Riley Green is piling up career successes with songs such as “Worst Way,” his Ella Langley collab “You Look Like You Love Me,” and his latest, “Make It Rain.” Green recently appeared on The Zach Sang Show, and discussed his love for vehicles — and while Green’s career successes might lead some people to assume that love of cars leans toward expensive new models, it seems Green has a love for older cars.
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“I get on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist and when I’m traveling, you can find deals,” he said. “When I’m in a certain town, I’ll find something and if I think it’s a good deal, I’ll buy it and ship it home, work on it a little bit.”
Green noted he has “13 to 15 vehicles in a barn at my house,” including a couple of Chrysler LeBarons. He recalled buying a 1988 Chrysler LeBaron when he was opening shows for Brad Paisley.
“I went and bought this LeBaron…wood panel siding on it. I’ve got two of those now. But I paid $3,000 for that car, and I remember driving it back to the venue and all my buddies were like, ‘Man, you’re just wastin’ money, it’s a piece of junk.’ … I think a Kid Rock song came on or something and I was ridin’ through these cornfields going back to the venue and I said, ‘This was worth $3,000, just this moment,’” he told Sang. “I finally got somebody to haul it to Nashville and we got it fixed and it’s still at my house. I love buyin’ old vehicles like that.”
Green has previously shown off some of his cherished vehicles, including Broncos and a wood-grain LeBaron, in TikTok videos, and during his Zach Sang Show podcast appearance, he shared why he loves older cars.
“I always say you can go buy the nicest BMW, G wagon, whatever, and the next year there’s going to be newer one. There’s never going to be a newer one of those. That’s always going to be the coolest car on the block,” he said. “And crazy enough, I’ve had some early Broncos, I have three of them, but that right there turns heads more than anything I drive. I love that era, those old vehicles, there’s something about the smell in ’em when you crank them up, too. You don’t see them a lot anymore.”
Green recently appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, and his Langley collaboration “Don’t Mind If I Do” is rising up the Country Airplay chart, while he just released a deluxe version of his Don’t Mind If I Do project.
