All Torque Car Podcast

The boys return from holidays and Ross talks about letting off fireworks in Barcelona almost burning his family. In Crete Ross's rental car was smashed in the first minute of the rental. Peter talks about speeding on Greek freeways overtaking a marked police car and discusses Greek road etiquette.  Halil held the fort and went drag racing with his HSV and came back with a crushing time. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us [email protected]

Guest Matthew Joyce joins us to discuss all things hot rods, rat rods, resto mods and building an engine at the age of 14 in his bedroom. We learn how parts were sourced before the internet.  Halil remembers attending his first swap meet as a kid and bought four original hub caps for a Mazda R100.  Matthew tries to convince Ross to build a hot rod.  We look at the debate between authentic v pre fabricated parts.  Ross gets his Range Rover back on the road because the Multivan isn't. Halil talks about his BMX Redline, Matthew had a Diamonback and Peter had a GMX!!? Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us [email protected]

Mem Mustafa (yes, Halil's brother) joins us to talk about abrasive blasting, commonly used to remove paint from vehicles before restoring or respraying cars. We look at other applications where this can be used and Ross refers to YouTube for the guy who uses noodles to repair. We talk new cars including the Supra and talk old cars including Ross's first VW Beetle. Range Rover stories continue and Mem drives the HSV GTS-R. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us [email protected]

Claudio and Mona Di Gregorio are ice cream van owners and join us to talk about owning their traditional Ford Transit ice cream van.  Claudio talks about his days travelling with his mum and dad each weekend in his parents' first Morris ice cream van.  He explains what is involved in creating the ice cream and goes into details in how a van is tranformed into an ice cream van.  Claudio has served celebrities including Danny Green and Dannii Minogue.  Mona explains their push into functions and corporate events.  Halil taste tested five separate ice cream vans at one event and Peter discusses the importance of having a good cone. Halil is not washing his car with his kids again! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us with your questions and requests [email protected]

Karmann Ghia collector Nick Cass joins us to talk about owning a '59 Karmann Ghia.  Nick explains how to look after old cars. We look into 1980's kit cars that look like Ferraris.  Ross provides us uodates with his RAGE Rover and Halil talks about dealing with Holden head office.  Peter talks about meeting Wayne Carini and we re-visit what cars we would buy, money no object!!!  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us [email protected]

Engineers Con Boutsikakis and Andrew Paterson join us on our building roads podcast. Con and Andrew explain how roads are built on embankments using natural resources, how orads are designed to speed limits and the type of planning involved.  The engineers explain different tunnelling techniques for train and road tunnels.  Ross owns a road according to the government and asks questions to improve his own road.  We compare public transport v road network in Sydney and Halil wants to become a mayor by way of a democratic dictatorship!!! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email [email protected]

Chris Poulos and Peter Aird join us this week on our Easter podcast.  Chris dicusses Kollector Cars expansion into the car storage market.  Chris also runs down his car ownership history with a consistent VW theme.  Peter recalls his time working at Leyland in Zetland, Sydney and reveals driving a famous tennis player to Wimbledon.  The boys take their families to the Royal Easter Show.  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and contact us [email protected]

Andrew Smyrnis from Andrew's Refrigerated Transport joins the boys to talk about all things Trucks. Andrew delves into how to drive particular trucks from seating positions, to using exhaust brakes and using the amenities provided in truck cabins.  We find out whaty is at the end of safety ramps and Andrew comments on the attitude between cars and trucks.  Halil wants to support local towns by avoiding by passes. We look at the licensing process.  Halil takes the HSV to the drag strip and Peter reveals his new purchase.  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and contact us [email protected]

David Aquilina joins us this week to talk about his love of Fords, tattoo and all! The boys again argue about GM and Ford's plans in Australia post local manufacturing. Halil talks about his Valiant he found under a tree. Our guest David goes through all his Fords including his John Goss XB and current '56 Ford Pick Up. Ross talks about his first car, ED Falcon with bench seat. Peter talks about his XF Fairmont Ghia with a digital dash in the 1980's and has Halil fallen for Fords? The boys discuss the benefits of left hand drive cars in Australia and discuss working at the Japan Railway Company based in Sydney. Peter went car shopping to replace his M3 and discovered the joys of dealing with car salesmen. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us your questions at [email protected]

Christian, Jackson, Bille and Jamie host a kids special. The kids describe the car they would like to own.  Billie already owns her own car from the age of 13.  Jackson and Christian have found a way to pay for their million dollar car tastes.  The kids discuss electric cars and their effect on the environment and also refuse to get into driverless cars.  Rosses dresses up as Mario in Mario Kart.  The boys explained to the kids how to use a Street Directory.  The two generations debate whether Netflix is better than hiring a VHS film from Blockbuster. In this week's events Peter and Ross went to the inaugral Little Legs Foundation fundraiser and there was a Lamborghini Urus parked in the foyer of the event and Halil finishes the week with Audi A7 service stories.  Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and contact us [email protected]