MotorMouth Radio
Join the “Motormouths” Ray Guarino and Chris Switzer for features, information, guest interviews, tech tips, and your call-in questions on all topics relating to automobiles.
Episodes
July 27, 2025 • 56 mins
It's been a while, so we reached out to our good friend & Car & Driver senior editor Elana Scherr to catch us up on her and Tom's projects. We got more than we bargained for when she convinced us that buying a Bentley Arnage was a good choice for a used car, especially since the A/C worked! We also got some details about the Opel GT, Nova, Jensen Interceptor & Sidewinder speed boat projects. This hour went by way too fa...
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July 20, 2025 • 59 mins
Freshly back from another week off the boys are happy to have Mr. Wick Humble, author of "How to Restore Your Datsun Z-Car" published by CarTech Books. The conversation covered many facets of the Japanese car collecting and restoration world and is sure to impress & educate you as much as the interview did for us. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_motormouthradio and on You Tube: https://you...
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July 6, 2025 • 60 mins
Sitting in for Chris is Matcoman Brian, and he & Ray talk about road trip issues. Ray found that even when he buys new parts they need to be modified; Procar set brackets are the culprit this time. Back-to-back meets with the Corvette Society crew proves that having printed material like a Hollander manual is key to solving parts fitment questions. Rental car issues and the progress on Brian's Mustang project round out this ho...
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June 29, 2025 • 57 mins
We bring back an old friend who's made her mark on the automotive journalism world when Elana Scherr, senior Features editor of Car & Driver magazine shares the hour this week. We talk about her eclectic car projects as well as her Car & Driver duties. Imperial vs metric woes come up when Elana talks about a sewing class she recently took. Ray reports on the 442 project at the shop, and finding some very old MMR cassette ta...
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June 22, 2025 • 55 mins
Chris ruminated over his paint-soaked Tracker carpet issue & Ray mused over Fiat's selection of clutch cable adjusting hardware. Then, joined by Lake Speed Jr. the show got wings and took off into the unchartered territories of oil technology. Terms like zinc, calcium, phosphorous and viscosity were tossed around like projectiles at a beer pong party. Lake covered all the hard topics and passed on some excellent recommendations...
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June 16, 2025 • 59 mins
Sitting in for Chris is Matcoman Brian, and he & Ray compare tire repair techniques right off the bat. Ray's repair sent him to Harbor Freight for supplies, and once home packing tools for a road trip led to the disassembly of a Matco ratchet. The use of grease or oil in the ratchet is the question posed to Brian, and Ray talks about a cool embroidered MMR hat 442 Eddie made for him. hat. Brian urges people to start their proj...
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June 8, 2025 • 58 mins
Ray gets calls this week asking for help with three old car revivals, and is happy to see people wanting to get their cars back on the road. Diagnosing old cars is a skill many younger guys don't possess, like looking at exhaust valves when exploded mufflers are seen. Matcoman Brian finds out that Mustang dreams really can come true, and our friend Louis finds out the hard way that the Jeep he was towing had no tire on the rim! Ch...
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June 1, 2025 • 57 mins
Classic car storage and a trip to Motorcar Classics kicks off the show, which leads to a caller asking about collector car insurance options. Chris has an issue with a brake line and Ray has his own idea on how to handle it, contrary to Chris' naturally! Penetrants like Kroil & Trizol get the nod from Ray where stubborn fasteners are concerned. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_motormouthradi...
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May 25, 2025 • 58 mins
The show kicks off with a new favorite theme song of Ray's and Chris gives it his blessing. The GTO project gets a new carpet color and a Painless Wiring headlight relay conversion harness, but finding the correct Robin straps is the next problem to be solved. Chris talks about another problem with his Holley 600 but Ray has a solution that just might work... wooden carb spacers! Talk turns to Gin & Tonic with some helpful adv...
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May 18, 2025 • 59 mins
Ray recounts a story of a sudden battery failure in a family car & the pattern of similar past failures. Motorbooks author and transportation & music group publisher Zack Miller joins the boys to talk about cars, motorcycles & music, along with cluing people in on the wide variety of printed material the Quarto & Motorbooks companies offer...there's really something there for everyone. Check out their offerings here...
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May 11, 2025 • 59 mins
The tradition lives on; for 20 years we've been using Mother's Day as a platform to showcase the cross-section of new and established show callers and guests in a "best-of" motif. So sit back ad listen to what makes this show what it is, a showcase for people's ideas and thoughts about all aspects of the car community. Whether they choose to call or come in, or just stop us on the street, it's all good, and it's MotorMouth Radio. C...
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May 4, 2025 • 59 mins
Our special studio guest, Tony Pedro talks about classic Corvettes & the people who own, build and drive them. Chris shares his freshly minted car show trophy win with us, which leads us into all of the cool local shows taking place this time of year. Stan from the Corvette Society calls in to educate us all about his fantastic car club & the great people in it. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagra...
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April 20, 2025 • 60 mins
Chris revives a Toyota that's been sitting idle for months, and Ray recounts the 40th anniversary of the road trip when he and his brother drove a 55 Nomad home from Colorado. Good and bad battery cables are demonstrated, along with a great electrical book review, while snarky Chinese fortune cookie messages lead to a caller questioning Ray about his 73 Monte Carlo. Paint brush combs, file cards, and grinding wheel re-surfacers r...
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April 13, 2025 • 55 mins
In our second fundraising hour, we talk about the need to fund college radio, Ray laid on some pretty cool trivia about the iconic movie The French Connection, and we learned about an old, but significant test for AI usage called the Turing Test. Parking brake activation, maintenance and service problems were also covered. Donations accepted at www.nccradio.org. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real...
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April 13, 2025 • 60 mins
In our 1st fundraising hour, we talk about the need to fund college radio, then get to the automotive content with talk about brake proportioning valve operation, the recent Hagerty top 5 "hot cars" list, and a story about a motorcycle speed freak who screwed himself by posting his Connecticut exploits on social media. Donations accepted at www.nccradio.org. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_mot...
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April 6, 2025 • 58 mins
Chris comes out like a house on fire ranting about poor car photography in online ads. Ray cools it all off by talking about the 1997 made for TV version of the iconic car flick, Vanishing Point. A story about brake bleeding raises some questions and sparks a caller to add to the topic. Ray is lusting after the new Matco Tools ratcheting line wrenches he saw on You Tube; will he get them? Check our social media feed to see the p...
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March 30, 2025 • 60 mins
Ray finds the storage limit of his FJ Cruiser while Chris finds missing lug nut caps. Torque wrenches, torque sticks & lug wrenches get questioned, as does the proper use of friction straps. Headlight upgrades lead into a classic editorial written by Joe Oldham of Cars magazine. A caller ruminates with Ray over changing an Ecotec valve cover. Check our social media feed to see the pictures; on Instagram: @real_motormouthradio...
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March 23, 2025 • 60 mins
This week Carl Anthony from Automoblog joins the boys to talk about bad wiper
blades and windshield scratches. The Potato pizza Ray ate in Connecticut, and the pie an upstate caller makes joins the always controversial oil change interval controversy. A story from a 1970 Cars magazine where a mystery street racer is featured finally sees his name aired in public. The show takes a real left turn when the talk turns to mini-van histor...
blades and windshield scratches. The Potato pizza Ray ate in Connecticut, and the pie an upstate caller makes joins the always controversial oil change interval controversy. A story from a 1970 Cars magazine where a mystery street racer is featured finally sees his name aired in public. The show takes a real left turn when the talk turns to mini-van histor...
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March 16, 2025 • 59 mins
Tire pressure stats and best practices kicks off the show with a caller from a very cold climate adding his thoughts. Ray brings up a custom Mustang seen on a current TV commercial, questioning if the car even exists. Add-on power management boxes for use in older cars is in our show and tell segment, then the recent installation of a TTI exhaust system in a friend's GTX is covered & compared to Chris' Chrysler system. Check ou...
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March 9, 2025 • 58 mins
Tis the season; car shows & cruise nights are starting, a listener is tapping his backyard trees to make syrup while watching the Daytona 200 motorcycle race featuring a Long Island racer, and the talk turns to car tire aging & dating. MatcoMan Brian pulls duty with Ray this week and comments on a Porsche battery life issue as well as adding to a story about Tesla on-board diagnostics. Ray sneaks in a Hot Porsche seen at th...
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