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It's chilly here. Chilly, I say it could have some chilly or maybe some stew today. Yeah, yeah, chilly chilly, chilly.

How about some vegetable soup? I could. You can't have that any time. Are you sneering at me? Yes, what?

My wife's trying to turn me into a vegetarian and I'm resisting it on all places.

So you don't have to go right off the edge, you can work into it.

She's been working about three years now, so really, and why is she trying to get you into the vegetarian thing?

I think it's going to make me healthier and happier.

Yeah, and you'll enjoy it and you'll turn her too. Yes, yes.

Because she wouldn't have to cook two meals, hers and yours.

Well, you know Kathy's adamant about that cooking healthy and eating healthy. She made some white bean soup A couple of weeks ago. It was awesome.

Oh, stuff like that, I'm cool with you, know, because that's what it is. Get a bacon in it.

Ham, oh, it was gorgeous yeah.

Becky makes hers with a little bit of kale in it and stuff, stuff like that I'm good with. But when you sit down and you start saying, you know, vegetable soup, vegetable soup is okay, I'm okay with vegetable soup, it just whenever you start saying, okay, well, you're going to have eggplant parmesan, okay, what's with it? Nothing, I mean that's it.

I mean because you just prepare it in different ways.

Yeah, I know you could. Instead of using spaghetti, you can use squash, but a one steak sauce does not work.

Well, I'm just saying Okay. Well, that was the end of that Put a ketchup on it, you kind of quashed that the squash. So we were going to have a guest from Heming's on this half hour. They backed out at the last minute but we could still have Heming's on. We certainly can and we're going to do Heming's sold cars roundup. It's a thing that we get into and we look at some of the cars that sold in the past week on Heming'scom. Well, right on the front page of this week's sold car roundup is a Jeffy. It's a 1985 Cadillac El Dorado. All right, yeah, now I'm going to show you a picture of it. Jeffrey the be rich. I can't show you the price of this. So there it is. Would you not buy that? I would buy it in a heartbeat. In a heartbeat, it's it's. You know, it's beautiful, arctic white. It's got the fake wire wheel covers.

Ready. Let me get the story on the wire wheels. My winter wheels were steel in Michigan and I would have a set of those wires.

Cadillac wires on my Nova no, it has a dark blue interior Even better, and I bought a coupe de Ville with that same interior blue. It was beautiful Love that car $28,000.

I'm going 28.

My computer 1985 Cadillac El Dorado commemorative edition. That's what yep and has a 4.1 liter overhead valve, v8. It's called Catillion White, with blue leather interior. It's in Fort Pierce, florida, so you know it has no race 32. I'm going for 32. So at the end of 85, cadillac badged a number of El Dorados as commemorative editions, marking the final year for the 10th generation El Dorado and the 114 inch wheelbase version of the front drive, g and E body platform. The 85 Cadillac El Dorado commemorative edition, offered at no reserve, is one of those cars, one of 74,000 coupes built that year. This example, described as a one owner, purchased through an auction for resale and is characterized by the seller as being in highly original condition, noting that the El Do doesn't have any issues. Seller says the El Do, which is apparently fully functional, is free of rust. As I said, I already told you the engine, the price is going up 135 horsepower, 200 pound feet of torque. Now let me turn the page here. Give me just a second. He's got a whole book on it. I do. I printed the whole thing out because I wanted to make sure that I gave you all of the information. And the seller states that the vehicle will be sold on a clean Florida title in his name and Experian Auto Check report showing no collision damage will be provided. The 85 El Do, offered at no reserve, is described as highly original one owner car with no issues.

I could see a road trip to go drive it back.

Heck? Yes, absolutely, and it's got that fake wood dash. Oh, just, it is just, it's excited, it speaks to all of us, all right, so what?

is your bid. I bid 28 and I went for 32. Are?

you sitting down, I am. It sold for $4,700. Geez, you can.

By the time you airfare and everything to go down there to get it and get back in less than 6,000. Yeah, it's a road trip, jeff.

I know it, I do it and the problem here is is that I get in it in Florida and want to tour Florida in it before I head home.

Well, the problem I'm having is it sold already.

So well, it is. But I guess that the point that I'm trying to make, and that I've made quite frequently when we do this, is there are some cars on these public auction sites. Now, granted, we haven't looked underneath it, we haven't had Michael Wooding check it, but I will tell you that, from my estimation, doesn't see how many miles around it I would have to ask that.

It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter.

Yeah, no, no.

It probably smells like mothballs, it's great.

Yeah, southwest has got an airfare sale going on for a hundred bucks we can fly down there 300 for the three of us.

So there you go, you can take that home and peruse that I want to put it in my office at home. Show that to Kathy. You got a birthday coming up. What year is your SRX 13. Okay, here's a 14. What do you think? A 2014, a white SRX and sell for 10? 10 grand, 10 grand. Well, you're wrong, it's a 10,850. Wow, now let's get into some of the other ones. You know, I don't even think I highlighted any of these. No, I didn't. So Stay posted. Pick a, pick a pair. You want to do a square body? Sure, okay, this is a 1978 Chevrolet Cheyenne half ton pickup truck. Looks like a half ton. What do you think that that would sell, for it's silver and maroon and it looks super clean. It's a square body Chevrolet. What year did you? 1978. Now, let me, let me just start by saying to you that these square bodies are really hot.

They ain't cheap. I'm going 17. Mars.

I was thinking about that 17, so I'll tell you what. I'll step it up to 22.

Okay, well, you're both right in the in the ballpark 187.95. Okay, is what it's sold for. I'm not even I'm gonna bypass the Jaguar E type. You don't even want to know, no, but it's sold for $201,000, along with a ticket to the crazy bin because that's where the buyer would have to go. This is kind of interesting. This is a Zio sick. This is a 2012 Chevy Corvette $42,000. It must not have any. It must not have any miles on it. That's the only thing that you're rough. Why would you buy that for $42,000? Ball tires Now, jeff. 1976. Okay, chevrolet Camaro Clean Blue, you know, mid-tone blue. It looks like it's got rally wheels on it, very clean, not modified. It looks original. What do you think of 1976 Camaro? It's not a Z28. $4,500. Really, I was thinking more like 12. $10,500. So Mars won that one. Yeah, this could be, although price wise it's probably a kit car. But it's a 1967 Shelby Cobra. But it wouldn't be a kit car if it was a 67, because they didn't make the kit cars. Then I think that this is an original and I guess that it's got a small block in it. What would you guess that the price of the Shelby Cobra from $67,000?

$72,000. You're thinking it's original.

Yeah, that's that price.

Primus that it's original. I'm gonna say $110,000. $47,250. Ain't original. You don't think? No, it'll be a kit car, but it's 67. Yeah, but you could buy a kit car of a 67. It's got the 67.

Is that the way that works? I think so. I'm not really too sure. This is one. This is a Katie car right here. My Katie has always had a hots for 2007 Pontiac Solstice, so it would be kind of like a sidestep from the Ford that she's currently got, because hers is a 2007. Pontiac Solstice which was that little thing? The four cylinder engine in it, yep, what do you think that that's sold for? It looks clean, silver, black top $6,000. Mars Five, 16. Wow, 16. Eight. It's a little expensive, yeah, but it must be in pristine condition if it's somebody likes it, yeah All right. Here's one that I would run the other way A 1958 Jeep CJ6. Run forest.

That's all you got. Does it look okay? I mean, yeah, yeah, the top doesn't fit, it's not all built and all it's. No, no, no no, I'm going low, I'm going six grand.

I'm going to go 16 grand. Really how about $8,000?.

Okay, so Jeff got that. Hmm, well, here's another one that's in the category of that Pontiac Solstice. This is the Saturn Sky. Oh yeah, which is Pontiac's version of it. Same vehicle Okay, a 2008 Saturn Sky 2008.

I'm thinking nine Eight grand Huh.

Really Mm-hmm. Well, mars is away from the table but, I'll tell you this went for 19, 425. What? I guess that the fact that they only made them for a few years and looking at a collector's version. Well, not necessarily, but I think that a clean, unrect version of the car would probably sell for that. It's under horsepower, but that could be taken care of if you wanted to sink money into it. But why would you do that? Just run it. This is a Mars car all the way here. A 1940, 1940 Buick 51. Oh, big burk, a big burick, and I'm going to, I'm going to give you a little preview, I'm going to keep my finger over the price. Okay, oh, it's a two door.

Oh yeah.

It's a two door A 1940 Buick 51.

21,000. Mars 18.

15, 225. And I point that out because you know, to give you an idea of it's, not a collector car, this is a driver car that we keep in the garage and you take on the you know hot rod tour of Texas or cruise in, cruise in, you know, Sunday afternoon yeah. Yeah, yeah, and everybody would perk up and look at that 1940. All right, we're due for break. Oh, we are, aren't we? Thank you for telling me. Okay, I want to finish this out Now. My, my dad, bought one just like this, except it doesn't look near as good. A 1955 Buick special. A four door sedan I think his was a two door, but doesn't make any difference, it weighs about 10 tons. A 1935 Buick special what do you think something like that would sell for? I'm just going to go flat 25 grand 25. Mr Mars, 1817, 850 Mars. Yeah, so there you go. It's a collector car, it's a driver, it's not a hot rod, any of that.

Yeah, probably one. You could bring it home and drive it yeah.

Exactly, with no power steering. There you go, and mine is a 1952 GMC stick bed pickup truck painted in John Deere yellow and green. $12,000. Really yeah, $7,500. $6,500.

You could. I made extra for the paint. I wouldn't. You could not Sticks.

You couldn't give me that, I'd drive it. I'm good. Yeah, I'd drive any of those. I'd drive it right over to your house. There you go.

And park it in your garage. I'll go for a ride in my caddy.

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Yee-haw, they took Waymo out with a lady finger, did they? I don't know? M-80, whatever you know.

Bible Rocket. I got you. I like the lady finger idea, the lady finger.

There you go. No, I don't even want to comment on that anymore. Oh, thank you, let's do this week in Auto History. Okay, mr Barnes has said that.

That's a great idea.

Yes, sir, this week in Auto History Found a few things that are real interesting. This week American Motors Corporation officially debuted at AMX at the Daytona International Speedway in 1968. Now this was their new two-seat muscle car and hit the track doing 130 miles an hour. I like it Very impressive at the time and it was the only other. The only other American two-seater at the time was the Corvette. Now the AMX was actually $1,000 cheaper, so it kind of appealed to sports car people and muscle car enthusiasts. Because the 1969 model, the top of the line, had a 340 horsepower, 390 cubic inch V8. So this was a very popular car. It got the younger buyers into the showrooms but it really didn't take off. So AMC discontinued the AMX after three model years. And the final number there was only 19,134 of these cars built. So if you see one out in the wild, consider it pretty rare. Also, this week the Chrysler PT Cruiser began production. This was in the year 2000. For the 2001 model year.

Do you ever drive one of those?

I had one as a company car. Oh my God, what a 10-car that thing Saw one with a rear engine and it stood up on the back end.

No, it was cool. So when this car first went on sale, though, the demand outpaced the supply. I mean they could not make them fast enough and it actually won the 2001 North American car of the year award and then winning the awards from me. So this car was inspired by old school hot rods and panel vents from the 30s and 40s and it stood out as, compared to the other cars that led into. A bunch of other cars came in, like the Plymouth Prowler, volkswagen Beetle HHR. When this car stopped production in 2010 model year, there was over 1.3 million units sold, and you probably can't find 10 of them now on the road. Also, this year in automotive history, at the Chicago Auto Show in 1989, the MX-5 was introduced. It's a lightweight sports car, two-seater. It had several different unique features weighed 2,200 pounds with a standard five-speed manual transmission, 115 horsepower. Started at $14,000. By the time this particular first year generated moved into the second generation, they sold 228,961, and they are still selling Mazda Miata's out there.

Yes, they are. Hey, I want to remind you that the 28th annual Kiehl's and Wheel's car and in the water boat show returns to Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook May 4th and 5th this year, featuring 60 years of the Ford Mustang and Donzie Boats and a special display of Resto mods, and you can learn more about them at Kiehl's-Wheelscom Time now for a quick break. We're going to wrap up today's show right after this. Stay with us. The original group of loopy tortilla restaurants will have you telling your family and friends just what the original recipes mean when it comes to the best fajitas in Southeast Texas. Founder Stan Holt invites you to visit the original loopy tortilla near I-10 and Highway 6. Here's the original house that inspired the design of all the rest and the original charm that helped make loopy tortilla the go-to destination for Houston Tex-Mex. Speaking of original, nothing can compete with the original lime pepper marinade. That everyone will agree makes loopy tortilla award-winning beef fajitas the best anywhere. Loopy tortilla Katie is another location that gives you the same quality and service Houstonians have come to expect at loopies. It's located just off I-10 of the Grand Parkway. At Kingsland Boulevard in Katie, find yourself an Aggie land. Head to the loopy tortilla college station, located just around the corner from Kyle Field. It's a great place to enjoy those famous frozen margaritas before or after the game. Head to East, to Louisiana. Stop in at the loopy tortilla in Beaumont. It twos on I-10. You can't miss it. The original group of loopy tortilla restaurants invites you in for the best Tex-Mex. Anywhere you own a car you love, why not let Gulf Coast Auto Shield protect it? Houstonian John Gray invites you to his state-of-the-art facility to introduce you to his specialist team of auto enthusiasts. We promise you'll be impressed. Whether you're looking to massage your original paint to a like-new appearance, apply a ceramic coating, install a paint protection film, nanoceramic window tint or new windshield protection called ExoShield, gulf Coast Auto Shield is where Houston's car people go. Curb your wheels instead of buying new one. I'd have them repaired. How about a professionally installed radar detector? Gulf Coast Auto Shield does that too. Get a peek inside the shop and look at the services offered by getting online and heading to gcautoshieldcom. Better yet, stop by their facility at 11275 South Sam Houston Tullway, just south of the Southwest Freeway, and get a personal tour. Gulf Coast Auto Shield is your place to go for all things exterior. Call them today 832-930-5655 or gcautoshieldcom. Well, that's it for this week's In Wheel Time Car Talk Show. Here is your invitation to follow us on Facebook. Give us a like, tell your friends about us and share our stuff, if you would. We'll keep you posted on all things automotive all week long, including award-winning interviews, new car reviews, upcoming events, cruise ins, racing and car truck and SUV goodies. When you need to hear some good car talk during the week, you can find the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show 24-7 via the iHeart Radio app. We also live-stream the show on Facebook, youtube and InWheelTimecom every Saturday 8 to 11 am Central Time. Daily 30-minute podcasts are available from your favorite streaming provider. We post a new episode every day. The In Wheel Time Marketing Advertising Advisor and Video Technical Director is we always need more Jeff Seekin For a booking agent, do-it-all and IT connoisseur, mike Mars and Chief Engineer David Ainsley. I'm Dodd Armstrong. We hope you join us for another live, award-winning production of the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show next Saturday, february 24th, on all of our In Wheel Time Car Talk outlets, where we'll be at the Hemi Hideout in Brookshire, texas. Yep, that'll be 10 to 1 next week special time, 10 to 1. Have yourself a great weekend and hey, stay warm out there and we'll see you next week from the Hideout Podcast podcast addict Tune in Pandora at Amazon Music. Keep listening and we'll see you soon.