Replica or Recreation?; THAT New Car Law; GT500 Review
5/5/20261 hr 22 min
Matt Farah and Zack Klapman drive the Revology 1967 GT500 and ponder the difference between "replica" and "recreation"; the gov. has mandated your car spies on you; Mercedes project update; and Patreon questions include:
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- Favorite "appropriate" story from a Road & Track trip.
- How to avoid ruining your canyon car
- Rich man / poor man: seat setup edition
- Does the Coyote engine "ruin" an old car?
- Why LHD cars are worth more than RHD
- More fun: Fresh summer tires or worn winter tires?
- Engines that would be improved with more or fewer cylinders
- VW's sale of Bugatti's effect on car values
- Rebuild my BMW inline-4 or swap it for a 6?
- Mustang Dark Horse auto: a buy at $50k?
- Do only journos care about the Nissan Z chassis
- Ford ditching the Shelby name
- Proudest work moment
- Forks up or down?
And more!
Recorded May 1, 2026
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First 90 secondsMatt Farah· Host0:00
What up, everybody? Welcome to The Smoking Tire Podcast. Today's episode is brought to you, as always, by Off the Record. We love Off the Record here at The Smoking Tire, because they're looking out for us, just like they're looking out for all of you. And how do I know they're looking out, out for all you? Because not a week goes by that I don't hear from two or three of you folks that Off the Record saved your bums. What does that mean? It means you didn't plead guilty, you got off the record at offtherecord.com/tst. They fought the ticket for you, and they won. And everyone else out there, you can do it, too. If you get a moving violation, don't plead guilty, get Off the Record. That's offtherecord.com/tst. They will fight that ticket for you, and the vast majority of times they will win, and then you'll be emailing me that screenshot of the dismissal that we are all looking for. One more time, offtherecord.com/tst. And on this episode of The Smoking Tire Podcast, we are driving a Revology GT500. This is a 1967 Shelby that contains no parts from 1967. Very interesting. Plus, I have an update on the project Mercedes, uh, a secret racing technique from Tommy Kendall that I'm now practicing in my free time, the new driver monitoring bill, and what is the difference between a replica and a recreation?