Driven Radio Show

Brett and Catfish welcome this week's special guest Ed Golden of Golden Customs to discuss building cars for TV shows, what it's like to debut a car at SEMA, and stealing a car with Jay Leno. The guys dream about buying a rocket car for pocket change, looking for land yacht bargains on Craigslist, and the world's fastest Disco-styled Corvette. All this and much more on Driven Radio! Hosted on Acas...

Brett, Vern, and Catfish welcome this week's special guest Richard Kitzmiller of Scarab Motorsports, LLC to discuss Scarab history, Scarab recreations, and going nearly 200mph in a small, powerful car. The guys talk about Brett's trip to Amelia Island to cover the Russo & Steele Collector Car auction, who he got talk to, sales trends, and new information on the coming eighth generation mid-eng...

Brett, Vern, and Catfish welcome special guest and friend of the show Rick Hunter of Hot Rod Express discuss about all the amazing builds they had at the 2019 Kansas City World of Wheels show. The guys talk about GM continuing to build sedans through the end of 2019, a ginormous new LEGO kit for Mustang lovers, and Hagerty's latest list of collector cars to grab before they jump in price. All this...

Brett, Vern, and Catfish welcome special guest and friend of the show Doug Campbell of Hillbank Motorsports and Superformance to talk about Doug's cool new Future GT-Forty and Superformance's upcoming production of Ford's 2004 GR1 Concept. The guys discuss the ongoing saga of the 'Wild Cherry' van from the movie Van Nuys Blvd, the hot water Elon Musk has himself in again, and many of the Spring ca...

Brett and new co-host Vern Estes welcome special guest Will Posey, owner of Big Oak Garage, and one of the Three Amigos from the No Driving Gloves podcast. They discuss how Will decided to start a custom Hot Rod shop, building amazing full-custom show cars, and why Will has turned down a chance to have his own TV show. The guys talk about a record-setting sale price on a super-low mile Grand Natio...

Brett welcomes special guest Rob Ferretti of Super Speeders, Gotham Dream Garage, and Adventure Drives. They discuss how Rob transformed from being a golf caddie to racing in multiple Bull Runs, supplying super cars to the rich and famous, and his upcoming trip to Iceland. Brett and Catfish discuss de-cluttering your garage and mourn the passing of Sir John Haynes, creator and publisher of the Hay...

Brett welcomes Shelby expert Vernon Estes of Vernon Estes Classics about how the love of transportation morphs into Shelby fandom, building a Shelby memorabilia collection when you are only ten years old, having Shelby owners seek you out for your collection, and finding the rarest of all Shelbys under a bunch of tarps in Hawaii. We wish the very best and a speedy recovery to Sports Car Market pub...

Brett welcomes Seth Burgett of Gateway Bronco to discuss how to scare all your high school buddies (and get them to pay for it), becoming an entrepreneur at age 10, and how his company transforms an American icon into bespoke, big horsepower, SUVs for the 21st Century. Then, Vreni Fernandez and Butch Papon from the Kansas City Automotive Museum stop by to talk about what is happening at the m...

Special guest John Viviani from Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, and co-host of the No Driving Gloves podcast, stops in to talk about the amazing museum collection, his restoration vocation, what's to love about a Lotus, and restoring bed pans that survived the Titanic- along with their White Star tissue paper. Plus news about the all new 2020 Toyota Supra (or is that a Beamer? Hard to tell...),...

Brett brings in long-time bud Luke Chennell, M.A.Assistant Professor of Technology at McPherson College, for car talk about building a Model T out of whatever you can find, the coolness (or not) of AMC Eagles, and what it's like to siphon gas when you've got bells palsy. Yeah, it's conversation heading down roads you NEVER expected. Plus, news on the new Jeep Gladiator, how four motivate...

Brett Hatfield brings in friends Drew Alcazar, owner of Russo and Steele, plus Erik Radzins, owner of The Fuel House in Bonner Springs, to talk car auctions, how to make a '64 Galaxie not run anymore ( :) ), and the newest, coolest place to take your car, your bike, and your thirst in Bonner Springs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and crew talk about the new name - "Driven Radio Show" - and give a possible co-host a test drive. Then Frank Mecum, Director of Consignments for Mecum Auctions, joins the discussion for insights into outstanding car auctions- including the BIGGEST IN THE WORLD coming up in Kissimmee. The show wraps up with info on a couple of events coming up in Kansas City and in Scottsdale- both of which...

Brett Hatfield talks about the elusive C8 Corvette, and hope for the next horsepower generation. Special Guest Renny Doyle, detailer extraordinaire from Air Force 1 to Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, chats about starting the business when he was in junior high, the Double Black line of cleaning products, and becoming part of the Detail Mafia. The show wraps with a chat about detailing disaster f...

In Show #22, Brett Hatfield gives you gift ideas just right for the road warrior on your ho-ho-horsepower list. Road Muscle Radio has an in-studio talk with Tom Strongman, former auto editor for the Kansas City Star, and now freelance journalist and photographer who fills us in on his awesome experience at the 20th Annual Goodwood Revival in England. Can you say millions of dollars in vintage raci...

In show #21 of Road Muscle Radio, Brett & Catfish talk about how the collector car market is cool- and has cooled, plus they do some Bronco (dream) busting, and Brett admits there might, maybe, sort of, kinda, could be an electric car he'd consider buying. Of course, it's RUSSIAN, but still.... Ped Watt of Watt Design Photography stops in for a chat about shooting cars both in a setting, and o...

In show #20 of Road Muscle Radio, Brett & Catfish chat about the top 3 cars they wish Santa would put in their garages (because only Santa could help them afford'em!), plus they share maybe the stupidest thing they've done with a car...now that that statute of limitations has run out on such are-you-kidding-me youthful exuberance. In news, they review the look of Chevy's new TRRRUUUUUUUUCK, pl...

Brett & Catfish line up the latest news on a brand new(ish) Porsche, Motortrend's suprise car of the year, wrapping your brain about a bullet train, and GM's painful changes. Then they're joined by Gary & Muffy Bennett, car collectors, motorcycle mavens, and head honchos of Leake Collector Car Auctions, to talk about Leake's plans for the future, plus what they've got hidden in their own g...

Brett & Catfish check out news on Italy's "you gotta insure it even if it ain't on the streets" law, the fight for replica car manufacturers to sell you a car WITH a drive train, and how driverless vehicles might be bringing the boom-chicka-wow-wow to your neighborhood. Rick Hunter from Hot Rod Express drops in for a talk about reviving your retro ride the right way, and then Vreni & Butch...

Catfish and Brett chat with Doug Tabbutt, owner of Switchcars.com, about how you can go from being a square car-loving peg with all your career choices being round holes, to owning a kickin' classic & exotic car dealership. It'll give you hope, plus a resource for some great cars. Plus, Komal Choong, founder & CEO of Zohr.com tells his own story about starting a business in his driveway an...

Brett and Catfish welcome guest Mike Linner, owner of Carshownationals.com, to talk about his great website for finding car events across the USA. From raising money for good causes, to puttting them together "just 'cause", Road Muscle Radio wrings info outta Mike to help get your car event on their website (it's so easy!), and tips on how to get your own cool car event started. You'll also get th...

Road Muscle Radio goes oil rags to riches with special guest Ed Bolian, Director of sales at Lamborghini, Atlanta, founder of VINwiki (of vehicle history and youtube fame), aaaand record setting driver in a Cannonball Run. Yeah, a REAL Cannonball Run. They talk renting Lambo's in college, selling hot cars in a cold economy, and Bret & Ed get in the weeds about about Montana vehicle r...

Ever seen a car on fire? It's not good. Ever seen a LAMBORGHINI on fire? It's a nightmare- unless you're Freddy Hernandez, aka "Tavarish" on youtube (@asktavarish), who seems to have a penchant bringing crispy-fried vehicles back to life. Tavarish joins Brett & Catfish for a chat about his Lambo flambé, his other charred cars, and reminds us all that no matter what your project is, don't lose...

Brett and Catfish are both huge fans of Halloween, so this 13th episode, before the spookiest day of the year, delivers the goods with special guest Chris DiGanci, one of the founders of the National Hearse and Ambulance Association. Chris talks about how his poor impulse control and love for strange rides has led to a decades-long love affair with hearses. Plus how to burn blocks-long rubber in a...

Brett & Catfish bring on Dana Forrester, water color artist and painter of crazy cool cars, plus master judge for concours Corvettes, to talk about his infatuation with Corvettes (Brett's brutha from anutha mutha), his first 'Vette (can you say "'66"?), and the biggest thing that trips up 'Vette owners when competing for honors. Plus, Brett & Catfish talk about autonomous robocop-cars, why...

In Show #011 Brett and Catfish go the distance talking with Matt Farah, a career automotive journalist who has reviewed over 1,000 cars. And by reviewed, we mean gotten behind the wheel and put some real miles on those bad boys. From million-dollar-plus powerhouses, to clunkers that want to kill you, he's in the four figures on four wheels. Plus, we discuss his MIllion Mile Lexus, and what it take...