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Automotive History Live spotlights the true story of San Diego inventor Louis Mattar, who in 1952 drove a heavily customized 1947 Cadillac nonstop—wheels never stopping—from San Diego to New York City and back in six days, using on-the-move refueling and repairs, and amenities like a shower, kitchen, bar, communications gear, and a combined toilet/washing machine. Guest Heidi Lewis, author of the new picture book Louis Mattar’s Fabulous Car, explains how she discovered the car at the San Diego Automotive Museum, researched primary documents with Mattar’s family, and details Mattar’s self-taught ingenuity, including changing tires and brake pads while moving and coordinating police escorts before the interstate era. The episode also covers a second 1954 nonstop run from Anchorage to Mexico City, the car’s ongoing display in San Diego, and where to buy the $18.99 book.

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00:00 Who is Louie Mattar?
03:36 Discovering the Car
06:33 SoCal DIY Genius
09:25 Tires and Brakes On The Go
11:33 Trailer Refueling Tactics
14:31 Speed Planning and Communications
17:01 Cost and World Records?
20:20 Toilet/Washer Shock
22:21 Mud, Laundry, and Showers
23:49 Inside the Rolling Lounge
24:49 Trailer Dinette Secrets
25:39 Breakdowns And No A/C
26:57 Lee Joins The Drive
28:28 Powering Gadgets Onboard
30:45 Mapping The Route East
33:01 Footage And TV Appearances
35:15 Heidi's Book Origins And Research
37:16 Lessons For Young Readers
39:11 Route 66 Road Trip Revival
42:23 Cadillac Heritage And Festivals
45:43 Where To Buy The Book
46:43 Final Thanks And Museum Visit
49:55 Sponsors And Sign Off

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This episode is part of our AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY LIVE! SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The Studebaker National Museum and The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

The Motoring Historian, Jon Summers, travels through rural Oklahoma west of Oklahoma City while reflecting on the centenary of Route 66, designated in 1926 from Chicago and St. Louis to Santa Monica/Los Angeles. Driving on I-40 with old Route 66 running nearby, he describes surviving original stretches, the road’s many museums and roadside ephemera, and why so many buildings and towns along it declined after freeways bypassed them and as vehicles became more reliable, reducing the need for frequent service stops. He connects Route 66 mythology to pop culture like Pixar’s Cars, murals of 1960s–70s muscle cars, and a TV-era romance of cross-country travel tied to Hollywood dreams. He also notes evolving freeway infrastructure, a Tulsa routing mistake, and mixed feelings about Route 66 icons like Cadillac Ranch and its imitators.

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00:00 Rolling Into Oklahoma
01:11 Route 66 Explained
02:08 The Road Still Exists
03:53 Museums and Roadside Life
05:07 Why Towns Died Off
07:42 Cannonballing, Murals Cars, and Romance
10:54 Hollywood Dreams Myth
12:23 How Bypasses Kill Towns
17:20 Cadillac Ranch And Copycats
19:28 Network Credits And Outro

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Jon Summers is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel. Copyright Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian. This content is also available via jonsummers.net. This episode is part of the Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.

This Automotive History Live! panel explores how American roads evolved from mostly dirt paths in the early 1900s into the Lincoln Highway, Route 66, and the Interstate Highway System. Moderator Bob Casey sets context on poor early road conditions and rising demand from motorists. Jeff Blair of the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association highlights Carl Fisher’s role, the highway’s 1913 coast-to-coast route, Indiana’s two alignments, notable landmarks and preserved sections (including the Ideal Section in Dyer), and today’s focus on signage, education, and tourism. John Weiss of the Illinois Route 66 Preservation Committee explains Route 66’s creation from connected paved segments, its 1926 designation, 1985 decommissioning, cultural fame, and preservation of places and stories, including the Whoopee Auto Coaster in Lyons, Illinois. Finally, Matt Anderson details Eisenhower’s Interstate System origins, numbering, completion in 1992, and current funding challenges tied to fuel taxes, tolls, and mileage-based options.

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00:00 Welcome and Panel Intro
01:34 Why Roads Matter
03:10 Lincoln Highway Walkthrough
03:52 Carl Fisher and Origins
05:23 Indiana Highlights East
06:07 Fort Wayne to Ligonier
07:43 Goshen to South Bend
09:21 Rolling Prairie and Beyond
10:57 Ideal Section and Legacy
12:20 Eisenhower Caravan Link
12:57 Preservation Signs and Tourism
14:11 Audience Q & A
17:17 Route 66 Story Begins
17:57 Why Route 66 Is Famous
19:16 Four Minute Route 66 History
23:37 What Preservation Means and an Oddity Worth Saving
27:42 Audience Q & A
31:20 Interstate System Origins
33:51 Trust Fund and Fuel Tax
37:39 Funding Fixes Ahead
41:37 Thanks and Sponsors

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This episode is part of our AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY LIVE! SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The Studebaker National Museum and The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

Automotive History Live welcomes Barn Find Hunter and author Tom Cotter, who recounts driving a restored 1926 Ford Model T from Times Square to San Francisco largely along the Lincoln Highway, inspired by concerns that modern cars remove the act of driving. With co-driver Dave Coleman and photographer Michael Allen Ross, Cotter describes day-one challenges like no gas gauge, cold weather, and staying in period roadside lodgings, plus human-interest stops including the Flight 93 Memorial, quirky diners, historic Lincoln Highway sites, and encounters with local enthusiasts. The trip highlights evolving road routes, a brief, tense stretch on Wyoming’s I-80 among fast trucks, a visit to Bonneville’s wet salt flats where they helped tow out a stuck car, and Nevada’s “loneliest road.” They reached the western terminus, baptized the tires in the Pacific, and shipped the car home with sponsor help.

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00:00 Welcome Tom Cotter
01:05 Why a Model T?
03:09 Lincoln Highway Origins
03:58 Times Square Sendoff, A Hudson River Baptism
07:04 Day One Road Lessons
10:58 Flight 93 Memorial
13:02 Teapot and Speed Trap
14:19 Early Auto History Ohio
15:32 Studebaker Museum Visit
16:26 VW Camper Night
17:38 Police Escort Out of South Bend
18:41 Unpaved Lincoln Highway
20:52 Iowa and American Pickers
23:31 Reed Nyland Corner
24:48 Boone Tractor Treasure
27:40 Speedy Bill Museum
28:37 McPherson College Tune Up
31:11 Wyoming Interstate Gauntlet
34:02 Bonneville Salt Rescue
37:29 Highway 50 Ghost Towns
38:48 Silver State Surprise
40:18 California Or Bust!
40:56 Donner Pass Hospitality
42:27 Golden Gate Finish
43:10 Audience Q & A, Sponsors And Credits

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This episode is part of our AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY LIVE! SERIES and is sponsored in part by: The Studebaker National Museum and The Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) and was recorded in front of a live studio audience.

In this Ferrari Friday episode of The Ferrari Marketplace podcast/vlog, William Ross interviews Chris Miele about the past year’s surging Ferrari collector market following major auctions from Kissimmee’s Mecum Bachman Collection through Monterey, citing record-setting results and continued momentum into Pebble Beach 2026. They discuss how unique color/spec, provenance, single ownership, documentation, and rarity (including manual gearboxes, numbered cars, and tailor-made/atelier builds) are now often valued even more than ultra-low mileage, driving major gains in models like the 360 Challenge Stradale, manual 360 Modena, 575/550 variants, and modern specials such as TDFs and 812 Competizione. Miele attributes demand to new wealth, lifestyle events, and increased market transparency, advises buyers to insist on thorough pre-purchase inspections amid online-sale risks, and shares his favorite Ferrari picks by decade, highlighting limited-production cars and the 550 Maranello as a daily driver.

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00:00 The 2026 Ferrari Marketplace!
01:23 Bachman Collection Boom
03:37 Specs Over Mileage
07:53 Dealers Factory Access
11:36 New Money Heatwave
14:05 Lifestyle Events Scene
15:53 Monterey Auction Takeaways
18:01 How Pros Bid
20:27 Modern Cars Surge
24:44 Tailor Made Premiums
29:54 Ferrari Customization Growth & Tailor Made Options
32:40 Resale And Brand Status
34:47 Why Buy Through Dealers?
36:23 Online Buying Risks
39:54 Pre-Purchase Inspections
41:46 Importing Euro Ferraris
46:05 Auction Timing And Hype
48:23 Federalized Car Stories
49:24 Dream Ferrari Picks
51:39 Why The 550 Maranello?
55:05 Dealership Culture And Trust
57:10 Wrap Up And Sponsors

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On Ferrari Friday's, William Ross from the Exotic Car Marketplace will be discussing all things Ferrari and interviewing people that live and breathe the Ferrari brand. Topics range from road cars to racing; drivers to owners, as well as auctions, private sales and trends in the collector market. Copyright William Ross, Exotic Car Marketplace a division of Sixty5 Motorsports. This episode is part of our Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.