The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 309.

This week, our guest is Rick Schmidt, car collector, fellow drummer, and the Grand Puba of National Parks Depot.

We talked everything from growing up inside of NPD literally, whether or not the big TV auctions are a good place to buy and sell,

and even business tips on determining which metrics

they use to add in new model to sell parts for. And here's a hint. It's the stuff you put your

shoes on and vacuum later. I kind of rely on carpeting manufacturers because carpet is a great

bell weather for how robust markets are. Isn't that pretty cool? It's cool.

Hi, I'm Lance Stander, CEO of Super Performance,

and you're listening to The Muscle Car Place.

This is the Muscle Car Place, weekly online podcast.

Brought to you by National Parks Depot.

This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide

who love American muscle cars.

Whether you're buying them, selling, restoring,

or even racing them, this is the place for you.

Now here's your host, Rob Kibby.

Yes indeed, I am Rob Kibby,

and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast. Well, good show today.

This is Rick Schmidt from NPD. I think you're really going to enjoy this one, especially if you like

the inside baseball of how companies work, especially automotive parts companies, how they figure out

what to choose parts to offer,

how to price them, what surprises them at times, things like that. More to the mix, though,

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