where the Deucemberg brothers built their first cars. This is what they did before they actually started building the Ducemberg vehicles, and uh it was a two-cylinder vehicle, and it had a lot of uh different implementations of that or technology of the particular time, and this is where they experimented with their their car building and what they decided on that eventually led them to build the the famous Ducemberg vehicles. Then on August the 17th in 1915, this is something that changed everything for all of us. If you've worked on cars and misses. You can't get the disease.

Don Armstrong 22:03

Can you imagine without that?

Mike Marrs 22:06

I mean I I I can't. I mean, uh it would not only was it a safety issue, people got hurt with the hand cranks and stuff, but you know, just this and the progression of it. I mean, how many times did you take a screwdriver and get down there on that solenoid to jump it because of the windings are shot in the middle?

Jeff Dziekan 22:20

Well, there should be a sticker that says hit it here. Or hit it here. Sorry, with a broomstick.

Mike Marrs 22:25

Exactly. I mean, but it just so Cadillac did this and they set it up and they started in 1912, which I didn't really understand or know that it went back that far. But this was a Cadillac deal that changed everything for all the automobiles. So then on August 20th of 1960, this is this one kind of fabricasted me. You remember the Dodge Dart? This is the original Dodge Dart. What I remember was a little mid-size sedan or a coup. Uh, if you were lucky, it had a hot rod motor in it. But this is the Dodge Dart in 1960. And they started really seeing how things were going to go. They sold over 306,000 of these vehicles. And uh it actually helped them out through the 1957-58 Depression, and it gave them a stronger full-size offering at a time whenever they were everybody else was starting to cut back and the sales were getting weak. So this is the original Dodge Dart. Even got a wagon for you, Jeff. I love it. August 20th, 1969. The Skyline, the Nissan Skyline that everybody sees is fantastic hot rod from the imports, Fast and Furious Millies. This is the original Skyline that was built by the Prince Motor Company. Nissan took them over and eventually molded them into uh the Nissan performance packages and the vehicles that we know now. And the one on the bottom right, the red, was one exactly the last one that the engineering, the print motor company engineering was all involved with. So it was started out as a modest four-door family design, and now it's ended up movie screen with hot rods that'll jump through tall buildings and swim massive streams and go really fast.

Don Armstrong 24:11

So that's just a few of the Did you did you you you just did that to put make a little dig at me talking about swimming again?

Jeff Dziekan 24:18

Did you write that?

Mike Marrs 24:27

Well, you know, you gotta you gotta keep your clothes on to drive it though.

Don Armstrong 24:33

I don't know why.

Tesla Test Drive Lawsuit Details

Don Armstrong 24:34

Because you're leathering, technically some of the stories making headlines this week. Federal lawsuit seeks ten million dollars from Tesla for a Virginia woman who crashed into a hair salon while test driving a Model Y. The suit by Alem's wood lawlet, who had never driven an electric vehicle, says a Tesla spokesperson, salesperson, assured her that it handles the same as a gas vehicle. But the Y she was given to try out had been set to the quote unquote insane mode, which allows it to accelerate from zero to sixty in 3.3 seconds. The salesperson did not accompany La Gallette on her September 24th, 20 uh 2024 drive, which ended moments after she had stopped at a red light near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Quote, as plaintiff pressed the accelerator, the vehicle lurched forward at an extreme speed and horsepower compared to the force placed on the accelerator, the suit says. The sudden acceleration caused plaintiff to lose control of the vehicle and to crash into a nearby storefront. The crash left Lawlet with serious and permanent bodily injuries, according to her complaint. Laugolette 59 is a database developer for the Federal Reserve Board, according to the independent. She initially sued Tesla in Virginia State Court in March before the case was moved to U.S. District Court in Tesla responded to the suit in state court saying Law Gollette had failed to take reasonable care and did not take reasonable steps to mitigate her alleged damages. Yeah. She just barely pressed the accelerator pedal in in the I'm gonna die mode, and it shot it forward. Why would you why would you let her take the car by yourself?

Mike Marrs 26:32

Exactly. Why would you Yeah.

Fair Lane Estate Reopening Plans

Don Armstrong 26:36

Here's a story I gotta get in. After more than 13 years and $50 million in restoration work, Henry and Clara Ford's Fair Lane estate in Dearborn is set to reopen next summer. The reopening marks the culmination of a painstaking effort to restore one of the most important industrial area estates in the country that's up in Dearborn, closed since 2010 as a living history experience. Central to the reopening is the No Velvet Ropes Experiential Tours Fair Lane is planning for visitors to the 57-room historic home on the banks of the Rouge River. It's powerhouse, experimental lab, and garage. The powerhouse actually powered the house, literally. From the river. Yeah, from the river, the water in the river. I'm gonna kind of guess.

Jeff Dziekan 27:22

There was a skip house there that I've got my initials in.

Don Armstrong 27:25

Henry Ford built the powerhouse on the Estraite uh because it was needed for work on Fairlane. Edison assisted in the design of the hydroelectric plant that harnessed the energy. Now, here's I'm gonna have to shorten this up because we're running out of time. But the story says that the furnishings of the home are either recreations or stuff that they had to go out and find. I did not know this, but over the years they took all of the furniture that was in the house and sold it off.

Jeff Dziekan 27:52

Yeah, they had options for it, yeah. Uh I've yeah, I lived 15 minutes from there. Uh the Fairlane Mall, the Fair Lane Hotel, everything was Fair Lane at the time. Dearborn, it was a great time of the of growing up there. And it's you can take tours of it. They've got uh all kinds of neat stuff there.

Don Armstrong 28:08

Well, it's it's sort of attached like to a Greenfield Village. They're offering guided tours of 10 to 15 people at a time when it reopens. I am dying to go. If you ever up there, go see it. I went to the Henry Ford, and this is right around the corner, and uh it is magnificent. All right,

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Don Armstrong 28:24

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