Nostalgic Radio and Cars

Tuesdays 7-8PM (EST.) on WTAN-AM 1340 - FM 106.1 Clearwater/St. Petersburg/ Tampa and WDCF-AM 1350 - FM 102.3 Dade City/Zephyrhills/Wesley Chapel, Florida. Join us for some Classic Rock and some captivating conversations with our interesting and legendary guests about cars, boats and motorcycles. Topics cover collector car shows, concours, auctions, vintage and professional motorsports racing events as well as swap meets. Some of our guests have been Carroll Shelby, Jay Leno, Ted Nugent, Gregg Rolie, Mark Farner, Nick Mason, Dave Jenkins, Hulk Hogan, Larry The Cable Guy, Richard Rawlings, Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara, Roger Penske, Mario Andretti, Stirling Moss, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Peter Brock, Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Danny "The Count" Koker, Barry Meguiar, Bob Varsha and Wayne Carini to name a few. Want to win a prize on Nostalgic Radio and Cars? Listen and be the 4th caller on select shows to WIN! CALL 1-866-826-1340 during the show. To listen to ALL of our Past Shows Click on "Podcast Archive" at the top of this page. ENJOY THE SHOW!

07-06-2011 (24.72 MB)

Duration: 53:59 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 64 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ

July 06, 2011

Your show host Robert and special guest Alex Xydias. Alex is the original founder of So-Cal Speed Shop. After returning home from World War II and the European front, Alex opened the first speed shop in Southern California. He started working on hot rods and selling speed parts. Before the war, Alex used to hot rod out on the dry lakes, so it was only natural to resume that endeavor later. In 1948 he built the infamous lakester "So-Cal-Belly Tanker" which held the speed record at the time. In 1950 he built the sleek Ford flathead powered "So Cal-Streamliner" setting a new speed record of 210 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Alex continued racing in 1/4 mile drags where he continued to set records. In 1954 Alex was producing racing films and went to work for Peterson publications as editor of Car Craft and Hot Rod magazines. He was one of the founders of SEMA, the original high performance and custom products trade show. Today Alex is involved with Pete Chapouris and So-Cal speed shop and plays an active roll in promoting traditional hot rodding.
Visit So-Cal's webite:so-calspeedshop.com

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