8-15-2008

Joe Mama's 10th Annual Car Show will host a gearhead legend for the second year in a row. Stacey David, the host of SpeedTV's GearZ, will be on hand at the biggest car show in Idaho on Saturday, enjoying the sights and sounds of what he thinks is one of the best show's in the nation.

"Y'know, being born and raised in Idaho, it's always nice to come back to that, but a lot of people don't realize, there's a huge car culture in Idaho. Boyd Coddington came from here. Leroy Tex Smith came from here. These are all legends in the industry that came from Idaho. And I grew up pulling cars out of barns and out of fields and stuff. It's all over around here. And to see these guys that are actually doing that here--it's not just West Coast, it's not just South---I mean, it's happening right here. And you'll see cars and trucks here, that are just as good as you'll see anywhere else. And that's a cool thing. You'll see daily drivers and then you'll see some really nice stuff...and that's always cool."

As host of GearZ, David knows what it takes to piece together a hot rod from the ground up. He's been on the rebuild end of some amazing projects, including Copperhead, one of his most famous trucks, and the Wild Willys. His most recent build, is a mid-90's Mazda Miata called the Banshee.

"The big project we're finishing up this year is the Banshee, which is a Mazda Miata that we'v put a 400-hp V8 in. Oh, its sick. It is sick, because we've played on the whole---'Its a girls' car' kind of thing--- 'but not anymore, we made it a guys car'. We've got girls writing in going, 'That's not a girls' car...I've got one!' It's like (laughing) ..and my point..sooo.."

Stacey David continues his projects on SpeedTV's GearZ. You can catch more of Stacey online at www.gearztv.com. You can also catch him all day Saturday at Joe Mama's 10th Annual Car Show in Jerome.