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TMCP #619: Ask Rick — OEMs, Politics, and Profits; Plus Cars You Can Flip for Fun (and $$) at Football Tailgates

The MuscleCar Place

Robert Kibbe

Automotive, Leisure, Business, Careers

4.5702 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Muscle Car Place, Rick takes us inside the impossible yet fascinating world of OEM leadership—where shifting politics and billion-dollar bets make or break the future of the industry. Then, in true “Rick’s Take” fashion, he shifts gears to the fun side: which ’90s icons and classic rides make the best tailgate companions—and the smartest flips for ROI. From Corvettes and Cobras to Broncos and Foxbody Mustangs, Rick breaks down which cars will impress your buddies, hold value, and maybe even make you money after football season.

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0:00.0

The Muscle Car Place online podcast episode number 619.

0:04.9

This week, September is here.

0:06.2

Football is back, and Rick is on for the first show of the month.

0:09.6

Now, we're going to cover a lot here, starting with the dreams you would have taken if you didn't end up doing what you're doing now.

0:16.5

For Rick, he wanted to be an orthodontist.

0:18.7

What did you want to be?

0:19.9

At the end of the show, we will

0:21.3

review some cars that you could get for a deal to buy to take the football tailgates this year, to impress your friends, have some fun, and then sell to make a little coin. But in between that, we're going to discuss the debacle of the OEMs. On one side, they've got Halo cars like GTD, Mustangs and all-wheel drive drive Corvette that run at NERBURB ring on the weekends, and then on the other side, they have to figure out how to also make electric cars hybrids and navigate politics. Some of the cars OEMs makes will be future classics. Some won't. Rick will tell you, he, for one, is relieved that he's not the person in charge of an OEM. Trying to navigate all that stuff is just more than he wants to do.

0:57.2

But if he were in charge, here's what he would do.

1:00.4

I would literally just be lifting a middle finger to the governments and going whole hog

1:07.4

with what my people, my employees, my geniuses, my scientists.

1:16.5

This is the Muscle Car Place online podcast, brought you by National Parks Depot.

1:23.4

This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.

1:29.7

If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you.

1:36.0

Now here's your host, Rob Kibby.

1:39.6

Yes, indeed.

1:40.1

I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast.

1:43.3

Well, here we are, everybody. First

1:44.5

show of September, the world is back to full swing of the school year. Footballs are flying.

1:49.2

Rick is here to guide us through it all. Isn't that comforting? Going to be a fun discussion.

1:55.2

With school starting back up, it does make me kind of take that philosophical path. I want to discuss

1:59.8

the paths that we take in life.

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