To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Classic Car Restoration, JDM, and Automotive History
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The ultimate automotive history and classic car restoration podcast exploring the motoring memories and car storiesbehind iconic vehicles like the '69 Camaro, Porsche 911, Toyota Supra, Jeep Wrangler, and VW Beetle. 🏎️🛠️
On To All The Cars I've Loved Before, we trade technical specs for the unfiltered stories and family car history that reveal the soul of car culture. Hosted by Dave and Doug, this show is a deep dive into automotive nostalgia for every petrolhead, restoration junkie, and vintage vehicle enthusiast. 🏁✨
Unlike standard industry reviews, we focus on the first car stories, barn finds, and garage builds that define our lives on the road. Whether it’s a JDM legend like the Nissan Skyline, a Mopar muscle car, or a father-daughter restoration project, every car tells a story. 🇯🇵🇺🇸
What You’ll Hear Every #TorqueTuesday:
- Automotive History & Legends: The evolution of brands from DeLorean to Ferrari and NASCAR engineering. 📜🐎
- Classic Car Restoration: The "blood, sweat, and gears" of rebuilding engines, from Edelbrock carburetors to air-cooled VWs. 🔧🔥
- Motoring Memories: Personal journeys through high school beaters, road trips, and the ones that got away. 🛣️❤️
Join the community where car culture meets personal history. We skip the politics and new car reviews to focus on the vehicles that actually moved us. 🎙️🚙
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Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! 1985 Mazda RX-7 restoration and Hudson Hornet history with Zack Pradel. In this episode, we sit down with the founder of the Shooting Cars YouTube channel to discuss the logistics of filming over 1,700 car reviews and the "soul" of the machines that made us. Zack shares his personal automotive journey, from blowing up his first 12A rotary engine as a teenager to his family’s heirloom 1931 Ford Model A. We dive into the...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Air-cooled VW culture and women in classic car restoration. Restoring Volkswagen Beetles and the "Muth" Super Beetle... “Every car tells a story, and those stories reveal exactly who we are.” In this episode, Doug and Dave welcome professional corporate and lifestyle photographer Marla Aufmuth into the virtual garage. While Marla has documented landmark cultural events for brands like Nike and TED Talks, her hear...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Classic car restoration of a 1998 Acura Integra. How a father and son rebuilt a "Teggy" to climb Mount Evans... "We sat on a rock in the driveway, stared at the car, and thought: What did we just do?" 🛠️🧩. What happens when a father humors his son’s "crazy idea" to buy a $5,000 project car during a global pandemic?. In this episode, we’re joined by Ruchin and Neil Kansal, the father-son duo behind the book The Kansal C...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Automotive restoration of a '69 Camaro SS. Learn how Christina Lardie built a 383 Stroker engine for the SEMA show... What do you do when you inherit a classic car shell and a garage full of mystery parts? You buy a ticket to SEMA just to ask the manufacturers, "What is this and how do I install it?" In this episode, guest co-host Dave joins Doug to sit down with Christina Lardie (aka @ChristinasGarage). Christina is a...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Automotive engineering and 1963 Mercury Comet repairs. Behind the scenes of a NASCAR race team woodshop... What do you do when you retire from a corporate career but still want to build things? If you're Mark Freibaum, you buy a 24-foot NASCAR auto hauler and transform it into a mobile woodworking shop for kids. 🛠️🏁 In this episode, we sit down with Mark inside his incredible "Woodworks on Wheels" trailer to discuss hi...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Hot rod restoration and custom builds with Riley's Rebuilds. A father-daughter team rebuilding Edelbrock carburetors... What happens when a 13-year-old girl wants to buy her first car but can't legally work? She starts rebuilding carburetors in her dad's garage—and accidentally builds a national brand. 🔧😲 In our 2026 Premiere, we sit down with Riley and her father Dane, the dynamic duo behind Riley’s Rebuilds. Riley we...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! JDM legends and Euro classics including the Nissan Skyline R34, Toyota Supra Mk4, and Porsche 996... Is it possible to start with a $3,000 budget and trade your way up to a $60,000 JDM legend in less than a year? 🤯💸 In this episode, we sit down with Jon Khlok, founder of Kent Island Cars and Coffee, to hear one of the wildest "car flipping" stories we've ever heard. During the pandemic, Jon started with a 1987 Mercedes...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What happens when you live by the philosophy that "you make money on the buy"? You end up with a $900 1970 Chevelle Malibu Convertible that funds your future Ferrari... and a fleet of 28 other cars that might just be owning you. 🤯🚗 In this episode, we sit down with Ivan Katz (aka Drivin' Ivan), a car reviewer, musician, and collector with over 1,400 car reviews on YouTube. Ivan takes us through his wild automotive hist...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Classic car restoration training and automotive education at McPherson College. Meet students restoring a 1928 Model A... Would you daily drive a 95-year-old car to class? For Cash, a student at McPherson College, his 1928 Ford Model A Sport Coupe isn't just a showpiece—it's his ride, complete with a golden retriever in the rumble seat. 🐕🚙 In this episode, we go back to school with Cash and his instructor Chris to expl...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Automotive journalism history and MotorWeek with John Davis. 45 years of testing cars like the De Tomaso Pantera... How do you keep a TV show about cars on the air for 45 years? You make sure "the cars are the stars." 🌟📺 In this monumental episode, we sit down with John Davis, the creator, host, and executive producer of MotorWeek. Since 1981, John has been the trusted voice of automotive journalism, guiding millions o...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! In 1975, before he became MotorWeek's trusted voice for 45 seasons, John Davis had a purchase decision to make: Jensen Interceptor or De Tomaso Pantera? Both were exotic cars with American engines he could actually work on. He chose the Pantera—specifically a two-year-old 1973 L model he found in Norfolk, Virginia. The catch? A family bought it for their son's high school graduation. The son promptly wrecked it. They h...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Supercar track days and exotic car fleets with Xtreme Xperience. Driving the Ferrari 458 and C8 Corvette... Can you build a multi-million dollar business by simply asking, "Can I borrow your Ferrari?" For Adam Olalde, that audacious question was the spark that launched Xtreme Xperience. 🏎️🤯 In this episode, we sit down with the man who has put nearly 500,000 people behind the wheel of the world's most exotic machinery....
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Italian classic cars and collecting Enzo-era Ferraris and Lancia Delta Integrales with Next Generation Classics... What is it like to learn how to drive a manual transmission on a 1930 BMW the day before driving it across the podium at Pebble Beach? 🤯🏎️ In this episode, we sit down with Colleen Sheehan, founder of Next Generation Classics and a specialist in Enzo-era Ferraris. Colleen shares her incredible automotive j...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Land Rover Defender custom builds and Tesla EV rentals. Exploring the future of electric vehicle sharing and tech... What happens when a college student buys his dad's Tesla Model S with no income and decides to rent it out to strangers to pay the bills? (Hint: It involves a bank robbery). 🏦🚔 In this episode, we sit down with Ray Vardi, founder of Eon, a coast-to-coast EV ride-sharing platform that is changing how we a...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Performance tuning and first car stories from a Skoda 135 GLi to a 500HP track-ready racing machine... What was your first car experience? For Nigel Tunnacliffe, it was a $500 Skoda 135 GLi—a rare, mid-engine Czechoslovakian oddity that he bought with his own savings at age 15... only for it to be totaled by his brother days before he could legally drive it. 🤦♂️🚗 In this episode, we sit down with Nigel, the co-founder...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What happens when a father and daughter start filming their garage projects during lockdown and accidentally build a YouTube empire with 34 cars? 🎬🚗 In this episode, we sit down with Caroline and James, the dynamic duo behind HH Wheels (and HH Wheels Productions). Broadcasting from their "man cave turned studio" surrounded by muscle cars and vintage signs, they share the incredible story of how a shared love for wrench...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Porsche 911 track driving and air-cooled handling techniques at Watkins Glen with instructor Dirk Dekker... What does it take to master an air-cooled Porsche 911 on one of America's most iconic road courses? For Dirk Dekker, a driving instructor with over 25 years of experience at Watkins Glen International, it takes patience, precision, and a lifetime of racing obsession. 🏎️🎓 In this episode, we sit down with Dirk to ...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Muscle car history and the restoration of a 1974 Ford Mustang II. Rebuilding one of America’s most hated Mustangs... What happens when you give a 14-year-old a driver's license, a 1974 Mustang II found in a field, and a welder? 🤯🏎️ In this episode, we sit down with Jeremy, the creator of the Freedom Top Vault—a game-changing accessory for Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator owners. Jeremy takes us on a journey from his childho...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! 1980s sports cars and the history of the 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 and the 1984 Chrysler Laser XE Turbo... Every car enthusiast has THE car. For Curt Bellotti, it was always the DeLorean. But before he could afford his stainless steel dream, he fell in love with the "poor man's KITT"—a 1984 Chrysler Laser XE Turbo with a digital dashboard straight out of Knight Rider. 🕹️⚡ In this episode, we sit down with Curt to trace his ...
Click here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Some car enthusiasts are born; others—like Dave's father—need convincing. It took five decades and seven different VW Beetles to turn his dad from a skeptic into a believer. 🐞✨ In this episode, we sit down with Dave, the founder of the Small Car Company, a unique car club in Connecticut with "no dues, no minutes, and no politics." Dave shares his lifelong obsession with air-cooled Volkswagens, from the "German Look" 20...
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