Car Guy Confessions

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Third generation car guy Christian Marble joins us to share his early start in the automotive world and his family’s custom classic cars including his grandfather’s Camaro convertible. Christian immersed himself in the automotive world by volunteering at the Lion’s Drag Strip museum and the Petersen Auto Museum. Checkout more from Christ...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Ed Justice Jr. began photographing Southern California’s drag racing scene at just 12 years old, developing a career while capturing memorable moments in motorsports history.  From shooting for national automotive magazines as a teenager to staging his famous fire burnout photographs, Ed shares the stories behind the lens, the cameras th...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Ed Justice Jr. grew up at the center of Southern California’s racing and hot-rodding culture, carrying on the legacy of Justice Brothers, the family business founded by his father and uncles as a manufacturer of automotive lubricants, additives and cleaners.  Today, as President and CEO, Ed has helped lead a company with more than 100 pr...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP President of the Bonneville 200MPH Club Michael LeFevers stops by to share his journey from crew member on historic land speed records to driving and getting into the 200 MPH club. Of course, the next logical step was beating the 300MPH class record. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardwar...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Jeff sits down with NSRA Rodcast Host and Radio DJ Nick Donovan to share the story of “Rusty” Russell DiSalvo’s hot rod being shown as it was back in 1966 when it won Best Stock Bodied Rod at the Oakland Roadster Show. 60 years later, the family with Johnny Pickard have brought it back out to the Grand National Roadster Show. Visit ARP B...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Al Noe from Summit Racing and Josh Cook from Trick Flow Specialities join Jeff Smith to talk V8 engine swaps, classic Buick muscle cars and even BMWs. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadsters...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Jeff is joined by ACES Car Club member Nick Noriega and traditional hot rod builder Paul Godfrey who debuted a freshly finished 5 window coupe at the Grand National Roadster Show with plenty of old school touches and their own twist. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Recorded...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Troy Gudgel of BBT Fabrications, one of the top names in high-end custom car building, joins Jeff and Steve at GNRS. From restomod style muscle cars and 200+ MPH Pontiac Firebird street machines, Troy has been building award-winning classics with modern tech for over 20 years. We also dive into the story behind Bermuda, the amazing 1959...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Brian Downard from Lokar Performance Parts joins Jeff and Marcel to share his automotive journey that starts with a school book report on Hot Rod magazine. Brian also shares stories from fixing cars with makeshift gas tanks to modern machining and 3D printed parts at Lokar. See more from Lokar at www.lokar.com and follow @lokarinc. Visit...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP The Three Amigos are back once again from the Grand National Roadster Show where Steve Strope is a Slonaker Award judge, Jeff talks Big Block Chevy horsepower and Cam brings along some B-roll photos from famous Hot Rod and Car Craft magazine shoots. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Alan Budnik stops by to share his story from the early days of CNC machining, to billet wheels at Boyds, and Budnik Wheels where he designs and manufactures detailed billet wheels for muscle cars, street rods and trucks.  Checkout more from Budnik Wheels at @budnikwheels and www.budnik.com Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Producer Marcel Venable from Auto Revolution joins Jeff to talk all things muscle cars, pro-touring, pro street and engine builds. Checkout more from Auto Revolution at @autorevolution and www.autorevolutiononline.com Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Recorded at the Grand Na...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Tim Matthews, the curator of Speedway Motor’s Museum of American Speed, joins Jeff and Steve to share their love of horsepower, and BMX bikes as well as Steve’s latest project, a nod to retro altered fuelies. Visit the Museum of American Speed at @museumofamericanspeed and https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/ . Visit ARP Bolts at https...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Jeff sits down with Chad Reynolds from Bangshift and Jefferson Bryant to talk drag racing, Buick muscle cars and Corvette body mold making. See more from Chad Reynolds at www.bangshift.com and Jefferson Bryant at @reddirtrodz Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Recorded at the...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Custom pinstripes and weekend Evel Knievel Jeff ‘Styles’ Overman joins Jeff and Marcel to share custom paint techniques and stories with the legends including Tom Kelly and Pete Santini. Styles also shares his latest built, a full custom Evel Knievel themed van complete with glow in the dark paintwork. See more from Styles’ pin striping...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Custom truck and hot rod builder Robbie Azevedo joins Jeff to share his journey from a young builder taking home SEMA and GNRS awards fresh out of high school, to being one of the youngest builders honored by the Sacramento Autorama and now building custom F100s and muscle cars in Utah. See more from Rods N Mods at @rodsnmods and from Ro...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Cam sits down with long time hot rod and custom car builder Zane Cullen of Cotati Speed Shop to discuss racing and hot rodding history as well as new builds. See more from Cotati Speed Shop at @cotatispeedshop. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Recorded at the Grand National...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP Tim Strange shares his story of crafting his first custom, a 1954 Chevy and being inspired not only by hot rod kustom builders but pro street pioneers. Now, Tim and his wife Carrie not only head a BMX team but produce their own podcast capturing stories of legends in the industry. See more from Strange Motion and Tim himself @rodbuilder...

Jeff Smith sits down with Type One Restorations owner/builder Buddy Hale and Dennis, owner of the 2026 Slonaker Award winning VW Karma Ghia, dubbed Karma. See more from Type One Restorations @typeonerestorations and https://www.t1resto.com/ . Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod S...

The Car Guys kick things off at the Grand National Roadster Show with some updates on Jeff’s new garage shop, Steve’s latest hot rod in a box project and Cam shares B-Roll photos from iconic Petersen magazine shoots including Mickey Thompson on the lake bed. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Checkout OBS Truck Parts for your 88-98 at h...

Steve Strope stops by the Veazie Bros Fabrication in Pomona before hitting the Grand National Roadster Show. The brothers, Evan and Justin Veazie grew up around hot rodding royalty and are continuing So Cal Speed Shop’s legacy and adding their own flair to the custom truck and hot rod scene. See more from the Veazie Bros Fabrication at @veaziebrosfab. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.com f...

In preparation for the Grand National Roadster Show, Steve heads to Mick’s Paint to talk with Mick Jenkins. The legendary, AMBR winning custom painter shares what it takes to get high end roadsters, muscle cars and classics ready for the shows and the history of So Cal Speed shop’s paintwork. See more of Mick’s Paint at www.mickspaint.com and @mickspaint. Visit ARP Bolts at https://www.arp-bolts.c...

We take a look back at some of the best moments and Car Guy stories from the year including NHRA drag racer Fast Jack Beckman, drag racing legend Paul Rossi, famed builders Troy Ladd of Hollywood Hot Rods, Rick Dobbertin and Will Posey of Big Oak Garage. Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkout Rod Shows at @grandnationalroadstershow and https://www.rodshows.com. Recorded at the Pete...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP We take a look at some of the journalists, custom car designers and photographers capturing the hot rod, pro street and custom car world. The Car Guys talk with builder Scott Sullivan, Hot Rod Editor John McGann, legendary photographer Randy Lorentzen, artist Eric Brockmeyer and more! Recorded at the Grand National Roadster Show. Checkou...

With Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP What does it take to build America’s Most Beautiful Roadster? Or win the Slonaker award for design and engineering? Here are a few highlights from the Grand National Roadster Show including AMBR 2025 winner Troy Trepanier of Rad Rides by Troy, Builder of the Year South City Rod & Customs, competitor Ironworks Speed & Kustom and m...