To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Classic Car Restoration, JDM, and Automotive History
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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Episodes
153 episodes
1985 Mazda RX-7 & Hudson Hornet: Zack Pradel on 1,700+ Car Reviews 🏎️🎥
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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36:38
Air-Cooled VW Culture: Women Restoring Classic Volkswagens 🍃🚗
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 wel...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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39:25
1998 Acura Integra Restoration: Rebuilding a 'Teggy' for Mount Evans 🏎️⛰️
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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34:04
'69 Camaro SS Restoration: Building a 383 Stroker for SEMA 🏁🔥
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 t...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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41:59
1963 Mercury Comet Repair & The NASCAR Wood Shop 📎🚙
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...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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33:54
Riley's Rebuilds: Father-Daughter Hot Rod Restoration & Custom Builds 🛠️👧
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 carburet...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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43:30
JDM & Euro Legends: Trading Nissan Skyline R34, Mk4 Supra, and Porsche 996 🇯🇵🇪🇺
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,...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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1:02:50
Porsche 928 vs. C3 Corvette, Lancia Zagato Fires & The Reality of Owning 29 Cars 🔥🇩🇪
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....
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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39:23
McPherson College: The Only 4-Year Classic Car Restoration Degree 🎓🔧
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 192...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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1:00:02
MotorWeek History: John Davis on 45 Years of Automotive Journalism 📺🎙️
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 mon...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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49:34
45 Years of MotorWeek, John Davis' Unforgettable Pantera:
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 w...
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Season 6
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1:39
Xtreme Xperience: Supercar Track Days and Building a Ferrari Fleet 🏎️📈
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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37:29
Enzo-Era Ferrari & Lancia Delta Integrale: Collecting Italian Classics 🐎🇮🇹
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 podiu...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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45:49
Custom Land Rover Defender & Tesla Rentals: The Future of EV Sharing 🚙⚡
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 stra...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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38:23
Skoda to 500HP Track Car: First Car Stories and Performance Tuning 🏁🛠️
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 Czechosl...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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36:09
Restoring a Dodge Viper GTS, Trading a VW Thing for a Porsche 356 & The Reality of Project Cars 🛠️🏎️
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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56:14
Porsche 911 Driving Techniques: Track Lessons with Dirk Dekker 🏎️💨
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,...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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38:56
1974 Ford Mustang II: The History of the Forgotten Muscle Car 🐎🇺🇸
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? 🤯🏎️...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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34:59
He Owns 1980s Classics: 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 and 1984 Chrysler Laser XE 🕹️🏎️
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 sta...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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36:33
Air-Cooled Culture: Building the "Small Car Company" Club & The 200HP "German Look" 1972 Beetle 🇩🇪🔧
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 fou...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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48:00
The Heartbeat of Diesel: Mercedes 240D Memories and Ford 1000 Tractor: A Philosophy of Reliability 🚜🔋
What kind of person drives a 1984 Mercedes 240D into the ground for decades, believing it's the pinnacle of engineering, only to suddenly switch to a Tesla? For Croom, it wasn't just about changing cars—it was about testing...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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39:08
Automotive Paint Restoration: Professional Tips for JDM Classics 🎨🇯🇵
Automotive paint restoration and custom bodywork for JDM classics and Porsche 911 wide-body conversions...What does it take to turn a backyard hobby shop into a premier automotive restoration business during a global pandemic? 🤔🛠️...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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47:07
Cop with a Kei Van: JDM Imports, a 1967 VW Beetle named "Alice" & An Oldsmobile Cutlass 🚐🐞
Most law enforcement officers drive American muscle or practical trucks. Deputy Dave dreams about importing Japan's tiniest, most impractical vehicles: JDM Kei vans. 🚓🚐In this episode, we sit down with Dave—a man whose resu...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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40:10
SEMA Show Photography: Classic Mustangs and Automotive Careers 📸🏁
Automotive careers and SEMA Show photography. Capturing custom Mustangs, rare exotics, and modified car culture...Rob's first car was a no-frills 1986 Chevy Spectrum with crank windows and no radio. Today, he’s the guy photographi...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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42:35
Chevy Plumbing Truck: First Car Stories and Custom Utility Builds 🛠️🚛
What happens when your first car is a hand-me-down work truck that is literally a rolling billboard for your dad's plumbing business? And it's "Doo-Doo Brown"? 💩🚚In this episode, we sit down with Krystal Proffitt, a content strate...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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42:52
