TMCP #529: Ask Rick – New Year 2023! Ken Block Memories, Pickup Truck Restoration Market Growth, Return on Investment Cars

The MuscleCar Place

Robert Kibbe

Automotive, Leisure, Business, Careers

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year and welcome to 2023! It is once again time to talk with Rick about the burning questions of New Year's goals, blue chip muscle cars, and the best the restoration market will continue to grow (likely trucks). Unfortunately, as most of you have likely already heard, the death of Ken Block is where the initial focus of this episode is dedicated. Ken left a legacy in our work akin to Dale Earnhardt in some way, and he defined the pursuit of passion. He had two entirely different careers in founding DC Shoes and Hoonigan, and he is one person who will always leave an impression on all of us who are following in his footsteps. In the end though, he was a man who had a wife and three children, all of whom are now without him. Our sincere condolences and prayers go out to all of them.

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0:00.0	The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 529.
0:05.0	This week, it's the first show of 2023.
0:07.4	Rick Schmidt is here.
0:08.4	We'll talk about some goals, a slight change in the show format, and everything else you'd
0:12.5	expect for the first show of the year.
0:14.2	Rick is famous for not setting specific goals, but growth in his business has always been
0:19.6	a staple.
0:20.5	One area of growth that he has seen and expects to continue seeing, maybe this is important
0:24.6	for you too, is in trucks.
0:26.6	The pickup truck is one either in memory of our past relatives who used to drive a truck like
0:32.6	that, or it's a truck that was kept in the family over a generation or two.
0:38.4	But first, as a lot of you know, the automotive world was rocked by the news of Ken Block's
0:42.9	accidental death on January 2nd.
0:45.2	We will start there for sure.
0:49.7	This is the Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, brought you by National Parks Depot. This is the Muscle Car Place online podcast. Brought you by National Parks Depot.
0:56.4	This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.
1:02.7	If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you.
1:09.0	Now here's your host, Rob Kibby.
1:12.7	Yes, indeed. I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast. Well, happy New Year,
1:17.8	everybody. I hope you had a great Christmas break. 2023 kicks off with this show. Well, it kicked off
1:24.0	in January 1st, but we're kicking it off with this show. Rich Mitt will be here for our first show of the month.
1:29.0	We're going to talk about the big areas of growth that he saw at NPD, which is trucks.
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