I've been into cars my whole life, from owning a few of my own, to working at two major automotive
companies.
I've been to a ton of car shows and plenty of races but the Holley Hot Rod Reunion is
one of my favorites.
Here you get to see and experience some of the cars and people that started it all.
For me, I love the looks of a tubbed muscle car, so we are going to go find some of the
baddest tubbed cars around here and show them to you.
And it's a Ford!
I also love to see a big blower popping out of the hood of a car, so I'll take you around
and show you some that really stood out to me.
Let's go look at some cars.
We are taking a ride in Joey Collins horseless carriage!
Looks really easy to drive Joey!
Well actually this is the first show that I've taken it to, I've been saving it for
this show.
Living in Kentucky, I get to see carriages, but not like this one.
I found this old car in Mount Juliet, Tennessee behind a guys barn buried up in the mud and
the body was excellent so we put it on a frame rig in my shop.
Yeah, that's a 76 427 side oiler engine in here, FAE, I always liked FAEs, they're a
little difficult to work on, old school stuff but I think Ford is the way to go.
Tell us about your Galaxie man, love the engine.
It's a Boss 520, it's the only thing I ever bought off of E-Bay.
Oh really?
Yeah, I bought it about 8 years ago, had a small block in it.
Is this your ride here?
Yeah.
It's beautiful.
I'm happy with it.
I love what you did with the exhaust man.
It was the toughest damn exhaust set of headers that I ever built, there's no room in there,
you know it's just so tight.
Alright, suicide doors.
Wow, it's like a whole other car, wow, so how did you come across this car?
It was sitting at the Redneck Rumble in Lebanon, Tennessee.
I was down there selling junk and he unloaded it and I thought, hey that's pretty cool.
The swap meet was over so we made a deal on it.
We bought it in 2010 on Craigslist for $500, yep.
Alright.
Wow, basically a parts truck.
Yeah exactly.
It's a 1946, it's actually a Dodge, they didn't make a Plymouth after World War 2, it was
just all Dodges, but I got a Plymouth tailgate.
That's awesome that you involved your kids in it man.
Let's go check this thing out here guys, this thing is just wicked.
Oh, look at that big ole Hemi. that just looks tough man, look at those valve covers and
look at the cage, I like that touch man, it's like a racing cage right there, funny car
style racing cage, got speakers mounted, this thing is for driving boy.
It's got that awesome retro-modern look, dual carbs, simple and clean, look at the install
and everything, just nice.
So tell us about your 67' I love it, I love Mustangs, I'm a Ford guy myself.
Oh good, good.
I'm all about this.
It's a 601 and it runs in the high 8's wow, big stroker 460.
Yeah.
Awesome man, awesome and it's simple, just a single plane.
Yeah no nitrous, no turbos, I mean all motors.
Cubic inch.
Something that I can work on.
Awesome man.
Look at this, dual flat head power dragster.
Check out the tubs, it's covered in tread.
Little small block Chevy, it's packing one of our Brawler carburetors, nice and clean.
That's hilarious.
These were just a few of the awesome hot rods out here at the Holley Hot Rod Reunion, I'll
see you next time.