Joe Rogan Experience #2022 - Jeremy Gerber, Phil Gerber, & Josh Henning
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In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience #2022 - Jeremy Gerber, Phil Gerber, & Josh Henning explores joe Rogan Explores Modern Muscle With Roadster Shop Car Artists Joe Rogan sits down with Jeremy Gerber, Phil Gerber, and Josh Henning from Roadster Shop to talk about high-end custom muscle cars, especially his newly completed 1970 Barracuda restomod. They dive deep into engineering choices, driving dynamics, and why modernized classics beat stock vintage muscle in real-world performance and enjoyment. The conversation broadens into car culture trends, EVs versus internal combustion, American manufacturing, social media, and even media censorship and social cohesion post‑COVID and 9/11. Throughout, they contrast doing work you love—whether building cars or comedy—with chasing trophies, status, or empty corporate metrics.
Joe Rogan Explores Modern Muscle With Roadster Shop Car Artists
Joe Rogan sits down with Jeremy Gerber, Phil Gerber, and Josh Henning from Roadster Shop to talk about high-end custom muscle cars, especially his newly completed 1970 Barracuda restomod. They dive deep into engineering choices, driving dynamics, and why modernized classics beat stock vintage muscle in real-world performance and enjoyment. The conversation broadens into car culture trends, EVs versus internal combustion, American manufacturing, social media, and even media censorship and social cohesion post‑COVID and 9/11. Throughout, they contrast doing work you love—whether building cars or comedy—with chasing trophies, status, or empty corporate metrics.
Key Takeaways
Modern chassis and drivetrain engineering transform classic cars from dangerous to truly usable performance machines.
The Roadster Shop Barracuda uses a rear transaxle and a high-revving V8 to achieve near 50/50 weight balance, predictable handling, and a sports-car feel that’s the polar opposite of the heavy, sketchy, stock 70s muscle experience.
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Restomods are most satisfying when they’re built to be driven, not just to win trophies.
The builders emphasize road manners, comfort, and reliability over show-only details like chrome rotors and felt pads, noting that clients who drive 1,000 miles home in their builds get far more lasting value than those chasing plaques.
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Patina and “sleeper” builds are increasingly prized because they reduce stress and amplify fun.
Old trucks and worn-looking muscle cars on modern Roadster Shop chassis fly under the radar, avoid constant detailing anxiety, and can embarrass modern performance cars while still feeling like a favorite pair of broken‑in jeans.
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EVs deliver outrageous performance, but they don’t replace the emotional experience of analog cars.
Rogan describes the Tesla Plaid as making every other car feel stupidly slow, yet still chooses to commute in loud, manual muscle because the sound, vibration, and mechanical involvement feel like being on a ride rather than in an appliance.
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American manufacturing quality still matters, especially in safety-critical components like chassis and steel.
The Roadster Shop rejects imported steel that cracks or tears and insists on U. ...
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Information control by governments and platforms has real impact on public understanding and debate.
They discuss evidence of the White House pressuring Facebook to throttle Tucker Carlson COVID content, TikTok’s invasive data collection, and the FBI’s involvement in social media moderation, framing it as a threat to First Amendment norms.
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Discipline + talent is a rare, unbeatable combo—whether in sports, comedy, or building cars.
Using examples like Michael Jordan and elite wrestlers, they argue that learning early that hard work improves performance is crucial; in the shop, the same principle applies to continually improving chassis design under intense market competition.
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Notable Quotes
““That thing is a masterpiece. It’s my favorite. That just went number one.””
— Joe Rogan (on his 1970 Barracuda)
““Everybody loves muscle cars, but a bone stock ’70 Cuda is a massive pile of shit to drive.””
— Jeremy Gerber
““There’s only one reason to have a car: to drive it.””
— Joe Rogan
““We’re manufacturing things out of steel in America. I don’t have to worry about any of this because I’m not an important enough person. I’m just gonna do my thing.””
— Jeremy Gerber
““Freedom of speech is everything. It’s the only way to find out what’s true.””
— Joe Rogan
Questions Answered in This Episode
How does relocating the transmission to a rear transaxle fundamentally change the driving dynamics of a front‑engine muscle car like Rogan’s Barracuda?
Joe Rogan sits down with Jeremy Gerber, Phil Gerber, and Josh Henning from Roadster Shop to talk about high-end custom muscle cars, especially his newly completed 1970 Barracuda restomod. ...
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If EVs like the Tesla Plaid are objectively quicker, what elements of analog cars are truly irreplaceable from an emotional and experiential standpoint?
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Where’s the ethical line for builders between honoring originality (e.g., keeping engines brand‑correct) and pursuing performance or reliability upgrades that purists might hate?
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How might reshoring more automotive and electronics manufacturing to the U.S. practically affect costs, environmental impact, and product quality for enthusiasts?
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Given the examples of social media throttling and moderation pressure, how should consumers vet their news sources and protect open debate around controversial topics?
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(drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. The Joe Rogan Experience.
Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) Okay, and we're up. What's up? Hey, f- let's, uh ... First of all, thanks for coming here. Thanks for everything.
My pleasure, man. Absolutely.
We're very excited. Um, just introduce yourself. Start with you, Josh.
I'm Josh Henning from the Roadshow Shop.
Phil Gerber.
Jeremy Gerber.
And, uh, you guys make fucking awesome cars-
Well, thank you, dude.
... for a living.
I, I appreciate that.
What a great job. I mean, what a fucking great job.
Dude, yeah it is.
You guys get to work on some of the fucking coolest cars that have ever been made. It's, uh ... You guys have an incredible gig.
Living the dream, man. That's it.
Yep.
That's what it's all about.
So, I drove that 1970 Barracuda, and I got here, I said, "I don't want to say shit until we get on the air."
Dude, I'm sweating. I've been sweating thinking about it.
That thing, that thing is a masterpiece. It's my favorite. That's my favorite car now.
Fuck yeah.
That's ... That just went number one. It, it b- beat all of them.
Hell yeah, dude.
You know, like edges, you know? The Camaro's amazing. The, my Nova that I got from Steve Strope is fucking incredible. But this thing is fucking ... It's also, it's like I have so much history with this car, and I bought this car 20 years ago, and ...
So exciting.
By ... Reggie Bush bought it, and then he got rid of it after a while. He dumped a bunch of money into it too, he was telling me. And then, um, when, uh, my friend Joel told me he got it back, he, he called me and he said, uh, "I have your Barracuda." I'm like, "No!" And this is like, you know, I was already thinking that I wanted to get another one. Like I, I wanted to get a ... I only like hot rods that are manuals. That's all I like. I do not like automatic hot rods. It just feels like something's wrong. When, when you're driving like a classic muscle car, it's like, "Th- this is ... Why am I not shifting?" You know? And just what you guys did to that thing is just ... You guys are artists.
Well, appreciate it, man.
I mean, it's really amazing.
Dude, we were stoked, stoked to hear when you found that car, 'cause you could've built anything, you know?
Yeah.
So ... But that damn car was so rad, and to start with it-
Yeah.
... revamp that sucker, and put our touch on it. Man, I had a, I had a blast doing it, dude, and I'm glad that you're digging it.
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