Car Guy Confessions

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Audio Only! Apologies for the Camera Issues. Legendary hot rod builders Bobby Alloway and Roy Brizio join Jeff Smith to share their decades of crafting the hottest street rods in the game and now hosting the Triple Crown of Rodding Show, one of the top tier custom car and truck shows in the country. Follow Roy Brizio Street Rods at @royb...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Racing school and driving instructor Brendon Short joins Steve Strope and Cam Benty at the Petersen Auto Museum to share his love of BMW racing, proper driving techniques and the best retro cars to race in. Checkout more of Brendon’s cars and information on driving instructions on Instagram at @bmshort. Recorded at the Petersen Auto Muse...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Mitch Hines joins the Car Guys to share his family story carrying on the legacy of his grandfather ’The Leadslinger’ Bill Hines and his father. Mitch and his brother are currently collecting and restoring several iconic cars including the first Impala on hydraulics, the Budha Buggy. Follow Mitch at @hineskustoms86 and learn more history...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Fastlane Jane Thurmond joins Car Guys Steve Strope and Cam Benty to talk about proper driving techniques for aspiring racers and new teen drivers. Learn more from Jane at @fastlanejane_ Recorded at the Petersen Auto Museum. Checkout the iconic museum at @petersenautomuseum and https://www.petersenautomuseum.org. Visit ARP Bolts at https:...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Its family and friends day at Car Guy Confessions. Longtime friends of Jeff’s; Doug Eisberg and Eric Rosenthal join us to share their muscle car stories from cruise nights to track days and wrenching in the garage. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadstershow and https://www.rodshows.com....

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Evan Perkins joins Jeff to share his story of engine building, creating content for Hemmings, Holley and his time as Editor of Hot Rod magazine. Now, Evan is at Westech Performance Group providing testing for insane engine builds. Follow Evan @evan_fixes_things and online at westechperformance.com . Recorded at the Grand National Roadste...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Custom car designer Eric Brockmeyer joins Jeff and Steve to share his long list of award winning car design career from the famed Aluma-Tub with Boyd Coddington to Ridler and Goodguys winning builds and numerous others. See more of Eric Brockmeyer’s design work at www.ericbrockmeyerdesign.bigcartel.com and at @ericbrockmeyerdesign. Recor...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Legendary drag racer Paul Rossi returns to sit in with Jeff and Cam sharing his racing journey beyond the drag strip. From racing up Pike’s Peak and becoming an IMSA Track winner and more. See more of Paul Rossi Racing at www.paulrossiracing.com . Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadsters...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Legendary Hot Rod Photographer Randy Lorentzen joins Jeff and Cam at the Grand National Roadster Show to share his story of photographing some of the most iconic cars, models and custom builds over the years. He is currently working on an upcoming book featuring his photos and stories. Follow Randy Lorentzen @randylorentzenphotography an...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP AMBR winning custom painter Darryl Hollenbeck sits in to share his story of hot rods, kustoms and spraying some of the most iconic cars. Also sitting in is VP of Sales for Dynamat, Edward Shelton sharing the latest sound and heat products. See more of Darryl Hollenbeck’s work with Vintage Color Studio at @vintagecolorstudio and follow @d...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Classic car builder and Goodguys Trendsetter Will Posey of Big Oak Garage shares his story from growing up racing with his father to working in top custom shops before opening Big Oak Garage and starring in Motortrend’s Ride of Your Life with Courtney Hansen. See more of Will’s builds at www.bigoakgarage.com and @bigoakgarage on Instagra...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Longtime friend of Cam and Jeff Brian Hatano shares his story from getting a job at the magazines to helping craft some of the most iconic movie cars from the past 3 decades including Fast & Furious, the Cars! Movie and some wild motorcycles. Follow Brian Hatano at @brian.not.bryan. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Check...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve StropePresented by ARPHot Rod Magazine Editor John McGann reveals the changes and growth of Hot Rod magazine since it was sold to a new publisher. He also reminisces with Jeff about his magazine days and the pro street revival. See sneak peeks of the latest Hot Rod Magazine issue featuring a home built NHRA dragster. Follow @hotrodmagazine www.hotrod.com and Jo...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Pro Street pioneer and GNRS Slonaker Award judge Scott Sullivan stops by to catch up with Steve and Jeff. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadstershow and https://www.rodshows.com. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Subscribe t...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Award-winning custom interior legend Ron Mangus joins Cam and Steve to trace his history in upholstering some of the most iconic custom hot rods. Street rods, classic trucks and more for decades. Ron is also teaches seminars and is the author of several custom car interior books. Follow Ron Mangus at @ronmangusinteriors Recorded at the G...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Rodger Lee from Ironworks Speed & Kustom stops by to share his journey of crafting high-level classic trucks, muscle cars and street rods including the 1935 Chevrolet coupe in competition for the Slonaker Award at GNRS. The Legacy Chevelle builds that Ironworks crafts caught Jeff’s attention as a fellow Chevelle lover. Follow Ironwor...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP GNRS 2025 Builder of the Year Bill Ganahl of South City Rod & Custom joins us to share stories of his late father Pat “Too Tall” Ganahl who worked with Jeff and Cam years ago. Bill also shares his own hot rod journey from working under the greats to his own shop winning multiple awards and crafting dozens of high end classics, hot ro...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Troy Trepanier joins Jeff Smith at the Grand National Roadster Show to showcase their AMBR winning 1936 Ford roadster and their plans for land speed racing Visit Rad Rides by Troy at https://www.radridesbytroy.com/ and at @rad_rides. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadstershow and https:...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Dyno Don was a pioneering racer sporting a handful of iconic drag cars. Now, his nephew, who has found his own niche in with performance Volvo parts carries on his legacy. Pro street pioneer Matt Hay joins in. Don Nicholson recently finished the full restoration of one of the race cars and had it out at SEMA, PRI and GNRS. Recorded at th...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP The three Car Guy amigos are back together kicking off a series of episodes recorded at the 75th Grand National Roadster Show! Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadstershow and https://www.rodshows.com. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardwa...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Part two with Troy Ladd of Hollywood Hot Rods dives into his past, chopping hot rods in his apartment carport. Something Steve knows very well. Troy and Steve are among the judges for this year’s Slonaker award and offer a preview of some of the cars they anticipate showing up to compete. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadstershow...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP In anticipation of the Grand National Roadster Show, we invited past AMBR and Slonaker Design Excellence winner Troy Ladd of Hollywood Hot Rods. Troy and Steve are among the judges for this year’s Slonaker award. The pair break down what it takes to design, build and compete at this level and what it takes to win. Checkout Rod Shows at @...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Bringing you the best Pro Street highlights from the Grand National Roadster Show including pioneers like Rod Sodsbury, Scott Sullivan, Rick Dobbertin, Matt & Debbie Hay, Tim Strange and Troy Trepanier. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadstershow and www.rodshows.com. Visit...

With Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Joining us is the historian and original curator of the famed Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Leslie shares the story of the Petersen Museum’s beginnings and transformation. He also shares a few of his favorite cars from their massive collection. Visit the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles @petersenautomuseum and www.peters...

With Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP We take a look back at our favorite guests, stories and times recording at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles, California. Special guests include Rod Emory, Garrett Reed, Terry Karges, Shawn Davis, Mister Zachary, Dave Shuten and others! Recorded at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles @petersenautomuseum and www.petersen.org. V...