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#174 1938 Phantom Corsair! From National Auto Museum to Inaugural Las Vegas Concours!

October 11, 2019

Ahead of It’s Time Cast as the “Flying Wombat” in the 1938 movie Young in Heart, the 38′ Phantom Corsair was way ahead of it’s time as an incredibly sophisticated rolling work of art and style. Match that spectacular vehicle with 200 other gorgeous time pieces of vehicle variety at the very first Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance bit.ly/LasVegasConcours and you have a recipe for one of the premiere car shows in the country. The Harrah Collection On loan from the […]
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#173 IMSA 1969-1989: How John Bishop Built Worlds Greatest Sports Car Racing Series

October 5, 2019

IMSA Was Born Fifty years ago, a new sanctioning body emerged at a pivotal moment in motorsports history. Racing was on the upswing and new tracks were being built all across the U.S. Imported cars from Europe and Japan were flooding the market, designers were pushing limits and drivers were looking for an opportunity to race for more than just a trophy. Into this void stepped John Bishop with a fledgling organization called IMSA that offered competitive, professional racing in […]
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#172 Driving lllegal?! Transportation Expert “Gridlock Sam” Shares Future of Traffic

September 28, 2019

Our Time at the Wheel is Done?! Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous than cars that pilot themselves. Is this an impossible future, or a revolution just around the corner? Sam Schwartz, “Gridlock Sam,” America’s most celebrated transportation expert, describes in his book about the revolution in self-driving cars. The ramifications will be dramatic, and the transition will be far from seamless. It will overturn the job market for the one in seven […]
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#171 Tool Box Economy of the Modern Day Mechanic

September 17, 2019

The Overwhelm of Tool Box Purchases How are automotive technicians preparing for their career? Are we overwhelmed with technology? What is the requirement of a modern day toolbox? Auto mechanics are consistently buying specialized tools that they don’t use often and not giving them a good return on investment. As a business owner, what is the immediate priority over the next few years for an investment in software\hardware that will enable repairing vehicles properly and bring a good return on […]
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#170 Wayne Carini – Chasing Classic Cars, from Barn Yard Find to Restoration Gem

September 14, 2019

The Wayne Carini Passion Wayne’s passion for cars started when he was a child, working alongside his father on such classics as Duesenbergs, Lincolns, Packards and Ford Model As. Then, at just 9 years of age, he experienced a life altering event: he went for a ride in his first Ferrari, a 1960 Rosso Chiaro 250 SWB to be exact. Wayne was instantly bitten by the Ferrari bug and hooked for life. Automobiles have been Wayne’s passion ever since. Wayne […]
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#169 Will Buxton, Revealing Hardships of History’s Greatest Race Car Drivers

September 7, 2019

Journalist’s Passion Leads to High Profile Digital Platform A motor racing broadcaster, commentator and journalist, Will Buxton has had the rare pleasure of turning his great passion into something resembling work for the better part of 20 years. His career has taken him around the world countless times to report on everything from Formula 1 to World Rally to Indycar. While the happy mistake of falling into television as a Formula 1 pit-lane reporter in the United States for the […]
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#168 Author Chris Balish: How to Live Well Without a Car!

August 31, 2019

$147,000 dollars That’s how much money our guest this week, Chris Balish, saved by making one really smart financial decision. His wife Jennifer, has saved more than $54,000 by making the same decision, thus together they’ve saved $200,000. They are completely debt-free, and within another year or two, they’re going to pay cash for a house. How did they do it? By going car free. They occasionally rent cars and frequently ride in cars, they just don’t own one — […]
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#167 Steve Saleen: Bringing Race-Proven Performance to the Street

August 25, 2019

The Business of Super Cars With an incredible race history with the performance design and build of the Saleen Mustang to one of the world’s most renowned super cars, the Saleen S7, CEO & Founder Steve Saleen has carved out a reputation that truly ranks with the most celebrated performance vehicle designers in history. Mr. Saleen’s entrepreneurial business plan laid the groundwork for an entire new industry of design, engineering, manufacturing, and sales of high-performance vehicles that were race-proven and marketed for […]
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#166 Auto Parts Experts Talk Rotating Electric: Tips for Under Hood Success

August 18, 2019

Under Hood Rotating Electric While technology is certainly blazing away, there have been some changes to these age old components of your vehicle, the starter and alternator. As the alternator has made advancements in certain vehicle platforms by incorporating the on board computer in circuit as well as clutch style pulley systems, these parts can often be misdiagnosed, creating an in bay comeback or a frustrating weekend at home working on your ride making multiple trips to the parts house. Back […]
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#165 Apex Motor Club – Luxury Car Condos Meets Racetrack

August 11, 2019

The Ultimate Vehicular Hangout There is a quiet movement among car enthusiasts across the country regarding the storage of their prized possessions. Add to that, the serious demand for a club like environment with high end amenities from luxury lounges and service facilities, to an actual racetrack to rev your wheels and vehicular soul. From earthquake proof storage facilities in Los Angeles, to the sprawling acreage to lay out your horsepower inner beast of McLaren, Ferrari or Mustang, welcome the […]
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#164 Police and Automotive Pros Team Up for Youth Outreach

August 4, 2019

An Age Old Problem Youth involvement in gangs is a serious problem across the country, whether you’re in a big city or the land of suburbia. You see gang graffiti firsthand, and usually glance over it, becoming numb to the blight and crime. MS-13, the mark of an international criminal gang organization, seems to be in the headlines just about every week as the federal government, and a multitude of states across the country, work to eliminate their presence. From […]
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#163 Those Ridiculous Driving Habits That Drive You Crazy

July 28, 2019

Please and Thank You Mom always said from our early years say “Thank You” and “Please,” a staple of the basics towards being neighborly and thoughtful of the people around us. Over time, many of us have lost that principle of life to certain degree and in some cases all together, especially when driving our vehicles. Can we blame the time constraints of our crazy schedules that have us running around without taking time out to remember to slow our […]
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#162 Bruce Canepa : Race History & Collector Car Restoration

July 21, 2019

The Need for Design & Speed When we think of speed and the movement of horsepower and race vehicle designs on the track, history has proven that many can truly compete and dominate. From the early years of 1867, races were organized to prove time trials among man and machine, and ultimately progressed to competition with manufacturers, as specialist cars were designed for maximum speed. Throughout race history, from Sprint Cars to NASCAR, to IMSA, and the famed Monaco Grand Prix, […]
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#161 The Soaring Growth of Electric Vehicles in China

July 14, 2019

A Multitude of Car Brands & Chinese Electric Vehicle Growth. As the behemoth of the automotive marketplace, China has an impressive amount of vehicles on the road, as well as vehicles sold on a yearly output basis. The population and middle class boom of recent years has set an unprecedented rate of growth and development of infrastructure to keep up with demand. The vehicle marketplace, specifically in the electric vehicle space, has exploded and China has taken the world stage with how it decides to […]
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#160 The Spectacular Automotive Art of Princess Vidita Singh

July 6, 2019

From Sea to Global Shining Sea. A Worldwide Energy of Automotive Culture. Many feel that the center of the world for all things automotive and culture is right here in the good old United States. The abundance of automotive creativity and reinvention is never-ending and seems to continually progress from generation to generation, inspiring and invigorating all from coast to coast, and globally. A worldwide movement churning ideas and invention from creative builds and designs, to the color and vibrancy of renowned […]
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#159 Summer Road Trip Tips

June 29, 2019

The Timeless Family Classic, the Road Trip. We often think of road trips as a time to get away, visit relatives and friends and set off for the freedom of the road. Packing items that will keep the kiddos occupied and a few snacks while maybe having a mechanic glance at a few things like the basics of tires , oil level and condition, and a few safety items like brakes and all exterior lighting. But is this truly enough? […]
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#158 Nick Sutton The DeLorean Story

June 22, 2019

Ambition and Greed The fascinating, and at times, poorly understood life of one of the most scandalous stories in automobile manufacturing history has John DeLorean sitting perched high atop the list of tragic outcomes. The story of the General Motors rising executive who would ultimately go on to pursue his dream of creating a cutting edge car company, DMC (DeLorean Motor Company), is riddled with accounts of both ambition and greed. Who was the man behind what generations of car […]
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#157 Fastest Female on 2-Wheels Attempts 4-Wheel World Land Speed Record

June 15, 2019

Fastest Woman on Two Wheels What drives an individual to chase incredible speeds to attain a world record or two…or eight?! The fastest woman on two wheels who has an unwavering passion for setting some serious land speed records, the talented Valerie Thompson https://bit.ly/ValerieThompsonRacing does and she will join us in studio this week. Valerie is the “World’s Fastest Female Motorcycle Racer” and an eight-time land speed record holder with membership in the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame, seven 200 […]
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#156 Car Chix Grudge Match Racing

June 1, 2019

Sniveling Sore Loser. When some of us lose at competing head-to-head, we walk away and consider it a done deal. A few of us will down right argue up the fact that everything by way of that competition was not aligned in our favor for whatever reason(s). The heat of competitive passion ensues with a few choice words, emotions, and a serious intention to strike back for a redemption rematch. Welcome Grudge Racing. The art of winning a race competition […]
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#155 Noor Daoud: Drift Life – Breaking Global Barriers in Motorsports

May 25, 2019

Drift Racing Global Attraction. Drift racing originated in Japan in the mid ‘90’s and has taken a foothold across the globe, including the Middle East, as a popular sport competing for style, tire smoke, line and angle strategies, speed and showmanship. Think of traditional motorsports like NASCAR and NHRA similar to boxing, and drift racing very much like the transition to the more colorful UFC. Many can equip their favorite rear-wheel drive setup with an LS1 engine, grab a few […]
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#154 Vehicle Cyber Security & Data Privacy

May 18, 2019

Safely Connect Me Please. As a society, we are truly connected to data and information. In some occasions, this connectivity can leave us open to the risk of a cybersecurity nightmare. Can our vehicles pose that very same security risk with advancements of automotive technology? We have all heard and seen the widely reported incident of a Jeep vehicle purposely hacked to prove the point of how vulnerable we can be behind the wheel. Was this a “one-off” situation to […]
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#153 Women in Automotive: Support For STEM Based Careers

May 12, 2019

With many younger woman struggling at times in what is a male dominated automotive industry, we team up with NASCAR driver Julia Landauer https://bit.ly/JulieLandauerNASCAR and Tina Smith, Director of National Partnerships for TechForce Foundation https://bit.ly/TechForceFdn.Together we will talk about the cutting-edge programs available by way of some pretty awesome and in-depth STEM programs, creating a movement of inspiration and change. The Sad Reality. We still live In a time where it is still common place for a younger woman to look at her dreams of entering into careers of engineering, welding and automotive as an extremely difficult accomplishment. They may […]
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#152 How a Bad Attitude in the Service Bays Can Make Car Repair Go Horribly Bad

April 28, 2019

With over 1,000,000 automotive service bays in operation across the country and over 250 million vehicles that require service, the critical technical training and investment of specialized tooling and software are important factors to servicing the public’s motoring fleet efficiently. What about garage culture? In many independent or dealership garage environments, the positive culture and attitude of technicians can mean the difference between failing miserably with productivity and efficiency and ultimately contributing to less than stellar service for the automotive […]
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#151 A 50 Year Reunion Between Tony Dow & His Corvair

April 21, 2019

Reunions are for the most part full of great surprises, and in some occasions, perhaps, what we were not expecting at all. The excitement of reconnecting with an old vehicle that had all the charisma and charm from the early years of ownership, later to be nonchalantly sold off, can create an extraordinary amount of sentiment and is probably one of the sweetest things that can happen in life when it suddenly and magically reappears back in to our life’s […]
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#150 Vehicle Donations Making a Difference

April 14, 2019

Owning a vehicle is a major economic advantage and without it, hardships can certainly ensue. Most of our public transportation is not as flexible and can turn an average 30-minute commute into two hours. Vehicle ownership for low income families costs them more. According to reports from the Federal Reserve, those individuals making $30,000 or less can pay up to 59% more in vehicle finance interest than those making $90,000 and above. With longer commutes and the inability to reach higher levels of individual economic growth, this […]
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#149 Under The Hood Technology

April 8, 2019

The 2018 Ford F-150 has over 100 million lines of code, and is a sophisticated work of technology. With many automotive service facilities and parts companies offering a “Free” Check Engine Light code pull…is this enough to actually get that vehicle repaired properly? With an ever popular option of “code pulling,” we certainly do not see this in the cards as modern day vehicles continue to develop in to rolling networks of sensitive data & information. The code gave me […]
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On Location Podcasts

Traveling in Los Angeles & this tire sidewall issue

April 2, 2019

Traveling in Los Angeles & this tire sidewall issue along with this week’s show topic & guests Jeff Buckley Greg Buckley Buckley’s Auto Care Scott Brown Diagnostic Network announcements ~ stop-by 🤜🏼🔧🔧 Ken Vela of WIKD Kustoms joins in the Tire goodness 🧐
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#148 Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws

March 31, 2019

With one of the longest runs on the Discovery Channel, Street Outlaws has built up a cult following bringing excitement with some old school style track and street drag racing, one-on-one, driver-to-driver. From big block monster breathing turbo chargers, to nitrous injected horsepower animals, Street Outlaws has the ultimate in competition that has everyone racing for that Top 10 list, working to be America’s fastest street ride. BoostedGT has been quietly working it up in the garage and is ready for the 14th […]
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#147 Legends of Drag Racing History: The Early days of Speed

March 24, 2019

We are excited to have with us this week on the show, Bill Goosic, to share his passion with drag racing. Bill was raised in a family that birthed Arizona Drag Racing in the early ‘60’s and who is active in keeping the spirit alive and kicking today! We go back in time to the incredible history of pre NHRA sanctioned race tracks and the ingenuity of the racing community. As the founder and chairman of the Arizona Drag Racing […]
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#146 Hot Rod Builds & Skills – Radical Designs of Future Talent

March 17, 2019

Jonathan Goolsby of Goolsby Customs https://bit.ly/2Jiozbp stops by to discuss how he started his journey, 20 years in the making, as one of the premiere custom car builders in the country. We often talk about following your dreams and passion on the show, and Jonathan is an example of someone who transitioned from the service bays to starting his own operation slowly but surely to live out that dream. Check out the wicked Goolsby\Goodguys ’79 Foxbody Mustang Pace Car build […]
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#145 Resurrection To Bodacious Kustom Build

March 10, 2019

In the world of custom car build and designs there are an array of phenomenal works of rolling art and talented build teams that make it all come together. On this edition of Wrench Nation Car Talk, the world renowned custom creator John D’Agostino of Celebrity Kustoms stops by, and provides an incredible account of some of his gorgeous designs and signature custom builds that have been featured all across the world. Along with show regular Ken Vela of […]
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#144 Why You Hate Going to The Mechanic

March 2, 2019

Why You Hate Going to The Mechanic Tips for A Successful Experience You would rather clean a toilet or visit with a dentist before seeking out a mechanic to fix your ride. In fact, many of you delay service because of that “unknown” and anxiety. We break it down on the show, as Frank hits the local street corners to listen to what it is that truly gets you upset and big time frustrated. While we share what you had […]
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#143 The Business of 330 MPH Blake Alexander

February 25, 2019

After years of racing both Funny Car and Top Fuel , Blake Alexander is back in the Funny Car, as one of the youngest NHRA’s race drivers of the circuit. The 2 time champion stops by the Wrench Nation show to discuss the tremendous off season decision to purchase his own team, a lifelong pursuit and passion, while remaining behind the wheel as a driven and focused driver with crew chief Daniel Wilkerson & team. With the support of wife […]
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