Join us on Saturday, April 16, 2022 for a swap meet, open house, car show, and more at the V8 Speed and Resto Shop! We’ll have tons of parts for sale, both new and vintage, for a variety of classics and muscle cars. We’ll be giving shop tours, and we invite everyone to bring your cool car, truck, or bike and hang out with us. It starts at 8:00 AM, with lunch available from the Bulldog Wrestling Team. We’ll also have tickets for the Drive In Cruise, V8 Tee Shirts, and much more, so come join us!
Car enthusiasts are some of the most generous and helpful people you’ll ever meet, as it’s not just the cars, but the people that make this such a great hobby. On this episode of the V8 Radio Podcast, Kevin Oeste and Mike “Q-Ball” Clarke dive into this topic as suggested by friend and Official V8 Radio Statistician “Yardley”. And they are also excited to announce the return of the V8 Drive In Cruise event coming this August, featuring a cool car show at the drive in! Don’t worry, they didn’t leave out the Automotive Trivia, – this time with a whole new dimension! You’ll hear all this and more on the latest V8 Radio Podcast!
From the V8 Archives… the build series blogs from 1997 covering the complete restoration of the 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle known as the “SS496!” This was a great car, complete with a custom 496 stroker big-block Chevy, Global West suspension, Vintage Wheels Works rollers, Hydratech boosted Baer brakes, Magnaflow exhaust, and a whole host of restoration parts from YearOne and OPGI.
We performed a complete restoration on this car from start to finish, pulling the body off the frame, replacing the floor, quarter panels, and performing other major rust repair. Fast Times Motorworks built the custom big-block Chevy engine, which sent over 550 horsepower through a turbo 400 transmission and a 3.73:1 geared 12-bolt posi rear end. Our team completed the bodywork, paint, and assembly to make this Butternut Yellow pro-touring Chevelle a standout.
But more fun was that this was one of the first cars built by the V8 Speed crew, and these videos were from a time when very few were shooting and posting blog videos about cars. The blogs take us all the way to the SEMA show, and culminate with a feature video on the car when complete. The video resolution is only 480P, but if the car still looks awesome today!
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 1 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 1 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 2 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007! V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 3 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 4 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 5 – Deadline: SEMA, V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 6 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 7 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 8 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 9 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 11 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 10 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
1969 Chevelle SS496 Blog Part 13 – Deadline: SEMA, 2007 V8TV-Video
Kevin Oeste and Mike “Q-Ball” Clarke chat about a video shoot from the 2022 Firebird Fest pre-run. Later, the upside of classic cars with drum brakes, because disc brakes are better, but in all cases? This is the first V8 Radio Podcast featuring the new “Cruising Tune” of the show, where we share a classic song, or a new favorite, that lends itself to providing a soundtrack to your next road trip. This first song is “The Heart That Never Waits” by Blues master Joe Bonamassa. After a short walk down Chicago and AM Radio history, we announce the launch of a new Podcast! Kevin will be hosting and producing the new Bonneville Up To Speed podcast, which covers the world of land speed racing and the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA). Of course, the Automotive Trivia is fierce, but there are some good laughs on the V8 Radio Podcast, your favorite car podcast!
This ’72 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has been with its owner for over 20 years. Over the years, the car was assembled piece by piece, but the project stalled before the fresh engine was ever fired. What’s worse, the storage unit housing the aqua ‘Vette had a rash of break-ins, but although the perpetrators stole tools and other items, they left the car in place.
However, the cool Stingray has since landed here at V8 Speed & Resto, where the V8 crew plans to complete all the open ended projects and make it a driver once again. Feel free to follow along as we bring this 1972 Stingray back to life!
It’s no secret that we are all about building your dreams here at V8 Speed & Resto Shop / V8TV. That’s why we were honored to partner with Randolph County StartUp and help inspire future generations of entrepreneurs to follow their dreams. Students in this program work hand-in-hand with local businesses to develop the knowledge and skills to launch their own working business. This week we served as mentors by providing a tour of our facility. The students got to meet members of our team as they shared their knowledge on how we operate our business day to day. We are delighted to participate and help transform the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.
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“International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women.” Our shop is run by a woman who knows what it means to work hard and grow, both personally and in business. This snap of Kelle from the early years tells the tale… working in coveralls in the cold shop (with the kitty staying warm on a sheet, and an even warmer dog on the toes) and paying attention to the details. It takes perseverance to keep going, and nothing has stopped her yet. We have several strong women in our shop, and we’re fortunate for them all.
Technology is making it easier to stay in touch, and even to attend events in far away lands. Mike “Q Ball” Clarke and Kevin Oeste chat about live streaming the Ferrari Meet Up at the Petersen Automotive Museum, as well as what it takes to photograph all the cars in process at the V8 Speed and Resto Shop. The Trivia is flat-out awesome, and Kevin teases some new V8TV Television distribution in the works. You’ll find all this and more on the latest V8 Radio Podcast!
Don’t you love it when all the pieces come together and the car runs awesome and feels great? Kevin Oeste and Mike “Q-Ball” Clarke chat about this with regards to the recently completed 1957 Ford Thunderbird with the 5.0 Coyote V8, 6-speed automatic, and custom performance chassis built at the V8 Speed and Resto Shop. And Kevin’s 1970 Buick Riviera is also tuned up and running strong thanks to the recent upgrades. The Automotive Trivia questions are stumpers once again, and the early glimpse of spring weather makes for a fun episode.
