In Wheel Time Podcast: Your Go-To Automotive Talk Show

For almost 80 years, the versatile Chevrolet Suburban has set the standard for full-size SUVs, even before anyone knew what a Sport Utility Vehicle was.  Over the years, there have been several models that seem to have 'stuck'.   The Chevrolet C-10 series of truck have been popular with hot rodders for several years, and that popularity has rolled over to other C10 Chevrolets, in particu...

There are classic muscle cars and then there are 'classic' muscle cars - like the 1967 Chevy Nova.  With slick body lines from the long hood back to the sloping rear roof line leading down to the short deck, the profile is all performance.  This model is subject to a lot of stylings from slick cruizer to full on drag racer.   For Jerry Straznicky, it is the 671 blower sitting on top of a...

Traditionally, right or wrong, hot rodding has been a man's world...oh there are plenty of girls that get involved by supporting their other half, but not so many take a straight-up active role.  When they do, they stand out. When we watched Linda Wehring roll through the crowd at Tailpipes & Tacos - May Edition, it was easy to see she was not just driving a hopped up Camaro, but it was &...

On this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, we get to talk with Rick Parras, the very proud owner of a 1954 Pontiac Chieftain 'survivor'.   Very often, there are survivors that show up as Barn Finds, and we try to share those, but in this case, Rick is driving a survivor.  Not a restored vehicle, but a survivor with wear showing on the seats, a few spots here and there in the bright red a...

One of the great things about getting out of Studio A to do remote shows, we get to meet some great people and see some incredible machines!  We even learn something new along the way.  Joining us in this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, Ron Fernau joins the crew at Tailpipes & Tacos - May Edition with his marvelous looking 1987 Armaretta.   When Ron rolled into the event, we identified it a...

When it comes to Corvettes, almost every one, automotive enthusiast or not, has a pretty good idea of their favorite model.  Maybe not the details, but the look.  while the C1 seems to be gaining popularity, the C2 continues to be one of the most popular.  For the performance set, the fastback models hold a lot of appeal, while cruizers often look to the convertible models for the open air feel. B...

With the continued growth of the electric vehicle market, fueled by the noted performance that is available, for hot rodders, there is the problem of getting the right 'look'.  After all, who want to see a  chopped top '32 Ford with what looks like a big washing maching motor in the open engine compartment?  In that case, leep the cowl closed, please! 'Ol school rodding needs t...

Seems there is never enough room in the garage for all the projects, the parts for the projects, and still have room to work on the projects without moving the lawnmower or the bicycles.  Well Garages of Texas may have the solution.   We talk with Shawn Richard and Jack Griffin who join IWT from one of the Carrolton locations on this episode to let us know more about Garages of Texas - a place tha...

One of the things the automotive world lost to the COVID pandemic were auto shows - the big car shows where we can go in and sit in the seats, get all touchy feely with the vehicles up close.  The new car drives at the auto shows have helped a lot of consumers to make a buying decision. RoShelle Salinas with the Houston Auto Dealers Association joins us with details about this special showing - a...

The Ford Transit van has become very popular for several reasons, particularly the felxibility of the design - 8 different configurations!  From there, time to talk about upfitters for a particular trade or job.  Raj Sarkar, joins the In Wheel Time crew to talk about the new Transit EV - an all electric Transit van with a range of 126 miles!  Check out more in our interview with Raj ... In our fea...

Great asphalt racing is alive and well in Houston, Texas, thanks to the efforts of Gina Schild Knowles!   Coming from a family with a long history of asphalt racing in the Houston area, Gina has revied the sport in the area and has now added a 2nd track over in Mobile to the series.   This should provide a lot more racing excitement at both tracks! Joining us today with an update on track preperat...

Seems almost every day there is a news blurb about electric vehicles - new batteries, new range, new OEM making more and more.  The problem is that this is not always real world.  Richard 'Buzz' Smith has become a friend of the show who lives in the real EV world, so he updates us with how to make road trips that are more than 100miles.  How to find charging stations, how does an EV real...

On this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, we have the honor of being joined at the 25th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours 'd Elegance, we are joined by our guest, Frank Capanelli. Frank is serving as a VIP Judge that is helping a group of judges at the event during the 25th year celebration of the Keels & Wheels event, specializing in the Italian brands and the prototype vehicles. We al...

One of the few events in the country that actually combines keels and wheels - a concours level car show that includes boats.  Not just a boat show at the local civic center, but boats sitting in the water.  Boats that include classic wooden yachts that many owners will be glad to give you a tour or let a walkabout on board.  Just be polite and ask for permission to board. To tell us more about th...

One of the best things about an event such as Keels & Wheels Concours 'd Elegance is the people that attend.  People come in from across the country that might not otherwise venture down to our part of town.  People like VIP Guest Barry Mequiar, host of the popular Car Show Car Crazy, now found on YouTube, as well as head of the Mequiar Car Care company. We get a chance to learn a bit abo...

Our guest this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk is Gary Garnett, long time friend of the show.   As the Marketing director, trying to get the event through the COVID restrictions, rescheduling all the cars and boats to be shipped in has been a challenge. Gary also shares some of his cars. We are also joined by Miss Kemah, Gabriella Garza, who is visiting Keels & Wheels. ----  -----  ----- Be...

In Wheel Time is at the Keels & Wheels event this week and in this episode, we talk with the owner of 'Classic Cars of Houston - Auto Restoration Factory', Mr. Jeff Pate.   Jeff is a Houston native that has taken his love of fine automobiles to the next level with the award  Restoration Factory.  Not only winning awards for some of his builds, but getting raving customer reviews from...

While each and every concours event is different, the presentation is often the same and one of the people that enable the event to achieve the level of a concour is the presenter.  For over 30 years, Ed Lucas out of Detroit has worked with events across the country, bringing his voice to the event as an announcer.  We talk about his career, the people he has met, and the stories he has to share....

One of the feature marks at the 25th Annual Keels & Wheels involves the 'Ford vs Ferrari' movie, infact, two of the actual movie cars are at the event.  Along with the great stories about the cars, we get some additional background stories from the 'family'.   Aaron Shelby, grandson of Carroll Shelby joins us in this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk with more stories about...

In Wheel Time Car Talk is LIVE at the 25th annual Keels & Wheels Concours 'd Elegance that is held at the Lakewood Yacht Club, Seabrook, Texas.  It is one of the few, like maybe two events that features award winning vehicles and wooden boats on the water. It is a raining day, but with entries being shipped in from across the country, this is a rain or shine event...and unfortunately, it...

A lot of automotive enthusiasts were eagerly waiting to see the movie 'Ford vs. Ferrari' when it finally hit the big screen.  There were car clubs that went to the movie as a group, some even had special nights when they could get the theartre to themselves.  So it was a big deal and continues to get a lot of attention.  The actual 25th Annual Keels & Wheels event was cancelled due t...

Is it a SUV?  Is it a sub-compact or compact pickup?   What it is is a new vehicle from Hyundai that was first seen in Detroit a few years ago.  At the time, few thought it would actually make it to production as it is too cute.  A small SUV/CUV type of cabin space with a pickup bed instead of an enclosed cargo space.  Been tried before, but maybe this time.... -----  -----  -----  Be sure to subs...

For some time now, we have been hearing more and more about self-driving vehicles - how much safer the roads will be.  The basic idea is that the 'computer' will evaluate all situations and make the most logical decision which is primarily to avoid an accident.  We already have adaptive cruise control systems to keep vehicles space, we already have blind spot monitoring, we have systems...

A lot of people are and have been working from home during the pandemic, and even those that have been getting out and about are not going far.  With the vehicles not being driven as much, a lot of little things could have gone wrong that regular maintenance while driving would have been taken care of.  If you are like a lot of us, thinking about expanding our scope of driving for the summer, ther...

Starting off a new week and on this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, we get a chance to visit with a fellow automotive enthusiests that we happened to meet just after the Lone Star Throwdown when we were there on remote.  Like a lot of people, we were checking out all the pictures of the event thinking about how much fun we had, and getting a look at some of what we missed since it is such a big...