Roadkill's Mike Finnegan former HOT ROD editor Thom Taylor cruise the pits of HOT ROD Power Tour 2016 at the Austin
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Wow.
00:03 So this is, what is this, day three of Power Tour?
00:07 And this has probably been the biggest turnout yet.
00:09 We are at Circuit of the Americas.
00:11 It's winding down and yet there's still more hot rods here
00:15 than at my local car cruise.
00:16 What's up, buddy?
00:17 And right now we're running around trying to meet new
00:21 and interesting people before this whole deal shuts down
00:24 for the day.
00:25 'Cause today's the first day it hasn't rained,
00:26 so this is a reason to celebrate.
00:29 That's a Mercury Marquis.
00:31 - Wow, that is a weird looking car.
00:32 - Isn't that fantastic?
00:33 - What year is that?
00:34 - '71, '70, '71, right there.
00:36 - Okay, so this just in, '70, '71 was a bad year
00:40 for the Mercury Marquis.
00:41 - Look at that, that is a Mercury Marquis.
00:43 - This thing is mint.
00:45 - If it's really cool, it's got the Dessaud option.
00:48 So it's the Marquis Dessaud.
00:50 - What is the Dessaud option, Tom?
00:52 - Well, 'cause it's the Marquis Dessaud.
00:54 Get it?
00:55 God, Finnigan.
00:57 Oh my God.
00:57 - I'm not that old.
00:59 - This is a Ford body.
01:00 This was the, so '69, '70, '71 Ford.
01:05 - LTD-ish, but it's Mercury.
01:06 - Yes, exactly.
01:07 - Okay.
01:08 - This is the LTD body, but it's the Marquis X100.
01:12 - Here's what's interesting, right?
01:13 Like 20 years ago, I wouldn't have looked twice at this car.
01:16 - I know.
01:17 - But you don't ever see them.
01:20 - Yes.
01:20 - And it looks brand new, and suddenly I'm excited about it,
01:22 and I wanna go drive it around
01:24 and look for platform shoes and disco balls.
01:26 - That same thing happens to me,
01:27 and it's so weird, because you're right.
01:29 I mean, we used to laugh at the old men
01:30 with the white shoes.
01:31 They used to be a full Cleveland, you know?
01:33 They'd have like the light blue sport coat,
01:35 and then they'd have the white belt and the white shoes,
01:37 and that's what would drive those things.
01:38 - Now I wanna be that guy. - Leisure suits.
01:40 - I wanna be that guy.
01:41 - Now, yeah, now, oh yeah, maybe it's, I don't know,
01:42 maybe it's age or something.
01:43 - You guys met Jacob?
01:44 He owns the green Hornet.
01:46 - I don't know what that is.
01:47 - Right there, to your right, to your right.
01:49 - Oh yeah.
01:50 - That is the green Hornet. - That's a Hornet.
01:51 - So Jacob, who owns the green Hornet right there,
01:54 the AMC wagon, flew to California.
01:58 He was on Roadkill Nation Challenge,
02:01 bought that car and drove it all the way home to Georgia.
02:03 - Really? - Yeah, without breaking down.
02:06 And so he-- - How'd he find it?
02:07 On Craigslist? - Craigslist.
02:08 That's where we all find everything.
02:09 - Oh, that's true, I'm addicted,
02:11 and it's, my wife's about ready to divorce me.
02:13 - All the magic is on Craigslist,
02:15 which is why Search Tempest is amazing,
02:17 'cause you can search all of Craigslist.
02:19 - We should also look at this '66 Charger,
02:22 another one of my faves.
02:23 People don't like 'em.
02:24 I don't know why.
02:25 If it's a '67, it's got the little chingus right here.
02:29 - They're wrong.
02:30 - If it's a '67, it's got the little chingy.
02:33 - Okay, I'm learning here.
02:34 - And the console's cut off.
02:36 - Whenever I wanna learn about cars,
02:37 I hang out with Mr. Thom,
02:39 because he's old enough for this to have been
02:41 in his high school parking lot,
02:42 or his grandpa's high school parking lot.
02:44 Not in my high school parking lot.
02:47 - Anyway. - She's a beauty.
02:48 - Thank you, beautiful, have fun.
02:50 - Green Hornet.
02:53 - Green Hornet, okay.
02:54 - Jacob, can we talk about the Green Hornet?
02:55 - So, you got balls, you buy this thing off Craigslist,
03:00 and then drive it from California to Georgia?
03:02 - Yeah, I don't know if it's that I have balls,
03:04 or just that I'm an idiot.
03:05 - Well, that's just it.
03:06 - He moves them around in a wheelbarrow.
03:07 - That's what we say about good drivers,
03:09 that they're either really stupid,
03:11 or they got giant balls.
03:12 It's one or the other, right?
03:13 So, I guess the bigger question,
03:16 other than why would you wanna buy a piece of hunk of junk
03:19 off of Craigslist, and then drive it across country,
03:23 is why did you want a Hornet station wagon?
03:27 - I didn't particularly want it,
03:29 it's just I live in Georgia.
03:31 - And so, what you're saying,
03:32 is there something weird in the water, what?
03:33 What does that mean?
03:34 - I don't know, I was looking on Craigslist,
03:37 all the way from Georgia,
03:38 and I was looking at cheap cars, and rusty cars,
03:40 and all the cool looking stuff,
03:42 and this came up on the screen.
03:43 And it's just the--
03:44 - And you fell in love?
03:45 - It's the perfect adventure mobile,
03:47 and it ran and drove, it had a bunch of new parts.
03:49 - What's wrong with you?
03:50 - And the price was $1,600.
03:52 - You can't buy that kind of fun.
03:53 - And it's solid.
03:53 - Except for Craigslist.
03:54 - There's no rust, other than surface rust.
03:57 - Come over here, you gotta check this out.
04:00 Now, back in the day, and they still do.
04:04 - Back in your day.
04:05 - Back in the day, yeah.
04:06 If you take it to a body shop, this is what they do.
04:12 - Come look at that.
04:14 - That's a good amount of body filler.
04:15 - And there's automotive double-sided tape
04:17 holding that on.
04:17 - Oh!
04:18 - It tried to fall off on the way back from California.
04:20 - I just, and it's still there.
04:23 - So this crack in the Bondo will actually
04:26 slice your fingers.
04:27 - Oh yeah.
04:28 - But that's what they did in the day.
04:30 - We're gonna name it the Hornet,
04:32 'cause people love Hornets.
04:33 They love when they're around.
04:34 - I'll guarantee you, do you know why
04:36 they called it the Hornet?
04:37 - They're gonna run to the dealership.
04:38 - Do you wanna know why they called it the Hornet?
04:39 - Where did they get sport about from?
04:41 - Well, they're making up for the Hornet name.
04:42 - No, they owned those names from back
04:44 when they had Hudson, that's the only reason.
04:46 - It is.
04:47 - It didn't cost 'em a dime.
04:48 - Hudson and Nash merged to form Anson.
04:50 - It didn't cost 'em a dime to use those names,
04:51 so they resurrected 'em.
04:52 See how that works?
04:54 They were cheap.
04:54 - It's economical.
04:55 - Yeah, they were, well, you say economical,
04:57 I say cheap.
04:58 - Xamera Hybrid, look at all the money you're saving.
05:00 (laughing)
05:02 All right, well, congratulations on your purchase.
05:03 I'm glad you made it all the way to Georgia
05:05 and all the way here.
05:06 - And all the way here.
05:07 - Yeah.
05:07 - All right, this was great.
05:08 Thank you.
05:09 What do you want?
05:10 - I like buses, but that's ridiculous.
05:13 Can we do both?
05:14 - Can we do both?
05:15 Can we do both?
05:16 Yeah, all right, let's do both.
05:18 I don't think you have the balls to drive it.
05:20 - Oh, this?
05:21 - Do you have the balls to ask to drive it?
05:22 - Sure.
05:23 I don't care.
05:24 It's got plates on it.
05:26 - Hey, sweet car.
05:29 I have so many questions.
05:31 (laughing)
05:32 'Cause, well, it's not cold, but it's,
05:37 I appreciate it, I appreciate it.
05:39 I have to know, because it's one thing
05:42 to have a blown Porsche, but you have pro stock heads,
05:46 a sheet metal tunnel ramp,
05:48 and you have to have a lot of power.
05:49 - Yeah, I know.
05:50 - So, I'm gonna ask you a question.
05:51 - Yeah, go ahead.
05:52 - What's the difference between a Porsche
05:53 and a dragster?
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09:13 (upbeat music)