September 25, 2023 • 31 mins
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Switching gears, we take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with Blake Meaux of Mo Muscle Cars - a classic car shop with a legacy spanning over a decade. Get under the hood of this family-run business, discover the meticulous craftsmanship involved in restoring vintage beauties and modern components alike. An exclusive walk-around the shop, a sneak peek into their engine work, and upholstery is sure to fuel your appreciation for the art of car restoration.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to another In Wheel Time Podcast, a 30 minute
mini version of the In WheelTime car show that airs live
every Saturday morning 8 to 11am, central From the Sugar Shack
World Headquarters.
It's the In Wheel Time car talkshow Coming up Blake Moe with
(00:25):
Moe Muscle Cars up at Conroe, hejoins us.
Jeff has a segment of thelongest bridges in the US of A.
Conrad has the racing calendarand the car clinic and later on
in the show we'll have theevents calendar and the cruising
calendar, if I keep themstraight he can never keep that
straight and later we'll havethe stories making auto news
(00:48):
headlines.
This week it's just ahead onthe In Wheel Time car talk show,
howdy, along with Mike out ofthis World, mars King Conrad
DeLong.
We always need more, jeff Zekin, don't we?
Yep, I'm Don Armstrong Vege.
You can join us on thisSaturday.
And obviously the whole world istalking about the UAW Strike
(01:10):
with the automotive industry andI'm going to start off with a
little story about it Fromautomotive news.
Dealers said new car inventoryremains mostly stable in the
second week of the strike, butsome are readying for a wider
range of vehicles to becomeunavailable If the strike
persists and expands to otherassembly plants.
As the historic UAW Strikeenters its third week, dealers
(01:34):
hope preparation will be enoughto cushion the blow and keep
service departments humming as alabor unrest hits closer to
home, with more than three dozenparts facilities being taken
offline by the union's latesttactic that started yesterday.
Uaw President Sean Fainannounced on Friday that 38
(01:54):
General Motors and Stalantisparts distribution centers in 20
states that package and shipparts used to repair customers
vehicles will join the strike.
This could negatively impactdealership service departments
to repair and maintain vehicles,which can account for at least
half of the store's annualprofits.
(02:16):
It's an ongoing major story andwe'll keep you posted as best we
can because we're learningabout it as the days go by.
But I'll tell you what.
It's not looking good.
And here's the other thing Ifyou have a recall, if you have
been putting off putting yourcar in the service department
(02:38):
for whatever reason too latemaybe not, but I would
definitely get it in ASAP.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
There are.
I've got a couple of accounts,dealership accounts for what I
do, and there's a particularbrand that has they haven't had
cars on there since COVID.
I mean it's very, very minimal,maybe 30 cars on a huge lot and
two salespeople.
I mean it's already.
They're already affected bylack of inventory.
(03:06):
Now this is just going tocompound it.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah Well, the parts inventory for repair and service
side has already been impactedand it's going to be greatly
impacted with the new selectionsthat UAW has made to strike now
.
So and I'm already seeing thatyou know I do warranty,
aftermarket warranty claims, andwe're already talking
(03:30):
dealerships.
I can't get parts, can't getparts, can't get parts.
So in some instances, if you'vewaited this long, you're
probably going to wait a littlelonger.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Almost 90% of my news today is about the strike and
how it's not only affectingworkers at plants that are being
struck or ancillary plants,because we don't think of it
that way.
You know, I come from the oldschool where the manufacturer
made all the parts and dideverything.
No, that's long gone, long gone, yeah.
(04:00):
And it's delivery of the partsto the factories in time, just
in time to put it together.
There is no big warehouse thatthey go and pull this stuff from
.
It's right off the truck ontothe assembly line and boom,
there you go.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Okay, and a lot of these assembly, a lot of these
assembly plants.
The trains come into theassembly plant and get unloaded,
and as quickly as it comes offthe train it gets loaded in the
installation space.
So that when they talk aboutjust in time delivery, they are
truly talking about just in time.
So as the plant shuts down,that dominos all of the parts
(04:37):
suppliers to the plant as well.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
There's one story that I'm going to read a little
bit later on.
It's about a part supplier thatis in a lower tier.
In other words, they build onelittle widget, a plastic piece,
and they also have a part oftheir factory that they build a
metal piece.
That's it, and they supply itto the manufacturer which one it
(05:00):
is doesn't make any differenceand they have already laid off
their entire staff Not a big one, but all of these little ones.
So how do you, how do youfinish a car that's got all of
these parts?
It's ready to walk out the door.
You don't.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Yeah, and I really don't think they've ever
recovered fully from the COVID.
I agree, and that's anotherstory that I'm going to read too
.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Yeah, so it's.
It's an interesting ugly thingand I'll be honest with you, I
don't think it's going to endanytime soon, that's just my
feeling, I don't think so either.
I think it's going to go on andon and on.
All right, we got more of thatobviously coming up throughout
our three hour show, and ifyou're listening to us on
podcasts, then you know that wehave six segments and we invite
(05:47):
you to listen to each segment,beginning with this one For this
particular week, and then mrMars Kind of doles them out.
Let's, where did that term comefrom?
Dole?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
amount of the uh pineapple.
Is that what it is?
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:01):
yeah, was it.
Is it light side up or upsidedown?
I don't know.
All right well, we won't getinto any of that In the cans.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
It really doesn't make a difference where you open
it up About that.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Oh, oh look like Mike was saying that, we've had some
comments on our youtube channelfrom some people about the uaw
strike and they think, um, theyknow so much.
Hey, if you know so much,contact us.
We'll be glad to have you onthe show.
Those that can do, those thatcan't strike.
Send your comments to info.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
It's a great idea.
I was sitting at the jeff inhere.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Let's go up to conroe and talk to mr Blake, mo with
mo muscle cars.
Now, blake spells his name me aux and the name of the company
is mo muscle cars.
Mo muscle cars, blake.
Good morning to you, sir.
Oh he turned off his.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
You've turned your beauty your mic, he was.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
There you go, how you doing, guys, well good you know
we had a little test with himto make sure that he, we could
hear him and everything was fine.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
But yeah, I think it's almost like it's
automatically.
But yeah, how you doing Goodmorning Good morning.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, you bet it's good to good to have you with us
this morning.
And um, tell us about mo musclecars.
You guys have been in businessfor a while.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
We have, we, uh, we opened in in 2005, um, and and
back then my dad was alive, sohe started it um, with a couple
other guys and one who's stillhere at the shop, and, um 2009,
I ended up taking over and, uh,you know, we've just kind of
been building from there.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, uh, do you have any hair left now?
Because I know you had hairwhen you started doing this and
and, uh, I can only imagine.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
Yeah, you know, I definitely have a little bit
less Um, but at the same time,you know, we have a lot of fun
and we love what we do.
So, uh, you know, it'ssomething that's a privilege for
us and, and as we've gone onwith time, we we've learned a
lot more and, uh, it's stillinteresting to us.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Well, I find it also very interesting about the story
with your dad and starting theshop.
Give us a little bit of abackground on that, because, uh,
I'd like everybody to know thebackground.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Yeah, so.
So he had started in 2005.
At the time, um, as I mentioned, we had a couple partners um
and the shop really startedbecause we needed a place To
where he felt that he couldbring his vehicles to.
Of course, other people thatcould could be trustworthy and
get the projects done.
(08:38):
Uh, everybody's seen shopswhere you go to and nothing ever
happens with the vehicle, um,so we brought in accountability
to everything, um and reallymade an atmosphere to where
customers feel comfortable, umand that that we can also Uh
thrive in what we do, and we'vebeen grateful that our customers
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allow us to uh continue to doit.
So I took it over at 2009 whendad passed away, and we've just
been kicking since then, and alot of our employees that were
we're here then are still here,um, and so it's been a great
ride so far.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Well, one of the neat things is you guys have been
around what now almost 18 years,um, and you know for me, you
know, you see a lot of shopscome and go.
You know they're around two orthree years and then they're
gone.
Um, so to have thatlong-standing business and I
imagine quite a bit of it'srepeat business and referral
business as well Says a lot tothe quality of work.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
What?
What kind of cars do you what?
What's the scope of your work?
What kind of cars and what alldo you do?
Speaker 4 (09:42):
So we work on anything pretty much pre 1980.
Every now and then we'llventure a little bit newer, um,
but it's all muscle cars,classics, hot rods, uh, old
trucks, things like that.
So, um, we stick to the olderera.
We are known for also putting alot of modern components,
though, so we like to stay onthe cutting edge of what's new,
(10:03):
uh, in in the muscle carbusiness, uh, and that's the hot
rod lifestyle.
You know you want to put thebiggest, baddest, newest stuff
out there, make it work, andthat's part of it.
So we've become known for alsodoing cars that have all modern
components.
They're completely rebuilt asif they were a new vehicle in a
classic body.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
So you do, tub it out and put an LS in it.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Yeah exactly so do you also do restorations.
Let's say, 69 Camaro body offrestoration.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Yeah, so we really try to cater to a wide range of
people.
You know, everybody's gotdifferent dreams and aspirations
for it and wants.
Some people want the type ofcars I was just describing and
some people want all originalclassics and so we do everything
.
You know, if somebody wants usto do matching numbers vehicle,
(10:59):
that's what we do and we taketime and find in the right parts
for it and we're storing itright.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Do you do your own engine work up?
Speaker 4 (11:05):
there, we send our engines out.
The only thing we don't do herein house is the engine
machining and upholster Gotcha.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
So do you have an upholstery shop in the shop or
do you send that out to?
Speaker 4 (11:18):
We send that out.
So upholstery and just enginemachining, everything else we do
here at the shop.
There's some really greatupholsters out there.
You just got to know where theyreside pretty much.
But you know, sometimes ifwe've got to send them even far
distances, we'll do that to getthe right quality, depending on
what we're looking for.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
So you have somebody that works there that
understands carburetors.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
I mean we do anything from minor repairs to full on
custom builds.
So, as you can imagine, a lotof these vehicles even the
vehicles I was describing withmodern components, we have to
fabricate everything a lot ofcomponents to make it work.
We're using stuff that wasnever really meant to go
together.
A lot.
So our capabilities are verystrong in what we do, but
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there's still a lot to learn.
You know we're always kind ofpushing for that too.
Yeah, there's a lot of newstuff coming out on the market
new ways to do things, makethings bigger and better.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Just looking behind you, I can see a very early C2
Camaro because it's got thesmall rear glass on it.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Yeah, it's blown as well.
That's a build that we're doingfor a customer, and so we
pretty much done most of thework on that thing.
This is a squire right here,but I've got about probably
about 35.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
We'll take us on a tour of the shop.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Yeah, do you want to see it?
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Yeah, we do Bad.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Okay, good, so I'm going to start.
We've got different shops hereand stuff, and so I'll go and
you'll just kind of see in thebackground.
But I'm up here in the frontright now.
We've got all of our mechanicalwork up here, we'll assemble
cars up here, and so we try toutilize our space the best we
can.
But here's a couple of vehicles, as you can see.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Man, you guys are busy.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
Oh yeah, we're always busy.
We have, I think, right now,about a 50 car waiting list, wow
, wow, to get in the shop.
Yeah, and, as you mentionedbefore, it's a lot of repeat
business.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Now wait a minute.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,wait, stop.
Back up, back up, oh yeah, backup.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
We want to see the blown Camaro.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
You just go for a walk, you just kind of blew it
off, so to speak.
Blake, you got it.
You're using an iPhone.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
I am.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
You want me to flip it around?
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
That way, you can still talk, but you'll have a
little bit easier to show somethings.
Oh, you know what?
That's perfect.
There you go, okay, good, yeah.
So here's the vehicle we'reworking on.
We've got the hood hidden rightnow because we don't want it
damaged while we're working onthis.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
What kind of blower is?
Speaker 4 (13:50):
that.
That is a you know what?
It's a TBS, not exactly sure.
Everything on that one, yeah so, yeah so a lot of these
projects.
You know I don't focus on everysingle detail, but this is
something a customer broughtinto us the engine.
We've already had it runningbefore.
He had done a little workhimself originally and then we
(14:14):
kind of took it from there.
So this is the inside at thispoint, which is basically got
everything coated and it's notgoing super overboard on this,
it's more of a race car.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I got you.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
So you guys do a lot of the metal fab work and paint
work there.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Oh yeah, we do all that.
Yeah, oh yeah, we do all that.
Wait a minute.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Is that the family truckster that you just blew by?
It's a squire.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Yeah, so this is a 1969 country, squire.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
That's me baby.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
And yeah, this is a vehicle we just got in recently.
It's actually ARCS.
I found it on eBay, lucked outfrom South Dakota, and it's
pretty much in perfect condition.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
I'll be there at four to test drive it.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
Even the seats.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Oh yeah, so are you going to turn it into the family
truckster?
Speaker 4 (15:01):
You know we're going to do something like that.
I think, yeah, I like thepatina and stuff.
Eventually we'll probably paintit.
But a friend and I are kind ofdoing a little series, I think,
on this coming up and so we'regoing to go through, get it
running.
It hasn't even ran yet.
It hasn't ran in 20-somethingyears.
Wow, I think it actually wasparked.
(15:21):
Oh, I'm sorry it was parkedrunning and it had drove 200
miles there.
Oh, wow, I've got quite a bitof things going on here.
I'll kind of move through.
But yeah, these are some trucks.
You're doing some engine work onit.
This one over here, this Camaro69.
This was this gentleman'smother and she drove it, got it
brand new, drove it forever andshe passed away a while ago and
(15:43):
the car is set forever.
So we've come in, we've got anew engine for it, we're
dressing everything up on it andyou should be able to cruise in
this thing soon.
I'm going to head to the backtoo.
There's a lot of cars in here,so, as you can imagine, every
different aspect.
But the back is real fun too,because we've got a lot of the
(16:04):
metal shaping stuff.
How many people do?
Speaker 2 (16:08):
you have working there there.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
So when we're at full capacity, we'll have 14, 15
maybe.
Right now, I think there's 12of us.
Wow, so this is a charger thatwe did back in 2011,.
I think we finished this one.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
And it's back.
So he's it back before.
Yeah, he's still yeah, prettymuch.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Yeah, he got some chips in the paint that we're
gonna fix.
And this is a 72 Malibu, andthis one's pretty special.
This is one of the vehiclesgetting all modern stuff.
So you can see it's got a wholemodern chassis, the firewall we
built, the tunnel, we builtthat looks nice so all this we
(16:50):
fabricated.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
So do you buy the chassis already made?
Speaker 4 (16:56):
Yeah, on this particular one, we bought it
from a company called RoadsterShop, so it's performance
chassis.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Very well known as the industry.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Yeah, it's awesome, and we're putting an LT5 in it,
okay, so here's the engine at770 horsepower, and we've got
the same engine going in thistruck too that we're doing.
So a lot of these just want alldifferent types of stuff.
You know, we've got the moderncomponents, then we've got the
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old race car that this guy's dadhad years ago, so we've got a
lot of the outside staying thesame and it should be running
soon.
We've got to try to get thispaint match, which is nearly
impossible.
Yeah, good luck on that.
Yeah, or lack of paint, 1930model A.
(17:49):
But so this is the body shopmachine for metal shaping area.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Is that an AMX Metal?
Speaker 4 (17:55):
type.
Yes, oh, what a rare car thatis.
This is a full restoration.
This is going back to stock andthis guy's dad owned this and
he's passed away.
So we're even using thesteering wheel as much
components as we can.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
As you say, it's going to be hard to find some
parts for that thing.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Oh yeah, for sure, you know.
Luckily we've got a donor car,so sometimes we have to do that.
Of course, Mustang, we got thisDodge Deem and this is one of
ours and this is a Torino.
We've been working on it.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Love the Torino.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
Yeah, this was actually owned by the guy who
patented the rockets for SaturnV.
He's the guy who originallybought the car.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Oh wow, Nice.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Yeah, Now you're increasing the value on that
Torino because I read an articlerecently that the Torino value
has actually dropped in theclassic car industry.
But what you're doing willprobably bring that back up.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Yeah, maybe, so it's been a long term project.
We got a lot of cool stuff onit.
I'm going to show you all ourmachine shop, and we do a lot of
our metal shaping in here too,so this is some of our equipment
that we have.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
So this is the place everybody pinches their finger.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Yeah, this is it.
These are the machines youdon't want to pinch your finger
in for sure.
That's a power hammer, sothat's for shaping steel, as you
can see on this panel righthere.
Wow, so that was a flat piece,and then the pool mats, and so
it's vital for us to have a lotof this equipment.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
So where we're in Conroe.
Are you located?
Speaker 4 (19:37):
We're right across the Woodlands Mall in the Oak
Ridge area.
It's listed as Conroe, but it'spretty much Woodlands area and,
again, we've been here quite along time.
You guys are going to have tocome visit sometime.
We'd love to do that.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Yeah, Well, listen.
The last question I've got foryou Do you have clean restrooms
there?
Hey, you know what it's funny.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
You say that I actually do, and we have air
conditioning and a lot of themas well.
So even in the body shop backhere, you know, you see, we've
got AC Nice.
So this is a new thing for us.
So, but yeah, we do.
Ventilation is huge.
Blake, it's great to talk toyou, my friend.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And we sure appreciate you taking the time
to give us a tour of the shop.
It's a mulled muscle cars upthere in the Woodlands and the
Conroe area and we're going tobe talking about the new
equipment.
And how do we get a hold of you?
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Best way to reach us is just call us.
You can find us on Instagram aswell MoMuscleCarscom.
Check out the new website.
It's pretty cool, and you'llsee us around at some of the
shows.
We're doing a drive tomorrowhere at the shop at six, and
then we're also, of course, withWoody next week.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
So Well, we'll see you there.
We'll see you there.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
Thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Hey, thank you, we appreciate you.
Yeah, we're going to be.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
We're going to be getting some stuff in that shop,
no kidding, all right, we're adiverse collection of vehicles.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
No kidding.
And man, that guy's busy.
Yeah, If we're doing what hedoes, that's a busy shop.
All right Time now for theInwheel Time race card.
You know racing season iswrapping up.
As a matter of fact, I noticedthat Eric Enders qualified
number one again for this week'sdrag race.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
At Maple Grove.
Yeah, there you go.
I didn't know whether you werewith us or not.
I'm still here, I'm still here.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
So NHRA's at Maple Grove this weekend, next weekend
there at the Carolina Nationalsat ZMAX Dragway, after that on
the 29th there at Madison,illinois, and then they come to
Texas on October 12th throughthe 15th up at Innitz.
Nascar is at Texas this weekendand then Talladega on October
(21:52):
1st and the Roval in Charlotteon October 10th and then Vegas
on October 15th.
So it seems like there's kindof a Texas Vegas theme going on
here, because this weekendFormula One's in Japan.
On October 22nd they're at COTACircuit of the Americas up in
(22:12):
Austin, texas, and then they goto Mexico City, brazil.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
So what?
Let me ask you this so how dothey transport Formula One cars
from Japan to Texas?
They plane Airplane.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Yeah, they just drive .
You know, if you've everwatched F1, you can see all
these buildings and stuff thatthey all operate out of.
It's kind of an origami foldedout tractor trailer that becomes
their.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Hauler.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Yeah, it's a hauler, but it becomes a what do they
call the yes Kind of a meetingroom kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Gotcha.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
And then they fold them all back up and drive them
in at 747 and transport them allaround the all over the air.
So yeah, so they'll probablyland out there at Bergstrom and
unload and drive on over to COTAand then Indy Road course is or
, excuse me, IMSA is going to bea.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
A racetrack.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Petit Le Mans.
I was thinking Le Pete.
No, it's Petit Le Mans.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Petit Le Mans Listen.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
I'm ready, and that's one of their Endurance Series
races and that's kind of thereagain coming to the end of their
season and that's it All right.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Thank you, sir.
Now have you ever wondered whatis the longest bridge in
America?
Speaker 2 (23:34):
There's a bunch, I know that.
Speaker 4 (23:35):
I have there's a bunch.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
The first comes to mind is the Golden Gate, and
then the one that I went overrecently as well as you not at
the same time with me, but theMackinac Bridge, Mackinac Bridge
is Well Mackinac, as we like tosay.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Well Mackinac is five miles and I have a bridge
phobia.
I hate bridges.
I cry when I go over bridges,even if I'm driving, I walk,
close my eyes and I'll driveacross the bridge.
I do not like bridges.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
I'd be afraid with your eyes closed too.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Well, I would too.
This is what we're going to doNow.
I picked five.
I picked five of my favorites.
Well, we just blew past thatone.
Well, that was the MackinacBridge.
As the header Seven Mile Bridge, the state of Florida can be
forgiven because the Seven MileBridge is actually 6.7 miles
long.
But who's counting?
This appealing construction hasbeen a favorite for shooting
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locations from Hollywoodblockbusters such as True Lies,
license to Kill, all 47 episodesof Too Fast, few, too Furious.
It takes place across theFlorida Keys, from Marathon to
Little Duck Key or vice versa,back and forth.
The Modern Bridge, built in1982, funnels two lanes from the
US One Highway over the MosierChannel.
(24:42):
It's a nice bridge.
I could take this one, I coulddo that one.
Yeah, because it's close to thewater.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Close to the water, you don't have to fall very far
and it doesn't swim and itdoesn't have one of those open
great bottoms where you can lookthrough and see.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
You go sit in another room, Conrad.
Number four is the San MateoHayward Bridge.
This one actually is sevenmiles.
The one coast bridge cracks thetop 10 of California's seven
mile Mateo Hayward Bridge.
The western side of this bridgeis in Foster City in San Mateo
County, while the east sidedrops into the Alameda County,
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the city of Hayward.
This hockey stick shapedconstruction spans the iconic
San Francisco Bay.
The creative design was puttogether by the California
Department of Transportation andconstructed by the Murphy
Bridge builders in 1967.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
I've been on that one , that's the East Bay Bridge.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Well, San Mateo.
This one here is the JubileeParkway, this one's eight miles,
Southern Alabama's JubileeParkway.
I just like saying thatSouthern Alabama's Jubilee
Parkway is just a few bricks shyof the length of the Canada's
Confederation Bridge.
The section of Interstate 10also stretches eight miles,
taking motorists across thenorthern portion of Mobile Bay
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and parts of the Baldwin andMobile counties.
Yeah, been over that.
Built in 1978, the originalbridge was called America's
Junior Miss Bayway.
Set adjacent to ViDoc bridges,runs roughly parallel to the
battleship Parkway linkingBlakely Island and the Spanish
Fort Daffy.
That's a pretty bridge there.
Nice sunset on that too.
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This next one is the ChesapeakeBay Bridge.
It's also a tunnel.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I've been on it too.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Yep, 17.6 miles long, mike.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridgetunnel seems to defy physics and
also classification, which isexactly.
The measurements varyingdepending on who you ask, but
according to the Bridge officialwebsite, the Bridge covers a
total of 17.6 miles, both aboveand below the Chesapeake Bay.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
It's just one of the weirdest.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
It is from the sky, it is just dive giant
construction connects the southsoutheastern virginia
communities and the delvarhampton roads.
So there you go, and of course,the last one we'll get going
here in just a second.
This one is where is it, mike?
It's like potch train causeway,23.9 miles been on it too.
Been on this in a drivingrainstorm and I was the only car
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with the sheriff trying to getacross it.
Many, many years ago, scarySheriff was chasing it.
No, he was, he was leading away.
The longest bridge in NorthAmerica can be found in
southeastern Louisiana, likepotch, and train causeway spans
23.8 miles.
It was built in 1969.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Fun.
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It's the In Wheel Time car talkshow Coming up Blake Moe with
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Jeff has a segment of thelongest bridges in the US of A.
Conrad has the racing calendarand the car clinic and later on
in the show we'll have theevents calendar and the cruising
calendar, if I keep themstraight he can never keep that
straight and later we'll havethe stories making auto news
(00:48):
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This week it's just ahead onthe In Wheel Time car talk show,
howdy, along with Mike out ofthis World, mars King Conrad
DeLong.
We always need more, jeff Zekin, don't we?
Yep, I'm Don Armstrong Vege.
You can join us on thisSaturday.
And obviously the whole world istalking about the UAW Strike
(01:10):
with the automotive industry andI'm going to start off with a
little story about it Fromautomotive news.
Dealers said new car inventoryremains mostly stable in the
second week of the strike, butsome are readying for a wider
range of vehicles to becomeunavailable If the strike
persists and expands to otherassembly plants.
As the historic UAW Strikeenters its third week, dealers
(01:34):
hope preparation will be enoughto cushion the blow and keep
service departments humming as alabor unrest hits closer to
home, with more than three dozenparts facilities being taken
offline by the union's latesttactic that started yesterday.
Uaw President Sean Fainannounced on Friday that 38
(01:54):
General Motors and Stalantisparts distribution centers in 20
states that package and shipparts used to repair customers
vehicles will join the strike.
This could negatively impactdealership service departments
to repair and maintain vehicles,which can account for at least
half of the store's annualprofits.
(02:16):
It's an ongoing major story andwe'll keep you posted as best we
can because we're learningabout it as the days go by.
But I'll tell you what.
It's not looking good.
And here's the other thing Ifyou have a recall, if you have
been putting off putting yourcar in the service department
(02:38):
for whatever reason too latemaybe not, but I would
definitely get it in ASAP.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
There are.
I've got a couple of accounts,dealership accounts for what I
do, and there's a particularbrand that has they haven't had
cars on there since COVID.
I mean it's very, very minimal,maybe 30 cars on a huge lot and
two salespeople.
I mean it's already.
They're already affected bylack of inventory.
(03:06):
Now this is just going tocompound it.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah Well, the parts inventory for repair and service
side has already been impactedand it's going to be greatly
impacted with the new selectionsthat UAW has made to strike now
.
So and I'm already seeing thatyou know I do warranty,
aftermarket warranty claims, andwe're already talking
(03:30):
dealerships.
I can't get parts, can't getparts, can't get parts.
So in some instances, if you'vewaited this long, you're
probably going to wait a littlelonger.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Almost 90% of my news today is about the strike and
how it's not only affectingworkers at plants that are being
struck or ancillary plants,because we don't think of it
that way.
You know, I come from the oldschool where the manufacturer
made all the parts and dideverything.
No, that's long gone, long gone, yeah.
(04:00):
And it's delivery of the partsto the factories in time, just
in time to put it together.
There is no big warehouse thatthey go and pull this stuff from
.
It's right off the truck ontothe assembly line and boom,
there you go.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Okay, and a lot of these assembly, a lot of these
assembly plants.
The trains come into theassembly plant and get unloaded,
and as quickly as it comes offthe train it gets loaded in the
installation space.
So that when they talk aboutjust in time delivery, they are
truly talking about just in time.
So as the plant shuts down,that dominos all of the parts
(04:37):
suppliers to the plant as well.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
There's one story that I'm going to read a little
bit later on.
It's about a part supplier thatis in a lower tier.
In other words, they build onelittle widget, a plastic piece,
and they also have a part oftheir factory that they build a
metal piece.
That's it, and they supply itto the manufacturer which one it
(05:00):
is doesn't make any differenceand they have already laid off
their entire staff Not a big one, but all of these little ones.
So how do you, how do youfinish a car that's got all of
these parts?
It's ready to walk out the door.
You don't.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Yeah, and I really don't think they've ever
recovered fully from the COVID.
I agree, and that's anotherstory that I'm going to read too
.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Yeah, so it's.
It's an interesting ugly thingand I'll be honest with you, I
don't think it's going to endanytime soon, that's just my
feeling, I don't think so either.
I think it's going to go on andon and on.
All right, we got more of thatobviously coming up throughout
our three hour show, and ifyou're listening to us on
podcasts, then you know that wehave six segments and we invite
(05:47):
you to listen to each segment,beginning with this one For this
particular week, and then mrMars Kind of doles them out.
Let's, where did that term comefrom?
Dole?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
amount of the uh pineapple.
Is that what it is?
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:01):
yeah, was it.
Is it light side up or upsidedown?
I don't know.
All right well, we won't getinto any of that In the cans.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
It really doesn't make a difference where you open
it up About that.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Oh, oh look like Mike was saying that, we've had some
comments on our youtube channelfrom some people about the uaw
strike and they think, um, theyknow so much.
Hey, if you know so much,contact us.
We'll be glad to have you onthe show.
Those that can do, those thatcan't strike.
Send your comments to info.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
It's a great idea.
I was sitting at the jeff inhere.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Let's go up to conroe and talk to mr Blake, mo with
mo muscle cars.
Now, blake spells his name me aux and the name of the company
is mo muscle cars.
Mo muscle cars, blake.
Good morning to you, sir.
Oh he turned off his.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
You've turned your beauty your mic, he was.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
There you go, how you doing, guys, well good you know
we had a little test with himto make sure that he, we could
hear him and everything was fine.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
But yeah, I think it's almost like it's
automatically.
But yeah, how you doing Goodmorning Good morning.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, you bet it's good to good to have you with us
this morning.
And um, tell us about mo musclecars.
You guys have been in businessfor a while.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
We have, we, uh, we opened in in 2005, um, and and
back then my dad was alive, sohe started it um, with a couple
other guys and one who's stillhere at the shop, and, um 2009,
I ended up taking over and, uh,you know, we've just kind of
been building from there.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, uh, do you have any hair left now?
Because I know you had hairwhen you started doing this and
and, uh, I can only imagine.
Speaker 4 (07:49):
Yeah, you know, I definitely have a little bit
less Um, but at the same time,you know, we have a lot of fun
and we love what we do.
So, uh, you know, it'ssomething that's a privilege for
us and, and as we've gone onwith time, we we've learned a
lot more and, uh, it's stillinteresting to us.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Well, I find it also very interesting about the story
with your dad and starting theshop.
Give us a little bit of abackground on that, because, uh,
I'd like everybody to know thebackground.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Yeah, so.
So he had started in 2005.
At the time, um, as I mentioned, we had a couple partners um
and the shop really startedbecause we needed a place To
where he felt that he couldbring his vehicles to.
Of course, other people thatcould could be trustworthy and
get the projects done.
(08:38):
Uh, everybody's seen shopswhere you go to and nothing ever
happens with the vehicle, um,so we brought in accountability
to everything, um and reallymade an atmosphere to where
customers feel comfortable, umand that that we can also Uh
thrive in what we do, and we'vebeen grateful that our customers
(08:59):
allow us to uh continue to doit.
So I took it over at 2009 whendad passed away, and we've just
been kicking since then, and alot of our employees that were
we're here then are still here,um, and so it's been a great
ride so far.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Well, one of the neat things is you guys have been
around what now almost 18 years,um, and you know for me, you
know, you see a lot of shopscome and go.
You know they're around two orthree years and then they're
gone.
Um, so to have thatlong-standing business and I
imagine quite a bit of it'srepeat business and referral
business as well Says a lot tothe quality of work.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
What?
What kind of cars do you what?
What's the scope of your work?
What kind of cars and what alldo you do?
Speaker 4 (09:42):
So we work on anything pretty much pre 1980.
Every now and then we'llventure a little bit newer, um,
but it's all muscle cars,classics, hot rods, uh, old
trucks, things like that.
So, um, we stick to the olderera.
We are known for also putting alot of modern components,
though, so we like to stay onthe cutting edge of what's new,
(10:03):
uh, in in the muscle carbusiness, uh, and that's the hot
rod lifestyle.
You know you want to put thebiggest, baddest, newest stuff
out there, make it work, andthat's part of it.
So we've become known for alsodoing cars that have all modern
components.
They're completely rebuilt asif they were a new vehicle in a
classic body.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
So you do, tub it out and put an LS in it.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Yeah exactly so do you also do restorations.
Let's say, 69 Camaro body offrestoration.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Yeah, so we really try to cater to a wide range of
people.
You know, everybody's gotdifferent dreams and aspirations
for it and wants.
Some people want the type ofcars I was just describing and
some people want all originalclassics and so we do everything
.
You know, if somebody wants usto do matching numbers vehicle,
(10:59):
that's what we do and we taketime and find in the right parts
for it and we're storing itright.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Do you do your own engine work up?
Speaker 4 (11:05):
there, we send our engines out.
The only thing we don't do herein house is the engine
machining and upholster Gotcha.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
So do you have an upholstery shop in the shop or
do you send that out to?
Speaker 4 (11:18):
We send that out.
So upholstery and just enginemachining, everything else we do
here at the shop.
There's some really greatupholsters out there.
You just got to know where theyreside pretty much.
But you know, sometimes ifwe've got to send them even far
distances, we'll do that to getthe right quality, depending on
what we're looking for.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
So you have somebody that works there that
understands carburetors.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
I mean we do anything from minor repairs to full on
custom builds.
So, as you can imagine, a lotof these vehicles even the
vehicles I was describing withmodern components, we have to
fabricate everything a lot ofcomponents to make it work.
We're using stuff that wasnever really meant to go
together.
A lot.
So our capabilities are verystrong in what we do, but
(12:09):
there's still a lot to learn.
You know we're always kind ofpushing for that too.
Yeah, there's a lot of newstuff coming out on the market
new ways to do things, makethings bigger and better.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Just looking behind you, I can see a very early C2
Camaro because it's got thesmall rear glass on it.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
Yeah, it's blown as well.
That's a build that we're doingfor a customer, and so we
pretty much done most of thework on that thing.
This is a squire right here,but I've got about probably
about 35.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
We'll take us on a tour of the shop.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Yeah, do you want to see it?
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Yeah, we do Bad.
Speaker 4 (12:43):
Okay, good, so I'm going to start.
We've got different shops hereand stuff, and so I'll go and
you'll just kind of see in thebackground.
But I'm up here in the frontright now.
We've got all of our mechanicalwork up here, we'll assemble
cars up here, and so we try toutilize our space the best we
can.
But here's a couple of vehicles, as you can see.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Man, you guys are busy.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
Oh yeah, we're always busy.
We have, I think, right now,about a 50 car waiting list, wow
, wow, to get in the shop.
Yeah, and, as you mentionedbefore, it's a lot of repeat
business.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Now wait a minute.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,wait, stop.
Back up, back up, oh yeah, backup.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
We want to see the blown Camaro.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
You just go for a walk, you just kind of blew it
off, so to speak.
Blake, you got it.
You're using an iPhone.
Speaker 4 (13:30):
I am.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
You want me to flip it around?
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
That way, you can still talk, but you'll have a
little bit easier to show somethings.
Oh, you know what?
That's perfect.
There you go, okay, good, yeah.
So here's the vehicle we'reworking on.
We've got the hood hidden rightnow because we don't want it
damaged while we're working onthis.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
What kind of blower is?
Speaker 4 (13:50):
that.
That is a you know what?
It's a TBS, not exactly sure.
Everything on that one, yeah so, yeah so a lot of these
projects.
You know I don't focus on everysingle detail, but this is
something a customer broughtinto us the engine.
We've already had it runningbefore.
He had done a little workhimself originally and then we
(14:14):
kind of took it from there.
So this is the inside at thispoint, which is basically got
everything coated and it's notgoing super overboard on this,
it's more of a race car.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I got you.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
So you guys do a lot of the metal fab work and paint
work there.
Speaker 4 (14:30):
Oh yeah, we do all that.
Yeah, oh yeah, we do all that.
Wait a minute.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Is that the family truckster that you just blew by?
It's a squire.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Yeah, so this is a 1969 country, squire.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
That's me baby.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
And yeah, this is a vehicle we just got in recently.
It's actually ARCS.
I found it on eBay, lucked outfrom South Dakota, and it's
pretty much in perfect condition.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
I'll be there at four to test drive it.
Speaker 4 (14:54):
Even the seats.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Oh yeah, so are you going to turn it into the family
truckster?
Speaker 4 (15:01):
You know we're going to do something like that.
I think, yeah, I like thepatina and stuff.
Eventually we'll probably paintit.
But a friend and I are kind ofdoing a little series, I think,
on this coming up and so we'regoing to go through, get it
running.
It hasn't even ran yet.
It hasn't ran in 20-somethingyears.
Wow, I think it actually wasparked.
(15:21):
Oh, I'm sorry it was parkedrunning and it had drove 200
miles there.
Oh, wow, I've got quite a bitof things going on here.
I'll kind of move through.
But yeah, these are some trucks.
You're doing some engine work onit.
This one over here, this Camaro69.
This was this gentleman'smother and she drove it, got it
brand new, drove it forever andshe passed away a while ago and
(15:43):
the car is set forever.
So we've come in, we've got anew engine for it, we're
dressing everything up on it andyou should be able to cruise in
this thing soon.
I'm going to head to the backtoo.
There's a lot of cars in here,so, as you can imagine, every
different aspect.
But the back is real fun too,because we've got a lot of the
(16:04):
metal shaping stuff.
How many people do?
Speaker 2 (16:08):
you have working there there.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
So when we're at full capacity, we'll have 14, 15
maybe.
Right now, I think there's 12of us.
Wow, so this is a charger thatwe did back in 2011,.
I think we finished this one.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
And it's back.
So he's it back before.
Yeah, he's still yeah, prettymuch.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Yeah, he got some chips in the paint that we're
gonna fix.
And this is a 72 Malibu, andthis one's pretty special.
This is one of the vehiclesgetting all modern stuff.
So you can see it's got a wholemodern chassis, the firewall we
built, the tunnel, we builtthat looks nice so all this we
(16:50):
fabricated.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
So do you buy the chassis already made?
Speaker 4 (16:56):
Yeah, on this particular one, we bought it
from a company called RoadsterShop, so it's performance
chassis.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Very well known as the industry.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Yeah, it's awesome, and we're putting an LT5 in it,
okay, so here's the engine at770 horsepower, and we've got
the same engine going in thistruck too that we're doing.
So a lot of these just want alldifferent types of stuff.
You know, we've got the moderncomponents, then we've got the
(17:26):
old race car that this guy's dadhad years ago, so we've got a
lot of the outside staying thesame and it should be running
soon.
We've got to try to get thispaint match, which is nearly
impossible.
Yeah, good luck on that.
Yeah, or lack of paint, 1930model A.
(17:49):
But so this is the body shopmachine for metal shaping area.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Is that an AMX Metal?
Speaker 4 (17:55):
type.
Yes, oh, what a rare car thatis.
This is a full restoration.
This is going back to stock andthis guy's dad owned this and
he's passed away.
So we're even using thesteering wheel as much
components as we can.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
As you say, it's going to be hard to find some
parts for that thing.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Oh yeah, for sure, you know.
Luckily we've got a donor car,so sometimes we have to do that.
Of course, Mustang, we got thisDodge Deem and this is one of
ours and this is a Torino.
We've been working on it.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Love the Torino.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
Yeah, this was actually owned by the guy who
patented the rockets for SaturnV.
He's the guy who originallybought the car.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
Oh wow, Nice.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Yeah, Now you're increasing the value on that
Torino because I read an articlerecently that the Torino value
has actually dropped in theclassic car industry.
But what you're doing willprobably bring that back up.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Yeah, maybe, so it's been a long term project.
We got a lot of cool stuff onit.
I'm going to show you all ourmachine shop, and we do a lot of
our metal shaping in here too,so this is some of our equipment
that we have.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
So this is the place everybody pinches their finger.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
Yeah, this is it.
These are the machines youdon't want to pinch your finger
in for sure.
That's a power hammer, sothat's for shaping steel, as you
can see on this panel righthere.
Wow, so that was a flat piece,and then the pool mats, and so
it's vital for us to have a lotof this equipment.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
So where we're in Conroe.
Are you located?
Speaker 4 (19:37):
We're right across the Woodlands Mall in the Oak
Ridge area.
It's listed as Conroe, but it'spretty much Woodlands area and,
again, we've been here quite along time.
You guys are going to have tocome visit sometime.
We'd love to do that.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Yeah, Well, listen.
The last question I've got foryou Do you have clean restrooms
there?
Hey, you know what it's funny.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
You say that I actually do, and we have air
conditioning and a lot of themas well.
So even in the body shop backhere, you know, you see, we've
got AC Nice.
So this is a new thing for us.
So, but yeah, we do.
Ventilation is huge.
Blake, it's great to talk toyou, my friend.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And we sure appreciate you taking the time
to give us a tour of the shop.
It's a mulled muscle cars upthere in the Woodlands and the
Conroe area and we're going tobe talking about the new
equipment.
And how do we get a hold of you?
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Best way to reach us is just call us.
You can find us on Instagram aswell MoMuscleCarscom.
Check out the new website.
It's pretty cool, and you'llsee us around at some of the
shows.
We're doing a drive tomorrowhere at the shop at six, and
then we're also, of course, withWoody next week.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
So Well, we'll see you there.
We'll see you there.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
Thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Hey, thank you, we appreciate you.
Yeah, we're going to be.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
We're going to be getting some stuff in that shop,
no kidding, all right, we're adiverse collection of vehicles.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
No kidding.
And man, that guy's busy.
Yeah, If we're doing what hedoes, that's a busy shop.
All right Time now for theInwheel Time race card.
You know racing season iswrapping up.
As a matter of fact, I noticedthat Eric Enders qualified
number one again for this week'sdrag race.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
At Maple Grove.
Yeah, there you go.
I didn't know whether you werewith us or not.
I'm still here, I'm still here.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
So NHRA's at Maple Grove this weekend, next weekend
there at the Carolina Nationalsat ZMAX Dragway, after that on
the 29th there at Madison,illinois, and then they come to
Texas on October 12th throughthe 15th up at Innitz.
Nascar is at Texas this weekendand then Talladega on October
(21:52):
1st and the Roval in Charlotteon October 10th and then Vegas
on October 15th.
So it seems like there's kindof a Texas Vegas theme going on
here, because this weekendFormula One's in Japan.
On October 22nd they're at COTACircuit of the Americas up in
(22:12):
Austin, texas, and then they goto Mexico City, brazil.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
So what?
Let me ask you this so how dothey transport Formula One cars
from Japan to Texas?
They plane Airplane.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
Yeah, they just drive .
You know, if you've everwatched F1, you can see all
these buildings and stuff thatthey all operate out of.
It's kind of an origami foldedout tractor trailer that becomes
their.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Hauler.
Speaker 3 (22:38):
Yeah, it's a hauler, but it becomes a what do they
call the yes Kind of a meetingroom kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Gotcha.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
And then they fold them all back up and drive them
in at 747 and transport them allaround the all over the air.
So yeah, so they'll probablyland out there at Bergstrom and
unload and drive on over to COTAand then Indy Road course is or
, excuse me, IMSA is going to bea.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
A racetrack.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Petit Le Mans.
I was thinking Le Pete.
No, it's Petit Le Mans.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Petit Le Mans Listen.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
I'm ready, and that's one of their Endurance Series
races and that's kind of thereagain coming to the end of their
season and that's it All right.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Thank you, sir.
Now have you ever wondered whatis the longest bridge in
America?
Speaker 2 (23:34):
There's a bunch, I know that.
Speaker 4 (23:35):
I have there's a bunch.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
The first comes to mind is the Golden Gate, and
then the one that I went overrecently as well as you not at
the same time with me, but theMackinac Bridge, Mackinac Bridge
is Well Mackinac, as we like tosay.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Well Mackinac is five miles and I have a bridge
phobia.
I hate bridges.
I cry when I go over bridges,even if I'm driving, I walk,
close my eyes and I'll driveacross the bridge.
I do not like bridges.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
I'd be afraid with your eyes closed too.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Well, I would too.
This is what we're going to doNow.
I picked five.
I picked five of my favorites.
Well, we just blew past thatone.
Well, that was the MackinacBridge.
As the header Seven Mile Bridge, the state of Florida can be
forgiven because the Seven MileBridge is actually 6.7 miles
long.
But who's counting?
This appealing construction hasbeen a favorite for shooting
(24:20):
locations from Hollywoodblockbusters such as True Lies,
license to Kill, all 47 episodesof Too Fast, few, too Furious.
It takes place across theFlorida Keys, from Marathon to
Little Duck Key or vice versa,back and forth.
The Modern Bridge, built in1982, funnels two lanes from the
US One Highway over the MosierChannel.
(24:42):
It's a nice bridge.
I could take this one, I coulddo that one.
Yeah, because it's close to thewater.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
Close to the water, you don't have to fall very far
and it doesn't swim and itdoesn't have one of those open
great bottoms where you can lookthrough and see.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
You go sit in another room, Conrad.
Number four is the San MateoHayward Bridge.
This one actually is sevenmiles.
The one coast bridge cracks thetop 10 of California's seven
mile Mateo Hayward Bridge.
The western side of this bridgeis in Foster City in San Mateo
County, while the east sidedrops into the Alameda County,
(25:14):
the city of Hayward.
This hockey stick shapedconstruction spans the iconic
San Francisco Bay.
The creative design was puttogether by the California
Department of Transportation andconstructed by the Murphy
Bridge builders in 1967.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
I've been on that one , that's the East Bay Bridge.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Well, San Mateo.
This one here is the JubileeParkway, this one's eight miles,
Southern Alabama's JubileeParkway.
I just like saying thatSouthern Alabama's Jubilee
Parkway is just a few bricks shyof the length of the Canada's
Confederation Bridge.
The section of Interstate 10also stretches eight miles,
taking motorists across thenorthern portion of Mobile Bay
(25:52):
and parts of the Baldwin andMobile counties.
Yeah, been over that.
Built in 1978, the originalbridge was called America's
Junior Miss Bayway.
Set adjacent to ViDoc bridges,runs roughly parallel to the
battleship Parkway linkingBlakely Island and the Spanish
Fort Daffy.
That's a pretty bridge there.
Nice sunset on that too.
(26:13):
This next one is the ChesapeakeBay Bridge.
It's also a tunnel.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I've been on it too.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Yep, 17.6 miles long, mike.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridgetunnel seems to defy physics and
also classification, which isexactly.
The measurements varyingdepending on who you ask, but
according to the Bridge officialwebsite, the Bridge covers a
total of 17.6 miles, both aboveand below the Chesapeake Bay.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
It's just one of the weirdest.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
It is from the sky, it is just dive giant
construction connects the southsoutheastern virginia
communities and the delvarhampton roads.
So there you go, and of course,the last one we'll get going
here in just a second.
This one is where is it, mike?
It's like potch train causeway,23.9 miles been on it too.
Been on this in a drivingrainstorm and I was the only car
(27:06):
with the sheriff trying to getacross it.
Many, many years ago, scarySheriff was chasing it.
No, he was, he was leading away.
The longest bridge in NorthAmerica can be found in
southeastern Louisiana, likepotch, and train causeway spans
23.8 miles.
It was built in 1969.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Fun.
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Right after this quick break,the original group of loopy
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tortilla restaurants will haveyou telling your family and
friends just what the originalrecipes mean when it comes to
the best fajitas in southeastTexas.
Founder Stan Holt invites youto visit the original loopy
tortilla near I-10 and highwaysix.
Here's the original house thatinspired the design of all the
rest and the original charm thathelped make loopy tortilla the
go-to destination for HoustonTex-Mex.
(28:07):
Speaking of original, nothingcan compete with the original
lime pepper marinade thateveryone will agree makes loopy
tortilla award-winning beeffajitas the best anywhere.
Loopy tortilla Katie is anotherlocation that gives you the
same quality and service.
Historians have come to expectit Loophies.
It's located just off I-10 inthe Grand Parkway.
At Kingsland Boulevard in Katie, find yourself an Aggie land.
Head to the loopy tortilla andcollege station.
(28:28):
Located just around the cornerfrom Kyle Field.
It's a great place to enjoythose famous frozen margaritas
before or after the game.
Head to East, to Louisiana.
Stop in at the loopy tortillain Beaumont it twos on I-10, you
can't miss it.
The original group of loopytortilla restaurants invites you
in for the best Tex-Mex.
Anywhere you own a car you love,why not let Gulf Coast Auto
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We promise you'll be impressed.
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