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00:00We start at St. Paul, Minnesota, where 135 classics take on the great race, nine days,

00:24hidden checkpoints, and precision driving to South Carolina.

00:30Along the way, family teams and vintage flatheads show it's about more than miles, it's about

00:35memories.

00:37Next at Southfield Classics, brand new SE31T trucks roll out, GM 3100 replicas reimagined

00:45as all-electric hot rods.

00:47Finally, we hit Echo Park Speedway, where a 93 Toyota Supra gets a tune-up and prepares

00:53for the 2026 NOPE Nationals.

01:00We have 135-plus cars in the great race.

01:04Checkpoints along the way that they don't know in advance, and so the goal is you're

01:08going to stay on target.

01:09From start to finish, it's like family to me.

01:12Keeping it maintained, keeping it running hard, it's a complete family member.

01:16It's an experience.

01:17All the workers, all the towns that have been welcoming us.

01:20Winning an ace in the great race is just, it's one of the things that just lifts you

01:24up.

01:25Were we on time and everybody else was wrong?

01:26Were they on time and we were wrong?

01:28I guess we'll find out tonight.

01:29We're kicking off the great race in St. Paul, Minnesota.

01:32135 cars, hidden checkpoints, and nothing but precision driving.

01:37It's family, it's teamwork, and it's nine days of pure adventure all the way to South Carolina.

01:43Welcome to another great season of Sam's Garage.

01:48Check it out.

01:49We got the 240 back in action.

01:51We're at the great race, St. Paul, Minnesota, the start of the first day.

01:55Today is a practice run day.

01:57We just had a driver's meeting.

01:58Doug is in the building taking care of some business, and we're going to be going all

02:02the way down to South Carolina this year.

02:04You guys don't want to miss it.

02:05We're going to bring you half the episode, double the action from the great race.

02:09Even starting off at one of the biggest events in the country, which is the back to the 50s

02:14at the fairgrounds right here in St. Paul.

02:16I can't wait to go to the show tomorrow, where the start of the race is going to take off

02:20at noon from the show.

02:22I cannot wait.

02:23Volunteer.

02:24It's my sixth year on the great race.

02:26I kind of got wrangled into this six, seven years ago by Jeff Stone, the director of the

02:31great race.

02:32Riverside, California was my first stop.

02:34Showed up, and what you see in the background is what Jeff told me I needed to set up every

02:39day at the great race, at the finish line every day.

02:42So six years, seven years, we've been doing this every day for the great race, and everything

02:47that the great race brings to town each night.

02:50Me and my crew is in charge of setting up, and we've been doing it ever since.

02:54The camaraderie of the race cars, the race individuals, the teams, the drivers, the crew,

03:00Coker Tire, everybody, it's great being here.

03:04You look forward to it every year.

03:05It's only nine days, and then we get to spend 11 months and two weeks trying to figure out

03:11how to get back and where we're going.

03:12My oldest two sons have been with me two different years on the great race, and this year my youngest

03:17son's with me.

03:19Great family event.

03:20Jeff's wonderful to work for, and the whole great race crew.

03:23We look legit, right, because we've got the RV, we've got two chase vehicles, we've got the

03:27race car, we've got ladies in the background sitting with their dog.

03:30We've got the whole family out here to make sure that we're going to complete this race.

03:34And we're no longer novice this year.

03:36We're actually sportsmen, which means instead of coming in 89th place, we may come in 87th

03:42place, as long as Doug does his job, and I do my job driving.

03:46And you guys, this is a slow, technical race.

03:48It is all about how well you can follow instructions and drive the car at a steady pace, slowly.

03:55And so you think that this is easy.

03:57Actually much harder than a race you would normally go, you're trying to beat the time

04:00and go very fast.

04:02Much harder race than that.

04:03So you want to stay tuned.

04:04It's going to be very fun.

04:08Tim's quarters, okay?

04:09This is where Tim does all the driving.

04:11We have a new guy.

04:12His name is Anthony.

04:13And there's Deanne.

04:14She is here for the support team as well.

04:17She is Doug's better half.

04:19Fourth year, me and my brother.

04:20Each time we run the great race, we find something different that needs to be fixed on the car.

04:25And I think at this point, on our fourth year, I think we're in really good shape.

04:30We've rebuilt the transmission, we've built the engine, suspension, so the brakes for anybody

04:35that's into cars.

04:36If you don't have a support crew, you need to be able to work on your own car, which that's

04:40what we are.

04:41We're our own support crew.

04:42But we've got through everything, and here we are again.

04:49So what we've got here is a 1972, so we have a choke.

04:52That's in order to get the carburetors all ready to go when it's cold.

04:55That way it'll dump fuel.

04:57Let's see what happens.

04:58Let's see if this Nissan's as reliable as we think it is.

05:02You know, there's another type of choke too, and that's when Sam pisses me off and I do

05:08this.

05:09So that could happen today.

05:10If it doesn't happen today, it's going to happen at some point this week.

05:13Sam's Garage is presented by NHOU.

05:20Brought to you by the following companies.

05:43Welcome back to Sam's Garage, presented by NHOil Undercoding.

06:03The great race isn't just about cars.

06:06It's about family, heritage, and the thrill of the journey.

06:11From father-son teams to daughters navigating, these classics are rallying 2,300 miles with

06:16original flatheads and three speeds still going strong.

06:19We've been doing this since 2005 was our first year, so about 20 years now.

06:24It all got started with my grandpa.

06:26He started in 2000, father-son team.

06:29We do, in addition to the great race, we do a thing called the ISDE, which is an international

06:34motorcycle race that we support Team USA for every year, and a different country every

06:37year as well.

06:38The original 21-stud flathead V8 motor, three-speed transmission, original driveline.

06:44We actually just got done replacing the driveshaft coupler on the rear end.

06:48We ended up shearing almost all the splines off of it, so we just got that back together

06:53about an hour ago, so we're ready to go rallying now.

06:56The great race is about, really, in your case, and a lot of cases out here, hanging out with

07:00your family.

07:01Yeah, my daughter is the navigator, so she is the one responsible for keeping us on

07:05track and on time.

07:06I'm just the driver, which makes it a lot easier because if there's a mistake made, I don't

07:11get yelled at, and I don't yell at her.

07:13That is so true, right?

07:14The driver's got it made.

07:15Yep.

07:16You can't replace the time with them, so it's a fun sport.

07:19I really like the great races, good people that are out there.

07:24We take it to car shows, we take it to Cars and Coffee, we just take it whenever we want

07:28to go somewhere that people want to take a look at you, so that is so cool.

07:31And this is going to easily handle 2,300 miles.

07:33Yes.

07:34Very nice car.

07:35I think so.

07:36Real anxious to get to the fairgrounds tonight.

07:38We're at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

07:42I am here with my family at Back to the 50s.

07:46We work at thekeyguys.com.

07:49It's our family owned business, and we've been coming here for about 17 years.

07:55I'm not familiar with the great race, but I've now heard about it, and it sounds very

08:00cool and I'm excited to see it.

08:01I do like classic hot rods.

08:03If I could have one, it'd be a little bit too new to be here, but I would love to have

08:08a 64 and a half or 65 Mustang Fastback.

08:14Back to the 50s show.

08:15Look at all the people.

08:16Look at all the cars around us.

08:18This is the biggest event in the country every year.

08:2110,000 to 15,000 cars show up registered.

08:24That's not including the people who are coming through the gate.

08:26Pretty cool.

08:27We had a very interesting day today.

08:30We ended up with a really good score overall.

08:31We still came out with an ace.

08:33A seven-second day.

08:34Three seconds of that we can't be blamed for.

08:36Right before the last checkpoint on the day, we come around the corner and there's the wonderful

08:40public.

08:41Just decided to park their car in the middle of the road, which why wouldn't you?

08:44I mean, that's what roads are for, right?

08:45Right.

08:46And so we come up.

08:47We have to stop behind this car.

08:49The car freaks out.

08:50We did the right thing and started yelling curse words at the top of our lungs and continued

08:54on our way once they got out of our way.

08:56We're trying to make up all the time we lost right there.

08:58We come around a corner.

08:59Boom.

09:00Checkpoint.

09:01We got caught with three of our seven seconds on the day right there.

09:06You go to the website.

09:07You're going to register.

09:08You're going to get online.

09:09There's going to be a two-year waiting list.

09:10Once you get here, you're going to go through what you saw Doug going through when you're

09:13going to go through inspections, when you get all your stickers if you haven't already

09:16put them on your car.

09:18There's a lot of stuff on YouTube for the rookies to learn how to do it.

09:22There's a lot to it.

09:23For you pilots out there, to kind of give you an example of what it's like, it's like

09:27instrument flying for eight hours.

09:29You've got to be so focused all the time, otherwise you can miss a turn.

09:34Just in a blink, you can miss it.

09:36Or your speed may not be right.

09:37Absolutely.

09:38The only thing you guys need is a 1974 or older vehicle, and this is the back to the

09:4250s show, so everything 64 and older is only allowed here.

09:46But they made an exception for us because we do have cars up to 74 here amongst the show.

09:51So that's pretty cool they made that exception for us.

09:53It's an incredible turnout, it was so much fun today, it shook the rust off.

09:57We just had a fantastic time.

09:59Today we're going to be showing you guys how you can prevent rust.

10:13It's a 1968 Corvette, numbers matching big block, four speed car.

10:17I bought it in October, restored it, just a great car, taking it on the power tour.

10:21I drive it, try to put some miles on it, but not too many because of the original motor.

10:26And we're here today to try to do a little rust prevention.

10:29There's an issue with the frame in that the cross rails and the side rails.

10:32I noticed when I was under the car a thousand times doing the restoration.

10:36You can see little pieces of surface rust up inside the frame rails.

10:40They have drain holes, but I think moisture still gets up there and creates some surface

10:43rust.

10:44So I've blown that out to blow as much of the rust out as possible.

10:47And you and I had a conversation about it and you recommended that we use the NHLU spray.

10:52We're going to use a nozzle, we're going to take this, we're going to spray it all in

10:55the cavities of the frame.

10:56This is also very good that if you guys got engines sitting around like I do, stored,

11:00waiting for a project in the future, the cylinders can get rusty.

11:04So take your sparkler out and spray some of this in the cylinders as well and that'll

11:07do a nice coating of oil, unlike something that would maybe coat it for a second then

11:11run off.

11:12This will actually stay.

11:13And then when you go to crank the engine up, it'll just burn out completely.

11:16So you want to do rust prevention?

11:18Check out NHLU.

11:21Welcome back to more Sam's Garage presented by NHLU.

11:31At Southfield Classics, we're checking out the brand new SC31T trucks, replicas of the

11:37iconic GM 3100, built from scratch right here in the USA.

11:43These aren't restorations.

11:45They're all electric hot rods with Wilwood brakes, custom chassis and zero maintenance

11:49headaches.

11:50Here we are today at Southfield Classics.

11:53I'm here with Dan Paul.

11:55He is the COO of this manufacturing company of building the most iconic series of GM trucks.

12:01Correct.

12:02The 3100 replica that we built under the new replica car law.

12:08And you guys, these are done to the nines.

12:11Think of it as a hot rod, right?

12:12It's got all the components you would use when building these cars from scratch.

12:17Wilwood brakes, quick performance nine inch for your end, boxed in frame because you guys

12:21built the frame from scratch.

12:22Correct.

12:23We do all our own chassis work.

12:24We do all our own body placement, fitment.

12:26All the body panels are built in house.

12:28So basically everything on this truck is built in house with all brand new parts.

12:32Now let's talk about the power train of these vehicles.

12:34You see, they're absolutely beautiful hot rod trucks.

12:37These are brand new, but they're high voltage, all electric.

12:40And that's what makes them even cooler because you guys cool is cool, fast is fast.

12:45And I remember being in the kid in the eighties going to Radio Shack and getting a remote control

12:49car, hearing those sounds and having the fun that you had with them.

12:52Now it's just a bigger version of it.

12:54You're out there.

12:55You got smiles ear to ear because you're in this beautiful truck and it just takes you

12:59back to your kid because of the noise that you're hearing.

13:02Correct.

13:03It sounds a lot like a, like you said, like a small RC car only amplified by 10.

13:07So you got a nice whine or a whistle, but that's the only sound you're going to

13:10hear.

13:11If you're in drive mode, regular mode, you can actually creep up on people.

13:14They never hear you coming.

13:15Absolutely.

13:16And these are got no issues as far as maintenance goes.

13:19You've got regular maintenance, you got brakes, you got tires.

13:22You'd only have any minimal cooling hoses and the cooling system is only there to keep

13:26the inverter cool, right?

13:27Correct.

13:28It's only there.

13:29It's a low pressure system.

13:30It only has about five pounds of pressure and it's basically just to travel and pump

13:33through the system, keep the batteries and the motor and the inverter cool as you go.

13:37Yeah.

13:38No, no issues as far as reliability goes.

13:40These high voltage vehicles don't have any of those problems.

13:42So it's just nothing but absolute satisfaction and joy.

13:45Done to the nines.

13:47Brand new vehicles.

13:48Every part of them is brand new and through this season on Sam's garage, we're going to

13:52be showing you every bit of these vehicles.

13:55There are individual components and how they're assembled, what makes them new and how they're

13:59certified.

14:00Correct.

14:01We're going to go through the whole process of how we actually build a vehicle from scratch,

14:04from absolute nothing, build up through the whole process to we actually complete a vehicle

14:08by the end of the season.

14:09And if you guys are in the customization industry, you know that if you wanting a car, let's say

14:14you want a custom car, you're looking at two to five, six years, sometimes even more.

14:18In this case, you're going to have a brand new manufactured vehicle within six months'

14:22time.

14:23And they're going to build it just like that Restomod.

14:25Correct.

14:26We're actually going through the process at least two times.

14:28Sometimes it's multifaceted and multifit.

14:30But what we're trying to do is basically eliminate that time factor to where you don't

14:33have to wait two years to have your Restomod.

14:35This way you can actually come in, pick your colors, pick your interior, pick your wheels

14:39and tires, and you're on the road in six months.

14:41And these things are all built right here in America.

14:43GM certified bits and pieces.

14:44We're going to show you how to put them together.

14:46The original frame rails, they get modified right here in Brazelton, Georgia.

14:49They get assembled, they are fully 100% USA made, and that makes them even cooler.

14:54It does, and it helps with a lot of the tariffs that are going on now.

14:58We try to keep as much as we can in the United States to keep everything moving forward.

15:01All right, Dan, so let's say somebody is interested in purchasing one of these vehicles.

15:04What steps do they have to take?

15:05So the process basically is to contact us, come out and talk with us.

15:08We'll sit down in the office and we'll go over and build projections, what you want

15:12it to look like, and then we'll talk about price and value.

15:15Usually what we do is we take a deposit up front to get started, get all the parts in.

15:18Once we have all the parts in place, then we start production on the vehicle.

15:21So you can go to Southfield Classics, come on out, and you can get yourself a brand new SC31T.

15:27Sam's Garage is presented by NH Oil Undercoding.

15:40Is brought to you by the following companies.

15:43Welcome back to Sam's Garage presented by NHOU.

16:04We're getting ready for the 2026 Nopi Nationals.

16:16And nothing says iconic like a 93 MK4 Toyota Supra.

16:21From its legendary twin turbo inline six to 2,000 plus horsepower single turbo builds, this car rewrote the rule book.

16:32Getting ready for the Nopi Nationals. By the time you guys see this, you'll be thinking about 2026 September Nopi Nationals.

16:37Next week, September 13th and 14th, we have a big show going on.

16:41And this right here is one of the most iconic cars that is part of that show.

16:44So this right here is a 1993 MK4 Toyota Supra.

16:48It's funny because behind me is its bigger brother.

16:51Back in the day when they made these two cars, this was the rich man Supra.

16:55It's identically the same as far as the chassis and powertrain goes, but non-turbo.

16:59Then later on, this became the poor man Supra. So that's kind of funny.

17:04What made this vehicle so iconic was the power plant that's in it.

17:11This is an inline six twin turbo made 320 horsepower from the factory.

17:15With some bolt-ons and a little bit of tuning, you can make 415 at the wheels.

17:20But if you were to remove the factory turbos and put on a big single turbo with equal runners on the exhaust manifold,

17:27you can make upwards of 2,000, 3,000 horsepower depending on how well-built the engine block is.

17:33So the engine is very, very, very strong, popular for that reason.

17:38It's one of the dominating engines on the street.

17:41That's why they're so iconic.

17:43Forever they've been completely supported by the aftermarket community and nothing has slowed down since.

17:48So this right here is very iconic, but it's got a couple problems.

17:51This is an old school build. It's absolutely beautiful.

17:54It's kept itself in very nice shape.

17:56It was built in the late 90s. It's got a wide body kit on it.

17:59And it's got the original spark plugs tie in both everything since 1993, which makes it 32 years old.

18:05So we have a misfire and we're going to diagnose the misfire.

18:12First thing I would do to diagnose a misfire, this thing has problems.

18:15We do have a check engine light for a code 14.

18:17What happens is that wire is really small and it starts to corrode under the hood.

18:22Right at the connector, about two inches from the pin, it's all green.

18:26So what I did was I went back in about two or three inches further, put a new little pigtail,

18:31took the pin out, put the wire onto the pin, put it back into the connector and fixed that portion of it.

18:35The first thing I did was also go to the coils and I unplugged the coils one by one to see which cylinder is misfiring.

18:42It's hard to get to the injectors and it's hard to get to the exhaust manifold with a temperature gun.

18:46The best way to do it is to go through each coil pack and disconnect them and see which one does not change the way the engine runs.

18:54That'll be your misfire. In this case, it's cylinder number two.

18:57So the first thing I did was change the wire and make sure it's fixed.

19:01I have an igniter in my toolbox from back in the old days.

19:04I went ahead and plugged it up making sure it's not the igniter.

19:07So then I went ahead to the computer and made sure that the pin for that reference signal wire is good.

19:12Everything under the computer is non corroded and totally fine.

19:16So I went ahead and changed out the computer because I have those in my toolbox as well.

19:21See, back in the day we built a bunch of these.

19:22Now I'm able to continue on with my maintenance.

19:25What I'm going to do is change out all the spark plugs.

19:28And what's going to happen is half of those connectors are going to break because they're 32 years old.

19:32So I'm going to have to get new connectors and re-pin them.

19:35Put new spark plugs in, put new valve cover gaskets in.

19:39The time belt is original. This is a non-interference motor, but why take the chance, right?

19:43So I'm going to go ahead and change out the time belt.

19:45The water pump, if you want to change it out, you can.

19:47This is a Toyota. They last forever.

19:49In some cases, an old Toyota water pump is better than the new one off the shelf.

19:54So I'm going to go ahead and put a time belt on it, put spark plugs on it.

19:57Make sure everything is cool.

19:59And I'm going to take it down to Echo Park Speedway this weekend at the Nopi Nationals Super Show.

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20:25Starting with the precision of the great race and the family stories that fuel it,

20:30to cutting edge builds at Southfield Classics,

20:32and the timeless power of the Supra heading to the Nopi Nationals.

20:36Every story reminds us of why we love these machines and the people behind them.

20:40Stick with us all season long because at Sam's Garage, we're just getting warmed up.

20:45So what about this?

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