https://www.spreaker.com/show/2968364/episodes/feed, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncle-tonys-garage/id1434024815. #1. She knew nothing of our deal until a couple of hours after that picture was taken. The Universe as seen through the eyes of people who turn wrenches and burn rubber as life sustaining activities. I beat the snot out of it, and loved every second of it. But thanks for the site, a ton of great memories, and the opportunity to share a few of them here. By the time we caught up with traffic and had to back off, the Mustang was a fender length ahead. Those pics would end up in a box marked Car Features, and every issue we would have to rummage through this box and pick out a few cars that would dress out the color pages. The Universe as seen through the eyes of people who turn wrenches and burn rubber as life sustaining activities. Big John, I have a lot of respect for your knowledge. In this case, we just went out and bought one ourselves. The rest is history. Very knowledgeable with some hilarious banter. web pages I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that Uncle Tony is the real deal. The Stephen Hawking of Hot Rodding, minus the cool chair and funny voice. Noting that the greatest downside to a classic car is that it's very easy to steal, Tony readied the tools needed for his hotwiring demonstration: a trusty screwdriver, an appropriately bent coat hanger, a coin to shock the car and lastly the infamous hotwire for jumping from the battery's positive terminal . This show has s great! Nice view into the world of cars and drag racing before I was old enough to be into it. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. BTW I still have the 87 LX I bought new. I dont know whether to thank you or blame you . This is probably the most talked about drag test in the history of drag tests. 3. With our permanently revoked New York Driver's License, reputation for bringing . It may not display this or other websites correctly. Writers with dirty hands, Slavic shifters, and the birth of the Five Liter Mustang Movement. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMjk2ODM2NC9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk. You have seen all episodes of this podcast. Started by Dakota . on the Internet. Cars Illustrated was my favorite magazine. Fast forward about 20 years later, and Uncle Tony and his wife Kathy moved to Murfreesboro, TN somewhere around 2009 and never looked back. (BTW, wanna feel old? The automatic 5.0 Mustangs had 205 hp,different cam and not as quick as the 5 speed cars.. Of all the hundreds of stories weve done over the years, this was and probably still is our favorite. 40:33. He had just bought it for her, and secretly arranged for us to borrow it for a couple of nights. He had just bought it for her, and secretly arranged for us to borrow it for a couple of nights. Uncle Tony DeFeo calls in. It wasnt much later that I was reading about Mean Mr. Mustang in Super Stock, and starting to accept that Ford might actually be on to something. If the guy wants to live in the 70's he should stay there and not make negative remarks about something he very ignorant about. More Information--Location: United States. It's the podcast your parents warned you about.in this episode we spend time with "Uncle Tony" Tony DeFeo from Uncle Tonys Garage and talk about everything from street racing in New Y. The man is a legend in the automotive community. Another blast from the past, which I love, are old school cars, prior to the early 70s. At the very least, I can hire the guy to tell me if the car I find, is a diamond in the rough, or a dog with fleas. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Favorite Share. Mission impossible Dodge 302 Head porting. . The result was pretty profound. GTO award, Pork Bracioli & Uncle Tony's Garage. It was simply a given that they would never match their 60s and 70s forefathers when it came to straight-line acceleration. Despite buying 2 new Fords{03 Terminator}, Im a Mopar guy. I wet shave with a safety razor, the way my grandfather did back in the 40s. The result was pretty profound. Please only use it for a guidance and Uncle Tony's Garage's actual ad review may vary a lot from the dollar amount shown above. share Share No_Favorite Favorite rss RSS. on December 24, 2019, podcast_uncle-tonys-garage_episode-14-the-short-bus-stop_1000430351817_itemimage.png. Very knowledgeable with some hilarious banter. Ill take a Seiko 5 with an NH35 movement, over the wrist computers everyone is wearing these days. Share to Twitter. I've owned almost 30 stangs personally and sold probably 100 more being in the car business. Id love to see a return of men and women dressing up to go out. Email or phone: Password: . December 26, 2007, 07:44 AM. I left it on her desk, along with a note thanking her for use of the car, and that her hubby, Steve owed her a set of rear tires. I yearn for the days where kids are playing flashlight tag in their neighborhoods, instead of doing sock puppet dances on that social media site that shall not be named. He brought sexy back to house music and it never left. He also was one of the first guys to start running the 5.0 Mustang when it was new. It was a Drag Test we did on the then-new Lincoln LSC. Tony DeFeo. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. My dream car is a 1968 Barracuda Super Stock with a 426 Hemi. View the profiles of people named Tony DeFeo. Flipping through the pages of YouTube hero Tony DeFeo's work with CI Magazine - Awsome Mopar musclecar coverage. I couldnt believe it. Search the history of over 797 billion With the acceleration and handling in todays cars I do not understand the need for speed mods..I mean, how much smoother can you make them? -. Writers are boring today in comparison. It took a while to find a dealer willing to special order such a car, but eventually I did. Old Historical Garage in Carlisle. Then, using the hotwire and the coin, he was able to jumpstart the engine and drove the car off. Uncle Tony's Garage is similar to the great car magazines of the 60's and 70's. A wide variety of topics and features any gearhead can relate to. I couldnt hang with the F bodies on the 401. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Which of course I couldnt wait to try out on my own Mustang, just as soon as I actually had one. podcast pages. I bought a new 87,radio delete[didnt want to pay 350.00 for that crap],black hatch after reading this article. Grand theft auto (not the video game of the same premise) seemed to be a lucrative crime. We had finished the story, had it titled Wall Street Wailer, and we needed a lead shot for it. I love your YouTube Channel, but I cant comment there, you make the computer a wayback machine with your wonderful channel. Thank you Tony for posting this, I will be printing it out somehow for my wife. It's not going to come in an Amazon box on my front porch. Probably old news, but Uncle Tony is Tony DeFeo of High Performance Mopar and Mopar Action. In August of 1989 my first, and still only, new car found a place beside my beloved Cougar. I met a lot of fellow 5.0 LX owners in those days, and theyd ALL read that same article. Episode 16: The Alternate Reality Of Automotive TV. Works at Uncle Tony's Garage. Reality, Face The Facts, Jealousy Gets In The Way Of Friendship, To Stare At The Sun., I Could Never Leave You Where You Left It was a Drag Test we did on the then-new Lincoln LSC. Uncle Tony's Garage Tony DeFeo Leisure 4.8 17 Ratings; Eat, Sleep, Wrench, Race. share Share No_Favorite Favorite rss RSS. I was fortunate enough to be able to document the grand opening of Uncle Tonys Garage Global Headquarters, by photographing the event. In addition to our ongoing project builds, we also . Tony DeFeo doesn't consider himself to be a writer or automotive journalist, but his work has appeared in dozens of titles over the last thirty years. Those were the best articles and some fantastic writing from guys who really had a passion for the cars. In this modern era of being able to change the thermostat in your home, from a computer in your pocket, while youre at work, its nice to be able to take a step back once in a while. You gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette, right? The numbers seem weak now, but thirty years ago, this blew a lot of minds. Episode 14: The Short Bus Stops At Many Interesting Places. If you don't know who DeFeo isstick around for a few minutes, the older hats will give you one hell of a lesson. This is probably the most talked about drag test in the history of drag tests. Eat, Sleep, Wrench, Race. BTW, go to your local dragstrip and see the number of people racing modern muscle Mopar's. Our photographer just took advantage of the situation, and dropped low for a few frames. Unfortunately, I was still two years away from graduation, and any possibility of affording a new car. $20 per month. With the anniversary of 9-11 upon us, we thought we would throw this one out there. If you cant find a car, rebuild it, win a show, and then sell it in one hour or less youre a lame-o. So it was with extreme confidence that I waited for the light. The numbers seem weak now, but thirty years ago, this blew a lot of minds. He went on to start a career as an auto mechanic and, on a whim, entered the field of automotive journalism, writing for Cars Illustrated magazine. Whether its the dream cars of the 50s, or the muscle cars of the 60s and early 70s, Im drooling over all of it. Writer, Racer, Mechanic. He was a photographer, and he would go to shows and shoot hundreds of pics of cars that, to him, looked cool. Language: English (United States) Currency: USD. Because of their pure simplicity, vintage and classic cars usually lack anti-theft systems. Location. We yap about our favorite places, shop snobs, and hope for mechanical Millennials. Tony was trusted with and oversaw the engine build - that's why Lunar brought it all to him, after all (Tony being the supposed "expert" of the two). Tag: tony defeo Posted on July 29, 2018 September 5, 2018 by Tony DeFeo 21 Comments Five Liters of Fury. I HAD to have one. Our photographer just took advantage of the situation, and dropped low for a few frames. Guests will also find Hof Art Space and Stage Studio of Dance in Phra Khanong. I have taught community college classes and had 20 ish year olds who didnt know what a crescent wrench was. The SVO engineers said we know youre lying, because we cant even get our cars to go this fast. Manage Settings Thatll do it.) Ray and Joe talk about YouTube mechanics (good and bad), and a pesky 1970 Cuda ignition switch failure Joe figured out. Of course, we don't encourage stealing cars. Car had 120,000 on it and never worked on(mechanically). I had typed it out at the very last minute..first draft, one shot, no time for editing before it needed to hit the printer. Really, how much better could it be? Categories: Drag Test, Way Back Machine. With our permanently revoked New York Drivers License, reputation for bringing Test Cars back not quite as functional as we received them, and the fact that we street raced these things in a time when street racing was a taboo subject, it was often difficult to get cars to test. As a member, you receive exclusive content . Anyhow, once Id finally graduated, obtained gainful employment and had a couple of paystubs to prove it, I started hitting the dealers. An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine. There are no reviews yet. Great car. Cheers for the years buddy. 16,732 Reaction score 22,953 Location Marcellus, NY. I hit the front passenger side,down to the 1/4,hood ,fender crashed upward lol.Was really upset when it happened,but I then totaled a quicker 74 Charger(factory rallye package 318 car) with a built 1978 440.I destroyed that car 1 year later ,so that saved the Bee(bee was at my uncles farm for 10 years fully restored with the nice healthy 440,with 383 emblems its a 383 ).That high 11 second 74 Chargers engine was to be put in the Super bee,and I would have totalled that one for sure instead I know .