Road Trips & Clips

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Tick Tock - The Crashing Sun

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Road Trips & Clips

We’ve had lots of fun going to some Bay Area car events, and some Monterey Bay area events, too. We’ve met some fun and interesting folks and have seen some wild cars.

Joining me along on this fun ride is Mike Malament of FISH EYE FILMS who is my co-producer and production manager, Mark Blaskovich who is my technical advisor and the entire math team, and Susan Hennessy who is my production assistant and keeper of the websites. Together we have a great time at the events and bring them right to you. There is nothing sacred, here. We take a look at the cars and tell
you just what we think. We interview the car guys and just have an all around good time.

Thanks to FISH EYE FILMS our filming and editing wizard we now have a whole bunch of clips of THE CAR GUY CHANNEL from YouTube. Click on the links and see what you think.

This first link will take you to the page of CARGUYCHANNEL videos on YouTube or you can click on each one individually.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/CARGUYCHANNEL

    Hot San Jose Nights Preview:
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-bhDvGD3g

    Car Guy Channel 20/Brizio Street Rods, Inc.:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwl16Gt0spc

    Car Guy Channel 20/American Metal:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3__HNVlNzbc

    Car Guy Channel 19:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81UPzMCn7Cs

    Sparky's Hot Rod Garage:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC2rfkdpZ_Y

    Sparky's Hot Rod Garage Car Show and Party:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIa9G_xe7Ts

    Paul's Blown 1956 Chevy Truck:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFE0CweSA4c

    Maier Raicing Enterprises:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqeAC0Fb_uM

    VW Club of America, Spring '08 Meet:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2OvFdlVNRA

San Jose Harley Davidson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdOY9kikTfo

           Some of our friends:

    HENNESSY AUTOMOTIVE
   www.mikehennessyautomotive.com

    HOT SAN JOSE NIGHTS
    www.hotsanjosenights.com

    WINCHESTER AUTO PARTS
    www.winchesterauto.com

    SAN JOSE HARLEY-DAVIDSON
    www.sanjosehd.com

    MIRACLE AUTO PAINT
    495 E. Brokaw Rd.
    San Jose, CA 95112
    408-437-1000
    www.miracleautopainting.com



    MAIER RACING ENTERPRISES
    www.maierracing.com



    ALTAMONT MOTORSPORTS PARK
    www.altamontracing.com



   JOHN DRUMMOND of GOODGUYS SHOWS
    www.good-guys.com


   ROY BRIZIO STREET RODS
   www.roybriziostreetrods.com



   LEONARD LOPEZ of DOMINATOR STREET RODS
   www.dominatorusa.com

    GOBOXES
    www.goboxes.com

    Car Artist, STEFANIE AZIERE-SATTLER
    www.chromedimpressions.com

    Car Artist, DANA FORRESTER
    www.danaforrester.com


    BURNING ROSE
   www.burningroseproductions.com

   ENERJIZER
  www.enerjizerband.com

    MIKE MALAMENT, Car Guy Channel camera man and
    film editor
   www.fisheyeweddingvideos.com
    You can also check out Mike's non wedding Video
    FISHEYE work on YouTube under Fish Eye Films

    Sean R. Harrison, Photographer and Editor of
    OFF DA CHAIN MAGAZINEE
    www.offdachainmagazinee.com


    CAR CLUB SHOWS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
    www.rocknrod.com

    RACEY DIVA
    www.raceydiva.com



    CLUB AUTO SPORT
    www.clubautosport.net

On Thursday November 6, 2008 we went over to Club Auto Sport for their Club Auto Sport Rocks the Clubhouse with Black Pearl party. Great venue, music, food, fun, people, and cars! And what is a party anyway with out the Mike Hennessy free giveaway?

August 13, 2008 we took the crew on a field trip to the Brizio Street Rods shop in South San Francisco. We had a great time meeting the guys and interviewing them. They took the time to tell us about the cars that they were working on and giving us an idea of what it takes and what goes into making those spectacular Brizio Street Rods! Thanks, guys!

American Metal 2008 on Sunday, July 20 over at San Jose Harley-Davidson proved to be another blockbuster car and bike event! The weather was perfect, the two bands and teh barbecue were terrific and the cars and bikes were completely AWESOME!

We appreciate everyone who entered a car or bike and just came out that day to look and be a part of it all! We had over 20 awards for the bikes and cars and even crowned Miss San Jose Harley-Davidson. Thanks to our buddy Sean from ODC Magazine for the nice pictures and to Rich Sieve, too.







We had a hot time at The Monterey Festival of Speed May 16,17,and 18, 2008. We set up camp with Greg Dunham and his Dream Big Monster Cycle, Sean and the group from Off Da Chain Magazinee, Bubba from San Jose Harley-Davidson, The Raiderettes Meena Serena, and and the guys representing the US Army! What fun we had!

The weather was great, the races were fantastic and we even sold a few cars with the Kruse Auction! We saw some great vintage race boats, filmed some events and gave the old slingshot a work out all while listening to Burning Rose.

Not bad for a first year, next year should prove to be bigger and better.

Once again it was a Car Guy Channel road trip and time for the GOODGUYS SHOW in Pleasanton. We headed out there on Saturday, March 29, 2008. We were greeted by our good buddy, John Drummond.

We had a great time meeting up with lots of car guys
showing off their Street Rods in the building. All of the
colors of the rainbow were there, it was like looking at car guy candy! A real treat for the eyes!

We stopped and chatted with Bernadette from Arlen Ness Motorcycles and she graciously showed us around the
bikes on display. You just gotta love the innovativness of these bikes!

We stopped by Roy Brizio Street Rods and Dave gave us the tour around their latest creation. They do some great rods! They are always fun and always different.

Then it was lunch time and we ran into Jason at Bud's Fat Burgers! That burger is a meal in itself! We were fat and happy after that. If you have never had one, you absolutely must! Yeah, the line is long, but there is a good reason why! You could always grab a beer for your wait in line - kind of like the cocktail hour, but you better finish up before you get your burger because you will definitely need both hands for that monster!

Time for shopping at the swap meet. It is always aisles and aisles of all kinds of stuff! Some new, some used, sometimes just what you are looking for! We are always on the look out for those illusive parts to finish up our own cars. We had some good luck and found some needed parts. We always bring a shopping cart or wagon, it is the only way to shop!

Off to look at the cars for sale. They had quite a selection if you were in the market that day, you might find what you are looking for. If you were not in the market, then you had a great time just admiring each one. There was something to suit everyone, and everything on sale if the price is right!

We love the Goodguys! Can't wait to go back again.

On February 23, 2008 we took the crew up to Altamont Motorsports Park. We had heard about a very worthwhile
and interesting safe-driving program for teens that they put on there and we wanted to go and check it out for ourselves. The monthly class is presented in collaboration with the Tracy chapter of the national Get Real Behind the Wheel organization, which is dedicated to promoting parent and teen driving accountability and community awareness
of safe driving technologies designed to save lives. The class is free and definitely "worth the drive"!

First there is a moving film presentation for both the parents and the teens. It shows the unfortunate consequences that can happen to anyone who drives but does not keep full attention on the road. It was a very sobering presentation.  We then met the man responsible for the
Tracy chapter of Get Real Behind the Wheel, Ken Ucci. Ken lost his teen-aged son, Mike, who was a passenger in an automobile accident.

Deputy Scott Sylvester of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office along with another officer gave valuable input telling us all what is new regarding the law and driving and then they followed up with a question and answer period until all questions were answered.  We learned that it is now against the law for any passenger or driver to be smoking in a car with any passenger or driver under the age of 18! You won't get pulled over for it, but you will get cited if you happen to be pulled over for another reason.

Then there is the fun part that everyone came for - driving on a racetrack! Now don't think the kids are going to be driving racecars! No, mom or dad brings family car for the teen to drive. Nevertheless, driving on a racetrack IS COOL! The teen drives and Mom or Dad can be the passenger. It is just
a controlled situation and they have the good sports from Altamont Motorsports Park out there holding up the STOP signs to practice stopping and yielding to traffic. They have cones set up so they can practice some tight steering maneuvers. We actually thought it might be cancelled to to the horrendous rain and wind storm that was supposedly coming our way. Nope! The driving school happens rain or shine. They, at Altamont were actually exited because the track would have big puddles and the track could be slippery. These are some real life situations that are better felt on the racetrack under controlled circumstances than met with surprise on the highway.

Of course, what is Car Guy Channel without Mike getting into the act, himself! We had great cooperation with Deputy Sylvester who was more than happy to play along. He cleared the track for us for a few minutes and had some fun....you'll see!

Thanks to everyone at Altamont Motorsports Park for being more than hospitable to Car Guy Channel and our antics! We haven't met nicer people! It is really a great place and they have lots of fun events lined up. Check out the teen driving school. The teen doesn't even need a driver's permit and the class is free! You can't beat that price! Check out www.altamontracing.com

On January 11, 2008 we went over to the San Jose Auto Show right in our own backyard! We had a fun time there and met some great folks and saw some fun new cars. We also got to give a Toyota Tundra a run for its money on its own 4WD course climbing rocks, moguls, and all. Mike tried to tip it over, but the Toyota prevailed! I'd say it passed the torture test with flying colors.

We also got up close and personal with the Bugatti Veyron.
If you have the need for speed and $1,700,000.00 plus burning a hole in your pocket, you may just want to consider this baby.

Then it was back on the road and up to the Cow Palace for the San Francisco Rod, Custom, & Motorcycle Show courtesy of George Hague. They put on one heck of a show with something for everyone there. The beautiful show cars and bikes were really something to see and we ran into our old buddy Greg Dunham who owns that crazy Dream Big motorcycle which is the largest in the world.

On November 21, 2007 we hit the road and went up to San Francisco for the 50th Anniversary of the San Francisco International Auto Show and get a close up view inside the ropes of all of the cars before it opened up to the public. We got to see all of the new cars and see what all of the makers are doing this year.

First thing in the door we were stopped dead in our tracks by something near and dear to our hearts.....streetrods! Leonard Lopez has put together some really cool cars. He works out of Brentwood. You have to check him out at www.dominatorusa.com.

Going green seems to be the thing to do. We met up with car designer Rick Woodbury of Commuter Cars Corporation. His new car is called Tango. It is the same width as a Harley and seats 2 people; one in the front and one in the back. It goes 0 - 60 in 4 seconds so it has some pep to it too. For more information go to www.commutercars.com.

We also got a good feel for what Toyota is doing at their exposition at the mobile hybrid experience "Highway to The Future". It was a very cool exhibit and Mark Ulbrich was extremely informative and gave us a great tour of their exhibit.

Of course we also were wowwed by the Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Vipers, Porsches, and Jaguars. Don't miss that show!

On November 11, 2007 Veteran's Day the crew headed up to Pleasanton to The Goodguys car show and had a great time. It was a special event as Operation Second Chance was putting on their Soldiers Second Chance Tour concert with Ray Stephenson to benefit our war heroes coming back from the war with signigicant injuries. We were able to talk with Paul and Georgia Cantrell who were able to pull off the concert at the Goodguys show at the last minute. It is a great cause and it was a wonderful addition to the Goodguys show. We also got to talk with Ray Stephenson about the cause as he is a regular performer with them. We also met up with John Drummond who heads up the Goodguys show. He is a great guy and is very representative of the Goodguys meaning at they really are good guys! An event like this one with cars, music, and the people there is really hard to beat!

The Car Guy Channel crew loaded up in Mike's 1955 Bel Air on the morning of September 9th, 2007 heading to Laguna Seca for Cherry's Jubilee. Mike's film and audio guys Mike Malament (Fish Eye Films) and Mark Ornsteen (Brain Child Audio) and Production Supervisor Mark Blaskovich joined Mike and his Car Gal Susan to film the event for the Car Guy Channel. Cherry's Jubilee is a special car event in that the proceeds benefit the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.

Nothing beats cruzin' to a Car Event in a Classic car, and a 1955 Bel Air is tough to beat. Some modern cars might be faster, or a little more comfortable, but they can't match the SPG (smiles per gallon) of driving a classic car. You could wear you arm out just waving back to all the folks who wave and smile. I'm sure the combination of the neat '55 and Mike's fast talk'n helped us avoid the speeding ticket when we got pulled over, and the nice officer was kind enough to give us detailed directions on how to get to the Jubilee.

Some of the highlights included speaking with event organizer John Meyer. His efforts and those of all the volunteers is what makes Cherry's Jubilee such a successful event. It's great how a Car Guy activity can benefit a worthy cause.

Walking around the Jubilee's huge car show/display with a film crew gets fellow Car Guys out of their lawn chairs quicker than a "Free Beer" sign. Everyone wants to be interviewed and tell you all about their cars. Many of these interviews will be appearing on upcoming Car Guy episodes, so be sure and watch for your car! This type of event brings out Car Families as well (and quite a few Car Dogs....).

It was fun to run into (not literally) old football buddy and Car Guy Otis,(Otis'Auto Sales in Seaside) and his wife Patty. They brought their beautiful vintage Ford Custom Street Rod as well as Patty's classic 1961 Corvette. In the vendor section we stopped by to visit with Artist Tom Nye who had a great display. Mike's friend Terry Sullivan won a People's Choice award with his 1955 Packard. (maybe now he can admit to his wife how much money he's spent on it) It's always nice to see old friends and make new friends as well.

After filming so many beautiful cars it was time for a Parade Lap or three around the track at Laguna Seca. Patty was nice enough to take Mike the camara guy around the track in her 1961 Corvette, while the rest of the gang piled into the '55 Bel Air. Some of you may catch the play on words when we say "the moon came out early that day", prompting some to call the track "La Moona Seca". For those who missed it (some who saw it wished they did!) the link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV6iGNGQLZ4 . Other than that the Parade Laps were fun for all except one poor guy with a real nice '60's Lincoln Continental convertible that appeared to suffer from an electrical fire. He and his family got out safe, and while the car definately suffered some damage, I think it can be repaired.

Remember, drive safe and keep the shinny side up!

We had a great time at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds at the GOOD GUYS Swap Meet and Car Show on Saturday, August 25, 2007. We met a lot of nice folks and spent some time with the Blastolene Brothers from Santa Cruz and Oregon. If you haven't seen the cars that they build, then stay tuned! Also spent some time with Roy Brizio Street Rods, and Diego at Total Cost Involved Chassis.

If you have seen us filming your car, chances are it will make it to the show. DVDs are available for purchase for the weekly episodes in the Car Guy Channel Store.

The music behind the show is from BURNING ROSE, ENERJIZER, and CRASHING SUN. They are some awesome bands and their music makes the show.

So you think your car is good enough to be featured as the Car of the Week? We are looking for high quality and very unusual cars to be featured weekly here. If you have something hot, fast, slow, barely go, or if it is cool enough, I want to see it and hear about it and we'll see if your car has got what it takes to be the car of the week.

Check out our cool Car of the Week. It is a 1967 427 435HP Corvette Convertible. It is an NCRS Top Flight Award Winner and it just found a new home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbgBAM_6Pe8