The Interview

 A few weeks ago, I did a podcast interview with automotive journalist JP Emerson, and it became available to the public last week. It was about how my history with the car culture began, and where the inspiration for my book came from.  The interview was an hour long, and JP knows how to ask the right questions to get us car enthusiasts to really open up about our lives. The memories just came pouring out. His theme is "Tell Your Story", and he does a great job of getting to the real heart of our automotive stories.

Check out his podcasts, and you can find my interview by following this link: Interview

Car Shows

 The time of the year has arrived that we start thinking about attending some car shows. In the last couple years, I haven't been to any, mostly because of the Covid-19 situation. But, with a little luck, this year might be a little better.

We always enjoy the small, local, sometimes monthly, car shows. Those are always fun, and we get to know some of the people we meet. It's a perfect time to get our favorite car cleaned and detailed, and show it off a little, to like minded enthusiasts.

The big car shows are a little fewer, and sometimes more distant to attend. In years past, I even got to some of them on a yearly basis. The ones that come to mind are: The Peach Days car show in Brigham City, Utah,  and the big Mustang show in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  The Steamboat Springs show is the largest, and best I have ever entered my cars in. It's an awesome show, check it out if you get the chance.

The story of a Steamboat Springs Mustang trip is in chapter 14 of my book. You can check out my book, and read sample pages by following this link: Grab Some Gears 

                           Steamboat Springs Mustang Show

Automatic Transmission

 When I think back on the high performance cars I’ve owned over the last 50 some years, most of the top performers have been manual transmission equipped. Only one stands out as a top performer that had an automatic transmission. That would be the yellow 1970 Torino Cobra that I owned over 30 years ago.

The car was equipped with a 429 Cobra-Jet engine and 3-speed automatic transmission, with a column mounted shift lever. The car was in rough shape when I bought it, and needed a lot of cosmetic touch up, and some mechanical work. I got busy, and soon had the awesome machine looking and performing great.

The car was great on the drag strip, and also won most of the street races we found ourselves in. The story of this Torino Cobra, and a picture of it on the drag strip, can be found in chapter 8 in my book. You can check out my book, and read sample pages by following this link; Grab Some Gears

                                                                         (Twitter photo)