Car Guy Confessions
95 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope & Cam Benty
Presented by ARP
From custom car stories seldom told from the wild adventures of magazine editors to the latest custom car builds and the future of performance and hot rodding.
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E82 Builder of the Year Ron Cambra, Kustoms, Drag Racing, Cambra Speed Shop
April 22, 2024 17:15 - 39 minutes - 89.8 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Ron Cambra and his team at Cambra Speed Shop in Orange, California are the Grand National Roadster Show’s 2024 Builder of the Year! They celebrated bringing out several builds including a full kustom Merc. As a kid, Ron ventured to the Oakland Roadster Show seeing Kustoms and insane chopper motorcycles on display and was hooked. It has become a family affair with his kids involved in the hot rod and drag racing world. See more...
E81 Troy Trepanier, Rad Rides by Troy, F87 Camaro
April 08, 2024 19:29 - 51 minutes - 94.8 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Iconic street rod, muscle car, and land speed builder Troy Trepanier of Rad Rides by Troy joins the Car Guys to share his journey from pro-street-inspired builds to winning the AMBR and Ridler awards. Currently, several builds are ongoing at Rad Rides by Troy including the long-term F1 and Ferrari technology-laden F87 Camaro and an innovative ’36 Ford hot rod. See more from Rad Rides by Troy at @rad_rides and www.radrides.com. ...
Pro Street Pioneer Rick Dobbertin, Surface Orbiter Trip Around the World
March 25, 2024 16:05 - 1 hour - 112 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Next on our Car Guy Pro Street Pioneer Series is the one and only Rick Dobbertin. Rick’s iconic Pontiac J2000 “Most Famous Pro Street Car” is now in the good hands of the Hay’s. Rick shares his pro street journey and wild builds on the road, water and both! Rick Dobbertin’s Surface Orbiter started as a fuel tanker turned amphibious adventure rig. They travelled through the Panama Canal and met DEA agents and soldiers while bein...
E79 Pro Street Pioneers Matt & Debbie Hay, Dorito’s Super Bowl Commercial
March 11, 2024 17:48 - 1 hour - 111 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Next on our Car Guy Pro Street Pioneer Series is Matt and Debbie Hay! The couple have continuously looked to keep Pro Street heritage in the spotlight. Their famous Tbird saw a full restoration and was featured in Dorito’s Super Bowl Commercial with Chance the Rapper and the Backstreet Boys. Beyond that car, now turned into a Hot Wheels collectible; they are preserving Rick Dobberton’s pro street car. Watch for more stories an...
Pro Street Pioneers Matt & Debbie Hay, Dorito’s Super Bowl Commercial
March 11, 2024 17:48 - 1 hour - 111 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Next on our Car Guy Pro Street Pioneer Series is Matt and Debbie Hay! The couple have continuously looked to keep Pro Street heritage in the spotlight. Their famous Tbird saw a full restoration and was featured in Dorito’s Super Bowl Commercial with Chance the Rapper and the Backstreet Boys. Beyond that car, now turned into a Hot Wheels collectible; they are preserving Rick Dobberton’s pro street car. Watch for more stories an...
Pro Street Pioneers Rod and Tina Sadboury, Outlaw Drag Racing Records
February 26, 2024 17:18 - 1 hour - 115 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The first of our Car Guy Pro Street Pioneer Series, and the first door slammer to break into the 6-second 1/4 mile, Rod Saboury and his wife Tina sit in to share their story of pushing the outlaw racing and pro street envelope throughout the years. Rod shares his numerous Corvrvette and Camaro race cars that helped set the pro street trends but also set records on the drag strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZTCEO5BQ0 Re...
E78 Pro Street Pioneer Rod and Tina Sadboury, Outlaw Drag Racing Records
February 26, 2024 17:18 - 1 hour - 115 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The first of our Car Guy Pro Street Pioneer Series, and the first door slammer to break into the 6-second 1/4 mile, Rod Saboury and his wife Tina sit in to share their story of pushing the outlaw racing and pro street envelope throughout the years. Rod shares his numerous Corvrvette and Camaro race cars that helped set the pro street trends but also set records on the drag strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZTCEO5BQ0 Re...
E77 Pro Street Display, GNRS Awards, Most Expensive Cars and Skillet Tossing
February 12, 2024 18:26 - 47 minutes - 109 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The Car Guys are all back together! Did another winter in Iowa turn Jeff Smith into a true snow farmer? Did he trade his high horsepower builds for skillet tossing and bike rides? Steve Strope breaks down the judging behind America’s Most Beautiful Roadster and the Slonaker award at the GNRS show. Cam Benty brings up a list of the world’s most expensive cars being made right now. From million dollar super cars to rare $30 mill...
Pro Street Display, GNRS Awards, Most Expensive Cars and Skillet Tossing
February 12, 2024 18:26 - 47 minutes - 109 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The Car Guys are all back together! Did another winter in Iowa turn Jeff Smith into a true snow farmer? Did he trade his high horsepower builds for skillet tossing and bike rides? Steve Strope breaks down the judging behind America’s Most Beautiful Roadster and the Slonaker award at the GNRS show. Cam Benty brings up a list of the world’s most expensive cars being made right now. From million-dollar super cars to rare $30 mill...
Best Moments From Grand National Roadster Shows Past
January 29, 2024 18:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP We will be recording from the Grand National Roadster show again this week. We took a look back at the last few years and the amazing guests we have had including Troy Ladd of Hollywood Hot Rods, Tim Strange, Mike Ring of the Ring Brothers, Pete Santini, and last year's AMBR Hot Rod winner! https://youtu.be/bUEd4XFkCts Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Checkout the Grand National Roadst...
E76 Best Moments From Grand National Roadster Shows Past
January 29, 2024 18:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP We will be recording from the Grand National Roadster show again this week. We took a look back at the last few years and the amazing guests we have had including Troy Ladd of Hollywood Hot Rods, Tim Strange, Mike Ring of the Ring Brothers, Pete Santini, and last year's AMBR hot rod winner! Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Checkout the Grand National Roadster Show at @grandnationalroads...
E75 Sean Smith Designs 2 Kevin Hart’s Roadrunner, Custom Sneakers, Toy Design
January 15, 2024 18:23 - 49 minutes - 91.5 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Sean Smith Designs joins the Car Guys again at the Petersen Auto Museum, this time with Marcel Venable from behind the scenes. Sean and Marcel reminisce of the early mini truck and import designs Sean has done. Sean shares the design process behind comedian and car guy Kevin Hart’s Roadrunner dubbed ‘Michael Meyers’ including a custom pair of Nike Air Max sneakers using carbon fiber and splatter leather from the car, custom for...
Sean Smith Designs 2 Kevin Hart’s Roadrunner, Custom Sneakers, Toy Design
January 15, 2024 18:23 - 49 minutes - 91.5 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Sean Smith Designs joins the Car Guys again at the Petersen Auto Museum, this time with Marcel Venable from behind the scenes. Sean and Marcel reminisce of the early mini truck and import designs Sean has done. Sean shares the design process behind comedian and car guy Kevin Hart’s Roadrunner dubbed ‘Michael Meyers’ including a custom pair of Nike Air Max sneakers using carbon fiber and splatter leather from the car, custom for...
E74 Sean Smith Designs, Twisted GTO, Custom Muscle Car Design
January 01, 2024 20:17 - 52 minutes - 120 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Award-winning car designer Sean Smith joins the Car Guys at the Petersen Automotive Museum to share his Art Center journey and designs behind his latest creations. Including the Twisted 67 GTO debuting at SEMA 2023 and taking home several awards including the Best Interior TMI Products Trim Award. See more of Sean’s work at www.seansmithdesigns.studio and on IG at @seansmithdesigns Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engi...
Sean Smith Designs, Twisted GTO, Custom Muscle Car Design
January 01, 2024 20:17 - 52 minutes - 120 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Award-winning car designer Sean Smith joins the Car Guys at the Petersen Automotive Museum to share his Art Center journey and designs behind his latest creations. Including the Twisted 67 GTO debuting at SEMA 2023 and taking home several awards including the Best Interior TMI Products Trim Award. See more of Sean’s work at www.seansmithdesigns.studio and on IG at @seansmithdesigns https://youtu.be/ydVigtqEqBs Visit www.arp-...
Strope Debates Performance EV Tesla Racing, Unplugged Performance
December 18, 2023 17:11 - 1 hour - 113 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The Car Guys are joined by Ben Schaffer, co-founder of Unplugged Performance and Bulletproof Automotive at the Petersen Auto Museum. Naturally sparking a debate over EVs. Ben shares his journey from building and racing import cars to being an early adopter in the EV Tesla customizing game. Not only has Unplugged Performance developed hundreds of parts to improve the performance and styling of the Tesla models; they have gone al...
E73 Strope Debates Performance EV Tesla Racing, Unplugged Performance
December 18, 2023 17:11 - 1 hour - 113 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The Car Guys are joined by Ben Schaffer, co-founder of Unplugged Performance and Bulletproof Automotive at the Petersen Auto Museum. Naturally sparking a debate over EVs. Ben shares his journey from building and racing import cars to being an early adopter in the EV Tesla customizing game. Not only has Unplugged Performance developed hundreds of parts to improve the performance and styling of the Tesla models; they have gone al...
E72 Best of 2023, Grand National Roadster Show, Petersen Auto Museum and More
December 04, 2023 20:36 - 42 minutes - 98.9 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The best and worst of 2023 Car Guy Confessions! This year, the Car Guys hit the road. Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty brought guests from all over at the Grand National Roadster Show and the Petersen Automotive Museum. Stay tuned for more and enjoy wild hot rod stories, new automotive technology and products, and EV rants. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Subscribe to Classic...
Tony Thacker, Car Book Author, Racing and Hot Rod Photographer, Auto Museum
November 20, 2023 05:11 - 52 minutes - 96.1 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Tony Thacker, famed hot rod and racing photographer, journalist and author joins the Car Guys at the Petersen Auto Museum. Tony’s career path started with delivering Hot Rod magazine on his paper boy mail route in the UK. He has tracked, documented and photographed historic moments in automotive history from dragsters and Boyd hot rods, to sport trucks, SEMA News, the NHRA Museum, and nostalgia drag racing cacklefests. Follow...
E71 Tony Thacker, Car Book Author, Racing and Hot Rod Photographer, Auto Museum
November 20, 2023 05:11 - 52 minutes - 96.1 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Tony Thacker, famed hot rod and racing photographer, journalist and author joins the Car Guys at the Petersen Auto Museum. Tony’s career path started with delivering Hot Rod magazine on his paper boy mail route in the UK. He has tracked, documented and photographed historic moments in automotive history from dragsters and Boyd hot rods, to sport trucks, SEMA News, the NHRA Museum, and nostalgia drag racing cacklefests. Follow...
E70 Outlaw Porsche Builder Rod Emory, Hot Rod Legacy, First Baja Bug
November 06, 2023 16:12 - 53 minutes - 98.4 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Outlaw Porsche builder and custom hot rod legacy Rod Emory of Emory Motorsports joins the Car Guys at the Petersen Auto Museum. Rod’s lineage dates back to the late 1940s when his Grandfather worked on some of the most iconic hot rods and dry lake racers. Their legacy continued in the VW/Porsche world where his father created the first Baja Bug after picking up a wrecked bug. Rod shares the story of building a customized Porsc...
E69 Autotopia LA’s Shawn Davis, Petersen Auto Museum, Roadster Shop, Joe Rogan’s Nova
October 23, 2023 09:50 - 1 hour - 122 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Autotopia LA’s Host Shawn Davis joins Steve Strope and Cam Benty at the Petersen Auto Museum to share his love of pro-touring cars and trucks, including builds by Steve with Pure Vision. Joe Rogan’s Camaro styled Chevrolet Nova and Steve’s recent appearance on Rogan’s podcast and how Shawn and Steve first met are shared. The Autotopia LA channel is full of video features on car and truck builds from high-horsepower eye catcher...
E68 TMI Products Ross Berlanga Talks Custom Interiors, SEMA Trim Awards, Motor Masters Engine Builders
October 09, 2023 15:46 - 47 minutes - 88.2 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Ross Berlanga from TMI Products joins the Car Guys at the Petersen Automotive Museum to share memories of Jeff helping judge for the Best Engines at SEMA and PRI with the Masters of Motors. Now, TMI Products wrapped up the Trim Awards Road Tour selecting the best interiors in custom cars and trucks. It all culminates at SEMA 2023 with the Trim Awards selecting the Best Interior Awards at the show. For more information on TMI P...
E67 Movie Car Coordinator Geoff Abadee, Aussie Muscle Cars, UTE
September 25, 2023 14:20 - 55 minutes - 101 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Australian movie car and logistics coordinator Geoff Abadee joins Jeff and Cam at the Petersen Auto Museum. Geoff shares tales of working on big-budget movies and commercials all over the world. The differences and similarities of Australian and American muscle cars are discussed as well as the possible origin of the UTE. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Subscribe to Classic Truck Per...
E66 Project X EV to Big Block, Smokey Yunick’s Creations, Ironman’s Car TV Show
September 11, 2023 14:37 - 50 minutes - 92.1 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The Car Guys are all back together again at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Cam opens the podcast up about the TV show where Robert Downey Jr. converts several classic cars and trucks into EV-powered rides and more fuel-efficient engines. The famed Project X Bel Air shed its EV motor conversion and got Chevrolet’s new 632 ci Big Block engine. Finally, a few of Smokey Yunick’s creations and stories are shared. Vi...
E65 Joe Rogan’s Nova, NASCAR Beats Le Mans, Next Gen Performance Cars
August 28, 2023 13:20 - 47 minutes - 110 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The Car Guys are all back together at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Steve shares his recent delivery of Joe Rogan’s custom Chevrolet Nova to Austin, Texas. Chevrolet brought a NASCAR Camaro, out to compete in Le Mans, smoking the European competition in its class while Ford introduced the Mustang GT3 and Cobra Turbo Electric drag car. The battle of horsepower and engines, versus torque, electric motors, and ze...
E64 HRE Wheels’ Alan Peltier, 3D Printed Titanium Wheels, Throwback Wheels
August 14, 2023 15:36 - 52 minutes - 96.2 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP HRE Wheels President/CEO Alan Peltier joins the Car Guys at the Petersen Auto Museum’s Vault to talk about custom designing and engineering wheels including their work with 3D printed titanium wheels. Alan and Steve share their past collaborations on builds including Joe Rogan’s Nova and several muscle cars. From Fast & Furious movie cars to high end, rare exotics HRE has helped outfit them all with style, engineering and now l...
E63 Petersen Auto Museum Director Terry Karges, Hot Rods Meet Hypercar History
July 31, 2023 13:08 - 53 minutes - 122 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Terry Karges, the Executive Director of the famed Petersen Automotive Museum invites the Car Guys to tour the museum and share its history, his own past with Roush Performance and his favorites of each car collection on display. Jeff and Cam are both alumni of the Hot Rod Petersen publishing empire that’s legacy is preserved at the museum. Along with famed car collector Bruce Meyer, and many others, Terry oversaw the transform...
E62 Wilwood Brakes’ Mike Hamrick, UTV & Off-Road Brakes, Roadrunner IRS Suspension
July 17, 2023 13:42 - 58 minutes - 107 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Mike Hamrick from Wilwood Brakes joins the car guys to share their company history from outfitting race cars, drag cars, drift cars and off-road brakes to custom cars and autocross. Recently, years of R&D led to a full brake line for UTV off-road rigs. Steve and Mike talk about the custom brake options for high end muscle car and pro-touring builds including an IRS equipped Roadrunner at Pure Vision. For more information on Wi...
E61 Nitro Revival, Steve Gibbs NHRA History, Nostalgia Drag Racing
July 03, 2023 15:40 - 55 minutes - 102 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Steve Gibbs was Director of Operations for NHRA drag racing for over 40 years, seeing the motorsport grow from hot rod racers and icons like Mickey Thompson to the modern top fuel dragsters and funny cars. He has kept the nostalgia of the old-school drag cars, funny cars, and gassers alive with the Nitro Revival race event. For more information on this year’s Nitro Revival, visit www.nitrorevival.com. Visit www.arp-bolts.com ...
E60 Car Designer Larry Erickson, Cadzilla Concept, AI Design
June 19, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes - 117 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Famed automotive and industrial designer Larry Erickson stops by to share the behind-the-scenes and design cues of Boyd’s Cadzilla built for Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and other hot rod creations. All while designing for the likes of Cadillac, GM, and Ford. Larry breaks down how different the look and style of a car built by hand, stamped at the factory, or created using CAD design software would be. And how AI would work for auto...
E59 Secret 300MPH Pontiac Car, Compressed Air Supercharging with Karl Staggemeier
June 05, 2023 05:54 - 51 minutes - 117 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Karl Staggemeier from Compressed Air Supercharging joins the Car Guys to share his story. It begins with a secret GM Motorsports Pontiac Firebird project stashed behind the wind tunnel. Built in attempts to be the first production car to go 300 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Later, after being Chief Engineer at NOS; Karl began building supercharging systems that use compressed air for consistent, massive amounts of power. C...
E58 Movie Car Builder Dennis McCarthy, Fast and Furious X Movie Cars, Stunts
May 22, 2023 14:50 - 53 minutes - 98.6 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP If you have watched any of the Fast and the Furious movies, and many other movies in general; you have seen the handy work of Dennis McCarthy’s Vehicle Effects. Dennis tells how he failed a job application for Hot Rod magazine. And how he turned being a stunt driver into replicating and building movie cars as the Picture Car Coordinator on several movie franchises including Batman, Avengers, Ghostbusters, Fast & Furious, Transf...
E57 Tim Strange Talks Street Machines, Kustoms, TV & BMX
May 08, 2023 15:03 - 52 minutes - 96.7 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Legendary hot rod and kustom builder, TV host, and BMX racer Tim Strange of Strange Motion stops by…not automotive photographer Tim Sutton. Tim started his automotive journey at 14 going to the Street Machine Nationals. Starting with classics, muscle cars, and pro-street cars, he found his style in the kustom space and blended his influences together with detail becoming the youngest National Rod & Custom Hall of Fame inductee....
E56 Shelby & Ken Miles True Stories, Origins of Drag Racing, Lola T70 Supercar Build
April 24, 2023 15:35 - 51 minutes - 94.6 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP The Car Guys are all back together at the Grand National Roadster Show where Steve Strope shows off his latest Chevelle build and an upcoming iconic Lola T70 supercar program. Jeff shares how the term drag racing came about and with Ford returning to F1, classic stories and fact-checking the Ford vs Ferrari movie reveals the truth behind the history of Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. Cam takes you behind the scenes of the epic mo...
E55 Ring Brothers Mike Ring, Indy Inspired Truck ENYO, SEMA Winner
April 10, 2023 15:28 - 1 hour - 113 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Mike Ring from the Ring Brothers joins the Car Guys at the Grand National Roadster Show coming off their SEMA Battle of the Builder’s Win with the Indy-inspired, open-wheeled classic truck ENYO. The story of how the Ring Brothers shop started is shared from simple collision work to full-blown custom, innovative muscle cars, and trucks. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. For transmissio...
E54 Hot Rods by Boyd, Chris Coddington, Retro OBS Trucks, Billet Wheels
March 27, 2023 15:05 - 43 minutes - 80.2 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Hot rod legacy Chris Coddington joins the Car Guys at Grand National Roadster Show. Chris has been in the wheel game for decades and shares his experiences growing up at his father Boyd Coddington’s shop, seeing Cadzilla, the Alumacoupe, and Chezoom drive on cross-country road trips. Chris shares why it is paramount to measure wheels twice before the billet is cut. The guys talk about memorable Boyd builds and the old-school co...
E53 Builder of the Year Pro Design, Ridler Contender Kustom
March 13, 2023 15:03 - 51 minutes - 94.4 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Grand National Roaster Show Builder of the Year Mike Filion of Pro Design joins Jeff alongside Rider Great 8 Contender and Kustom of the Year owner Jeff Hess. Pro Design built ‘Olds Sled’ as a modernized, high-level classic kustom. Mike Filion shares what it takes to build a car to that level and research into the world of car show judges (with ‘alleged’ bribery). Jeff Hess tells of his first custom car, in the late 1950s and co...
E52 AMBR 2023 Winner Jack Chisenhall, Vintage Air, 200MPH Bonneville Studebaker
February 27, 2023 15:25 - 41 minutes - 75.9 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Jeff Smith sits down with Vintage Air founder Jack Chisenhall while at the Grand National Roadster Show. Jack’s ’32 Ford Roadster, the ‘Champ Deuce’ won the title of 2023 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster and we hear why. Jack also shares the journey of building and racing a Studebaker that hit over 200MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats, with A/C. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Checko...
E51 – Best Of (So Far) Part 2 – Van Halen Guitar, Hollywood Hot Rods, Hot Rod Garage Host & Space Jumps
February 13, 2023 16:02 - 35 minutes - 82.4 MBWith Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP The final installment of our favorite stories, moments, and bloopers. Stay tuned for more episodes and confessions! Undisclosed Podcast Locations Roast of Pete Santini Eddie Van Halen’s Guitar Birth of Pro Street Hollywood Hot Rods' Troy Ladd ARP Genuine Corinthian Leather Working with Jessi Combs Scamming McDonald’s First Time Monster Truck Driver Hot Rod Garage’s Lucky Costa Remembering Marlon Davis & Smitty Smit Sleeping on a...
E50 Best Of (So Far) Part 1 – EV Rants, Stunt Driving, Model Saves Life on Set
January 30, 2023 16:52 - 44 minutes - 102 MBWith Jeff Smith, Cam Benty and Steve Strope Presented by ARP In honor of 50 episodes of Car Guy Confessions, the Car Guys take a look back at some of their favorite stories told so far. And a few bloopers and rants were thrown in. Stay tuned for part 2 and then we will back to our regularly scheduled programming. Intros Meet the Car Guys Story of Cadzilla Photoshoot & Spaceballs The Rossi Rule Model Stevie Lorentzen Saves a Life on Set Jeff Smith Flies F16 EV Racing & Rants Tesla J...
E49 Sean Ramage of Empire Fabrication, Metal Magician of Mini Trucks to the Mulholland Speedster
January 16, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes - 101 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Metal fabricator Sean Ramage of Empire Fabrication joins the Car Guys to talk about metal fabrication including spending 6 years hand-crafting the AMBR-winning Hollywood Hot Rods’ Mullholland Speedster Packard. He shares his techniques and design ideas for twin-turbo engine bays with Nelson Racing, how to properly chop an OBS truck, the unique metal work on Banks' Lockjaw C-10, and the hot rod tricks done to a SEMA-debuted Toyota...
E48 Pro Surfer Turned Sprint Car Racer Tyler Hatzikian
January 02, 2023 16:43 - 48 minutes - 112 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Custom surfboard maker, pro surfer and now West Coast Sprint Car Rookie of the Year Tyler Hatzikian joins the Car Guys. Tyler traces his roots in surfing and classic cars and how they have inspired his classic inspired surfboards that he still crafts by hand. Recently, his dream of racing sprint cards has become reality, winning a race, and placing in the Top 5 in his rookie year while racing alongside some of his heroes. Tyler ...
E47 Funny Car Racing Champ Fast Jack Beckman, Wally Trophy Misconception, Speed Records
December 19, 2022 16:40 - 1 hour - 121 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope, and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Record-setting NHRA funny car driver “Fast Jack” Beckman sits in with Steve and Cam to discuss his racing career, the history of the Wally trophy, NHRA’s first drag race, and what it takes to go 334 mph in 3.873 seconds. Fast Jack was an instructor at Frank Hawley’s and a champion funny car racer with Don Schumacher Racing. He has also dedicated himself to honoring veterans and others' loved ones while racing, literally. Visit...
E46 Carl Casanova of VaporWorx, Pro-Touring, Racing a Tornado at One Lap of America
December 05, 2022 15:58 - 1 hour - 115 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Car Guys Jeff and Steve sit down with Carl Casanova from VaporWorx who shares stories from pro-touring his Camaro all over the country for the One Lap of America race, including driving alongside a tornado. His company VaporWorx allows performance cars to use the latest fueling technologies. For more information on VaporWorx products, visit www.vaporworx.com. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware ...
E45 Auto Edits Jason Lewis, Stunt Driving, Space Jumps, 500,000 Mile Vette
November 21, 2022 15:37 - 53 minutes - 98.6 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP YouTuber and Videographer Jason Lewis from Auto Edits shares his journey from news cameraman to videographer and producer filming stunt drivers on 2-wheels, MotorTrend, Dirt Everyday, and being a test dummy for the Red Bull Stratos space jump. His passion for custom vehicles of all kinds, from a V12 Viper Ford Maverick, to an off-road Jeep Wrangler and a 1965 Corvette with over half a million original miles. To watch Jason Lewis...
E44 Garage Built NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car Racer Alex Miladinovich
November 07, 2022 15:44 - 58 minutes - 107 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Professional NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car racer Alex Miladinovich stops by. Alex races the Hot 4 Teacher dragster up against the likes of John Force. The difference is, his funny car was built in his two-car garage with the help of racing legends and friends alike. For more on Alex and his Hot4Teacher funny car, race schedule, and charity information, visit www.hot4teacherracing.com. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fa...
E43 EV Battery Fires, Racing a Camaro on an F1 Track, Goodwood Festival
October 24, 2022 15:25 - 59 minutes - 110 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP EV Electric Vehicle battery fires, F1 lead changes and evolution. Steve shares stories of racing a new Z28 Camaro on the F1 Circuit of America Track and his trip to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England where hundreds of eclectic race cars, classic sports cars, rally cars and motorcycles race up the driveway and front yard of British royalty. Jeff goes 200 mph on a hill climb race. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your eng...
E42 Gary Kollofski’s Wild Engines, W24 Twin BMW 57 Chevy, V12 Marine 55 Chevy
October 10, 2022 15:30 - 51 minutes - 118 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARPFormer math teacher and wild engine innovator Gary Kollofski joins the Car Guys with Marcel Venable jumping in for the episode. Gary shares what it took to fit two, yes two V12 BMW engines into a pro street 1957 Chevrolet. This car tops his old 1955 Chevrolet that featured a V12 marine engine, full-tilt front end all while maintaining a stock look. Visit www.arp-bolts.com for all of your engine fastener and hardware needs. Subscr...
E41 Custom Gauges with Redline Gauge Works, and Steve Hates Resto-Mods
September 26, 2022 14:36 - 55 minutes - 102 MBWith Jeff Smith, Steve Strope and Cam Benty Presented by ARP Jeff and Steve are joined by Shannon Hudson from Redline Gauge Works to discuss restoring and modernizing classic gauges and building custom clusters for builders such as Pure Vision, Chip Foose, and Jay Leno. Steve recounts some of his past builds and how much he hates the term resto-mod while Jeff mentions how he coined the term pro-touring. Checkout Redline Gauge Works online at www.redlinegaugeworks.com. Visit www.arp-bolts...