My Dad's Car : Nostalgic cars of our childhood

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After a fantastic day out at the 82nd Members Meeting at Goodwood Motor Circuit, Andy is joined by his brother Mike for a chat about the event, and comparing it to the more mainstream Revival event. 

A quick plug for Mike, if you need a Videographer for a business or personal project, look him up - www.mikebdesigns.com 

Normal episode service will resume, with another full episode dropping next Tuesday. 

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We're joined by Stuart Weaver for today's episode.

Recommended to us by previous guest, Jamie Orr's mum no less, Stuart is a survivor of male breast cancer, and met Sally Orr through her work in this field. 

Stuart's parents have had their fair share of MG's - and some of them are still in the family now.

His Dad beat Adam Faith to a red MGA, and was due to use it as Stuart's wedding car. However, a ladder fell on it the night before, and it's never really be used since. 

His Mum used to drive him around in a Fiat 500, but has had a couple of MG BGT's and currently there's a blue one on his parents drive awaiting re-commissioning. 

We also touch on Stuart's history with breast cancer, and we urge you to take 2 minutes to check yourselves over, and report any suspicious lumps or discharges to your Doctor ASAP. 

We should add, we're publishing this on April 15th, which by sheer fluke is Stuart's Dads birthday!! 

We hope you enjoy this episode! 

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We're joined this week by John Marcar, the host and driving force behind the driven.site podcast, and website. 

We met John up at the NEC at the end of last year, and whilst we didn't manage to sync our watches to record at the show, we sat down a few weeks later to have a proper chat.

From a chocolate brown Ford Cortina, to a K10 Micra, gifted to his Mum by his caring Auntie, to a Nissan Bluebird and his Father's access to exec level company cars through his work in a garage. 

There was plenty to influence John, and help pave his way towards a career with cars. 

We hope you enjoy this chat, and please also go and check out what John gets up to as well. 

Website: Driven

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

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Recently whilst clearing out my loft, I've found lots of old car books from when i was a kid. 

Rather than take them to a charity shop, for another 40-something guy to buy for a quid and stash in his study, i chose to give them to my kids school, in the hope they might just inspire the next generation.

So, if you've got any old car books at home, please do the same - these kids (and our hobby) need your help. 

This episode is a bonus. Season Six will commence on the 1st April 2025.

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It's a pleasure to bring you this episode with Ed Foster, a farmer, a motoring journalist, a racer, and perhaps most familiar to you as the (tall) face and voice in the Goodwood Paddocks during the Revival, Festival of Speed and Members Meeting. 

He grew up on a Farm in Scotland, although boarded at a school in London. His Dad was into racing, and owned the last ever E-Type lightweight, along with an XK120 racecar, a Ford Maverick (with a Joseph tape stuck on repeat) and his Mum daily drove a Ford Escort Cosworth.

This is a chat full of horsepower and petrol! Strap and in hold on there's lots to be discussed... Including an F40 that came to his school on a parents visiting day, and his Dad driving a Land Rover twice around Australia.... which has now returned to the family farm! 

We give Ed's day job a shout out early on - please do look the Rhynd up here. 

The Rhynd in Fife | Weddings, café, gym, clay shooting and more

You can find Ed on Instagram here: Ed Foster (@anotheredfoster) • Instagram photos and videos

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We welcome Tom McCooey, a journalist and author onto our podcast to chat about his parents cars, and in particular an MG Magnette called Maggie.
The car had previously last been used in 1983 and was his parent's wedding car.  After his father passed away in 2016, his mother offered him the car and he set about restoring it.
Financially it should never have been saved, but the vehicle lives, and was the basis for a book which is now available to buy.
Maggie – A Lifelong MG Love Affair - Scratching Shed Publishing

Beyond this car we chat about a Mk2 Fiesta with no rear seat belts, mini disc players and ipods, a Montego Estate with the 'vomit seats' a pair of aging BMWS which sounded posh, but Tom assures us really weren't.
These were later replaced by the Zafira, and then a Vauxhall Agila, which he learnt to drive in.

In this episode we also discuss how Tom's father passed away, likewise what led to Andy's Dad and Jon's Dad's checking out early, and what we would have done given the opportunity to take on our Father's cars.

Hope you enjoy this one. 

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 Faye Hatton, an Automotive PR specialist who just so happened to answer a social media post by Jonny Smith with a memory of her parents cars.
Naturally, we hijacked that post and got in touch, and shortly afterward had this chat.

Faye’s earliest memories are of the cars she used to walk past on her way to and from school. Not a long walk, 300 yards, as she lives next door! But she would test herself on recognising headlamps and badges from a distance.

The first car she recalls her parents driving was a silver Sierra hatchback. They never had ‘posh’ cars when she was growing up, and unusually due her Dads working schedule, most journeys were made with her Mum at the wheel.

Look her up on Instagram here: Faye Hatton (@faye_hatton_pr) • Instagram photos and videos
And find her website here: Automotive and motorsport PR by Faye Hatton. A one-woman press office.

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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Andy went along to the historic Brooklands Museum (home to the iconic banked race track of the 1930s) for their annual New Year Classic Car meet. 
It should have been the 1st January, but bad weather saw it postpone till the weekend. 
Meeting up with friend and automotive artisit, Steve from AutoLegends Autolegends.co.uk they spent the morning enjoying the sites and interviewing fellow show goers about their earliest car memories.
If you spoke with us, thanks, we really appreciate your time.
If you have found us because of the event, then hopefully you enjoy these stories, and we get to speak to you later in the year.
Find details on more Brooklands events here. 
Aviation & Motoring Events at Brooklands Museum
Including the next Classic Car day on April 19th. 
Brooklands Museum :: Easter Classic Gathering 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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In the second of our full length live podcasts recorded at the NEC Classic Car Show we were joined by Phil Weeden, the MD of Kelsey Media and Classics World.

We have a great chat about his earliest car memories, what got him into the industry, his time editing Car Mechanics magazine, before taking the helm in charge of all Motoring titles at Kelsey Media.

From his first memory sat on his father’s lap, driving his Talbot (not Chrysler) Avenger around a car park, whilst waiting to pick his Nan up from work to a Ford Escort (with roof rack) which his Father could have died in…Having had a crash just 3 weeks after the seat belt laws came into place… and the seatbelt undoubtedly saved his life.

We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did making it.
Our thanks to Phil for his time.
Check out Classics World here:
https://classicsworld.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/classicsworlduk?igsh=MTVkcjNuNmZpdDVzNg==
https://youtube.com/@classicsworlduk?si=RYqkaX2kRo6iPcaS

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We're joined by Andy's friend Martin Hackett who has plenty of great stories to share.
His earliest car memory is a Ford Granada belonging to his Grandfather, who used to drive down from Scotland to see him on the South Coast, then take him back again to spend the school holidays.
His Mum drove a peppermint green Mk1 Fiesta Sport, and was a bit of a girl racer.
His Dad has Nissan Stanza's and Bluebirds, and van he used for work.
Later on his Mum bought a brand new Yugo 45, and then a VW Golf Mk2 which Martin had a bit of an incident with involving a garage! 
Later on, as a bit of a bonus Martin discloses how he and some school friends had shares in a car when they were 14 or 15, and they would drive it to nightclubs, and they even got jump started by the Police one night when it failed to start!!

Martin runs a number of businesses which may be of interest to you.
Paint protection specialists - Paint Protection Film & Ceramic Coating Services in West Sussex
Ceramic Coating - WAX IS DEAD® - Professional One Layer Ceramic Coatings
and lighting supplier - Hexagon Lighting Systems - Hexi-Grid LED Lighting - UK Company

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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