To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Classic Car Restoration, JDM, and Automotive History
Doug & Dave: Classic Car Experts, Motorsports Enthusiasts and Automotive Storytellers
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A classic car restoration and automotive history podcast hosted by Doug and Dave. Each episode focuses on the stories and motoring memories behind iconic vehicles rather than just technical specifications. The hosts explore family car history, vintage vehicle enthusiasm, and car culture nostalgia. New episodes are released on #TorqueTuesday for restoration junkies and classic car fans.
Episodes
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Lexus IS300 Shenanigans & Acura NSX Memories w/ Amanda Cline 20.10.2026 52mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What happens when you bake the Toyota Altezza headlights of a 2001 Lexus IS300 in your mother's kitchen oven? You get the origin story of an automotive journalist. Today, Amanda Cline (Amanda Reviews Cars) stops by to talk 90s JDM legends, reviewing the 1,025-HP Rivian R1T, testing cup holders with an expired can of beans, and why the ultra-rare 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E Evo II is her ultimate unicorn. This episode is sp... -
NASCAR Driver Safety: Brad Coleman’s Journey from the Track to the Road 13.10.2026 45mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! How does a professional NASCAR driver go from pushing limits at 200 miles per hour to teaching the next generation how to parallel park? In this episode of To All The Cars I've Loved Before, host Doug sits down with Brad Coleman, a former NASCAR driver and the current owner and CEO of SafeWay Driving. Brad shares his incredible full-circle journey, starting with his teenage years when he was simultaneously racing Formu... -
How Deaf Parents Shaped Mazda In-Car Technology w/ Matthew Valbuena 29.09.2026 50mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! In this episode, Doug and Dave are getting a little grease under their nails with Matthew Valbuena, a Project Manager for Mazda's North American Operations R&D division. Matthew oversees the development of Mazda's in-vehicle technologies and human interfaces, balancing the demand for cutting-edge connectivity with Mazda’s core "driving first" philosophy. Matthew takes us on an incredible automotive journey, startin... -
Mianna Wick’s Journey into Vintage Open-Wheel IndyCar Racing 15.09.2026 46mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! How do you go from driving a homemade go-kart built out of lawnmower parts to piloting a 1996 Lola IndyCar originally driven by Eddie Lawson and Davy Jones? In this episode of To All The Cars I've Loved Before, Doug sits down with IndyCar driver and speaker Mianna Wick.Mianna shares her unique journey into motorsports, starting at age 10 on a custom backyard dirt track paved by her dad, and moving up through the ranks ... -
Flipping Ruf's personal Turbo & Ultra-Rare Porsches w/ Bill Patel 01.09.2026 52mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! How do you go from buying a broken-down $3,000 Porsche 944 to owning hundreds of air-cooled 911s and flipping some of the rarest vehicles in the world? This week, Doug goes solo to sit down with Bill Patel, an automotive broker and Porsche collector who has been living the gearhead dream for nearly 25 years. From spotting Alois Ruf's personal 1984 RUF Turbo at a random Chicago dealership to preserving a 1-of-20 IMSA ho... -
INEOS Grenadier Off-Roading & Toyota Land Cruiser Memories 18.08.2026 56mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! From surviving a scary collision in a massive Toyota Land Cruiser as a teenager to swapping out suspension springs on a 7,500-lb INEOS Grenadier in her driveway, Anastasia Kim Carpenter proves that taking the path less traveled is always the best route! In this episode of To All The Cars I've Loved Before, Doug sits down with Anastasia—founder of the Women's INEOS Grenadier Club—to talk about the rapidly growing world ... -
Building Rivians & Prototyping EVs: Inside Ford's Secret Shop 04.08.2026 42mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What is the difference between engineering vehicles at a 100-year-old legacy automaker versus a high-speed EV startup? In this episode of To All The Cars I've Loved Before, host Doug sits down with former Ford and Rivian engineering manager turned real estate founder, John Gravelyn. From fixing his own beaters out of pure pragmatism as a teenager to working in top-secret prototype shops, John shares an incredible insid... -
The Path to NASCAR: Late Models & Open-Wheel Testing w/ Kaeden Ballos 21.07.2026 40mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Welcome back to To All The Cars I've Loved Before! This week, Doug is going solo in the garage to sit down with 18-year-old racing phenom Kaeden Ballos. As a fourth-generation racer, Kaeden is currently making waves in the NASCAR weekly series behind the wheel of the number 19 late model. In this episode, Kaeden shares the incredible story of his racing origins, starting at just six years old. We hear about the wild mo... -
Mopar Restomod Nightmares & The Lost 1983 Turbo Mustang 07.07.2026 40mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Welcome back to To All The Cars I've Loved Before! This week, Doug is sitting down with his friend and ultimate gearhead, Tony Funk. Over the years, Tony has owned over 35 different vehicles, and he brings some of the most unbelievable automotive stories we've ever heard into the garage. In this episode, Tony shares the miraculous story of his rare 1983 Ford Mustang GT Turbo. After a hurricane brought a massive tree do... -
Porsche Racing Secrets: Carrera Cup w/ Pro Driver Sabré Cook and Her Dad 23.06.2026 50mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! A Father’s Day Special: The Unbreakable Bond of a Racing Family Happy Father’s Day! This week on To All The Cars I've Loved Before, we are celebrating the ultimate father-daughter racing duo. We’re sitting down with Sabré Cook—a mechanical engineer and professional driver for JDX Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America—and her dad, Stacey Cook, a former professional motocross rider who was inducted into the Col... -
Porsche 911 Barn Finds & 40 Years of Dealership Secrets 09.06.2026 36mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! What happens when a lifetime of automotive passion becomes a 40-year career? This week, Doug goes solo from Myrtle Beach to sit down with luxury car sales legend Mike Maurer. Mike has been navigating the high-end automotive world since the 1980s, working with legendary dealerships like Brumos Porsche. In this episode, Mike pulls back the curtain on the reality of high-end car sales. He shares incredible, unfiltered sto... -
Vintage Porsches & Rare Ferraris: Inside The Great Race w/ Brad Phillips 26.05.2026 1h 3mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Welcome back to All the Cars I've Loved Before, the podcast where we park the data at the door to focus on the stories that matter 🎙️. In this episode, Doug sits down with Brad Phillips, a globally recognized collector car expert and hardcore gearhead who firmly believes that classic cars are meant to be driven 🛠️. Brad currently serves as the Director of Events for Coker Group and the Great Race 🏁. From wrenching on a... -
C7 Corvette Track Days & The Porsche 930 Widowmaker w/ Towlos 12.05.2026 48mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! C7 Corvette track days and Porsche 930 history. Matt Jones on launching Towlos, the "Airbnb for car trailers"... In our newest episode, we sit down with Matt Jones, an orthopedic surgeon turned entrepreneur and the CEO/Founder of Towlos (towlos.com). Matt shares his incredible automotive journey, from learning to drive a manual in his dad's '73 Datsun to buying a 2018 C7 Corvette Grand Sport right before the pandemic u... -
BMW E46 ZHP: The Perfect Analog Driving Experience? 28.04.2026 32mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! How do you transition from a "utilitarian" view of driving to chasing the perfect analog feel of a 20-year-old BMW? In this episode, Doug sits down with Ryan Williams, a software engineer who discovered his passion for cars later in life while searching for a hobby that would get him off his "daily ride"—his computer. Ryan shares the story of his "lemon" yellow 1978 Mazda GLC and the reliable Nissan Sentra that powered... -
2011 Subaru WRX & 1986 Honda Accord w/ Ethan Banks 14.04.2026 1h 7mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! 2011 Subaru WRX cross-country trip and 1986 Honda Accord memories. In this episode, we welcome Ethan Banks to the virtual garage. While the IT world knows him as the co-founder of the Packet Pushers podcast network, we’re turning back the odometer to explore his lifelong obsession with car culture and automotive history. Ethan shares the story of winning a World Rally Blue 2011 Subaru WRX on Cars & Bids and embarki... -
The Birth of the Dodge Viper & Mercedes AMG History w/ Matt DeLorenzo 31.03.2026 46mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! AMC Gremlin restoration and Mercedes AMG history with Matt DeLorenzo. Inside the birth of the Dodge Viper and the Honda CRX... In this episode, we sit down with automotive journalism royalty, Matt DeLorenzo. With over 45 years in the industry—including serving as the Editor of AutoWeek and a founding juror of the North American Car of the Year (NACTOY) awards—Matt has truly seen and driven it all. From buying a $2,000 ... -
1985 Mazda RX-7 Restoration & Hudson Hornet History w/ Zack Pradel 17.03.2026 36mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! 1985 Mazda RX-7 restoration and Hudson Hornet history with Zack Pradel. In this episode, we sit down with the founder of the Shooting Cars YouTube channel to discuss the logistics of filming over 1,700 car reviews and the "soul" of the machines that made us. Zack shares his personal automotive journey, from blowing up his first 12A rotary engine as a teenager to his family’s heirloom 1931 Ford Model A. We dive into the... -
Air-Cooled VW Culture: Women Restoring Classic Volkswagens 🍃🚗 03.03.2026 39mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Air-cooled VW culture and women in classic car restoration. Restoring Volkswagen Beetles and the "Muth" Super Beetle... “Every car tells a story, and those stories reveal exactly who we are.” In this episode, Doug and Dave welcome professional corporate and lifestyle photographer Marla Aufmuth into the virtual garage. While Marla has documented landmark cultural events for brands like Nike and TED Talks, her hear... -
1998 Acura Integra Restoration: The Ultimate Project Car Build 17.02.2026 34mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Classic car restoration of a 1998 Acura Integra. How a father and son rebuilt a "Teggy" to climb Mount Evans... "We sat on a rock in the driveway, stared at the car, and thought: What did we just do?" 🛠️🧩. What happens when a father humors his son’s "crazy idea" to buy a $5,000 project car during a global pandemic?. In this episode, we’re joined by Ruchin and Neil Kansal, the father-son duo behind the book The Kansal C... -
'69 Camaro SS Restoration: Building a 383 Stroker for SEMA 🏁🔥 03.02.2026 41mClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia! Automotive restoration of a '69 Camaro SS. Learn how Christina Lardie built a 383 Stroker engine for the SEMA show... What do you do when you inherit a classic car shell and a garage full of mystery parts? You buy a ticket to SEMA just to ask the manufacturers, "What is this and how do I install it?" In this episode, guest co-host Dave joins Doug to sit down with Christina Lardie (aka @ChristinasGarage). Christina is a...
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