A Texas Muscle Car Cathedral Filled With Neon

About this episode

The episode features an interview with John Hovis about his unique collection of Mopar muscle cars and the creation of the Hemi Hideout.

A timber-frame “cathedral” filled with Mopar muscle cars and neon signs sounds like a myth until you hear it from the guy who built it. We sit down with John Hovis, creator of the Hemi Hideout near Brookshire, Texas, to talk about the passion that drove him to collect late-1960s and early-1970s Dodge and Plymouth legends, why an original Superbird still stops people in their tracks, and how the space has grown into a full-on automotive time capsule. We also get into what makes the Hideout mo...

People in this episode

Hosts: Don Armstrong, Michael Marrs, Jeff Dziekan

Guest: John Hovis

Topics covered

• muscle cars
• automotive history
• car collection
• neon signs
• Texas culture

Keywords

• muscle cars
• Hemi Hideout
• John Hovis
• Dodge
• Plymouth
• Superbird
• neon signs
• automotive time capsule

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hemi Hideout, Dodge, Plymouth

Products: Superbird

Places: Brookshire, Texas

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