GTO award, Pork Bracioli & Uncle Tony's Garage. See Photos. 6 patrons. He had just bought it for her, and secretly arranged for us to borrow it for a couple of nights. My dream car is a 1968 Barracuda Super Stock with a 426 Hemi. The Stephen Hawking of Hot Rodding, minus the cool chair and funny voice. 3. Very friendly kids that will share what they are doing and wrenching to go fast. E Episode 15: Exploding Laundry Rooms And Hero Worship For The Masses. This show has s great! We yap about our favorite places, shop snobs, and hope for mechanical Millennials. remove-circle Share This Collection . It was just a wolf in sheeps clothing. Very informative and extremely interesting podcast. Then, using the hotwire and the coin, he was able to jumpstart the engine and drove the car off. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. Jim . These are terms Ive heard thrown around, but I have no idea what they do or what they even look like. We recently ran into the owner, and as it turns out, he was so traumatized by the experience that the car hasnt left the garage in over 30 years. Cars Illustrated was my favorite magazine. SS & DI, Cars Ill, Street & Strip Supercar & early MM & FF were the best car mags ever. Continue with Recommended Cookies. Yes, Ford claimed the 87 version was improved, but it still looked the same, and still had cats, a smog pump, and all the rest of that emissions junk to slow it down. I was never a car guy. The result was pretty profound. Thatll do it.) 2. I had one other D-100 with a slant six back in the day, and I am working on getting another now that I am embracing adulthood. As a hard core Street Racer with Top Fuel aspirations, it was awesome. 27 Feb. As a young teen in the 80s, I went to Atco with my worlds greatest older brother and his friends to race his 69 Charger RT with a 440 and six pack (my favorite quote was one of his friends laughing about the prospect of getting pulled over at the mall while my brother broke loose the 15-inch wide rear tires, saying but this is a faaamily car. "If there was any changes in the metallurgy, it was minor and had no real benefit." "But," DeFeo continued. Uncle Tony's Garage Tony DeFeo. In August of 1989 my first, and still only, new car found a place beside my beloved Cougar. version of the EFI 302 that had debuted the year before, and wasnt impressed. Go to Norwalk or the Nat's and you can find plenty of late model take offs, pulled engines from every kind of wreck, ported heads for every displacement gen 3 Hemi. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. I just found UTG on YouTube. All in all, a better car, Your email address will not be published. But I have absolute respect for the 5.0 mustang. I was always a Chevy Z28 guy. I remember seeing your car as a young kid in Staten Island (next to friends house Ray N.). Nice view into the world of cars and drag racing before I was old enough to be into it. share Share No_Favorite Favorite rss RSS. Ford really should have given you a commission. I dont know what a drag link or intake manifold does. I left it on her desk, along with a note thanking her for use of the car, and that her hubby, Steve owed her a set of rear tires. Man I have really gotten into podcasts here lately I use to think they were stupid but I started listening to Joe Rogans podcast and now I'm hooked ! It took me back. remove-circle Share or Embed This Item . -. Ray and Joe talk about YouTube mechanics (good and bad), and a pesky 1970 Cuda ignition switch failure Joe figured out. - Sports podcast fr The new gens might be into cars, but at a different level than the older gens. Anyway, you mention Atco on your youtube site, and reading it here brings back great memories. Very knowledgeable with some hilarious banter. That's the idea in a new YouTube video from Uncle Tony's Garage as presenter Tony DeFeo explores a rare 1964 Mercury Comet Cyclone. What is Patreon? Author: Tony DeFeo Posted on October 20, 2018 October 20, 2018 by Tony DeFeo 3 Comments Show Car. And rarely did. I actually still own that very car but it sits in a field at a friends house since I split block, broke the crank in half and bent a few rods. Uncle Tony and his crew are an awesome team. Also great info on cars and horsepower in general. Why not a V6 like a 3.6 Pentastar or an LA series engine? An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine. Thank you Tony for posting this, I will be printing it out somehow for my wife. Facebook. That car will do 140mph!!.stock. We talk about the good things, the dumb things, and why the customer is always sorry. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Officially, the place is Mid-South Mopars, but pretty much anywhere that Tony DeFeo is at is Uncle Tony's Garage. The Universe as seen through the eyes of people who turn wrenches and burn rubber as life sustaining activities. I also believe fashion from the 30s-60s should make a serious comeback. This is probably the most talked about drag test in the history of drag tests. Our estimate may be low though. Ill take a Seiko 5 with an NH35 movement, over the wrist computers everyone is wearing these days. Because of their pure simplicity, vintage and classic cars usually lack anti-theft systems. Eat, Sleep, Wrench, Race. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMjk2ODM2NC9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk. Guests will also find Hof Art Space and Stage Studio of Dance in Phra Khanong. Works at Uncle Tony's Garage. Auto Racing. Tony DeFeo. We remember this one being appraised at around a hundred grand, but that didnt stop us from thrashing the living snot out of it. BTW, go to your local dragstrip and see the number of people racing modern muscle Mopar's. Share. I hit the front passenger side,down to the 1/4,hood ,fender crashed upward lol.Was really upset when it happened,but I then totaled a quicker 74 Charger(factory rallye package 318 car) with a built 1978 440.I destroyed that car 1 year later ,so that saved the Bee(bee was at my uncles farm for 10 years fully restored with the nice healthy 440,with 383 emblems its a 383 ).That high 11 second 74 Chargers engine was to be put in the Super bee,and I would have totalled that one for sure instead I know . Great stuff. Uploaded by Muscle cars, classic cars, street racers, drag racing, and builds on a serious budget. And then the Mustang started GAINING. Rambling on about musclecars, and how electronic ignition is "pointless". While I like peace and quiet, I love playing with my kid. Mine wasnt as stripped but did run some 8.80s in the eighth. "The main saddles are thicker on '76-'79 blocks. Tag: tony defeo Posted on July 29, 2018 September 5, 2018 by Tony DeFeo 21 Comments Five Liters of Fury. I beat the snot out of it, and loved every second of it. Whether its the dream cars of the 50s, or the muscle cars of the 60s and early 70s, Im drooling over all of it. Merry Steeler Memories: Tony De he was so traumatized by the experience that the car hasn't left the garage in over 30 years. Most mods for the new gens are more bolt-on or a shop will do it, as Uncle Tony said. My wife bought her first car in 88 (an 81 mustang with a straight six), and my first car was a 77 dodge truck with a slant six. Eat, Sleep, Wrench, Race. IMHO, he's got the credentials to say what he wants, agree or disagree with him. He wrote for Cars Illustrated and founded High Performance Mopar, as well as Mopar Action. He was one of the guys that started Mopar Action Magazine and one of the other Mopar mags (can't remember right the name right now). So many great memories. David Vizard, Uncle Tony's garage, Unity motorsport. Our photographer just took advantage of the situation, and dropped low for a few frames. The numbers seem weak now, but thirty years ago, this blew a lot of minds. - Listen to Fuel: Unfiltered Automotive Truth with "Uncle Tony" Tony DeFeo from Uncle Tonys Garage by FUEL: Unfiltered Automotive Truth instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed. I met a lot of fellow 5.0 LX owners in those days, and theyd ALL read that same article. Wait til a car you bought new qualifies for Antique plates. They're the same as the Hemi cast after January 19th . We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Saw several episodes of UTG before I figured out it was you LOL. An illustration of a person's head and chest. John Dodge Quote T-Shirt $ 20.00 - $ 29.95 Select options Mystical Sphere-O-Ink Design $ 20.00 - $ 29.95 Select options Sketchy T-Shirt $ 20.00 - $ 29.95 Select options Suck Shirt Follow. COLLECTION . I HAD to have one. Joined Jun 11, 2015 Messages 3,746 . Location. It was a Drag Test we did on the then-new Lincoln LSC. If you cant find a car, rebuild it, win a show, and then sell it in one hour or less youre a lame-o. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Navigate to the "People Search" section at the top of this page. The Second Coming & Mean Mr. Mustang were great. I bought a new 87,radio delete[didnt want to pay 350.00 for that crap],black hatch after reading this article. Because of you, I always thought I shouldnt lose. remove-circle Share This Collection. I had never really driven a manual trans car until the day I drove it home. In this case, we just went out and bought one ourselves. Thanks, John, thats about eight issues more than we have. The Universe as seen through the eyes of people who turn wrenches and burn rubber as life sustaining activities. (BTW, wanna feel old? Full Description. In 1987, I was a dirt-poor college student, living on ramen noodles. By the time we caught up with traffic and had to back off, the Mustang was a fender length ahead. Uncle Tony's Garage Tony DeFeo Leisure 4.8 17 Ratings; Eat, Sleep, Wrench, Race. Share to Twitter . Due to their age, many classic cars have shot up in value, making them more appealing to steal unscrupulous fans, enthusiasts and collectors might be waiting in line to buy. The Stephen Hawking of Hot Rodding, minus the cool chair . Uncle Tony DeFeo calls in. The numbers seem weak now, but thirty years ago, this blew a lot of minds. This man has done just about any and everything you have thought about doing, from street racing to playing in . Great article. I was fortunate enough to be able to document the grand opening of Uncle Tonys Garage Global Headquarters, by photographing the event. He brought sexy back to house music and it never left. author. We ran out to Buffalo Valley and got just enough track time to make some solid determinations on our Small Block B Body's direction. They named it Kapwa Gardens, revitalizing the once lonely environment with the Filipino belief of . Thanks, John, that's about eight issues more than we have. She still has hers, mine hit a telephone pole long ago with us both in it. Language: English (United States) Currency: USD. I am blessed to have been friends w/Neil for decades. I could listen to them all day! Smart watches have no soul. See Photos. UTG (Tony deFeo) has his own Ported recommendations based on entirely stock emissions era cars, and for really big Carters or Spreadbores on V8s, that's cool. In this case, we just went out and bought one ourselves. Big John, I have a lot of respect for your knowledge. No you will not find a lot of stuff for late models in the swap at Carlisle. More. I hope all is well and with could read your articles and tests now. Thanks Tony for your part in getting me hooked way back then. I understand you disagreeing, but Tony DeFeo (Uncle Tony) has been around for a long time. People like him arent going to be around forever and we need to learn as much from them as possible, while they are still with us. Id love to see a return of men and women dressing up to go out. As a member, you receive exclusive content . Wool and twill suits are awesome. YouTube phenom Tony DeFeo of "Uncle Tony's Garage". That's not true," DeFeo clarified. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. I will give uncle Tony's a listen! Email or phone: Password: . Then one day, a new LX with 5.0 badges caught me at a light. on the Internet. I had gathered all of the rubber I could scrape off the quarter panels, and molded it into a ball about the size of a grapefruit. The Universe as seen through the eyes of people who turn wrenches and burn rubber as life sustaining activities. Sign up | Log in. So it was with extreme confidence that I waited for the light. RELATED: These Cool Cars Were Impossible To Own Because They Always Got Stolen. share Share No_Favorite Favorite rss RSS. I got that car before I turned 18 and have at least owned one Mustang ever since. Description: Writer, Racer, Mechanic. Books. Tags 1960 a-body featured Mopar Plymouth Road Toad Tony DeFeo Uncle Tony's Garage valiant. WOW! I drove one of the new challengers and they have the beltline so darn high you cannot see out the side or rear windows. Showing all 12 results. We talk about the good things, the dumb things, and why the customer is always sorry. I left it on her desk, along with a note thanking her for use of the car, and that her hubby, Steve owed her a set of rear tires. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. And its not for a lack of wanting to learn. Most of the metric YouTube vids are young guns. Tags: 1969 Daytona, Daytona road test, Hemi Daytona, mopar. The "Bottle Rocket" Coronet, their stripped-down taxicab Dodge that's packing a 318 that acts like a pissed-off 340, a four-speed swap, and a ton of tricks that come straight from the catalog of DeFeo's book of witchcraft, has been patiently waiting for a chance to hit a drag strip. What has happened to Tony and where is he today? Love the podcasts. My love for these cars, and lack of knowledge of them, is what got me turned on to Tony DeFeos YouTube channel: Uncle Tonys Garage. Despite buying 2 new Fords{03 Terminator}, Im a Mopar guy. I was just never exposed to it. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Each month brought new revelations on how to tweak the EFI and set the cars up for best times. podcast_uncle-tonys-garage_episode-14-the-short-bus-stop_1000430351817_itemimage.png . It actually belonged to the Publishers wife, Diane Schneider. Very knowledgeable with some hilarious banter. With the anniversary of 9-11 upon us, we thought we would throw this one out there. It wasnt a supercar, but was stout enough to handily dust any late-model iron that cared to give it a try. The Attitude you & Neil brought to it was infectious. In early 2019, a tiny parking lot sat idly on 967 Mission St. By the fall, Kultivate Labs an economic development nonprofit and arts organization working to bolster San Francisco's SOMA Pilipinas district had transformed the space into a colorful, lush paradise for gathering and healing. share Share No_Favorite Favorite rss RSS. She knew nothing of our deal until a couple of hours after that picture was taken. Tony DeFeo. Tony is a firm believer in teaching people how to work on their cars without access to things like car lifts, paint booths, and rotisseries that cost thousands of dollars. I mean it was settled knowledge, like the Earth is round, that new cars were about style, image, and a polite, non-threatening level of balanced performance. Tony DeFeo grew up in Long Island, NY, where he was apparently kicked out of school at the age of 16 for stealing a school bus. Writer, Racer, Mechanic. If you have to charge it, its not a watch. Thanks for flying the flag way back in those dark ;dark days. I was fortunate enough to be able to document the grand opening of Uncle Tony's Garage Global Headquarters, by photographing the event. . https://www.spreaker.com/show/2968364/episodes/feed, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncle-tonys-garage/id1434024815. He's written for a lot of mags (under a lot of pseudonyms, too) and in my opinion, he's a walking encyclopedia much like Rick Ehrenberg. The shot that we ended up with (see above) was not the one that we had intended. Any money I did happen to come by was spent on my daily driver, a 69 Cougar with a 351 4 barrel and 4-speed. In that 2000 film, some of the 50 stolen cars were classic vehicles, including the1967 Ford Shelby GT500 dubbed as Eleanor. He wants to teach every day people how to restore their cars at little to no cost. This is probably the most talked about drag test in the history of drag tests. Tony's demo was educational as its best. I had typed it out at the very last minute..first draft, one shot, no time for editing before it needed to hit the printer. I watched that the other day and I agree 100% with him on this. Digging deep at the last minute (the way we did everything in those days) we decided to run it over to the corner of Wall and Broadway to lay some patches before the morning zoo kicked into high gear. "No. Trusted by 5,200 companies and developers. That got my attention, and in a big way. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Really, how much better could it be? Seriously, putting sock puppets on your hands would at least be more entertaining than watching you have a seizure with your arms and calling it dancing. THIS! Join Facebook to connect with Tony DeFeo and others you may know. Organizations, trends, and practices, that all tend to suck. Be the first one to, Episode 14: The Short Bus Stops At Many Interesting Places, podcast_uncle-tonys-garage_episode-14-the-short-bus-stop_1000430351817, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-14-the-short-bus-stops-at-many-interesting-places/id1434024815?i=1000430351817, https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/uncle-tonys-garage/id1434024815, https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/17110307/utg_podcast_14_mixdown.mp3, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). The rest is history. Anyhow, once Id finally graduated, obtained gainful employment and had a couple of paystubs to prove it, I started hitting the dealers. remove-circle Share This Collection. a literary genius named Tony DeFeo worked for such publications as "Cars Illustrated" and "High Performance Mopar." That guy wrote some fantastic stuff on street racing in the northeast United States. Too bad they don't have a stick available. This show has s great! Uncle Tony's Garage is similar to the great car magazines of the 60's and 70's. A wide variety of topics and features any gearhead can relate to. It actually belonged to the Publishers wife, Diane Schneider. Lives in Sunrise, Florida. A little back story on the publishing of this one. The numbers seem weak now, but thirty years ago, this blew a lot of minds. The automatic 5.0 Mustangs had 205 hp,different cam and not as quick as the 5 speed cars.. Mid 90s MM&FF, Cars Illustrated, 5.0 &SF, etc. If you cant find a car, rebuild it, win a show, and then sell it in one hour or less youre a lame-o. Episode 16: The Alternate Reality Of Automotive TV. I've owned almost 30 stangs personally and sold probably 100 more being in the car business. The car, BTW was not procured via the usual Press Pool route. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. East Figueroa you silently were my hero and I met you once. E. 5.0, auto, K&N air filter, 160,000 miles, Oxford white, pony 25 years plaque on dash, original as in stock. I guess they want more weekend mods compared to someone like me and my 3 year restoration plan. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). The rest is history. With the anniversary of 9-11 upon us, we thought we would throw this one out there. Put this image on your website to promote the show -, Episode 16: The Alternate Reality Of Automotive TV, Episode 15: Exploding Laundry Rooms And Hero Worship For The Masses, Episode 14: The Short Bus Stops At Many Interesting Places, Episode 13: They See A Chrome Wheel And They Want To Paint It Black, Episode 1: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The future, Report inappropriate content or request to remove this page. We yap about our favorite places, shop snobs, and hope for mechanical Millennials. Muscle cars, classic cars, street racers, drag racing, and builds on a serious budget. Episode 14: The Short Bus Stops At Many Interesting Places. Eat, Sleep, Wrench, Race. He didnt hate cars, per se, but he certainly didnt have much of a grasp of how the Gearheads mind worked. And if getting beat wasnt bad enough, turns out he still had a new car temporary tag on back. Put Tony Defeo's first and last name into the appropriate fields. Favorite Share. After all back then the Mustang was to be replaced by the Probe,yeah the Probe was to be the new Mustang lol.. 13.90s is what my Magnum RT ran in 05,I was so happy I thought we would never see those numbers again from a rear drive car ! His primary focus was Chrysler products between 1960 and 1980. Flipping through the pages of YouTube hero Tony DeFeo's work with CI Magazine - Awsome Mopar musclecar coverage. With our permanently revoked New York Driver's License, reputation for bringing . I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that Uncle Tony is the real deal. I was familiar with the so-called H.O. COLLECTION . Thanks for the nice words. BTW, that's Tony DeFeo. He also was one of the first guys to start running the 5.0 Mustang when it was new. We go inside a 500+ horsepower, $1,500 small blockand get inked. In this modern era of being able to change the thermostat in your home, from a computer in your pocket, while youre at work, its nice to be able to take a step back once in a while. August 6, 2018. All these years later I still have both cars, and my love for them is undiminished. I followed this channel for several years, before realizing he lives right down the street in Murfreesboro. Big Block A-Body stuff. Most of these stories are creatures from my past Im more than happy to leave dead and buried, but this one Im actually kinda proud of! There's been threads on here about his channel already. The man has a brilliant mind and a pleasure to be around. $20 per month. It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts. Julybien Atadero writes from the island of Cebu covering various automotive topics including new sports cars, classic muscles, pickup trucks and SUVs. 40:33. Finding pretty was easycoming up with words was not! In order to know Tony Defeo's phone number and address , simply follow these instructions below: 1. Eat, Sleep, Wrench, Race. We yap about our favorite places, shop snobs, and hope for mechanical Millennials. If and when I ever get the point where I can buy one of these cars, at least I know who I can pay and trust, to work on it. You were my inspiration for being the fastest pizza delivery driver in my hometown for the 4 days that I worked there in my 5.0 LX. About Uncle Tony's Garage. Noting that the greatest downside to a classic car is that it's very easy to steal, Tony readied the tools needed for his hotwiring demonstration: a trusty screwdriver, an appropriately bent coat hanger, a coin to shock the car and lastly the infamous hotwire for jumping from the battery's positive terminal to the coil's positive end.

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