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Jamie Orr joins us for a chat about all things automotive from his younger years. Growing up in Scotland there were Minis, Metros and Ford Sierras. Later on, he moved down south and was taught to drive at the legendary TRL (home of GTI International).
His Dad used to restore motorbikes in a high rise flat, had a manual lathe from a submarine, and bought a Lotus Elise as his company car! But both of his parents are petrol heads - now driving a VW Beetle and Mk4 Golf with BBS alloys!
We touch on the DVLA in Swansea, how this may have been a 'gift' from the Government in lieu of closing the coal mines. In fact the DVLA was formed in Swansea in 1965 and the mines closed in the 1980's but it was a nice theory!
We also speak about how Jamie got into VWs (his grandparents Scirocco Storm may have been a slight influence) but he bought his first when he moved to the USA.
We hope you enjoy these tales and many more in this great episode.
Find Jamie Orr here: Jamie Orr – Traveling the world looking for cars and adventures
A big thanks to our new podcast sponsor Viking Covers.
If you are looking for quality and customizable indoor or outdoor vehicle covers please go check them out.
www.vikingcovers.co.uk
We'll be telling you more about these guys soon - stay tuned.
Support the show
We’d love you to hear and share your stories, please tag and follow us on social media.
www.instagram.com/mydadscar_podcast
www.Facebook.com/mydadscar podcast
www.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscar
If you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom.
Get in touch with us direct - [email protected]
By Andy Gregory and Jon Recknell5
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Jamie Orr joins us for a chat about all things automotive from his younger years. Growing up in Scotland there were Minis, Metros and Ford Sierras. Later on, he moved down south and was taught to drive at the legendary TRL (home of GTI International).
His Dad used to restore motorbikes in a high rise flat, had a manual lathe from a submarine, and bought a Lotus Elise as his company car! But both of his parents are petrol heads - now driving a VW Beetle and Mk4 Golf with BBS alloys!
We touch on the DVLA in Swansea, how this may have been a 'gift' from the Government in lieu of closing the coal mines. In fact the DVLA was formed in Swansea in 1965 and the mines closed in the 1980's but it was a nice theory!
We also speak about how Jamie got into VWs (his grandparents Scirocco Storm may have been a slight influence) but he bought his first when he moved to the USA.
We hope you enjoy these tales and many more in this great episode.
Find Jamie Orr here: Jamie Orr – Traveling the world looking for cars and adventures
A big thanks to our new podcast sponsor Viking Covers.
If you are looking for quality and customizable indoor or outdoor vehicle covers please go check them out.
www.vikingcovers.co.uk
We'll be telling you more about these guys soon - stay tuned.
Support the show
We’d love you to hear and share your stories, please tag and follow us on social media.
www.instagram.com/mydadscar_podcast
www.Facebook.com/mydadscar podcast
www.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscar
If you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom.
Get in touch with us direct - [email protected]

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