Nostalgic Radio and Cars

Your show host Robert sharing some nostalgic stories about street racing his mighty and legendary Ranchero GT in the Clearwater back in the 1970's. Robert talks about his first car, a 1965 Austin Healey 3000 MK III BJ8 phase I. Also Robert played some groovy farout Garage Band style 60's music.

Your host Robert celebrating show #100. Robert invited two of his friends and local car guys to sit in, drink coffee, eat key lime pie and talk about cars, hangouts and the good old days hotrodding in St. Petersburg and Clearwater. Dom Forte has been in the car business for over 40 years and specializes in the repair and restoration of vintage cars. His shop, Forte's Inboard and Auto Connection also services inboard marine engines and boats. Forte's is a dealer for Tige water ski boats. John Woodhouse owns Cop Cars Online, and specializes in the aquisition and sales of refurbished law enforcement vehicles. John's inventory consists of some of the finest prepared pre-owned police package squad cars, suv's and trucks in the business. His customer base is world- wide and includes law enforcement agencies as well as the car enthusiast.   

Your show host Robert and special guest Bob Lutz. Bob is the former Vice-Chairman of General Motors.

Your show host Robert and special guest Peter Mittenthal. Peter is a Personal Injury Trial Lawyer with the George Brezina Law Firm in Tampa, Florida. Peter and Robert discuss the subject of Deminished Values resulting from an automobile accident and how it relates to the insured. Peter explains the legal side while Robert explains the valuation side. Later, Robert shares some insight into auctions, a little on the ins and outs, and the benefits of selling very rare cars at auction. The featured picture is a Porsche 917/30 race car that attained a record 4,400,000.00 dollars at the Gooding auction this past March at Amelia Island 2012. Robert is also a contributor for SportsCarMarket and occaisionally writes auction analysis reports for the publication.

Your show host Robert and special guest Craig Jackson. Craig is Chairman and CEO of Barrett Jackson Collector Car Auctions. Craig grew up around cars, fixing and restoring  some of them for Tom Barrett. In 1971 Tom Barrett and Craig's father Russ started Barrett Jackson Collector Car Auctions in Scottsdale Arizona. In 1995 Craig took over the helm and built the company into what has often been billed as "The Greatest Show on Earth". Now with four venues, Scottsdale Arizona, West Palm Beach Florida, Los Angeles California and Las Vegas Nevada. Craig has truly built a brand. They offer collector car insurnace and they have their own line of car polishes and waxes, automotive paints, and apparel. In 1967, the enterprise started as the "Fiesta del Auto Elegance", which was a car show/fundraiser promoted by Tom Barrett and Russ Jackson. Today this tradition continues on a grand scale raising millions for charities. Barrett Jackson is a "Must Attend" event.

Your show host Robert and special guest Roger Penske. Roger heads up the Penske Corporation, a multinational company that includes the Penske Automotive Group, Penske Truck leasing, Ilmor Engines, and Penske Racing to name a few. Roger's passion for auto racing began in the late 50's. His first race car was a 1957 Corvette which he used to obtain his racing license and which he drove in numerous SCCA events.  He would buy, fix and sell race cars to support his hobby. By 1961 he was named Driver of The Year. He competed with some of the best - Gurney, Fangio, Hill, Moss, Jones and Weatherly. Roger successfully campaigned and competed in Sportscar, Nascar and F1 in the U.S and Europe. In 1963 he won all three driving events at Nassau piloting Jim Hall's Chaparral. By 1965, Roger hung up his helmet to pursue the aquisition of a Cheverolet dealership which evolved into the Penske empire. Today Roger presides over one of the most winningest racing organizations in U.S history. In addition to his racing enterprise, Roger also has a private car collection with a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing being one of his favorites. 

Your show host Robert and special guest Jerry Heasley. Jerry is a well known automotive journalist, author and photographer. Jerry's biggest claim to fame is his stories about forgotten and unique finds. Not only has he written articles about rare finds, he has also authored a book entitled "Rare Finds". Along the way throughout his travels, Jerry has found everything from a basic VW  Bug to a parked ex-racing Ford GT 40. He refers to himself as an automotive archaeologist. In his own personal stable of cars he has one of Carroll Shelby's original 289 Cobra's which was built with an automatic - almost all had standard shift 4 spds. Jerry is on a continuous quest to locate precious hidden automotive treasures, write about them and maybe in some cases even find them new caring homes.

Your show host Robert and special guest Peter Brock. Peter is a well known automotive designer, journalist, and photographer. Pete is best known as the designer and builder of the infamous Daytona Coupe which brought the first and only World Manufactures Championship to Carroll Shelby and the United States. Pete later formed Brock Racing Enterprises, BRE and in the late 60's and early 70's campaigned Datsun, pick-ups, 240Z's and 510's winning championships. Pete was also involved with some early developement of the Toyota 2000GT race program and the successful little racing Hino's. In the 70's Pete engaged in a new passion with hang gliders and that hobby evolved into (at that time) the worlds largest hang glider manufacturer, Ultralight Products. Pete's company, BRE has embarked on a new lightweight design for car trailers called the Aerovault. BRE carries performance parts for Datsuns as well as apparel, posters, photographs and more. Pete enjoys traveling with his wife Gale pursuing writing and photo journalism.

Your show host Robert and special guest Paul Vaughn. Paul is the owner of World Auto Exotics which specializes in converting vintage cars over to full electric power. Paul is also passionate about Porsches. It is no surprise that he builds conversions to turn vintage 911's, 912's and 356 Porsches over to electric power. These conversions now include older Rolls Royces as well as reproduction Cobra's, Lamborgini's and motorcycles. World Auto Exotics builds hybrid systems for buses and trucks. Paul's company is a full service facilty, custom building cars for discerning clients and  includes body and mechanical modifications. They can take a car from concept to a finished product.

Your show host Robert and special guest Bill Warner. Bill is the founder of The Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance in Florida. In Bill's real life he is a mild mannered entrepreneur and owner of a successful filter business. More importanty, Bill is an avid car collector with numerous rarities in his possession. One of the most famous cars that Bill owned was the Edsel Ford Speedster, designed by Bill Gregorie in 1934. This car is now restored and has been featured at Amelia Island. Bill still owns a 1971 911 Porsche that he purchased new. Another significant car in his stable is the Truimph TR6 road race car campaigned and driven by Bob Tullius/Paul Newman back in 1971. Bill continues his quest to build the Amelia Island Councours into the premier automotive event that it is with some of the worlds most famous cars, personalties and artifacts.  

Your show host Robert and special guest Sam Memmolo. Sam is the host of the popular Atlanta based radio show "Sam's Garage". Sam is also the co-host of "Motorhead Garage" on  the Fox Sports Network. Sam has been in the automotive service and parts industry for over 45 years. Sam started his automotive radio show 25 years ago which airs weekly and is syndicated around the country. Twenty years ago he and his co-host Dave Bowman started the popular TV show "Shade Tree Mechanic", which aired on TNN. Then Sam and Dave created and produced  another TV show called "Crank and Chrome", followed by "Two Guys Garage". All of the programs had one commonality, they were popular among car viewers because they were "how to" shows. Sam and Dave would take on everyday car related problems and maintenance issues, or showcase bolt-on  and feature products, then show you the steps to troubleshoot, fix or install parts on your vehicle. Sam and Dave have attained celebrity status and have a huge following. They are often seen at many national automotuve events like SEMA and PRI.

Your show host Robert and special in studio guest David Chapple. David, a well known automotive artist is accompanied by his lovely wife Noonie and their son Noah.

Also on the show was Joe Bortz. Joe is an avid car collector and is recognized as one of the foremost authorities and purveyors of classic Detroit concept cars. 

Your show host Robert and special guest Steve Magnante. Steve is the color commentator for Speed Channel at the Barrett Jackson auctions. Steve's passion for cars, like most guys, started with building model cars and reading magazines. During college, he worked in a Rolls Royce service facility honing his skills on cars. Eventually he headed for California seeking fame and fortune. His big break came when he started writing technical articles for Hot Rod  Magazine, which eventually led to appearances on a number of Hot Rod TV episodes. Although Steve is a Mopar guy, he likes all cars. He enjoys building altered wheelbase cars and currently has two CD's out; Match Bash Madness and How to Build Your Own Altered wheelbased Car. Steve continues working on car projects and also does some technical writing for various magazines like Hot Rod Deluxe.

Your show host Robert on assignment, interviewing race car driver Terri Borcheller, and racing team owner Alex Job at the Daytona Roar Before The 24. Also an interview with Sam Murtaugh from Mecum Auctions.

Your show host Robert. Just a casual New Year  show with call in guest and car guy extrodinare Alan. Just carring on a conversation about vintage cars, parts and old magazine articles. Also a tribute to one of our friends and past guests Dr. Dan Dempksi, the creator of the "Bat Cycle" from the hit 60's TV show Batman.  We also played some clips from when he was on the show. Also played some clips from our original studio produced  Pinellas County, Fl. "NRC" Car Chase.

                                      HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Your show host Robert and special guest Dennis Gage. Dennis is the host of the popular TV show My Classic Car, which is now in its 16th season. Growing up on a farm in Illinois, his hobbies were musical instruments and cars. His first car was a 1959 Thunderbird. Between college degrees, he played in country rock bands. He was the opening act for groups like Charlie Daniels, Waylon Jennings and Dr. Hook. After receiving a PH.D in Chemistry he went to work for Proctor and Gamble in product development. He is often associated with Pringles, bearing a slight resemblance to the mustached charactor on the can. In 1995 he created a pilot show for My Classic Car and in 1996 it became a weekly series on TNN. In 2000 his show moved to Speed channel. Dennis is an avid motorcycle enthusiast, so he created two shows about motorcycles, Corbin's Ride On and Trippin' on Two Wheels.  Dennis serves on the board of directors for SEMA and a number of academic and industry advisory organizations.

                                           MERRY CHRISTMAS!