1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to you stuff you should know from house Stuff 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: Works dot com. Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bright and Jerome Jerry 4 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: Did we say your last name the day? We've never 5 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: said it? Okay, She's like, keep it that way, Jerome 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: Jerry Blank, Jerry Blank. That's a real person, right. No. 7 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: She was on Strangers with TV. Yeah yeah, okay. I 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: was like, man, I know that name. Yeah, the name right? Yeah. Yeah. 9 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: She really cleaned herself up and went on to become 10 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 1: a spokesperson for Downe. Amy Saiderius Jerry Blank, Oh yeah, 11 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: they're one and the same. Yeah, I love Amy, Saidaris. 12 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: I like the Siderus is some people, don't, aren't they fighting? Oh? 13 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: Amy and David like a lot, David and everybody else. 14 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: I think he wrote like some New Yorker article about 15 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: his stid sister. There's sister who I think I can't 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: remember what happened, but she wrote like a memoir about her, 17 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: and I think the New Yorker. They got mad and 18 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: the rest of his family like called him out on 19 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: like the inconsistencies and errors and and facts, and maybe 20 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: they were tired of it because all he's done is 21 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: right about his family. Yeah. I guess they're like, that's it, David. Yeah, 22 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: no more, we're done, cut us in or we're gonna 23 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: cause big trouble for you. I was about to do 24 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: my David Sadaris and then I realized, like, I don't 25 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: do it, David Sadarison. I could, but yeah, I'm not 26 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: gonna go there. So limos. Yeah, at least some of 27 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: the saidarus Is ride around in limousines. I bet they have, uh, 28 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,639 Speaker 1: and I can guarantee they have because Chuck, It turns 29 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: out the definition of a limousine is way broader you 30 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: would think, Yeah, it's It doesn't necessarily mean some super 31 00:01:54,920 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: stretch No, but it can sure. Basically, a limousine technically 32 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: is any car with a roomier back seat than the 33 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: average car. And if you throw in a driver, you 34 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: you there's nobody who's gonna say that's not a limo. 35 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: You can be like, yes it is, yea and be right. Yeah. 36 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: Like technically, if you want to get a hire a 37 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: town car to take you to the airport, technically that's 38 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:22,679 Speaker 1: a limousine. Yeah, you know the car services in New York, 39 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: those are limos. That's right to have me in Atlanta too? 40 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: Do they have a car service here in Atlanta? Are 41 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: you kidding me? All I see are just the worst? 42 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: Oh yes, yeah, yeah yeah, because there's a special tag. Yeah. 43 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: Did you know that Atlanta taxi drivers are the worst 44 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: taxi drivers on the planet? Um? Have you noticed from 45 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: experience that it's pretty bad? But I just uber it 46 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: now that's different. Yeah, that's different than the taxis. Oh no, 47 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: that's what I'm saying. That's why I uber it because 48 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: they're different than the taxis. Yeah. Seriously, anybody who comes 49 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 1: to Atlanta, if you make it out of Hartsfield, look 50 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: around at the town next season, how they drive, your 51 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: mind will be scrambled. It's crazy. I think cabbies are 52 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: kind of like that everywhere with no no, like very 53 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: frequently they are the best drivers in the entire city. 54 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: They know where they're going. They don't just meander, they 55 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: don't like drift into lanes, they don't drive super slow. 56 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: I've had the opposite experience most most cabs that I've 57 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: been in, the driver was pretty great. Usually when I'm 58 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: in a cab in New York City, I wonder, is 59 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: this the ride where we hit somebody? Or some other car. Yes, 60 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: but you don't. And they're going really fast. In Atlanta, 61 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: they drive ten miles an hour and hit everything. They 62 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: just sideswipe everything. Slow and lousy, come to it, Lanter. 63 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: So anyway, we're talking limousines, man, let's get back on track. Yeah, 64 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: I should say to I hate limousines. Like I love 65 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: a good town car ride to or from an airport, 66 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: but as far as a stretch limousine, I just hate 67 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: that whole thing, just a little kind of hey, look 68 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: at me. Oh, it's just dumb. It's longer, and it's 69 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: got a bar. It's just I don't know. I think 70 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: the whole thing is stupid and like just part of 71 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: that whole narcissistic culture that I despise. You know, I've 72 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: got money, so I wanted to be in a longer 73 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: car with a TV in it. Well for a very 74 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: long time. If you wanted a TV in your car 75 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: or a phone, yeah, your car better be double the 76 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: size of the normal version of it. All right. I 77 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: just had to get on my soapbox. Like if it's 78 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: for prom and you're all going in, like I get 79 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: like a fun thing like that, but or a fur bus, 80 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: the fur bus for your niece's birthday, Like we did 81 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: that was fun? What you never done that? No? I 82 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: thought you were saying we rented it for my niece's birthday. No, 83 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: my niece's birthday. You weren't a part of it is 84 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: my family, and I wasn't invited. Scott invited me. This 85 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: is before I knew you, my friend. Um. Anyway, I 86 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: can see the fun of it occasionally, but just as 87 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: a means of transportation, I think it's pretty not just 88 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: got especially those huge, huge like hammer stretches. I just 89 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 1: wanted like to de materialize those with my eyes. I 90 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: wish I could shoot a laser beam and d me 91 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: and expose the people within just all all of a 92 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: sudden they're on the street with their bourbon and coke 93 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: on what happened to my super stretched summer. I wonder 94 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: how you'd have to do that, so like your your 95 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: laser be my eyes would have to just just fiberglass, 96 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: like destroy fiberglass and steel and upholstery and rubber. Yeah, 97 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: there you go. So uh. I think, as we've stayed in, 98 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: a limousine doesn't necessarily have to be what you hate. 99 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: It can also be just a car that's driven by 100 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: somebody where you got a roomy back seat for the 101 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: passenger and I speak trunk. But even before that, even 102 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: if you want to say, wow, it's a broad definition 103 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: the limousine. Man, let's go even further back and include 104 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: clothing as a limousine in the definition of limousines. That's right, 105 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: because I learned, as I imagine you did, the word 106 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: limousine comes from a town in France called Limousine. Limousine. 107 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: We'd like to introduce our new principal Skinner. Principal see 108 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: war Skinner. That's that is one of the all time greats. Um. Yes, 109 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: it was limousine without the E on the end. And 110 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: like you said, the original limousine wasn't a car. It 111 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: was a kind of like a little hooded raincoat that 112 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 1: protected you. Yeah, like little red riding hood wore a limousine. Yeah. 113 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: It was, yeah, a hooded cloak. And it was invented 114 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: in limousin France, and it became synonymous with limousine France 115 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: because they called it a limousine. That's right. Uh. So 116 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: as people started um building coaches that protected the uh, 117 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: the rider, the passenger from the elements, They're like, wow, 118 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: that's kind of like a hooded cloak in a really 119 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: weird way, a little bit of a stretch. Let's start 120 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: calling these limousines. Yeah, even if it was a horse carriage. Um, 121 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: the idea that you were not driving this carriage and 122 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: you had a nice little comfy seat that's covered in 123 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: the back, they called it a limous scene. And very frequently, 124 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: probably all the time is a better way to put it. Um, 125 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: The driver himself wasn't covered, like there was just the 126 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: passengers that were covered. Now you'll get rained on and 127 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: like it exactly. If you complain, we'll put you on 128 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: the rack, that's right. And this continued until the they 129 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: started building regular as I think Jonathan Strickland wrote this 130 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: what he calls horseless carriages very cheekily a k a. 131 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: The automobile. Uh. And they called those limousines. And they 132 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: started like very early on in New York City they 133 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: started someone started a limousine service, I think in the twenties. Yeah, 134 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: not too bad. Um. And these cars, the first early, 135 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: the earliest limousines were basically built from the ground up, 136 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: like you you built a car with the intention of 137 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: building a like a stretch, longer car, a limousine as 138 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: we understand it today. Um. And it might not be 139 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: like a stretch sedan. Some of the early limousines um 140 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: looked a lot like station wagons or like an old 141 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: model T station wagon, you know what I'm saying. Um. 142 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: But very quickly these companies figured out that it would 143 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: be vastly easier to take an already manufactured car and 144 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: stretch it, basically do conversion, and that became the tradition 145 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: for a very long time, thinks, starting in the twenties. Yeah, 146 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: and luxury cars obviously from the beginning where the prime targets, 147 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: because this is what rich people were used to having 148 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: their fannies sit upon while they were being driven around. 149 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: So Mercedes, Benz and Cadillacs and Fleetwoods and le Baron's, 150 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: we're all prime candidates. Even the famed Bentley had a 151 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: limousine the ore Nag that they made only twenty of. 152 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: Did you look at that? It's pretty sweet? Yeah, I 153 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: gotta admit, yeah, Vernon limousine guy, I was like, that's 154 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: kind of nice. That's a very nice car. Uh. You 155 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: ever written in a Bentley for any reason? I haven't either. 156 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: Now you can get a Chrysler that looks like a Bentley. 157 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: Was that the three hundred? I don't know I called 158 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: I think it is the three Call him Fentley's for 159 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 1: some reason. Um, John Varvatos had a three hundred edition? 160 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: Was that edition? He's a clothing designer, And in the 161 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: ad for his edition of the Chrysler three hundred, it's 162 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 1: him and Iggy Pop. Just randomly. Iggy Pop is in 163 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: the ad with him. I guess they were getting wasted 164 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: together that day that he had to film. Did he 165 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: have a shirt off? I probably, I can't remember. Yeah, 166 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: you don't seem with a shirt that much. Uh. He's 167 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: very proud of his wiry, muscular body. I don't blame him. 168 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: All right, I think we've wasted enough time, So let's 169 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: right after this break talk about that limo conversion because 170 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: to me, that's about the most interesting part of limousines. 171 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: All Right, we're back and we were talking about limo conversion. 172 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: Like you said, early on, they used to build a 173 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: limo to be a limo. Yeah, like just some guy 174 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: would build a car from the ground up and he 175 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: would build an extra long and that's where the early 176 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: limousines came from. Yeah. It was a company called arm 177 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: Brewster in ninety eight where they Arkansas. It was I 178 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: think they're American. I don't they are American. I don't 179 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: remember if it's in Arkansas or not, but it was. 180 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: Actually I found in a right up on the company 181 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: from seven. It says three is when they built their 182 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: first limousine, and that by at least ninety six they 183 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: were doing conversions. Because there's a picture of an early 184 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: stretched buick that they made, and they realized that conversions 185 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: was where it was at. Right, Let's like an existing car, 186 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: cut it in half and stick something in the middle 187 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: of those two pieces, right, because somebody else is going 188 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: to the trouble of building, the engine of designing, like 189 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: the dynamics of figuring out how to put the tires 190 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: where and all that. Why do all that? Like, yeah, 191 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: when you can just cut a car in half and yeah, 192 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: add more car and then bam you have a stretched limousine. 193 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 1: I had no idea they did it this way. No. 194 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: When I read it the first time, I was like, 195 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: surely he just made a he's made a horseless carriage joke. 196 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: I know this mus to be a joke as well. 197 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: Now that's how a lot of limousines are made. And 198 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: it's funny you bring up the three hundred Chrysler three D, said, 199 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: the one that looks like a Bentley. Um, because I 200 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: saw um, I guess a test of one of them 201 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: that was, like, Chrysler builds these three hundred stretch limousines. Yeah, 202 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: so if you see it Chrysler three M limousine, it 203 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: was built by Chrysler most likely, which is very unique 204 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: these days. Right, Yes, because for the most part, like 205 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: you're saying, the industry standard is some company will get 206 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: a hold of a Cadillac or a Lincoln town car 207 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: cut in half like you say, and then add to 208 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: it and there's a stretched limousine. Yeah. The process goes 209 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: a little something like this. Uh. They stripped that sound 210 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: like I was gonna sing it, and they strip all 211 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 1: the interior out. They protect everything that's in there obviously. Uh. 212 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: Strickland says, the use fire resistant paper on everything, which okay, sure, 213 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: why not? I guess you don't want it to catch 214 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: the fireway you're doing it. Um, you're going to mount 215 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: it on a set of rails that can be adjusted 216 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 1: to get your car off the ground. Keep it all 217 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: aligned properly, because when you're adding more car. You have 218 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: to have it super aligned, and then they cut the 219 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: thing in two pieces. Yeah, and not lengthwise, No, No, 220 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: that'd be weird. I guess you can make it a 221 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: lot wider, but you're you're looking for length and maybe 222 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: that's the new limousine just like UM. Apparently the industry 223 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 1: agrees that you typically can't go more than double the 224 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: size the original size of the car UM. Other than 225 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: after that, it's just probably not going to pass any 226 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: safety tests, which we'll talk about a minute. But once 227 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: the car is cut in half, hopefully you remember to 228 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: put the car on these rails that elevate it, and 229 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: that some of the rails are attached to a dolly 230 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: so you can separate the car to the length you want. 231 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: If not, you have to basically throw it away and start. 232 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 1: But so if you you pull one, usually the rear 233 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: back from the front, and then you go and add 234 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: UM rails basically the extenders that that are going to 235 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: lengthen the car. That's right. Uh, And like I said, 236 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: your car is is temporarily braced to keep it from 237 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: twisting or moving around because you want it like to 238 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 1: be super exact. Obviously, because if the front of your 239 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: car is a half inch to the right from the 240 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: rear of your car. That's bad. Um. You then you're 241 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 1: gonna ad what's called the floor plan or floor pan. Sorry, 242 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 1: and it's basically the floor of the limo, which will 243 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: later on become carpeted and upholstered and everything, but for 244 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: the time being, it's just a piece of metal that 245 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: is the floor of your new edition. Yeah, and that 246 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: is after you have done all the other boring stuff 247 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: like extending the drive line, making sure you have because 248 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: you know your wiring is not long enough. Nothing is 249 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: long enough, and you just have to know because you've 250 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: just cut in half. Yeah, like he's a huge gap. 251 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: You literally just have to extend all those parts. Uh, 252 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: you know, the brake line, all that boring stuff. You 253 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: have to just extend all that stuff. Yeah. I got 254 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: excited about the floor pan and you stick in your 255 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: floor pan and then you well, hold on, I want 256 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: to say something about the floor pan and the drive line. 257 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: So you've extended the power train, right, the thing that 258 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: that big thing that like powers the back wheels that 259 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: no one knows what it is. Yeah, but you've extended 260 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: that thing. Yeah, you just hear like powertrain warrantinam people 261 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: are always liked, that's like the steering and the axles 262 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: and the the thing that that spins around and spins 263 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: your rear accle and all that. That's your power train. 264 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: It's true. So you have to add to that because 265 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: you've just cut through it again. And then you add 266 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: the floor pan, which is the floor of the limousine. Um. 267 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: And do you remember that limousine fire from I think 268 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: last year, a couple of years ago, which killed the 269 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: bride to be on the San Mateo Bridge. Um. Apparently, 270 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: they the California Highway Patrol investigated and ruled in an accident, 271 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: but it was because the floor pan of the limousine 272 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: that had been added later was up against the drive 273 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: train and the friction created enough heat and spark that 274 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: apparently there's a crack in the floor pan and that 275 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: heat came up and caught the upholstery on fire. And 276 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: that's where the fire came from, was from this modification 277 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: that had taken place years before. Well, which is one 278 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: reason why, uh, Cadillac doesn't want their name on that limo, 279 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: let's say, because it has been modified by someone other 280 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: than Cadillac. Right, But Cadillac's name is still on the 281 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: limo as far as the US government is concerned. Once 282 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: you cut a car in half and extend it, you're 283 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: the new manufacturer. Cadillac says, well, that's great. We've got 284 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: a bunch of yahoo's running around cutting our cars in 285 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: half making them longer. But if somebody sees it on 286 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: the road, or somebody sees a photo of it with 287 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: the trunk burned out, they see the Cadillac. So Cadillac 288 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: and other companies like four it have programs to basically 289 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: certify train and go back and um investigate uh, the 290 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: people who are doing these conversions. Yeah, because we didn't mention. 291 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: But when you make a car uh substantially longer and heavier, 292 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: you might have to modify the brakes some You might 293 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: have to modify how it turns. You might have to 294 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: reinforce the suspension or the frame itself, because you can't 295 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: just make a car twelve feet longer and expect it 296 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: to behave the same way right exactly like the original 297 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: stopping power was for the twelve ft car at the 298 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: car So you do have to do some modifications. Yeah, 299 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: but those companies are super smart to have official programs. 300 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: I think because every car, even if it is UH 301 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: modified later, has to to be roadworthy, has to pass 302 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: the federal motor Vehicle safety standards. That's right. Cadillacs program 303 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: is called the Cadillac Master Coach Builder Program. It's pretty awesome. 304 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: Ford has something called the Qualified Vehicle Modifier Program. And 305 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 1: so basically they're saying, hey, if you're gonna be doing this, 306 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: and you can legally do this, we're gonna make sure 307 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: you do it right. That's right. Um, I guess what 308 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: time it is time to getting her lima. Not yet, 309 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: it's time for a message preak all right. So we 310 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 1: mentioned that the limo generally speaking, even though they've gotten 311 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: ridiculous these days, UH, shouldn't be more than twice as 312 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: long as it originally was. UH. And since you can't 313 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 1: get that much longer, what you can do is, if 314 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: you want to impress UH people and get their business 315 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: is trick it out on the interior as much as possible. 316 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: Yes with you name it, man, and they've got it. Yeah. 317 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: Plasma TVs and hot tubs and bars and sound systems 318 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: and like anything you can think of. It's it's a 319 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: it's littered with neon and tacky things. In my opinion, 320 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: tachis the right word. I think, Yeah, not for me. 321 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: Did you see um if you go to the Ripley's 322 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: Believe it or Not Museum in Branson? Have you been there? 323 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: I want to go to Branson some day before SnO 324 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: has his own place. Yeah, I'm going. Sure, Humi's gonna 325 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: take me surprise. That hasn't happened. I'm kind of We've 326 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 1: been going other places, but um, in Branson there's a 327 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: thirty ft pink Cadillac Stretch limousine that has a heart 328 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: shaped hot tub in the trunk area that also has 329 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: Josh's forty birthday written. A birthday present would be the 330 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: limo itself. I like to own it. Yeah yeah, just 331 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: drive around Atlanta, that'd be awesome. Drive around anywhere you 332 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: can drive around Branson, it'd be fine. You've got like 333 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: a hot tub in your car. Uh. I love how 334 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: Strickland also points out, I don't know when this was written. 335 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: Muslims also have telephones installed in case all fourteen of 336 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: your cell phones are broken. I made note of that 337 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: as well. All right, there's some other considerations if you 338 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: want to drive a limo, because you can be a 339 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: private person and drive a limo, just like hire yourself 340 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 1: out or go work for some rich person. I thought 341 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: you meant like the kind of person who keeps to 342 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: himself for herself. No, no, no, I mean you don't 343 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: have to necessarily work for a limousine company. You can 344 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: just buy your limo and say I'm I'm Chuck the 345 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: limo driver, you know, or I want to long as 346 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: you have the proper hat, that's right, You're fine and 347 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: call yourself betterment. UM licensing, it depends on what states 348 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: you're in. Uh, it depends wildly. Some states you can 349 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: don't need any kind of special license. Some states just 350 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: say fill out this form, probably give us fifty bucks. 351 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: Some say bring your limo and although, how would you 352 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: do that if you're not licensed, I guess tow truck. Yeah, 353 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: get your limo here and take this test in your 354 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: limo to make sure you can drive that behemoth blindfolded. 355 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: Blindfolded part of the test. So it all depends on 356 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: what states you live in. UM safety standards are the 357 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: same for any other car. Like we said, yeah, and 358 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: and the car that you bought to convert already before 359 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: you ever bought it went through the the safety tests. 360 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: But now that you've converted it, it has to go 361 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: through safety tests again, so they include things like crash tests. 362 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: And if you're interested in that, there's Limo crash tests 363 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: on YouTube. Does it show rich people inside like with 364 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: their drinks flying around? Man? But you you uh, you're 365 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: you're not down with the one percent, are you? No? 366 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: I just think a crash test dummy and an evening 367 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: gown might look funny. That's a funny you say that 368 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: because one of the ones, Um, I guess it's some 369 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: Is it Australian Fifth Gear? Maybe it seemed like it 370 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: was pretty cheeky. They were clearly drunk in the on 371 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: the show, but it was like, um, it was a 372 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: Limo crash test and uh they put their clothes their 373 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: evening gown and talks on crash test dummies. So I mean, yeah, 374 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: you have to look up Fifth Gear Limo. Um, I 375 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 1: guess Limo crash test is what would bring it up. 376 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: And yeah, they're clearly drunk because they spend the first 377 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: like three minutes drinking and then mooning people out of 378 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: the limo. And I'm like, what where is this thing from? 379 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: And I saw it was Australia oh, those wacky Aussies. 380 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: But it's pretty cool crash test because they have some 381 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: great cameras set up in like they don't put seatbelts 382 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: on the on the dummies, they're just flying around. Yeah, 383 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: it's pretty neat crash test. I do need to see 384 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: that because that's exactly what I was describing. And there's 385 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: another crash test too, it's way more boring. It's just 386 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: basically a series of still photos, which I guess you 387 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: can make the case like that's what all videos are. 388 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 1: But sure, this is like really slow still photos. And hey, listen, 389 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to We always say do what you 390 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: want to do. I'm not gonna poopoo. If you want 391 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 1: to go out and hire a limo and with your 392 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: friends and drive around, get drunk and go to a 393 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: bunch of bars, it's fine, you know, it's just not 394 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: don't expect me to get in the car. Although I 395 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: would say the Wine Country limo is not a bad idea, 396 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: oh sure. Yeah. In fact, I think people in Wine 397 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: Country aren't too happy about them, you know, oh, because 398 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: it's like party bus kind of thing. Yeah. Basically, well, 399 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: hey man, if you like have wine tastings every five 400 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: ft what do you expect. Everybody there seems very cool 401 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: because you don't want to drink and drive. We went 402 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: when it was it was the off season, so I'll 403 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: butt everybody was a little like more mellow because there 404 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: weren't a bunch of tourists around. Oh yeah, no, but 405 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: you're right. The people that live in wine country northern California, 406 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 1: they're a nice laid back a lot they are fairly 407 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: laid back. I think it's a good way to put it. 408 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: You have the best job in the world. Um, we 409 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: have the best job in the world. That's right. If 410 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: we only made wine. Um gas got something going in 411 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: the toilet some pruno. Gas mileage is a big consideration 412 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: because you're not going to get good gas mileage at all, 413 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: and you may as a company or an individual, I 414 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: have to pay an extra gas guzzler tax on each 415 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: vehicle in your fleet. On top of that, it's basically 416 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: like you know how you pay a lot of money 417 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: for gas, Well, now you have to pay even more 418 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: money because your thing uses up so much gas. Although 419 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: strictly mentions a m thirty two ft stretch Hummer Limo 420 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: that a guy named Sean Murphy, he misspelled his own name. 421 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: On the cool Fuel road trip he used, he drove 422 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: hummer limousine that ran on um a bunch of different 423 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: alternative fuels like biodiesel, methane, ethanol, vegetable oil, sugar. It 424 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: could also use geothermal, solar and wind energy. And he 425 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: got the limo up to seventy five, which sounds illegal 426 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: to me. Yeah, he's just not be driving a thirty 427 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: two ft anything. Agree. Uh. If you are interested in 428 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: owning your own limousine to be your own private little driver, 429 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: it depends on what kind of you get. Of course, 430 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: you ma can get one like a Lincoln Stretch for 431 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: thirty to forty grand, or you may pay three thousand 432 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: if you want that super stretched hummer with a hot tub. 433 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 1: I have the impression that that the thirty grand Lincoln Stretched, 434 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 1: like the hub caps come off when you take corners 435 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Yeah, and I also bet that 436 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: the one of twenty Bentley's yeah, go for way more 437 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: than three k each. Do you ever see someone driving 438 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: around in an old limo. It's clear it's just their car. 439 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: It's like a nine. That's pretty sweet. It is sweet, 440 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: but at the same time, it's like that's a really 441 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: poor choice, especially if like you're you're on a tight budget, 442 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: right with streets? How much money do you spend on gas? Yeah, 443 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: you know that's true. Should I shout to him out 444 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: the window? Should we talk about presidential limousines a little bit, 445 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: because I think those are kind of interesting. Um. They 446 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: call it the Secret seven and this great uh was 447 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: it popular mechanics article um in nine the Sunshine Special, 448 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: And up until this point, I think standard automobiles had 449 00:25:56,160 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: been used to drive presidents around and shuttle them. At nine, 450 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: this is we need something for the Secret Service. And 451 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: we have a president uh in a wheelchair that his 452 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: name is Roosevelt, and he has certain considerations right, plus 453 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: at least one attempt has been made on his life already, 454 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: so we might want to think about adding a little 455 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 1: more security to these cars. And that's exactly what they did. 456 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: It was armored. The body was armored, was built by 457 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: uh coach builders in Buffalo, New York. Had oversize hinged doors, 458 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: I guess to account for that enormous wheelchair that they 459 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: had back then, and um, lots of armor plating and 460 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: even bulletproof glass, um, which is kind of impressive. It 461 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: looks like al Capone's car. If you ask me, it's 462 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: pretty sweet. Uh. Then there's the Lincoln Cosmopolitan. Yeah, but 463 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: this is awesome. It was a Truman Presidential Um limousine, UM, 464 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: and it was basically for every with every new limousine 465 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: that came along, UM, there were new innovations that became 466 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: heavier and more armor plated and just safer. And this 467 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: one came with a bubble top UM because it was 468 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: a convertible. But Truman realized that like if he had 469 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: the top up when it was super safe, no one 470 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 1: could see him. So he had the bubble top instilled, 471 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 1: kind of like the Pokemobile. Yeah, that's what I was 472 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: gonna say. Is that what it's like? I think? So 473 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: all right? Um? And that one UM was retired to 474 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: the Henry Ford Museum, as was the Sunshine Special in Dearborn, Michigan. 475 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: So if you've ever been there, you've probably seen a 476 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 1: few of these on display. Kennedy's famous car that he 477 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: was in in November twenty, nineteen sixty when he was 478 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: assassinated was a nineteen sixty one Lincoln Continental convertible obviously, 479 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: but it was still safe. Um, not with the top 480 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:01,239 Speaker 1: down obviously, but they had certain safety features built in. Um. 481 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: They had a rear seat that was well this was 482 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: in a safety feature, but that had a rear seat 483 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: that could be raised and lowered to give people a 484 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: better view. They had a metal hoop behind the driver, 485 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: behind the driver's seat so when the president's standing up 486 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: they can hold onto something. But it was armored after 487 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 1: his assassination with a permanent bulletproof hardtop, and then left 488 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: in the fleet, which really surprised me. I would have 489 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: thought they would have completely retired that car or just 490 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: giving it to a museum or destroyed it or something. 491 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: But yeah, leaving in the fleet. That's Penny pension. Yeah, 492 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: and that is in the Henry Ford Museum now as well. 493 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: The Lincoln Continental that President Ford and Reagan, the same 494 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: car that they were both shuttled into after assassination attempts famously. 495 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: This this, this is the limousine that reminds me of 496 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 1: like Old Times Square in New York, like where like 497 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: get case was set, you know like this. I never 498 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 1: saw that. It's worth seeing at least once just to 499 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: say you saw a basket case Old City Times Square. Yeah, 500 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: I got ad just to taste of that. When I 501 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: first started going to New York and the in the 502 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: nineties there were there were still some peep shows and 503 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: stuff around, and it was just starting to be like 504 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: Disney five. As I said, I missed it entirely. I 505 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: did miss much. But man alive. You can go to 506 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: Red Lobster there now. I know. It's funny how people 507 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: pine like remember when it was crappy and those crime 508 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: and drugs. I mean, I can understand being like, yes, 509 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: this corporate stuff is just dumb or whatever, but people 510 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: are very nostalgic for for old crappy times. Square Yeah. Uh. 511 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: The nineteen eight three Cadillac Fleetwood was used in the 512 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 1: early nineteen eighties, and that one one of those, there 513 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: was a pair of them, was used in the movie 514 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: In the Line of Fire with Clint Eastwood. Yeah, pretty neat. 515 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: Remember he played the the guy who didn't get to 516 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: Kennedy in time when he was assassinated, haunted him. Oh 517 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: was that his backstory? Yeah? And John Malkovitch was like 518 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: a total weirdo. He was, right, who used a wooden gun. 519 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: I don't remember a lot about that movie for some reason. 520 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: It's a lot of detail, Josh. Then there's the Bush era. Yeah, 521 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: Cadillac Deville, which is I mean, I associate that with 522 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: Bush down I'm looking at it. Yeah, it was a 523 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: g m oh, I'm sorry. It was a Cadillac Devil, 524 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: of course. But it was built on the frame of 525 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: a GM SUV. Supposedly smart. Yeah. Um, five inch thick 526 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: armor doors, bulletproof glass so thick it blocks out parts 527 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: of the light spectrum apparently, so everything looks blue and 528 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: maybe from the inside and you go insane. Uh. And 529 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: it was rumored to feature a what they called a 530 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: self contained passenger compartment with its own secure air supply. 531 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: So I guess just like a chamber to hide someone 532 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: in inside there. Crazy. And then lastly, check the most 533 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: recent one. Um came out in two thousand nine, and 534 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 1: it's a Cadillac too. Um. And it came out I 535 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: guess just in time for Obama's inauguration. Yeah, and this 536 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: one they started to be a lot more secretive about, um, 537 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: like how they're made. Yeah, exactly makes sense, Um, but 538 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 1: they have pretty good speculation that you know, it's armor 539 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: plated underneath all around. Um, they think it's diesel powered, 540 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: but they don't know for sure. And uh, good luck. 541 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,479 Speaker 1: Like this thing is like a tank on wheels. Good 542 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: luck penetrating that Cadillac. You know. So there's one other 543 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: thing I want to point out if you are into limos, 544 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: especially extreme limos. There's another popular mechanics UM article called 545 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: stretched out Tin extreme limos that you sent like Lamborghinis 546 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: and stuff. Yeah, Lamborghini's monster truck and I looked it up. 547 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: Apparently there's a lot of monster Chuck limos also found online. 548 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: DeLorean limo. Oh wow, yeah, I'd like to see that. Yeah, 549 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: it's worth looking at um. There's a semi limo. Yeah. 550 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: That one is basically like a large apartment on wheels, 551 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: like you can have a party for fifty people. There's 552 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: multiple bars. Did you see inside It looks like an 553 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: apple Bee's on wheels. Is a fern bar. Yeah, there's 554 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: a lot of like um polished brass railings and like 555 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: the carpeting and the poulster. It looks like an apple Bee's. 556 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: It's very strange. Well, you can't account for good taste. 557 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: It looks pretty sweet though, I'm sure that anybody who 558 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: there's through like three three different lounges in there. Three 559 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: and then a Mexican company converted us I think a 560 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: seven forty seven O seven twenty seven into um a 561 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: Limo took the wings off. There are TV shows out 562 00:32:55,800 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: there that you can view all these things, uh stream 563 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: everything you Oh, I'm sure. I'm sure. There's also TV 564 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 1: shows about the people who repo them. Yeah to right. 565 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: So if you want to know more about lema As, 566 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: you can start by typing that word in the search 567 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 1: far how stuff works dot com. And since I said 568 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:18,719 Speaker 1: that it's time for a listener mail, I'm gonna call 569 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: this funny homeless story, if there is such a thing. 570 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: Uh this um April has been working in New York City, 571 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: but I gather that she is in Atlanta and she's 572 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: just there for work for a period of time. Dear 573 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: Josh and Chuck, I missed the Old Times Square. She's 574 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: she did say that, No, I'm kidding. Um. She talks 575 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: about how she listens to us on the train there 576 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: in our commune, New York City, and she feels really 577 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: bad for homeless people, but especially when she sees a 578 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 1: homeless person with a dog. Um. She says, after passing 579 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: several homeless people in New York people dog combos this weekend, 580 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 1: my grand plan is to stop at a pet store 581 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: get some dog food and treats and have cash available 582 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: for the next homeless pair so I could help out 583 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 1: and hopefully you have a conversation with him to make 584 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,840 Speaker 1: them feel human for a little bit. This is April. 585 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 1: You're awesome, by the way. Um. I bought my supplies, 586 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: and two blocks from the store, I see a homeless 587 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: man with a husky, and I think perfect. One of 588 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: my dogs is a husky, so I'm partial to them. 589 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,359 Speaker 1: After having a five minute conversation with Michael petting his dog, 590 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: giving him dog food and some money for a nice meal, 591 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,320 Speaker 1: I get ready to leave, and as I'm about to 592 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: walk away, he said, thanks for the dog food, but 593 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,359 Speaker 1: it's not my dog. I'm just watching it for someone 594 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:36,919 Speaker 1: in the building. Awkward. I ultimately asked if the dog 595 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: had a home and food. He said yes, so I 596 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: asked if I could take the dog food back so 597 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: I could give it to a dog in need. Uh. 598 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: He agreed and hopefully he was able to get a 599 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: nice meal himself and appreciated my conversation and didn't think 600 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: I was too crazy. I then went on to walk 601 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: thirty blocks to my hotel with a relatively heavy bag 602 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: of dog food without seeing another homeless pet. Good thing 603 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 1: because it didn't have any more ash with a person, 604 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 1: and it probably would have been weird to give a 605 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: person dog food but nothing to help him or her. 606 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 1: Um Me and my bag of food will be walking 607 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,919 Speaker 1: around various New York City neighborhoods this weekend though, because 608 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 1: now it is my mission to help someone out. It's 609 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,800 Speaker 1: been a good little reminder for me to be thankful 610 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: for what I have, especially as we approach winter up here. 611 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: And that is from April Cummings. That's very nice of 612 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: your April, very cool. 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