My Dad's Car : Nostalgic cars of our childhood

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Andy and Jon have the pleasure of talking with Andy's friend Rob Mitchell. 
Rob was an only child, but lucky enough to go on some fantastic motoring days out and weekends away with his car mad Dad.
From crewing for a Porsche 356 racer, including getting a ride in a 550 Spyder and a 911 2.7RS through to sitting in a car with Colin Chapman and being kicked out off an F1 pit garage by the legendary Sir Frank Williams! 
Road car wise we take in Mk1 Escorts, Lotus Cortinas, 3 door Cortina, Porsche 356, Porsche 944, Mk2 Golf GTI and a Ford Capri 3.0. 
Rob finishes things off by suggesting he may take his 87 year old Dad to the Mercedes dealership at the weekend for one last hurrah, before he hangs up his driving gloves for good... C63 AMG? Yeah... Do it!! 
This episode was a joy to record, an epic to edit (10 hours+) but one of the best yet. We hope you enjoy it, and please do share it! 

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If you're up to date with our episodes, or have been following our journey on Social Media you will have known all about our trip to see Harry who runs the Ignition Podcast. 
It was our first time as guests on a show, but we had a great time, and its a pleasure to be able to share our discussion on our channel for those of you who may not (yet) follow what Harry gets up to. 

Find out more about what makes Andy and Jon tick, what their earliest motoring memories are, and what cars they picked in a game of "best car from each decade" top trumps. 

Thanks again to Harry for having us, and preparing this audio file for us to simple drop here for you today. 

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car. 

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Jon and Andy are joined by Edd Little, one half of B_Road Hunting Club and co-owner of B_Road at The Stag, a destination for petrol heads in a converted pub in Challock, Kent. 

Chat starts with a Mk1 Escort, and Edd's Grandfather. It takes in applying go faster stripes to his Father's Mk1 Golf GTI... And we ask the killer question, did they work?!

Edd got into cars late, but hasn't messed about trying to catch up. In fact with over 125 V5s passing through his hands, he's lapped most of us several times over when it comes to ownership statistics (they aren't always the best cars though...)

Driving gloves, yeah, we talk about those too - After owning a Porsche 986 Boxster and covering 6,000 top down miles, Edd followed in his Grandfathers wheel tracks and wore driving gloves for the first time in his life. He also, just like his Grandad, enjoys the sounds of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, just not in the car, as his Morgan 3 wheeler doesn't have a radio!

Hope you enjoy this one, and be sure to check out B_Road at the Stag if you are in the area. 

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Jon and Andy have a quick chat on a Saturday morning following a children's party at Andy's house (hence the chat about sleep overs).
A bit of a taster of what to expect when the episode (including video) with Harry from The Ignition Podcast drops in a week or two. 

As always, please get in touch if you have a story you'd like to share - maybe it's not a full episodes worth, but you'd like to share just 5 minutes of motoring memories? 

Normal service will resume next Tuesday with the next 'full' episode. 

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car. 

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Jon and Andy are joined by a friend of Jon's, Rupert, who also as it happens has a You Tube channel with some friends - Check out Guys That Drive.
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The talk starts with his Dad's station car, a Fiat Panda. Which Rupert was taught to drive in, and by the age of 8 he would drive it unaccompanied up and down the farm track at his parents house!
Chat moves onto a Montego with rear facing seats in the boot, then a VW Caravelle which was the perfect road trip vehicle. 
Things finish off with some BMW chatter and a love in for the Caterham! 
Hope you enjoy the episode. 

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Jon and Andy are joined by Porsche journalist Lee Sibley (9werks Radio, 9Werks TV and Total 911) to chat about his Dad's cars... Or, as it turns out, his Dad's Vans.
Despite living in Essex, his Dad had a penchant for commercial Mazda's rather than the typical Ford Transit that was produced locally. 
Lee recalls travelling down to Barcelona whilst the World Cup was on, and breaking down.
Later on, his Dad breaks down and calls a mate for recovery, and even flips a coin to barter the final price of a van he's already won on ebay.
A great discussion, we're pretty sure you are going to enjoy it - especially if you already follow Lee's work in print and online.
Please note, there are a couple of mild swear words in this episode. 

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car. 

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In another bonus episode, Andy and Jon discuss how the Bangers and Cash Live show went, who they met, what they learnt, and whether they would go back 'up north' again?!
Apologies for the delay in getting this one out - it has been manic since we returned from Yorkshire, including Andy needing to go to Cirencester for work the following weekend. Where he did run into Becca from the Passenger Seat Podcast (an anecdote not mentioned in this episode actually!)
Thanks for all the support - Enjoy!

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car. 

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Lots of bonus stuff recently, you lucky lot!! 

With the ULEZ expansion just a week or two away Jon and Andy discuss the implications for someone who lives within the ULEZ expansion zone and is about to be charged for the pleasure of driving an older car. 

Jon's 1998 BMW E39 5 series has nothing wrong with it, and it got us to Yorkshire and back in wonderful German comfort, but he's now faced with the reality of selling it, scrapping it, or storing it away and not knowing when he'll use it next. 
Such a shame. 

Jon and Andy discuss the process of how to appeal the classification of your vehicle and joke about using photoshop to amend the manufacturers data - DO NOT DO THIS! 

They also touch on the vandalism of the ULEZ Cameras. Whilst both against this ULEZ expansion, we are not encouraging of vigilante behavior - DO NOT DO THIS!

If you would like to buy Jon's 5 series get in touch - [email protected] he might just sell it to you.

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car. 

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Jon and Andy are joined by Matt Glassup for a great chat about his Dad's Car (and a few belonging to his Mum)
Talk ranges from muscle cars, a convertible Camero that his Dad sold the sofa to be afford new wheels for, a Mustang, a string of high performance Mk1 Capri Dragsters, Porsche 968, Ford RS Turbo, Porsche 964 and a Fiat Uno with wobbly panels! 
A great insight into growing up in a family around drag racing in the UK, Europe and beyond. 
We think you're gonna love this. 

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car. 

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Andy and Jon discuss their invitation to Bangers and Cash live! 
It will be the first time they have met up in person for over 10 years! 
If you have tickets for the show (as it is sold out) we'll see you there. 

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car. 

If you are looking to keep the dust, dirt and weather off your cherished car go check them out at www.vikingcovers.co.uk

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