Title:Drive Society Good Guys
Duration: 03:34minutes
Description:
Episode of online series following a Hot Rod car show in California, USA
Drive Society Good GuysTranscript
[Background music plays]
American rock music
Car engine revs
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Sam at the Good Guys car show, shots of event, of Sam’s YouTube channel and videos and of other Drive Society videos.
[Sam]
Series Presenter
Sam
Hello one and all! I’m Sam from SeenThroughGlass I’ve teamed up with Shell VPower Nitro + to learn more about six different motor communities around the world. Today I’m in the USA at the 30th annual Good Guys West Coast Nationals to discover more about Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Custom Rides and all things Americana.
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Drive Society
In association with Shell V Power Nitro+
Click for more
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Drive Society Logo, Shell Logo
Scene transition – Marc Interview
[Background music plays]
American rockabilly music
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Shots of hot rods and of Good Guys event, Marc and Sam standing and talking at the event
Sam
Tell us what is Good Guys how did it come about?
[Marc]
Good Guys event coordinator
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Marc
In association with Shell V-Power Nitro+
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Lower Third with Drive society logo and Shell logo
Marc
Well Good Guys is a Hot Rod community it’s an association my father started. Every level of car person is here today. I grew up going to these things with my mom and dad before Good Guys, so they’re all family. The cars are what brings us together and the people is what it’s all about.
Scene transition – Bill Interview
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Shots of hot rods and of Good Guys event, Bill and Sam sitting in Bill’s car talking
Sam
And how did you get into Hot Rods where does that passion begin?
[Bill]
Good Guys event coordinator
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Bill
In association with Shell V-Power Nitro+
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Lower Third with Drive society logo and Shell logo
Bill
When I got to be 14 or 15 I decided I really would like things mechanical. I bought my first Model A Ford it was a deluxe roadster. I mean those cars today are thousands of dollars-
Sam
I was going to say, expensive as well
Bill
I paid $10.
Sam
It was always Hot Rods then?
Bill
Only by necessity because you buy an old clunker and then you fix it up and make it go faster and you drop the front end and you put big tyres on the back and you make it a little different to all the rest of the clunkers on the street. In the day growing up, you know, we popped them up and made them go faster and you know, these guys in Detroit that make cars, they don’t know what they’re doing I mean you ask a 14-year-old kid he’s the expert.
Sam
You built this car didn’t you?
Bill
I built this car yeah, I started with some grills that I bought at a steel shop the body we got off of eBay.
Scene transition – Lee Interview
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Lee’s car, Lee standing in front of his car, talking to Sam at Good Guys event
Sam
I’d love to learn more about your beautiful car that you’ve got here. It looks amazing I have to say I love this pink stripe.
[Lee]
Member of the Thunderbirds, Hot Rod collector
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Lee
In association with Shell V-Power Nitro+
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Lower Third with Drive society logo and Shell logo
Lee
Yes the car is really good I take it pretty much anywhere.
Sam
Are you a little bit obsessive about the cleanliness?
Lee
I can be, I can be, I try not to.
Sam
I got that sense, yeah.
Lee
When I first bought it the paint it was so old it looked grey in colour. In polishing it as long as I did for like four hours a day for weeks, I ended up going to the doctor and I couldn’t use my right arm for a while.
Sam
Oh wow, so a self-inflicted car polishing injury.
Lee
Self-inflicted yeah.
Sam
I think that deserves another handshake.
Lee
Ok.
Sam
And I see you’re in your Thunderbolts shirt, you’re a member of the club?
Lee
Yes, I’m a member of the Thunderbolts.
Sam
What is the Thunderbolts what do you guys do?
Lee
The Thunderbolts is the oldest continually meeting club in the United States. They’ve been meeting every month, twice every month since 1945.
Scene transition – Steve interview
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Hot Rods parked at event, Steve inside a Hot Rod, Sam and Steve sat by his car, Hot Rods driving into event.
Bill
This guy here is one of the premier builders in the world.
[Steve]
Hot Rod builder
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Steve
In association with Shell V-Power Nitro+
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Lower Third with Drive society logo and Shell logo
Sam
We’ve seen some amazing cars today some which are built in sheds and then some as meticulous and amazing as the ones you’ve got here. Do you find that you’ve built strong relationships, friendships after spending time creating their babies almost?
Steve
Typically people we build cars for, they become very close friends. We vacation together and one of my Hot Rod friends, I’m his son’s godfather-
Sam
Ok.
Steve
You start off building Hot Rods and next thing you know your family’s here. And that speaks for most of the people here.
Scene transition – Bill interview
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Sam and Bill sat in Bill’s car, Hot Rods driving through event.
Sam
Is there a worry or concern that people are going to move on and there won’t be people to join these clubs?
Bill
No there will always a car hobby, just the type of car, ’33 Ford Roadsters, I think that’s going to go away. Kids coming up today, you can afford a Honda Civic, a used one maybe, so that’s today’s Hot Rod.
Scene transition – endboard
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Beauty shot of Hot Rod
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Drive Society
In association with Shell V Power Nitro+
Good Guys
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Drive Society Logo, Shell Logo