On The Overrun

On The Overrun

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On The Overrun episodes

  • 54 | The Porsche 996 Dakar that never existed ft. Johan De Bruyn from Safari Projek

    COVID brought about many crazy ideas. For Johan, he decided to ordain the Porsche 996-generation 911 the “next classic 911” and make road-going, all-purpose safari Porsche’s out of them. Pretty wild! Besides his endeavours with Safariprojek, he’s also had an itch for racing his whole life. Currently, he’s satisfying the desire by racing Dakar trucks. He is doing it all!

    Here are some highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:01:24 If you had R1m, what would you buy?
    00:03:03 Intro to Johan
    00:09:42 Historic porsche racing
    00:13:01 GT3 racing
    00:13:39 Polo Supercup
    00:15:04 Intro into rallying
    00:20:51 Format of Rally Raid Racing
    00:23:18 The capability of the rally cars
    00:24:13 Rally vs Track driving
    00:25:05 Project Creep
    00:30:03 How has racing influenced your road driving
    00:33:34 Safari Projek
    00:34:06 Start of Safariprojek
    00:42:09 Testing and production of Safari's
    00:46:27 Differences in 996 and 997 builds
    00:49:20 How customisable are the Safaris?
    00:51:09 Configuring the cars
    00:53:50 Johan's own Safari
    00:57:12 Johan's Dream Car Experience


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    Safariprojek: https://www.instagram.com/safariprojek/


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    1 hr 3 min
  • 53 | Breaking your pelvis racing a ‘65 Mustang ft. Franco Scribante

    A name that doesn’t need introducing in the South African racing scene, and a name you would have heard a lot about over the past weekend at Simola Hillclimb, racing with his B19 Chevron and heavily-modified GTR called “Sheriff”. His family is well-known in the mining industry, but also for their racing, with Franco being part of a family of racers. He has stories upon stories to tell, including racing F40’s around on Italy’s mountain roads, and how he is rebuilding the very Mustang that almost caused his death.

    Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:05:43 How did you passion come to be
    00:08:25 The choice between motorsport and other ambitions
    00:12:05 Knowing what you know now, would you have gone full-time motorsport?
    00:16:06 Do you get a thrill from cars outside of motorsport?
    00:19:41 Classic car tour experiences
    00:22:00 Cape 1000
    00:25:03 Most precious cars
    00:25:39 300SL story
    00:30:41 F40
    00:35:00 Car culture in Italy
    00:36:16 Race cars owned and driven
    00:36:41 B19 Chevron
    00:38:41 B26 Chevron
    00:39:03 '65 fastback
    00:39:11 Mustang Crash
    00:40:03 Worklife vs Motorsport
    00:43:13 Racing successes
    00:46:08 Is the body still up for racing?
    00:50:10 Project cars
    00:53:33 Muscle Cars
    00:54:27 Restomods
    00:56:27 One road one car
    00:57:03 250 SWB

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    59 min
  • 52 | Racing Porsche’s as a 23-year-old ft. Andrew Rackstraw

    It’s definitely not an everyday thing for a 23-year-old to be driving around in Porsche’s for a living, but that is this man’s reality. His name is Andrew Rackstraw and he’s a talented and acclaimed young racing driver from South Africa, currently making his way up the ranks in the Porsche Cup Great Britain. He started his carting journey in his early teens and has already racked up some big SA championships. This man is going places, and in this podcast I find out where.

    Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:05:57 Where does the passion come from?
    00:08:01 Failing his learner's test
    00:13:41 Progression in race cars
    00:18:05 Current racing series
    00:23:42 His progression through the ranks
    00:25:17 Who's racing with you?
    00:30:05 His input in his race car
    00:33:14 Most memorable races
    00:50:42 Road car vs race car - what's the difference

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    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrew_rackstraw440/

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    1 hr 3 min
  • 51 | The Art of Rebuilding Ferraris ft. Carlo Viglietti

    “Ferrarista” is probably one of the words best describing Carlo Viglietti. A man that has been in and around Ferrari’s his whole life - working on them, selling them and driving them. He has had the full Maranello experience and continues to live the prancing horse dream at his workshop in Cape Town. We speak about carburetors, going around corners without traction control, and also what is wrong with Lamborghinis (obviously).

    Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:00:45 What is wrong with Lamborghinis?

    00:01:36 Introduction to Carlo
    00:11:06 Working with Ferrari as a company?
    00:15:54 Carlo's thoughts on the current Ferrari line-up
    00:20:02 Carlo's best driving experiences
    00:22:05 The difference between a Ferrari F1 and Road car
    00:33:09 Ferrari Piloti driver courses
    00:38:12 What does a bike offer that a car doesn't?
    00:39:30 What is Carlo Viglietti Motors?
    00:41:53 Ferrari 308 Rebuild
    00:46:05 Ferrari Daytona Restoration
    00:55:33 How long does a full restoration take?

    Follow Carlo’s journey here:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlovigliettimotors

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    1 hr 5 min
  • 51 | The Art of Rebuilding Ferrari's ft. Carlo Viglietti

    “Ferrarista” is probably one of the words best describing Carlo Viglietti. A man that has been in and around Ferrari’s his whole life - working on them, selling them and driving them. He has had the full Maranello experience and continues to live the prancing horse dream at his workshop in Cape Town. We speak about carburetors, going around corners without traction control, and also what is wrong with Lamborghinis (obviously).

    Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:00:45 What is wrong with Lamborghinis?

    00:01:36 Introduction to Carlo
    00:11:06 Working with Ferrari as a company?
    00:15:54 Carlo's thoughts on the current Ferrari line-up
    00:20:02 Carlo's best driving experiences
    00:22:05 The difference between a Ferrari F1 and Road car
    00:33:09 Ferrari Piloti driver courses
    00:38:12 What does a bike offer that a car doesn't?
    00:39:30 What is Carlo Viglietti Motors?
    00:41:53 Ferrari 308 Rebuild
    00:46:05 Ferrari Daytona Restoration
    00:55:33 How long does a full restoration take?


    Follow Carlo’s journey here:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlovigliettimotors


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    1 hr 5 min
  • 50 | Taking a Porsche around the world ft. Frisco 911’s Andre Bezuidenhout

    Every success story starts with a vision, just like every great car story starts with a written-off Porsche… right? Andre Bezuidenhout has experienced a lot of the world behind the wheel of a classic 911 and has raced Polo’s to F1 cars. His story about a tin of coffee is so interesting that even Petrolicious wrote about it.

    Here are the highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:12:24 Where Andre's passion started
    00:17:40 Andre's experience in motorsport law
    00:25:06 Did Motorsport law fuel or quench the fire
    00:33:40 The real start to Andre's racing career
    00:35:01 Andre's Kayalami 9h story
    00:49:37 Andre's Simola Hillclimb story
    00:53:04 Andre's story with Frisco 911
    01:01:38 STG x Frisco
    01:05:30 Andre's bucket list experiences


    Follow Frisco’s journey here:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frisco_911/

    Follow Team Perfect Circle’s journey here:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamperfectcircle/?hl=en

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    1 hr 9 min
  • 48 | Wilhelm Lutjeharms - Automotive Pallet Cleansers

    Wilhelm Lutjeharms is a journalist, having worked at various US, UK and South African publications, of which Car Magazine would be the most famous. A car guy through and through, a lover of the German automobiles, and driver of some of the worlds most amazing cars, including Bugatti Veyron’s, Pagani Huayra’s and even Volkswagen Polo’s. We delve deeper into his love story with cars, most insane drives, and also why he decided to buy a French car.

    Here are the highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:02:01 Call to action
    00:02:50 Why did Wilhelm buy a French car?
    00:04:12 How did his passion start?
    00:07:34 Wilhelm's career
    00:13:18 How he's driven the best cars in the world
    00:17:59 Wilhelm's first collection story
    00:19:20 The making of a story
    00:23:06 The first dream drive
    00:32:14 Reading about vs Driving a car
    00:38:00 The art of driving and recording
    00:41:31 Wilhelm's one & only car
    00:48:29 Memorable drives
    00:50:54 The attainable dream car
    00:59:26 The appeal of small sports cars
    01:02:49 The bucket list car experience

    Follow Wilhelm here:

    Instagram: @wilhelm_lutjeharms

    Twitter (X): @WLutjeharms

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    1 hr 7 min
  • 49 | M5's on Hillclimb ft. Shiraz from SA Beemer

    Not surprising that a podcast with the founder and head of SA Beemer, a South African BMW-enthusiasts brand, consists mainly of BMW content. But don’t fear, some conversations on Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes, road trips, car movies, and in-car telephones form part of this conversation.

    Here are the highlights of the podcast:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:01:09 Automotive movies

    00:03:10 How Shiraz got into cars
    00:06:42 The car that hooked Shiraz
    00:09:16 The golden generation of cars
    00:13:19 Car modification
    00:18:32 Simola Hillclimb
    00:19:03 Shiraz's M5
    00:28:54 SA Beemer
    00:35:51 Resistance toward SA Beemer
    00:39:41 Open road driving experiences
    00:43:08 Shiraz's collection
    00:52:04 Profit vs Passion cars
    00:54:12 Bucket list cars

    Follow SA Beemer here:

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sabeemer/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaBeemercoza/

    Website: https://sabeemer.co.za/stuts/allpages

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    1 hr 1 min
  • 47 | Chip Moosa - Ferrari’s should be slammed

    The Springboks aren’t the only South Africans that kept us proud in Europe. Chip and his team at Chicanos customs, the largest customs shop in Africa, built an award-winning BMW E9 called “Nkabi” that kept us proud. We talk about who Chip is, why he’s doing what he’s doing, and how he almost got killed in a Uno. We also talk about VW Polo’s, in case your wondering.

    Here are some highlights from the episode:

    00:00:00 Introduction

    00:01:54 R8 or 8 series coupe?
    00:03:24 Introduction to Chip
    00:06:51 How Chicanos started
    00:08:02 Tariq first car
    00:09:58 Chip's personal cars
    00:16:18 How content creation changed cars for Chip
    00:17:43 Bagged supercars
    00:19:44 The cars that can't be modified
    00:22:08 Chip dream cars
    00:26:04 First-time modifiers
    00:27:17 Modified cars in south africa
    00:32:56 Nkabi - the Chicanos pride & joy
    00:42:24 UK vs SA car scene
    00:49:30 SA Export cars
    00:52:28 What the SA customs scene is doing right
    00:53:59 Chicanos SA or UK?
    00:57:03 Has fame killed cars for Chip?
    01:00:45 Chip's dream car experience

    Follow Chip and Chicanos here:

    Instagram: @chicanos.customs and also chip_moosa

    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Chicanos.Customs

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    1 hr 4 min
  • FCS 5 | The World Record-Breaking Jimny

    Who knew a Suzuki Jimny would be the one to break a world record? Who knew the Suzuki Jimny would be the best place to get some love advice? The Suzuki Jimny proves to be many things for many people, and for some, the best thing. In this episode, we find a testimony from one such people.

    19 min

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