On The MCACN Show Floor With Riley's Rebuilds

Ride along as the Get Out N Drive Podcast Team talk with Riley from Riley's Rebuilds from the MCACN show floor.

Riley Schlick has operated her Florida-based business, Riley's Rebuilds, since 2019 and has quickly become the go-to rebuilder for carburetors. Finds out more about Riley's business and even more about the history and restoration of her family's 1957 Chevy Nomad dubbed the "Showmad". 

The Get Out N Drive Podcast is Fuel By AMD ~ AMD: More Than Metal

Visit the ‪AMD‬​ Garage ~ Your one stop source for high quality body panels

Speed over to our friends at ‪Racing_Junk‬​

For all things Get Out N Drive, cruise on over to the Get Out N Drive website.

Be sure to follow GOND on social media!
GOND Website
IG
X
FB
YouTube

Recording Engineer, Paul Meyer

Subscribe to the ‪Str8sixfan‬​ YouTube Channel

#classiccars​ #automotive​ #amd #autometaldirect #c10 #restoration #autorestoration #autoparts #restorationparts #truckrestoration #Jasonchandler #podcast #sheetmetal #rileysrebuilds #armo #sema #carburetorrebuild #queenofcarbs #mcacn #1957chevynomad #chevy #nomad

#tradeschool​
#carengines​
#WhatDrivesYOUth​
#GetOutNDriveFAST​

Join our fb group to share pics of how you Get Out N Drive


Follow Jason on IG
IG
Follow Jason on fb
Subscribe To the OldeCarrGuy YouTube Channel

Follow John on IG

Recording Engineer, Paul Meyer

Sign Up and Learn more about National Get Out N Drive Day.

Music Credit:
Licensor's Author Username:
LoopsLab
Licensee:
Get Out N Drive Podcast
Item Title:
The Rockabilly
Item URL:
https://audiojungle.ne...​
Item ID:
25802696
Purchase Date:
2022-09-07 22:37:20​ UTC

Transcript

On The MCACN Show Floor With Riley's Rebuilds

Transcript
Announcer

You're listening to the Get Out N Drive Podcast fueled by AMD with your host John customcarnerd Meyer and Jason oldcarrguy Carr, we'll be bringing you gear, heads, everything you never wanted to know about cars and why they should be on the road and not in your. Garage. Are you ready to Get Out N Drive?

John

As always, this weekend we are at 2024 MCACN. We are hanging out with Riley of Riley's rebuilds.

Riley

Hey.

John

Tell me about this wonderful car, because I know it has been in your family for quite some time.

Riley

Yeah, let's. We can start with that. So it's been in the family for 20 years. So my dad bought it, I think in Alabama. I always get those states wrong somewhere in the South. Didn't know what he was buying, thought it was just a regular Nomad with good sides.

John

OK.

Riley

He bought it, brought it home. Mom was really mad.

John

Ah.

Riley

Stayed in the family for a very long time. I was born. This is the car that was in our garage that I was raised up on because she was a stay at home dad. And my crib was in the garage with him. I have photos of me block sanding the car at like 5 years old. Yeah, this was the car that I grew up on and then it was kind of put on the back burner as we had different projects coming in. And as Riley's rebuilds blew up on social media.

John

OK, wow. Nate. Oh.

Riley

We started focusing on my car, the girls car, some other cars. And then about six months ago, I was talking to SEMO and Armo. And they were saying they needed a car. And I said I have a car. It's really cool and has a great back story and I.

John

I have a. Car.

Riley

Put the car in our mouth and didn't tell Dad at all until it was done.

John

Wow.

Riley

And I gave and it was shell when I. Dedicated it to SEMA. Yeah, and.

John

I see. Wow. So there was a lot of financial and financial responsibility and parts responsibility to assemble the car, right?

Riley

Yeah, there definitely was. And what's nice is with Riley's rebuilds and and social media, we're able to get sponsors for the car like Coker tires, sponsored us. And we have a bunch of other sponsors.

John

MHM.

Riley

Like classic industry. And so a lot of it was really good. And then with the business, a lot of it was a write off. So it it worked out very well with. The amount of time.

John

Wow. And and from when you said we're going to do it. Until you were finished.

Riley

Three months. Four months.

John

That's not bad.

Riley

No, we worked on it every single day. So when I was home for summer, when we talked to armo about it, they said you can't. Tell anybody about it. You can't show really anything about it.

John

Right.

Riley

And I was.

John

Because they wanted the reveal, they wanted everything right.

Riley

The review. Yeah. And I was going away to College in Connecticut. And so we had to do as much work as we could in the amount of one month.

Speaker 2

OK.

Riley

Not showing the car as much as we could. Not knowing what. We could or couldn't do so. We didn't really have a regulations. And so all the.

John

Right.

Riley

Videos that you guys see on. Social media of me working on this car was done in summer time and buffeted.

John

Right. Yeah. And you don't you make sure. You don't put them out. Yeah.

Riley

And then the little ones and my dad for the the rest of the three months worked on it completely and I'm giving Dane as much credit as due because he's put so much hard work and energy into his car. He's done so much research.

John

Yeah.

Riley

Into this.

John

When was the car painted?

Riley

A long time ago, actually, yes.

John

OK, because that was my question because I've been a body man for 35 plus years and. It had been painted and just not reassembled, and things like that.

Riley

Exactly. Yeah. So.

John

OK, because I've. Done a lot of TriFive cars. I've done a lot of interior and TriFive cars. We even talked briefly on social media about how hard the back rear quarter panel skins are to put on to get them lines to go. Nice. Yeah, I've done a lot of them. I've I've done.

Riley

Yes. Oh my gosh, yes.

John

A lot of them.

Riley

Yeah, yeah. The body was painted. I think when I was. Is 10 to 13. There was some. There was some paint problem with the guy and we couldn't get the car back. And then it wasn't getting painted. And it was, yeah. Paint jail for three years, I think. Yeah. But yeah, it's been painted. When it was committed to SEMA, Interior was out.

John

Wow. Oh no paint Jail. Ohh.

Riley

There was nothing in the Bay.

John

Mm-hmm.

Riley

Nothing was going on. Stainless wasn't. Stain stainless thing like it was not polished and there was nothing there but.

John

There was no there was. Nothing. Right, right. Wow. So for people that may not know the history of this car in a nutshell. This is a very special car. When did the family realize that it was that special of a car and what it was? Let's tell us about that.

Riley

So the car is the second fuel injection unit made. It is was made in 56. The prototype for the 57 Chevy Nomad. So there is a bunch of.

John

Please for meeting it.

Riley

Little hi. It was nice meeting you. So there is a bunch of. Random little things in this car that wasn't making any sense and that's why Dad officially started to like look into it. So what had happened?

John

Because of the reason it was.

Riley

Prototyped because it was prototype and because there's like Chrome on the fuel injection system and who's chroming that? Or like, there's no ashtrays in here. And like in a normal 57, there's ashtrays and there's some like weird fuel sys and stuff, fuel piping and tubing.

John

OK. Right, right.

Riley

Going on in the Bay.

John

And where the air intake was in a different spot is cut out and the course forward and all that like.

Riley

Yes, yes, yes, yeah. And so.

Jason

To get out and Drive, podcast is always looking to support the next generation in the auto industry and hobby through our what drives youth initiative.

John

Our friends at AMD know that younger enthusiasts are out there building vintage cars and trucks while incorporating modern comforts. AMD restoration parts maintain that classic look needed for restomod builds.

Jason

If you are a younger enthusiast working on a build using AMD parts, we want to hear from you. If chosen, you and your build will be featured in an upcoming what drives youth segment on the get out and drive. Cast. Visit getoutanddrive.com to let us know about your build or tag us in your build posts on social media. Visit autometaldirect.com and use promo code GOND for a 10% discount, exclusively for our listeners for a limited time. AMD, built for enthusiasts by enthusiasts.

Riley

And So what had happened was when Dane was taking out the seats he found in the springs, pictures, of the car. And he took the.

John

Pictures like it went in there, or somebody put them in there, Easter egg.

Riley

It on. Put them there. . Yeah. And he took those photos and put it as his profile photo on Facebook. And he was just messaging around. He'd always been in these Facebook groups. And someone messaged him one day and said your car is in my book. Yeah. Which he was like, what? And the guy sent him the book, and he found the name. Nathaniel Waters. On the book. I think that's his name. I might be getting it wrong and.

John

OK, sure, sure, sure.

Riley

He messaged and emailed every single person with that name possible.

John

While to trace the history of the vehicle.

Riley

Yeah, and trace. History of the vehicle.

John

Because prior to that the, the the history of the vehicle was lost. There was.

Riley

Not at all. He just bought it a little farm. Tripped over it, OK, and a month later he gets a call from the guys daughter and she said unfortunately my father passed away six months ago, but that's my dad's car.

John

MHM. Ah. Oh. Wow.

Riley

And she told him all these stories and and still to this point, she didn't really know the history, but she would say like things like. Ohh yeah. My dad would go to the dealership for a year because he couldn't get his car.

Riley

And my dad was like, what do you mean he couldn't get his car? He had bought his car.

John

That doesn't make sense.

Riley

And also, when my dad was putting out some of the serial numbers, all the enthusiasts were like, that's not real.

John

Hmm. Does this have a VIN tag?

Riley

Yes it does.

John

OK, because I know it's so early it has like. A correct VIN tag for 57.

Riley

So that's what's crazy is so. 

John

OK, that's I know that was something else. I want to talk to you about.

Riley

So what it is is.. The numbers were lining up to being the first production day possible for this car. And it was 56 of October, and you couldn't get a fuel injection system till mid 57, right? So everybody was like that's not that's wrong. That's fake. Yes, all the enthusiasts. And and we didn't also have the Chrome unit at this point. We had what's in the back.

John

That's wrong, everybody that that makes the rules says that's wrong, right? Right. OK.

Riley

The unit that originally came with the car.

John

Right, right.

Riley

Because the story behind that is when it was still at the dealership, whenever the these cars were brought in. To be fixed and worked on in the Bay, they said. Oh, just take that heat and out and put that one in because these are too faulty. They're they're prototypes.

John

Right, right there. And and the mechanical fuel injection in itself is a pain to tune and get running. And and all that stuff to begin with.

Riley

And not many people knew about it. Sure, because it's the second unit. It was taken from a Corvette, OK and put in here cause Corvette wanted to do was make a family car that could go. 300 horsepower, right? Right, right. And so they said, yeah, just take it off, put it on that new system and. You'll be good to. Go and so a lot of things, we're just not adding up.

John

Wow.

Riley

And so Dan went to the GM archives. And he started. Doing some crazy research into this and I'm sure if you talk to him he can go. So geek out on you about it. But he found work orders for four cars.

John

No sure Sir.

Riley

2 black widows.

John

OK.

Riley

The Nomad and the Corvette.

John

Yep.

Riley

All with the same system, all to go into the New York Auto Show.

John

OK.

Riley

And his car was in the book of the New York Auto Show. Wow. So that's some of the photos that was. That's on the board, is next to the Corvette is our car.

John

MHM. I spent a long time on the website, by the way. Yes, the website for this like just as a mechanical goof, I just geeked out on the website. I'm like, looking at these. Numbers looking at this picture and that, and that's all in my wheelhouse. That's everything that's unbelievable about this Car  .

Riley

Yes moments and put all of this stuff together and really did some major research and and got it proved that this was the car with the VIN number.

John

Yeah. Mm-hmm. Wow.

Riley

And like all of the numbers that needed to be, and like the prototype stuff and everything sort of piercing together and about, I think 3 years ago we got a call from a buddy. Who says "Dane? You need to Check this out on Facebook marketplace." Our Chrome system was being sold on a state sale because one of the GM executives had. It home and put it on his like. And he had passed away.

John

But it but it's below the one that belongs to this vehicle. Is that the dunce off signed or numbered or whatever?

Riley

So there's 1001, 1002, that's 1002. The Corvette has 1001, OK and there was only four main and the other two are with their other cards.

John

OK. OK. Yeah. Yes. Right. OK, wow.

Riley

And the Corvette has it. It's Chrome.

John

And it made it back up to it, yeah.

Riley

And it's so we went. Even if even. If they got, like thrown around, it doesn't matter.

John

Sure.

Riley

Because they're the. Same things. It goes to all four cars. These four cars are together.

John

Right, right. But again, you just had someone say you have this car and they tripped over that and and and the planets aligned. You you couldn't even ask to create That.

Riley

, and no one knew. Any like what? Anything. Anybody had? No one knew that. What that system was, because that system is 50K. So people go.

John

Wow. Right.

Riley

Ohh it was like 15. That that's a that's a yeah.

John

Right. That's a lot, right? Yeah. It's it's absolutely unbelievable the amount of. Things that had to happen.

Riley

To line up for this, yeah.

John

To line up to make this happen and it's it's absolutely amazing.

Speaker 2

Enjoy your channel. I'll watch it all the time. It's it's so cool. Especially with your car show you walk up to the guys and say.

Riley

Ohh thank you so much. Thank you so much. Let me come out in a second. We're doing a interview. Right now, OK.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

John

But yeah, that's that's just. Just amazing of of of everything that had to happen. Yeah.

Riley

It's the universe wanted it to happen.

John

It is. It is fabulous and I'm glad you were able to be a part of this and grow up with the car and that has a lot to do with what we push, #whatdrivesyouth, YOUTH.

Riley

Yeah. Yes.

John

H. Yeah. And we want to figure out. How to get the next generation of of enthusiasts in this industry, and this is very helpful.

Riley

You know. What? Yeah. And you know what's really cool is I just got back from a panel. They had a panel over there of, like 16 kids of like, 16 and under that have cars here. Which is really cool. That's really awesome. So people are I definitely am seeing you grabbing, I actually heard. These numbers at 60% of classic cars are owned by 45 and younger. 

John

I like those numbers. Those are good numbers.

Riley

Those are really good numbers.

John

As the good numbers and and I see that I have to adapt and adjust my numbers to get newer because I still think that cars from the 80s are just generic used cars and they are in here in malaise era classic Cars.

Riley

Yes. Yeah.

John

. Yes, so absolutely amazing. Thank you very much. Chatting with us for a little. Here's your reminder to support the companies that support your right to Get Out N Drive.

Jason

Auto Metal Direct is a premier manufacturer of high quality restoration parts for classic American cars and trucks. AMD offers a wide range of components, including body panels, trim, glass, weather stripping and much more. Crafted to meet or exceed original equipment specifications. Be sure to visit autometaldirect.com as you get your ride ready to get out. Dry.

Announcer

What drives you?

Jason

With national Get Out N Drive Day 2024 in the rearview mirror, we are looking at the windshield and focused on Drive Day 2025.

John

National Get Out N Drive Day will be held on October 5th, 2025. Sign up now at getoutndrive.com to receive your free official decal.

Jason

Let us know how you'll be celebrating national get out and drive day if you are part of a car club or having a car show that you want to promote National Get Out N Drive Day, let us know and we can send some. Decals for everyone.

John

Send us pics of your ride and we'll feature them as part of our National Get Out N Drive Day Promotions.

Jason

Show your support for National Get Out N Drive Day by becoming a sponsor or including #Driveday in your show listings and company calendars.

John

Let's Get Out N Drive in 2025.

Announcer

Cruise on over to our website getoutndrive.com for all the info you never wanted to know about our podcast. Hit us up on our listener hotline, be the first to know what's happening, get industry news and grab your Get Out N Drive merch. Connect with us on social media. Find us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Follow us on x.com at getoutNdrivepod.



Get Out N Drive in 2025. Are you ready to Get Out N Drive?