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The first time we have done a full in person podcast, and it wasn't without its troubles... However, Danny James was a great guest, very accommodating in his workshop at home, and across two takes we managed to get all the audio and most of the video. 

Yep! There's an actual video of this conversation.. Check it out here. https://youtu.be/zMJByStJ_Oc

Expect stories about a purple Ford Capri, with 4 kids in the back. Teddy Boy Fords, Land Rovers and buying brand new cars at midnight so you could have the latest registration letter in the morning. 

A great chat, and one we are most grateful for having. We'd initially said we would do this back when we started, but Danny sadly lost his Dad, and we felt it best for him to take some time to get his thoughts in order first. 

You can follow Danny on You Tube here: https://www.youtube.com/@UC3MYNNNXvAE57ZJ4RTHBnzg 
Follow him on Instagram here for his model cars: https://www.instagram.com/blingatoys/ 
And here for his real cars: https://www.instagram.com/danstimelessclassics/

A big thanks to Andy's brother, Mike B Designs for assisting with the edit of the video. 
Check him out for all your videograohy needs (he didn't film any of this btw...)
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We're joined by Matt Godfrey, an artist who works under the 'Drawn by Matt' alias.
We chat about old Fords, Metros, the embarrassment of his childhood friends seeing the cars his parents had, as he lived next to the school!
We discuss the NEC Classic Car show, Goodwood Revival, and inadvertently start planning our own 'fancy dress' classic car event aimed at the slightly lower end of the market. 
It's a great chat, and we hope you enjoy it too.

Please do check out Matt's work at Drawn By Matt – Hand Drawn Poster Shop where you'll find a range of ready to go prints and posters, or drop him a line for a bespoke commission of your classic car. 

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We're joined by Paul Harding from Super Duper Garage for this episode.
Paul's a car collector / car hoarder and has appeared on Jonny Smith's Late Brake Show Car Cave - check out the episode here - Secret barn collection of Porsches, M3s and JDM cars - Car Caves - YouTube

Our talk starts with a yellow Vauxhall Chevette, but takes a few side turns and ends up with a chat about buying classic cars from neighbour's driveways on Halloween! 

We do catch up with the road trips, the music etc later on in the recording though, as Paul reminds us we forgot to do the Podcast! 

Hope you enjoy this one. 

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Join us for a quick chat about Car Spotting Etiquette. 
With the response to our Car Spotting Tennis is shows no signs of slowing up, so we'll continue for now - but there are some rules we have put in place. 
The cars need to be in a public place, either a car park or on the road. 
If the car is parked on a drive, or behind a block of flats, then it doesn't count...

It comes down to how you would feel if someone was snooping around your stuff really, and I do value a bit of privacy. I don't mind if someone photographs my car, but keep my house and my family out of it! 

So, there you go... Hope you enjoy this little bonus, if you haven't listened to the latest full episode yet go and check it out, and the next one will drop on Tuesday! 

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We're joined by Jay from Players Classic, Players Shows, Flat 6 Show, Hoonigan and star of many PVW magazine features for this fantastic episode. 
Come with us, back in time to when Skoda's were seriously uncool - His Dad had many of them! Fortunately in Jay's words, he knew how to take care of himself, otherwise it would have been a very unpleasant time at school.  
Jay's Dad also had a Rover P6 with the number plate 999 BAN - and he was a Police Officer!! 
Other stories in this episode include his Aunt Mick's Ford Fiesta Supersport and she was arguably responsible for getting Jay into cars. 
The Fiesta later got part exchanged for a Honda Civic, which eventually ended up with Jay after she passed away - and he ran that car into the ground. 
We hope you enjoy this one as much as all the others!

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This week we're joined by Dave Carey from Adelaide in Australia!
Yep! The good work we have been doing has trickled down under, and we're gathering some momentum, which attracted motoring journalist and petrol head Dave to get in touch with us. 
Dave's father passed away when he was just over 5 years old, but he still has some strong memories of his car, he also recalls his Mums car, and their matching number plates.
Conversation also covers an ex partner of his Mum's who robbed a service station to fund his motorsport season, and a kid at his school who's parents owned one of only a handful of Brock Directors. 
We may be more used to home grown saloons than Holden Utes, but this conversation proved that these memories and good story telling will survive, even if told from another continent. 
Thanks again Dave for coming on - our first truly international guest, dialing in from overseas. 
Enjoy!
Andy and Jon

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The first episode of Season 4 really sets the bar high (but panic not, we've got some great guests waiting in the wings too), Steve Waddingham is the official company historian for none other than Aston Martin Lagonda, but when he's not researching old colour names, and digging out race cars from dusty barns, he's behind the wheel of his own Austin Allegro! Yep... you read that right! 
We talk about his Father's Austin Cambridge, him working at his Dad's garage fixing cars. His Grandad who was a chauffeur, but typically drove a Morris Minor not a Daimler like everyone else - at the request of his employer! 
Think you're gonna love this one! 
Andy & Jon

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Jon and Andy went wild in the halls of the NEC with the newly acquired podcasting machine (thanks coffee buyers..) gathering together a wonderful and eclectic collection of earliest car memories from many different show goers. 
The quality is ok considering we recorded these stood up surrounded by hundreds of other people talking! So go easy on the critique!
If you were one of the 'lucky' people we spoke to - thanks so much for your time, we really appreciate it. 
Normal service will resume with Season 4 kicking off soon. But for now, enjoy these little nuggets!

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Jon and Andy are joined by Russell Quirk who recalls countless tales of his Dad's cars.
He reckons his Dad swapped cars every 6 months, and we're not just talking old Ford Escorts (although he had an RS2000) we're talking E-Types, Aston Martin's, Rolls Royces, TVR, Porsche and more. 
Russell's Dad was an Estate Agent in Essex, and liked to show off a little as to how successful he was. In later life he got into Car Dealerships, and was known as Mazda Man due to his brand allegiance. 
Russell's proudest tale is the story of tracking down the personalised number plate that used to be worn by his father's Aston Martin V8 Vantage, until, one day when he came home from work without it, as it had been sold... with the 4 digit plate GO 92. 
Many years later Russell chanced upon the plate for sale and simply had to buy it! 
So it now lives on one of his own cars in tribute to his late father. 
We hope you enjoy this one as much as all the others. A big thanks to Russell for coming on to talk with us. 

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Jon and Andy welcome Helen Stanley to My Dad's car this week. She may be familar to some of you having graced our TV screens on Goblin Works Garage and Motor Pickers to name but a few.
These day's Helen is working as an artist - check out her pop art here: helenstanleyofficial.com
Helen also hosts a podcast with her cousin, called Cars of the Macabre - take a listen in all the usual places. 
Discussion on her own car influence starts with toys, and then builds into a love of watching James Bond with her Dad. 
Her Dad had a few cool cars, a Peugeot 405 Mi16 and an E36 BMW 3 series. He also owned a classic Mini back when they were just regular cars... A vehicle Helen would love to own in the future. 
On top of discussions about Helen's TV work, Andy also pitches the idea of Part-X, a new classifieds service aimed at bringing back the joy of the acronym and word limited for sale adverts.  
We were most grateful to Helen for coming on - to date probably our 'most famous' guest. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it. 

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