The Bricklin Showed Up And So Did The Easter Bunny

The easiest way to understand car culture is to hear it happening in real time, with engines cooling in the parking lot and families weaving between rows of chrome. We’re live from the Easter weekend Tailpipes and Tacos cruise-in at Lupe' Tortilla Tex-Mex in Katy, Texas, where breakfast tacos, hot sauce debates, and a surprise Easter Bunny are all part of the soundtrack.

Then we jump into a fast, addictive “sold car roundup” game: we name a car, guess the sale price, and reveal what it actually brought at auction. The numbers are eye-opening, from a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro that lands at $66,150 to a Bullitt-styled 1967 Mustang in the same range. We hit plenty of variety along the way, including a 1969 Pontiac Firebird, a 1977 Pontiac Le Mans, a budget-friendly 1978 AMC Concord wagon, a clean 1962 Oldsmobile Starfire, a 1969 Mercury Cougar, and the quirky-cool 1975 Bricklin SV-1 with its standout doors. If you care about classic car values, collector car trends, and real-world auction comps, this segment gives you a lot to react to.

The morning turns fully community-focused as we hand out kids’ pedal-car awards and then bring in the chili pepper trophies: Best Classic goes to a ’57 Chevy Bel Air, Best Modern Classic to a 1980 Ferrari 308 GTSi, and Best Hot Rod to a 1966 Chevelle gasser. We also spotlight the charitable heart of the event, supporting Shirley’s Kids, and why cruise-ins like this keep the hobby growing.

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Transcript

Live At Tailpipes And Tacos

Don Armstrong 0:05

It's the award-winning In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show, an argument with David Ainsley. Yeah. Coming to you from the Easter edition of the Tailpipes and Tacos Cruise In at the Lupi Tritia Texpex in Katy, Texas. I got 20 bucks on him. Just ahead. More folks from today's extravaganza. We're going to give away the trophies here in a minute. Jeff will have the car culture feature. We'll go in there again.

SPEAKER_02 0:29

All right.

Don Armstrong 0:32

Did you do the feature feature? You did that one? Yeah. I'm I'm the big feature. Yep, the big feature. The big big feature. You did it all. I've done it all.

SPEAKER_02 0:41

Would you like me to do it again?

Don Armstrong 0:44

You know, Kathy likes it when you go there.

SPEAKER_02 0:46

I know. Do you want me to do it again?

Don Armstrong 0:49

Not yet. No, but you may have to. Alright. I'm here for you. Thank you. We hope you'll stay with us. We're going to have lots of surprise. Just like I'm surprised.

SPEAKER_00 1:00

We're always surprised.

Tacos Hot Sauce And Banter

Don Armstrong 1:03

How do you want to get out of this week? George Zeken, Chief Engineer at Ainsley. Jeff Heitzman. Thank you very much. We're waiting to get the uh the secret ballot. Oh yeah. We're not being asked to actually eat any of the candy. Well, I had a taco. Did you guys get a taco this day? Wonderful.

SPEAKER_02 1:30

Wonderful, wonderful.

Don Armstrong 1:31

Man, that hot sauce is absolutely superb. I'd like to take that home. I can put that on everything. You can. You can put that on everything. Not that hot sauce. That's awful hot sauce. Have you ever tried that? Once Frank's? God, it's awful. Just awful. Our next guest is Frank. Um I can do this. We can plug in further. You want to do this? Yeah, let's do it. Okay, so Jeff Heisman's uh get over there, Jeffrey. Jeff, please.

NASA Artemis Check In

SPEAKER_02 2:04

How's the program going?

Don Armstrong 2:06

What program? The Artemis program. Oh, the Artemis program. Jeffrey's involved with NASA. Yeah, I know, but are you involved with the Artemis program, Jeff? Have you been involved with the Artemis program? Yes, I have.

SPEAKER_03 2:18

I'm not this particular flight, but uh future flights. Yes.

Don Armstrong 2:23

Okay, wonderful. Yeah. Are you going on one?

SPEAKER_03 2:25

Uh I'd like to. Okay. I'd like to. But uh, I'm too old.

Sold Car Price Guessing Game

Don Armstrong 2:30

Yeah. Well, we all are for everything. Yeah. So Jeff Heitzman's joining us for our sold car roundup. It's something that we play this listening game of how much you think that the sold car went for. The final slam hammer to the ground.

SPEAKER_02 2:48

There you go.

Don Armstrong 2:48

So our first this morning is the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. It looks like a pace car, white with orange racing stripes. This is an SSRS. So, how much do you think that that actually sold for? Anybody?

SPEAKER_02 3:05

I can't see it. Um, I was trying to get around where lights we could see. I'm gonna go 32. 32?

Don Armstrong 3:12

32.

SPEAKER_03 3:13

Oh. I'll go with 29.

Don Armstrong 3:17

Would you like to take a guess, David? You've got a headset and a microphone. Yeah, he's giving me a hard time about putting a wind sock on a microphone, so uh he's over there concerned about that. 27. 27? It sold for$66,150. Well, I think we should pool our money.

SPEAKER_02 3:37

Ouch.

Don Armstrong 3:38

Next up is a 1967 Ford Mustang. Now, this I'm I'm gonna tell you right now, it looks like it looks like a they sold some cars that had the trim level on, and this is what it looks like. It looks like an actual bullet car. Is it a bullet car? I don't know, but it looks good. And my guess is that it's probably got all of the things that the bullet car had on it, uh based on the price of it. That should give you a hint what it sold for. 60?

SPEAKER_03 4:10

Well, if it's a bullet car, it'll go 65.

Don Armstrong 4:13

65.

SPEAKER_03 4:14

58.

Don Armstrong 4:15

58. You win Jeff Heitzmann at 66,150. You went over. Bob Barker? No, he didn't. He said 65. I had I said 65. 66.

SPEAKER_02 4:26

George was at 55,000.

Don Armstrong 4:28

And George is finally coming.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

Yeah, I think I can't see the part of the screen real good.

Don Armstrong 4:33

Okay, so we're gonna go. Okay, okay. So um, we're asking that all of the children that are here, parents that are uh hopefully controlling some of them, that they go over by the pedal cars. Okay. So they're calling all the children to go over by the pedal cars because we have a special thing for you children to do. You need to go over by the pedal cars. That that child right there. He's ignoring you. I know. Well, it must be your child. Yeah, but probably so. All right, so the number three car up is the 1969 Pontiac Firebird. How much do you think that an original Pontiac Firebird would go? Now, this is not the this is not the Burt Reynolds Transam, this is the Pontiac Firebird. With the chrome grill up front on the nose. 27. 27 31.

SPEAKER_03 5:25

This is 45.

Don Armstrong 5:26

George says 45. What would you like?

SPEAKER_03 5:28

22.

Don Armstrong 5:29

22. Well, George wins because the 669 John Pontiac Firebird went for 49, 875. George probably has George wishes he has one. Now here's one, George. And all of us, actually. This is a 1977 Pontiac Le Mans. Oh. Or as we used to call them Le Mansion. Which is the below the Grand Prix. Yes. Yes. It's a two-door, and it's got the opera window in the back, but it's kind of uh tilted down there. 17. 17. 21. 21.

SPEAKER_02 6:04

23.

Don Armstrong 6:05

23.

SPEAKER_02 6:07

I don't know if George is off a car or what, but he's got 45. Oh my god, no.

Don Armstrong 6:11

He's smoking.

SPEAKER_02 6:13

He must be a car off.

Don Armstrong 6:14

No, he's trying to get rid of that hemp that they've outlawed.

SPEAKER_02 6:16

I'm sorry. 2027,999. How about 11,025?

Don Armstrong 6:21

That's a nice looking car. Yeah, it is. For a lot.$11,000. You can do this. Yeah, really? A Lamont. And you could have driven it up here, Dave. Put it in the show. You can wear a beret with a Lamont. Do you have a garage?

SPEAKER_03 6:35

Yes.

Don Armstrong 6:36

Do you put a car in it?

SPEAKER_03 6:37

Yes. My my my Kia Optima.

Don Armstrong 6:41

But do you have room for another car?

SPEAKER_03 6:42

No. Could you? I'd have to add on to the garage.

Don Armstrong 6:47

You couldn't get rid of all the crap that you got in there? Probably. You add a parking room. Yeah. Yeah. Just saying. Transmissions and batteries. Next up, this is a Mars car on all the this is a Mars car. Okay? That should say it all. Right there. This is a 1978 AMC Concorde. A 1978 MC Concorde. And uh when she listened, when she listened to these hands, gonna go nuts. I'm gonna go uh 15.

SPEAKER_02 7:20

15. 17. 17. George says 12999. 8,000. 8,000.

Don Armstrong 7:26

David Ainsley wins. It went for$6,100. This is the car you need in your collection, Stan Holt, a 1978 AMC Concorde. It's a station wagon. Do you remember that? Oh my god. Yeah, I know. He'd put an LS in it. Here's another one. How about a 1962 Oldsmobile Starfire? Remember those? Oh yeah. This thing was massive.

SPEAKER_04 7:55

Oldsmobile.

Don Armstrong 7:58

Yes, it's yes, it's got that big thing down the side of it. 11,000. 11,000. How much? 35? Oh, with new? No. In 1962? No. Yeah, I believe it. No. How much, David? 11,000 for me. 11,000. This is sold at auction. Huh?

SPEAKER_03 8:15

7,000.

Don Armstrong 8:16

7,000.

SPEAKER_03 8:17

9,000.

Don Armstrong 8:18

9,000?

SPEAKER_02 8:19

Jeff? 11. 11,000. George says 9999.

Don Armstrong 8:25

$24,150. It looks completely stock and original and beautiful. They put more air in the tire now. Two-door hard top. It's bad to the bone. Here's one for you. A 1969 Mercury Cougar. Now you know for decades. The one with the Mercury Cougar was just a glorified Mustang. 32,000. 32. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 8:57

I had a 67. I'm gonna go with 28. 28? Very envious of that.

SPEAKER_02 9:03

I had a cougar cost a lot more than that, but 21. Not that kind of four wheels, David. Four wheels.

Don Armstrong 9:10

It went for 21. You said 21? It went for 22,575, actually. All right, now last one this morning is, and Stan Stan would love to have this. This is a 1970. We're just done, we're just about done here. Did you meet my grandson? 1975 Brickland, a Brickland SV1. 19. 19. They're calling all the children over for the car show over here. They're having, yes. So so my daughter's here, my grandson is here. We'll meet those in a minute. A 1975 Bricklin SV1. This is a two-door, uh, it's bad to the bone looking car with the dull wing doors. 1920. Remember the Brickland? Yeah, yeah. Bricklin S V1. So this is a 75 model. How much do you think?

SPEAKER_03 10:04

22.

Don Armstrong 10:05

22. 19. 19?

SPEAKER_02 10:08

30. I think George is at 25,995.

Don Armstrong 10:11

Well, uh David went because it sold for 28,875. And it's it's all what? That's right. Yeah, and then and it's a uh planted in it was uh the song uh from Question Mark and the Mysterians.

SPEAKER_03 10:32

96 Tears. Yes.

Bricklin Finale And Quick Break

Don Armstrong 10:34

We were there. And in San Francisco. There's that. Easter bunnies here. Hey, you can get the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show 24-7 through the In Wheel Time app. Just look for In Wheel Time Car Talk, podcast available from your favorite podcast provider, and we video stream our live weekly show on Facebook, YouTube, and inwheeltime.com. We are today in Katy, Texas, at the Tailpipes and Tacos uh Easter weekend, best show in Texas. Uh, the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show continues right after this quick break.

SPEAKER_00 11:03

Stay with us.

Event Promo And How To Listen

Setting Up The Trophy Giveaways

Don Armstrong 11:10

The Easter Bunny's coming to the Tailpipes and Tacos cruise in at the Loopy Georgia Tex Max in Katie, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m. And you're invited to bring the kids and grandkids. It's a cruise in like you've never attended before. With the donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Loopy Georgia breakfast taco. There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili cover trophies for the best hot rod, best modern classic, and best classic. There's no entry fee and no registration. Just bring the ride and the kids. Photo opportunities available. The Intel Time Car Talk Show will be streaming around the globe, and you can be selected to tell your car story to a global audience. It's the Talepipes and Tacos Cruise and Easter edition, Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m. at the Luffy Torchica Text Max in Katie, located on 99, the Grand Parkway, just south of IT and the Katie Freeway in Katie. Make plans now. Luffy Torchica is pretty good. Apple or Android in Wheel Time podcasts can be found everywhere, on the stream, and through downloads. Whether you're on the road or at home and Jones in for a different kind of car talk show, give In Wheel Time a try. Honest new car reviews, fun, informative interviews with real car people, weekly automotive news, features like Jeff's car culture and Mike's driving destinations, all on In Wheel Time. Check us out on Sirius XM Podcasts, iHeartRadio, or while you're shopping on Amazon through Amazon Music. Mm-hmm. InWheeltime.com has a list, and we know you love lists. Hey, thanks for joining us today for our remote broadcast here at the Lupi Tortilla Tex-Mex in Katie, Texas. Um what I got people signaling me for all sorts of different things. Um we are are we going to try to give away the trophies or what are we going to do? Jeff Jeff seems to be taking charge, so we're just going to go with whatever Jeff has to say. So there are three trophies that are given away, the Jelly Pepper trophies here. We have the best classic, the best modern classic, and the best hot rod. So um there are three classes of cars and we divide them up. And um I think that Peter Yeah, because it looks like Peter, but Peter, did Peter Peter make the decision on on the the day that he do the judging?

SPEAKER_04 13:26

Dan says he's standing in for Peter. I know.

Kids Pedal Car Awards

Don Armstrong 13:28

Oh well, are you gonna come over? I can't hear you. I don't have a microphone. Would you like to use my microphone? Come over here. So you you can do it right here. I can't do it over there. Okay, I can do it too. Okay. Okay, uh, these these are the kids' uh awards. So uh and I want to take my cue from Sheila, who's out there in the parking lot, and uh she's going to tell me uh when it's time for me to do the uh uh actual award here. And uh can you see her out there? So I'm kind of playing the public address announcer. Uh you want number three now? I'm on the public address announcer here at the tailpipes and tacos thing. So we're giving away the kids' awards. And for Heisman. Yes, for number three, Faye six, wins with the VW bus. The VW bus for Faye. Congratulations. Uh she is the third place winner. Okay. Great, congratulations. All the parents are standing around. They're really excited about all of this. My grandson has got his head buried in uh his mom's shoulder, scared to death because he's in a public event, doesn't have any clue what to do. God guard guard me. You know what's gonna happen? All this is gonna flip, and he's going to be another person altogether sooner or later. Okay, our second award winner is Kira, age two, age two with the pink Ferrari. So she is our number two at age two, which is kind of appropriate. Second place, age two. I got it. And uh our uh actual award winner is coming up. They're they're handing out the awards over there in the pedal cars. Lots of pictures, of course. Um I need uh this is a pretty neat add-on. I know I need I need some assistance here. Here it comes. There it is. Okay, there's your sign. Okay, so uh Sheila, I need some uh help here with the with the name. I know, but it that doesn't help me. So this is either Abby or A B. A B. Okay, A B. Well, I see that. A B, uh two, she he, no, he, she, he, sorry, I can't see. So age two uh with the John Deere tractor. That's our first place winner right there, A B, with our first place winner, he is age two. So there you go, age six, age two, age two. So next time we have one of these, my grandson hopefully will uh he needs to go over here to the playground, is what he wants. You bring him over, bring him over, take him over. It's fine. Just walk around and walk right in front of us. There you go. He's dying to get over there and we're gonna we can do this. There you go, buddy. There you go. So my grandson and my daughter. Hi. Hi, it's pop pop. Is he crying?

SPEAKER_02 16:53

We missed it. Go back again. Go back. We'd missed it. No, there you go. Okay, there you go. Go back. He wants to go play. Go play.

Don Armstrong 17:01

Go play, go play. Take him over there. I know. Take him over there. You should have brought your mother as the babysitter. There you go. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:10

Moms are good babysitters.

Chili Pepper Trophies Announced

Don Armstrong 17:11

Okay. So we've got that set of awards. Uh, yeah, sure. Yeah. Bring Stan. So, Stan, who is the proprietor and founder of Lupi Tortilla, is going to give away the chili pepper trophies. And uh all of you people are still here. I see our best classic, and that is going to be the 57 Chevy Bel Air. And it's uh Dick Gibbons. Dick, are you here? The one out there. Come on, come on by Dick. Um, Dick Gibbons, you win the best classic chili pepper troller. Where is he? Uh he's coming.

SPEAKER_02 17:47

He's coming. Mike's gonna move the camera. There you go.

Don Armstrong 17:50

That's gonna go, that's gonna go on the fireplace mantle. And uh Jeff, I think away of the pictures. Uh um there you go. We got a lot going on here, so just bear with us. This is gonna be fun, I think. Yeah, I think so too. Um so that's Dick Gibbons. He's the best classic with the 57 shot. Thanks for coming, Dick. We appreciate it. All right, our next winner is going to be, this is gonna be a long picture-taking process. Yeah, I think so. We don't have the uh Canon 35 millimeter click, click, click, click, click. No, or the one that the the film spits out. What's the matic?

SPEAKER_02 18:27

The Polaroid. Polaroid, that's what it is.

Don Armstrong 18:29

Anybody got a Polaroid? Uh so our best modern classic goes to the owner of the 980 Ferrari 308. Oh, that's the SI. That's Mr. Moody. Denny Moody. Yeah. Denny, guess what? You bring your car, you get a trophy. Come over here. Get your chili pepper trophy from Stan Holtz. We appreciate the donation. Yeah, look at that. Denny, you get on, you get on our car show and you get and you get the chili pepper trophy. Yeah, you're a winner, buddy. So he is a winner. Uh, that's the best modern classic for 1980 Ferrari 308 GTSI. And uh, you know, he's got a uh very interesting uh museum collection, and he has it absolutely and he's got uh yeah, it's called uh the Ultimate 80s garage. There you go. Yeah, that's it. All right, moving on for you, thank you, for the best hot rod. Best hot rod goes for the 1966 Chevelle Gasser.

SPEAKER_04 19:30

Yeah, I couldn't agree more.

Don Armstrong 19:31

The gasser guy Kirk Buckholtz. Kirk, we love the gasser. Kurt! All right, congratulations, buddy. We love your car. Does it horn? It has to have a horn to have a horn, but it's also got red wings. I'm not really sure whether or not that is the best looking gaser on it.

SPEAKER_04 19:53

Horse car is great.

Don Armstrong 19:54

So there is all of our winners. Um Kirk, congratulations. Great car, and thanks for bringing it out today. Easter Easter bunnies here.

SPEAKER_02 20:03

We got a giant walking egg here.

Don Armstrong 20:05

Yeah, I am an Easter bunny's over there.

SPEAKER_02 20:07

Easter bunny's still over there.

Don Armstrong 20:09

Yeah. And he's hiding back here playing in the in the sands.

SPEAKER_02 20:13

Does he want to go to the playground? It's all right.

Don Armstrong 20:15

No, come on, you can go through. For him, you can't come. He can go through. It's all right. No, he wants to play in the sands. Thank you. Thank you. We like your car a lot. We'll see you next time, right?

unknown 20:27

Yes, sir.

Wrap Up And Where To Watch

Final Promo And Sign Off

Don Armstrong 20:28

Okay, don't forget. Bring something different. No, you're fine. Just keep bringing that one. Yes, sir. We don't want to see that thing. All right. All right. Time to do for car talk show. Um, again, 24, you can get us through the NWL Time app. Just look for In Wheel Time Car Talk Podcasts available from your favorite podcast provider. We video stream or a live show on Facebook, YouTube, and inwheeltime.com. Uh, again, we're at the Tailpipes and Tacos here in Katy at the Loopy Tortilla Tex-Mex. Thank you very much for coming today, and thank you for listening and watching as well. We're going to take a quick break and we'll be back with Jeff's Car Culture right after this. The Easter bunnies coming to the Tailpipes and Tacos cruise in at the Loopy Tortilla Tex-Mex in Katy, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m. And you're invited to. Bring the kids and grandkids. It's a cruise in like you've never attended before. With the donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Loopy Tortilla breakfast taco. There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili cover trophies for the best hot rod, best modern classic, and best classic. There's no entry fee and no registration. Just bring the ride and the kids. Best bunnies aren't allowed, but the Easter bunny will be there, and he'll be full of joy to help make this tailpipes and tacos a very special one. Photo opportunities available. The Intel Time Car Talk Show will be streaming around the globe, and you can be selected to tell your car story to a global audience. It's the Talepipes and Taco's Cruise In Easter Medition, Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m. at the Lupi Tortilla TexMex in Katy, located on 99 the Grand Parkway, just south of I-10, the Katy Freeway, in Katy. Make plans now. Loopy Tortilla is pretty good. Apple or Android InWheel Time podcasts can be found everywhere, on the stream and through downloads. Whether you're on the road or at home and Jones in for a different kind of car talk show, give In Wheel Time a try. Honest new car reviews, fun, informative interviews with real car people, weekly automotive news, features like Jeff's car culture and Mike's driving destinations, all on In Wheel Time. Check us out on Sirius XM Podcasts, iHeartRadio, or while you're shopping on Amazon through Amazon Music. Mm-hmm. InWheeltime.com has a list, and we know you love lists. That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show. I'm Don Armstrong, inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning on Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, and our InWheeltime.com website. Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartPodcast, Podcast Addict, TuneIn, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Keep listening, and we'll see you soon.