Atlas Obscura: Louie Mattar's Fabulous Car
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
In this episode from our friends at The Atlas Obscura Podcast, you'll visit the San Diego Automotive Museum in California to hear about one man's dream of creating the ultimate road trip car.
Their podcast is an audio guide to the world's wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, they'll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you'll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join them daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.
If you wanna hear more stories about America's quirky roadside attractions — and how to create your own — check out our recent episode "How To Put Your Town on the Map."
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Amanda Ripley. |
| 0:03.7 | So I know a lot of us are going to be driving or flying across the country in the coming |
| 0:08.2 | weeks to visit family for the holidays. |
| 0:10.9 | And while you're on the highway or in the air, we thought you might like this special |
| 0:14.8 | episode of the Atlas Obscura podcast. |
| 0:17.7 | The Atlas Obscura podcast is like an audio guide to the world's most wondrous, all-inspiring |
| 0:23.4 | places. |
| 0:24.4 | In this episode, they visit the San Diego Automotive Museum in California to hear about |
| 0:29.6 | one man's dream of creating the ultimate road trip car. |
| 0:34.0 | Check it out. |
| 0:36.0 | Hi, how's it going? |
| 0:39.2 | Amanda, nice to meet you. |
| 0:41.0 | Thanks for coming. |
| 0:42.0 | Oh, thanks for having us. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm at the San Diego Automotive Museum, which is tucked inside a large park near downtown. |
| 0:49.4 | Curator Maria Romano De Leon meets me at a side door to let me in. |
| 0:53.4 | Today, the museum is actually closed to the public, but I'm getting a private tour. |
| 0:59.5 | Maria leads me down a back hallway and pushes through a curtain into the main floor of |
| 1:03.5 | the museum. |
| 1:04.8 | It looks like a giant airplane hangar. |
| 1:07.1 | Oh my God, the Scooby Doo mystery machine. |
| 1:10.8 | Whoa. |
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