Iron Trap Garage Podcast
The definition of a "Iron Trap" is a trap from which there is no escape and for us that's traditional hot rods and customs. Matt of Iron Trap Garage sits down with people that have their own "Iron Trap" and get to know more about how they got hooked. Contact us with possible Podcast guests - [email protected]
Tips To Be Successful At ANY Auction!! Old School In Person Or Online!!!
Matt and Mike sit down to share some of their favorite tips for auctions! Not just small in person auctions, some of these tips have been used at large in person and online auctions!! Did we miss anything? If so leave a comment!!
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PO Box 6
New Berlinville, PA
19545
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Millennial Inheritance!! - Tips To Handle Inherited Cars & Collectibles
Matt and Mike sit down to talk through the current trend, or nightmare for some, of millennial inheritance. There is a bunch of pages on social media that are highlighting the large amount of objects or collections behind left behind to kids or grandkids, but no one has given advice on how to handle such a situation. Last evening Matt wrote down 10 tips for both the people having to clear out an estate, and those whose collection is being passed down. Let us know if there are any tips we missed!!
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How Art & Hot Rods Are A Very Similar Creative Process
Matt and Mike sit down to chat about how the building and creative process behind hot rods and customs are very similar to what traditional artist do. They talk through the creative process, how the creative process can be lost, and some examples of recent builds from art!!
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PO Box 6
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19545
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What Did We See, Buy & Sell At Fall Carlisle & Hershey!!
Matt and Mike sit down to chat about our two big fall swap meets Carlisle and Hershey. Matt was also able to sneak away and hit TROG with Lucky Burton! They talk about the stuff they found for projects, how the attendance of the events were and more!
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PO Box 6
New Berlinville, PA
19545
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Why Do We Leave Certain Parts Behind But Take Others!!
Matt and Mike sit down to discuss the thought process of what parts we take, and why we leave others behind. There is a method to our madness, but i'm sure it doesn't make sense to some people!!
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PO Box 6
New Berlinville, PA
19545
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Massive Ford Flathead Speed Equipment Collection
Matt and Mike Sit down to discuss the largest speed equipment collection we have ever bought!! Over 70 intakes and 30 pairs of heads, plus a ton of stock 1940 Ford parts. This trips had a ton hurdles we needed to clear, and one massive mistake!!
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PO Box 6
New Berlinville, PA
19545
Matt's Instagram - @irontrap - https://www.instagram.com/irontrap/
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2026 Carlisle & Hershey Fall Swap Meet Shopping Lists!!
Matt and Mike sit down to talk through their shopping lists for the 2026 Fall Carlisle and Hershey AACA Swap Meets. The big thing on both of their lists is time and energy, please let us know if you see either at the swap meets, they have cash in hand!! What is on your shopping list for Carlisle and Hershey???
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How To Be A Successful Swap Meet Buyer & Vendor
Matt and Mike sit down to go over their personal tips and trick for being a successful swap meet vendor or buyer. From being assertive, pricing your itmes and more!! Be sure to leave your tips and tricks in the comments!!
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Why Are Major Car Shows Seeing A Decline In Attendance
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about a decline in car show attendance, and why we think it's happening. What attracts you to certain types of car shows? We would have to hear what makes you go to certain shows!!
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Common Misconceptions About Iron Trap Garage - YouTube Millionaires
Matt and Mike sit down to chat about some of the common misconceptions with Iron Trap. One of the largest ones is where we make the majority of the money, which is not YouTube. If you have any other questions comment below or send us a DM, we will be doing another Q&A episode soon!!
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Winter Time Blues. Top ways to be Productive on Your Antique Car Projects.
Matt and Mike sit down to chat from the road about winter projects. That's right, winter project talk in the middle of August. We actually do try to start planning this early, to help gather the needed parts and start the super important Hershey swap meet list!!
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What Would We Buy At Sotheby’s 2026 Monterey Auction?
Matt and Mike sit down to look through the catalog of the Sotheby's 2026 Monterey Car Week Auction. The auction is filled with almost 200 high end cars from the early 1900s to modern supercars and we thought it would be fun to daydream a little! While we could never afford anything thats for sale, taking note of design features that could be used on hot rods and customs!!
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Would The Milner Coupe Be Famous Without American Graffiti????
While driving to a recent pick Matt and Mike had a short discussion about if the Henderson Roadster roadster lost would it still be as famous? We took that hypothetical question and started to apply it to a lot of famous cars! Which cars did we miss that would apply to the question?
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Crazy Model A Hoard In New Hampshire - Insane Quantity Of Parts!!
Matt and Mike sit down to chat about an estate from a few years back that was packed full of Model A and Early V8 parts. This estate had the largest quantity of individual parts, over 80 Model A grill shells, 50+ doors and more!!!
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Importance Of Saving Everything Possible!!
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about the importance of saving everything they find when picking. Our friend Jeff recently bought an old hot rod that was later found to be the missing Christman Bros model a roadster. In a wild turn of events, Matt had the missing hood sides in his stash of parts!!
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Do We Ever Have Buyers Or Sellers Remorse? - Surprising Answer!!
Matt and Mike sit down to chat about having remorse when buying or selling cars or parts. Matt's answer is very surprising, but we would love to hear if anyone has any stories of remorse!!
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Jazz Music, Tony Bennett, Hot Rods & Customs - Brian Newman
Matt is joined by our good friend Brian Newman, who is a renowned Jazz Trumpet player, and the current owner of the 32 Ruined Roadster. Brian has played trumpet for a lot of amazing artists including Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. He bought the 32 Ruined Roadster from us a little over a year ago, and has been driving it all over Brooklyn and NYC!
Brian Newman's Website - https://www.briannewman.com/
Brian's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/briannewmanny/
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Should Modern Technology Be Used In Traditional Hot Rodding
Matt and Mike sit down to discuss a highly debated topic, should modern tech be used in/on a traditional hot rod. If you are a member of any facebook or online forum, this topic comes up quite often. What are your thoughts on the topic, be sure to leave a comment on spotify or head to YouTube!!
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Super Sketchy Mad Scientist Estate - 1939 Ford Coupe & 1941 Lincoln Continental
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about one of the estate in NJ we dubbed the "Mad Scientist Estate". This estate is where we got the 1939 Ford coupe and 1941 Lincoln, and a giant pile of great Early Ford parts. There was so much sketchy wiring inside the garage, and and even crazier living situation!
Rare 1941 Lincoln V12 Zephyr & 1939 Ford Extracted From Condemned Garage - https://youtu.be/03ViOSRiiKs
Unloading A TON Of Lincoln & Ford Flathead Parts - Iron Trap Christmas - https://youtu.be/CrBhAKGmV5Y
First Drive Of Mad Scientist's 1939 Ford C...
Tips For Building An Authentic Looking Traditional Hot Rod
Matt and Mike sit down to give some tips and tricks for building an "Authentic" looking traditional hot rod. These are a few of the things we try to do that make our builds seem like an authentic traditional hot rod that we pulled right out of the barn. Oh, and we were bidding on some cheap project cars during the podcast as well!!
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Everything Is Earned In Life - Even With Hot Rods
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about how Hot Rodding is still very old school and the only way to figure things out is by doing. Everything is earned, there isnt a cut a dry how to on every step in the hobby!
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What Is Our Favorite Subgenre Of Collecting Of The Old Car Hobby
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about what they feel are "subgenres" in the collecting side of the old car hobby. They discuss some of the collections we have bought that are filled with a very specific type of item, and what subgenres Matt seems to focus on.
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Joe Koch Estate - Hot Rods & Rare Speed Equipment!
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about a little slice of heaven they were able to pick, the Joe Koch Estate. Joe was the "local legend" in the Ocean City, NJ area and had a shop filled with all of the best stuff. Thankfully we were able to purchase so great parts for our personal cars and Matt's collection!
Hometown Hot Rod Heroes - Joe Koch "The Wizard" - https://youtu.be/i_cZwRbLoFw
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Garage Magazine, Autocult & Hemmings Creative Director - Dan Stoner
Matt sat down with Hemmings Creative Director Dan Stoner last week to chat about hot rods. Dan started Garage Magazine and Autocult Magazine before working for Hemmings in 2012. It was great sitting down with Dan to chat about Hot Rods, Hemmings and his early years in the California hot rod culture!!
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How To Avoid Getting Burnt Out On Your Hobby
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about a topic that seems to happen quite often, hobby burnout. Matt seems to go through it quite often every season when dealing with project cars having issues, running out of fuel, and an endless amount of car events every weekend. How do you combat burnout in your hobby?
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Spring Carlisle 2026 - Packed Swap Meet, Great Buys & We Sold A Ton,
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about their 2026 Spring Carlisle, They cover the parts they bought, some of their favorite things they saw, and the overall attendance.
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Hometown Hot Rodders - Vince Hamm & Don Wimmer
Mike sits down with his grandfather Vince & his childhood friend Don. Vince & Don were in a car club called Custom Rods in the East Greenville, PA area. The club owned/raced a front engine dragster at Vargo & Lancaster Dragway. Mike has been on the hunt for one of the old dragsters to possibly own one day!!
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How Our Swap Meet Shopping Tactics Have Changed
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about how their shopping tactics have changed over the years. Swap meets have become more about visiting friends that we only get to see at these larger swap meets, and less frantic shopping.
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How To Grow Your Hot Rod Family
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about growing your hot rod family or group of friends. Keeping the old car hobby alive in your area is important and is easier with a good group of friends!!
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Remembering Gene Winfield & How He Impacted Us At Iron Trap Garage
Matt sits down with Mike to talk about Gene Winfield and the memories of the time spent together. Gene did a bunch of collaborations with Eastwood including debuting a new build a sema, metal shaping demos, and a bunch of How To videos for YouTube. Matt was also able to spend some 1 on 1 time with Gene where he was able to talk about the early days of hot rodding and custom work. If you have any fond memories of Gene, please be sure to leave a comment below!!
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How To Build A Hot Rod On A Realistic Budget - $5k, $10k, & $20k
Matt and Mike sit down to talk through building a hot rod on a specific budget! They cover 3 realistic budgets that will get anyone into a great hot rod. Please leave a comment with your personal experience on building a hot rod on budget!!
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Mad Fabricators, Massive Heart Attack, Model T's & More - Piero De Luca
Matt sits down with Piero De Luca, the man behind Mad Fabricators Society. They cover hot rodding in the early 2000's, the start of Mad Fab, and much more. Piero inspired Matt to start Iron Trap and Live Wire was on of the many channeled Model A's Matt used for reference when building the Pagoda City Coupe! Be sure to follow Piero and MFS on all social media linked below!!
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Moultrie Swap Meet - The Good, The Bad The Ugly
Today Matt and Mike to sit down and talk about their experiences at Moultrie Fall swap meet. We had a great time the first year but things started to go down hill when Matt was almost scammed by a local shop owner on some 34 Ford parts. Thanks for listening!!
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Drag Racing, Hot Rodding & NHRA Championship!! - Bruce Larson
Matt sat down with drag racing legend Bruce Larson to chat about his early hot rodding days and 40 year racing career. Bruce started racing with his first car a 1932 Ford 5 window, that he bought back and restored to how it was in the 1950s.
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2026 Hot Rod Trends - Styles, Parts Sales & More
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about some of the trends we have started to see at the start of 2026. Hot Rodding is always changing and certain builds influence the entire hobby, and change what parts we sell the most of. What trends have you started to notice this year??
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Lucky Burton - Model T’s, Bonneville & Shift Knobs
Matt sits down with Lucky Burton from Luckys Hot Rod shop & Speed Equipment, Lucky talks about his early days at Old Crow Speed Shop, Bonneville racing, and how he became the Model t hot rod guru.
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2026 Grand National Roadster Show Wrap UP
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about their California Trip and their time spent at the Grand National Roadster Show. GNRS is always a fantastic show with a huge variety of cars in the buildings, and an even better selection that drives into the show on Saturday! Head to our YouTube channel for photos and videos of some of the cars we talk about at the show!!
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The Story Behind The "Lost" Florida Episode - Roaches, Feral Cats & Early Fords!
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about the Lost Florida Episode. This is the only video we have had to pull from the channel due to a family's request but the statute of limitations have passed. The story of the adventure, the parts and all of the crazy things that happened along the way are well worth the listen!!
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Mastering A Craft & Starting A Business In Your Hobby
Matt and Mike sit down to talk about mastering a craft & starting a business in your hobby. The antique automobile hobby is filled with speciality businesses that focus on one small need and are providing some great parts!!!
Some of the companies we talked about
Noble Speed Equipment - https://www.instagram.com/noble_speed_equipment/
Gear Drive - https://www.instagram.com/geardrive/
Nystrom Performance - https://www.instagram.com/nystrom_performance/
Dennis Lacey - https://www.instagram.com/dennis_lacy_earlyv8garage/
10 Big Things We Have Learned From Doing Large Estate Buyouts
Matt, Mike & Moon sit down to talk about the 10 important things we have learned while doing large estate buyouts. There are way more than 10 but we figured these were the most important, and some of the largest learning curves since we started buying heavily.
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