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The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

When will we run out of cars to re-imagine, restomod, or (dare we say), replicate? Is there a market for the 355 by Evoluto, or the Boreham Ford Escort Mk1? Some say yes. We get review both of these incredible cars and it brings us to larger questions: Are they better? Worth the money? What do you get? We drove both and get into it the good/bad and what they mean for "nostalgia builds" in general. Patreon questions include: Would BMW M buyers prefer an Alpina? Track days: what does "advanced" mean? Why does every hate my black ice air freshener? Cars we forgot still exist How to price a driving experience Should I Lemons race my old Alfa? The worst car we'd buy each other And more! Recorded May 11, 2026 SHOW NOTES Fitbod Join Fitbod today to get your personalized workout plan. Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at https://fitbod.me/TIRE Bluechew Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code TIRE. Visit https://BlueChew.com for more details and important safety information DeleteMe Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/tire/ and use promo code TIRE at checkout. Enter to WIN a 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo S! Podcast Link: https://www.dreamgiveaway.com/tickets/porsche?promo=SMOKINGTIRE Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities. Use Podcast Promo Code: SMOKINGTIRE Promo Code Offer: Get 4X bonus tickets with any donation of $25 or more. With every donation you are helping benefit some wonderful veterans' and children's charities. Want your question answered? To listen to the episode the day it's recorded? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! For a 10% discount on your first case go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST #cars #comedy #podcast Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? Matt Farrah here. Welcome to the Smoking Tire podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by Off the Record. You love Off the Record just as much as I do based on the number of emails I get from people who tell me that Off the Record absolutely took care of them when they got pulled over and accused of doing something bad in their car. That's right. If you get a ticket for anything big or small, don't plead guilty.
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0:59.6	All right, folks, on this episode of the show,
1:02.8	it's been a big week of driving for me,
1:05.5	and I have driven two very cool resto mods,
1:08.4	the Bora Motorworks Allen Man Escort, and Zach and I review the
1:13.7	Evoluto 355. I've brought along a stock one to compare to. That actually takes up most of our
1:21.6	show this week, and we've got a few questions from the patrons that give us some good other things
1:26.1	to ponder, but let's get this resto Mod episode of the Smoking Tire podcast going right now.
1:33.7	Excuse me.
1:35.0	I speak jive.
1:36.8	Are we live?
1:38.0	Yeah, that movie's so funny.
1:39.9	Hello, everybody.
1:40.7	I got duped in the hotel the other night on the fucking guide. Said airplane was on. Airplane was not on. But you know what is on? The volume on our television on the wall. No, it's not. I mean, yes, it is. I mean, it was. But it's fixed. I mean, it was. I mean, by yes. I mean, by no, I mean, yes.
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