Season 5
Bonus Episode: Give your Car Books to Schools NOT Charity Shops!
Send us a text Recently whilst clearing out my loft, I've found lots of old car books from when i was a kid. Rather than take them to a charity shop, for another 40-something guy to buy for a quid and stash in his study, i chose to give them to my kids school, in the hope they might just inspire the...
Ed Foster: Racing with Dad,driving a Land Rover around Australia, Mum's Escort Cosworth and the F40 that came to school! S5E10
Send us a text It's a pleasure to bring you this episode with Ed Foster, a farmer, a motoring journalist, a racer, and perhaps most familiar to you as the (tall) face and voice in the Goodwood Paddocks during the Revival, Festival of Speed and Members Meeting. He grew up on a Farm in Scotland, altho...
Tom McCooey: I wrote a book about restoring my parents wedding car. MG Magnette, Montego, BMW 3 series, 5 series S5E9
Send us a text We welcome Tom McCooey, a journalist and author onto our podcast to chat about his parents cars, and in particular an MG Magnette called Maggie. The car had previously last been used in 1983 and was his parent's wedding car. After his father passed away in 2016, his mother offered him...
Faye Hatton: I used to play 'guess the car' walking to school. Ford Sierra, Mercedes SL, S5E8
Send us a text We're joined by Faye Hatton, an Automotive PR specialist who just so happened to answer a social media post by Jonny Smith with a memory of her parents cars. Naturally, we hijacked that post and got in touch, and shortly afterward had this chat. Faye’s earliest memories are of the car...
Bonus Episode: Brooklands New Year Classic Car Meet - 20 of your earliest car memories
Send us a text Andy went along to the historic Brooklands Museum (home to the iconic banked race track of the 1930s) for their annual New Year Classic Car meet. It should have been the 1st January, but bad weather saw it postpone till the weekend. Meeting up with friend and automotive artisit, Steve...
Phil Weeden, Classics World: Driving on Dad's lap and how the seatbelt law saved Dad's life. S5E7
Send us a text In the second of our full length live podcasts recorded at the NEC Classic Car Show we were joined by Phil Weeden, the MD of Kelsey Media and Classics World. We have a great chat about his earliest car memories, what got him into the industry, his time editing Car Mechanics magazine, ...
Martin Hackett: My Mum was a girl racer, my Grandads Granada, My Dad's Stanza and Bluebird and the Golf that went through the garage! S5E6
Send us a text We're joined by Andy's friend Martin Hackett who has plenty of great stories to share. His earliest car memory is a Ford Granada belonging to his Grandfather, who used to drive down from Scotland to see him on the South Coast, then take him back again to spend the school holidays. His...
Anna Bebbington: Live from the NEC Classic Car Show. Reliant Robin, VW Camper, VW Golf Mk1, Mk2 S5E5
Send us a text This episode was recorded in front of a live audience in the Podcast Lounge at the Classic Car Show at the NEC in November 2024. Our guest, Anna Bebbington is the events organiser for the VW Golf Mk1 Owners Club, and told us some brilliant motoring tales from her childhood. From a 3 w...
Ian Robertson - Classic Retro Modern Magazine: Simca, Talbot, Peugeot, Ford Sierra and collecting car brochures. S5E4
Send us a text We are joined this week by Ian Robertson, an enthusiast of Peugeot 405s, and publisher of Classic Retro Modern car magazine, an independent title that celebrates many of the same cars we discuss in each of our shows. Join us for a journey through Simca's, Talbots, Peugeot 405's, a his...
Bonus Episode: NEC Classic Car Show 20+ clips from around the halls
Send us a text As well as recording live shows in the Podcast Lounge, we chatted to lots of show goers on the Saturday and Sunday at the NEC Classic Car Show. Enjoy plenty of earliest car memories and our summary of the weekend too. Our thanks to all those who gave their time to speak with us. Suppo...