My Dad's Car : Nostalgic cars of our childhood

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We’re joined by Jez Hayter the founder of Mythron Cars who produce a bespoke,  reinvented modified Austin Healey Sebring Sprite for the modern day.

Discussion starts with the charm of playing Action Men and moves into a 50’s Wolsley which belonged to his Grandfather - complete with fold out rear picnic tables. 

Later we speak about their family Renault 18 estate, which took the family to Norway for two years, Jez would sit in the middle, something he was particularly proud of. 

In Norway they had a neighbour with a classic 3 door Range Rover in powder blue, with a tan interior, with no seat belts to restrict them, they could fit 6 kids in the back! 

We wrap things up with some talk about technology and safety improvements. 

We hope you enjoy this episode.

Please do look up Mythron Cars here https://mythroncars.com/

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A few minutes of ramblings about Bburago models, Scalextric, big head football characters and making your own videos with Dad's camcorder!

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It was a real pleasure to sit down with the legend that is Mike Brewer at the NEC Classic Car Show. We recorded this live, in front of lots of people, so please excuse the blip in sound quality - we've done the best with what we had. 

Things start off with a real 'one off' hat flying out the car and back in again earliest car memory, before we hear about the custom cars his Dad built, including the Ford Pop called 'Pinball Wizard' which has been replicated a number of times in tribute.  

In later life Mike recounts the tale of sourcing a sensible car for his Dad to drive his Mum around in. He delivers a Ford S-Max, but his Dad isn't impressed. 

However, it only takes a few miles and he's smitten, a few months later he's modified it... lowered on split rim wheels, carbon bonnet and mirrors! He just can't stop it!! 

We hope you enjoy this episode, and please do take a moment to look up Mikes TV program Born Dealer which we reference a number of times whilst chatting. 

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

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We're back, and we've never been busier!! 

We recorded 3 full episodes over Friday and Saturday, and also found 21 show goers to each share their earliest car memories with us.

If we spoke to you, thank you very much, and we hope you enjoy hearing your memories back again and all the others we recorded too (with even better sound quality this year, thanks to our sponsor Viking Covers). 

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

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We’re joined by automotive artist Ian Cook this week. Better known as Pop Bang Colour, he produces artwork using model cars instead of brushes, and has created paintings at motoring events for almost 20 years. He even painted a giant Lewis Hamilton for Reebok, earning a Guinness World Record in the process. 

In a similar fashion to last episode’s guest, Ian remembers identifying parts of cars from the back seat of his parents Metro, he could even work out a vehicle by its tail lights at night. 

They travelled to France in the Metro, but him and his brother had to be in separate cars to stop them fighting! 

His Uncle was a Car Designer for Rover, which meant the entire family had one… for cheap! His Uncle had the MG Metro Turbo. 

Another Uncle had a Chevette, which Ian now owns. Each Christmas they would go to the model shop to pick a new slot car. 

We hope you enjoy this one, please check out Ian’s work here. 

https://www.popbangcolour.com

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Welcome along to the guys from Viking Covers who are sponsoring the podcast for the duration of Season 7. 

We have a quick chat about what they do, what it means for us, what we can do for them and also, what we would do if Yankee Candle approached us and wanted to collab! 

Please do check out Viking Covers here: www.vikingcovers.co.uk 

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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We’re joined by car designer and writer Andy Plumb for the first episode of the long awaited season 7. 

Andy (host) wanted to be a car designer growing up so hearing from Andy Plumb as to how he made his dream a reality, was fascinating.

It turns out, writing a letter to Ford asking how he should make it happen; and Ford replying with a step by step guide was just what he needed! 

We talk about Ford Sierras, Citroen 2cVs, Reliant Robin’s and the Morgan Super 3 and spotting cars on the motorway by just their headlights - a game our Andy used to play on long journeys too. 

We hope you enjoy this one, and stay tuned for more great stories in Season 7. 

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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We've just found out we'll be podcasting at the NEC Classic Car Show again this year. You'll be able to find us on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th November at the new Podcast Cafe in the middle of hall 3. 

Our guests are TBC but rest assured we'll be digging deep for all the nostalgia, and doing our usual vox-pop recordings with plenty of show goers. 

We can't wait - and we hope to see you all there.

Season 7 will start properly on Tuesday 4th November (not long to wait now) and we have recorded some great guests to share with you. 

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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Despite our lack of new content for a month or two, it's been lovely to still have people tuning in and discovering what we are all about.

Equally, the recording has continued and there's even been a bit of editing too - Season 7 is in progress! 

For now though, allow us to entertain you with details of our recent trip to Goodwood Revival. A great event, with brilliant historic racing.

This prompts a discussion on the 100th episode (we're currently on 86) and Andy being the guest on the show... However Jon suggests we should get Jenson, or Ian Wright!! 

We hope you enjoy this bit of chatter, and please sit tight for season 7 dropping this side of Christmas... hopefully October 2025.

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

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We're joined for this episode by guest co-host Paul Harding. 

Paul is a previous guest, and was featured on S4 E4. 

Today's actual guest is Gary Handa. 

He's currently working with Sporting Bears supporting their marketing and media activity. 

His parents are both Doctors, and came to this county from India with only a small amount of cash in their pockets. Gary is rightfully very proud of what they made of themselves, and equally, the pride he remembers his father having when he bought his 1976 Mercedes, brand new, outright. 

His first memory is a VW 411 Estate, a now very rare aircooled VW with a rear engine and front boot area. They were the Passat of the day. 

Gary's Mum had a brown Mercedes estate when he was a teenager, and he used to dress up in his dad's shirt and tie, and take it for a drive whilst his parents were at work. They eventually cottoned on, when the trip odometer wasn't reset to zero after his activities! 

We go on to talk about previous cars of Gary's and then whether he'd like to repeat any of his parent's choices... which leads us on to his next purchase - an Audi TT diesel, or a BMW 3 series! 

Please give Gary's Instagram a check here. Gary H (@zl1uk) • Instagram photos and videos

Also check out the work of the Sporting Bears here. Sporting Bears Motor Club

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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