Gutter 2 Gutter

In this episode, I am joined by Shonky. We catch up and chat about Shonks bad habit of buying old cars back, how he finally ripped the band-aid off and started his Z18T 200B sedan after it sitting for far too long in his shed and we also hear from his high-pitched shop dog, Arrow. We also talk about some of my issues with hoarding project cars and changing my mind again about what is happening wit...

In this episode, I am joined by Kieran Racklyeft. Kieren is a Sydney based drifter competing in the Pro-Am ranks of the Hi-Tec drift all stars series. He drives the 1JZ powered R33 with the R34 front end and has put a lot of R&D into that car. Kieren and I got to talk about the little country town he grew up in, the purchase and memories from his first car. As well as how and when he got into...

In this episode, I am joined by Al and Woody from The Skid Factory. We got to hear about Woody's short-lived surfing career, his multifaceted apprenticeship at a large-scale dealership, his 3 year stint at a bottle-o and memories of his first car. We got to hear about Al's apprenticeship in a Subaru, Volkswagen and Holden dealership, how that kicked off his appreciation for Subaru's an...

In this episode, I am joined by Brodie Maher. Brodie is a Tasmanian drifter competing in the Pro ranks of the Hi-Tec all stars drift series. I got to talk with Brodie about the heartache he had 2 weeks before round 1 at Winton this year and how he scrambled to get his car ready and on the boat in time to compete. As well as all the issues he had whilst at Winton. Needless to say, it was not his id...

In this episode, I am joined by last years Hi-Tec drift all stars, Pro Am series winner, Beau Gagliardi. Beau and I got to talk about some of the tracks he loves to drive at, some of the drivers that he looks up to, and the drivers he thinks are putting themselves and the sport onward in a really positive way. We got talk about what his entry into drifting looked like and who helped him long the w...

In this episode, I am joined by return guest, Mike Lake. It has been 2 years since Mike was last on, and as you can imagine, a lot has happened in that time for Mike and myself. So it was great to just catch up and see how well he has been doing and how his YouTube channel has been performing. In this episode, we got to talk about some of the builds that quietly disappeared from his channel as wel...

In this episode I am joined by Ben Meir. Ben drove from his hometown of Thornton in Newcastle to western Sydney to join me for a face to face sit down chat. In this episode we talked about his transition from BMX racing into drifting. We spoke about his time doing the drift demo's with Drift Cadet at Summernats and his introduction into drifting by way of Sam Tabbouch and Tom Boban as well as...

Hello and welcome episode 88 of Gutter 2 Gutter podcast.  In this episode, I am joined by Brendan Turnbull. Brendan owns Rise Up Restorations. A car restoration company operating out of Corowa in NSW. In this episode, we got to learn where Brendan grew up and what he enjoyed doing as a kid. We got to hear how he signed himself out of school and started in a panel shop and built himself up to...

Hello and welcome episode 87 of Gutter 2 Gutter podcast. In this episode, I am joined by James Churches. James owns and operates Guilty Apparel, which is a clothing company centred around board sports such as skateboarding and snowboarding. While this might seem a little off brand for the podcast, I still think there is a lot in this episode that you can all benefit from. James and I got to talk a...

Hello and welcome episode 86 of Gutter 2 Gutter podcast. In this episode, I am joined by Tony Bishop. You would have probably heard Tony's voice if you've watched the Hi-Tech drifting livestreams, the World Time Attack livestream, if you've been to Keep it reet or drift cadet events or even if you've watched one of the drift demo's at Summernats. In this episode, I got to learn about Tony's introd...

Hello and welcome episode 85 of Gutter 2 Gutter podcast. In this episode, I am joined by Jake Jones, more affectionately known as Drift Squid. I would firstly like to thank Jake for putting up my professionalism as I battled with technical issues and fumbling with technology like I've never used it before.... It's been a little while since I've used the tech i needed to use for this episode... &nb...

In this episode, it's just me. Static. All on my own. I am super excited to welcome you all back for 2023. First off, I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and New Year break with friends, family and loved ones. I have a lot of ideas that I can't wait to get working on this year to bring to you all, but I'll let you listen along and find out from this weeks episode. Don't forget to follow the po...

Welcome episode 83 of Gutter 2 Gutter podcast. In this episode, I am joined by Michael Kelly, more affectionately known as Mickey Moo. I was lucky enough to get Mick in for a face to face sit down only 2 days before he moved back home to Ireland. In this episode, we got to talking about how Mick ended up moving to Australia and how the whole process went down for him. We got to chat about how he s...

In this episode I am joined by Shonky.  We haven't gotten together for a long time now and a lot has gone on in Shonky Garage in that time.   On Shonks side, we got to chat about another written off D22, the 720 of RedBull and Regret and his the latest Datsun to grace the stables.   On my end we got to chat about the latest advancements in the Drift truck saga and just generally cau...

In this episode I am joined by Jack Merrett. Jack shares some of his stories from growing up on a farm with zero interest in farming at all and tells us about how minitrucks ended up in the small Country Victorian town of Kaniva.  Jack and I talked about his start in the world of minitrucks as well as his growing collection of Iconic trucks from early on in the scene.   We got to chat ab...

In this episode I am joined by Danny Probert. Danny shares with us some of his history growing up avoiding becoming a mechanic only to lose the battle despite his best efforts. We got to talk about the change Danny experienced while moving from a small town in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory. We also got to chat about his introduction to drifting, the journey from then on and w...

In this episode I am joined by a surprisingly young pro drifter in Patrick Barlee. In this episode Patrick and I got to talk about his entry into the world of drifting and how he managed to acquire one of the most unique drift cars in Australia. A Carbon Kevlar C6 Corvette. The amount of work in this car to suit our Aussie aftermarket is insane and aside from the cars silhouette is a distant memor...

In this episode I am joined by Aaron Gregory of Memphis Hell.  Aaron and I got to chat about how he started out boat building and just kind of fell into the minitruck scene.  We got to talking about his first minitruck, known as Maximus and how cool he thought it was right up until being introduced to the minitruck scene.  We also got to talk about Aaron's 51 Chevy Pickup, Memphis H...

In this episode I am joined by a drifter who has made a huge name for himself in his rookie season in the Australian pro ranks. Hailing from Tasmania and finishing 3rd overall in the Hi-Tec drift series, it's Matt Harvey. In this episode, I get to chat with Matt about his early days in Drifting, who he looked up to at the time and how he started out. We talk about where and how drifters in Tasmani...

In this episode I am joined by a good friend of mine Deft Puppiez. Deft Puppiez is one of the guys I hosted the gaming podcast, Two Left Thumbs with. I will give you fair warning that this episode is not very heavily car related, but we do cover off on a lot of our experiences in the content creation space, how we both got started with streaming and how we ended up podcasting together.  We go...

In this episode, I am joined by return guest and good friend of the podcast, Brett Williams. Brett joined us all the way back in episode 10 and you might remember that he worked for Enthusiast Motor Insurance. Well, he still does, but that is, for the most part, not what we are talking about here. Brett has taken an extreme shine to Automotive detailing (puns) and is currently operating a side pro...

In this episode I am joined by Damien Lowe. Affectionately known as Chubby from Lowe Fabrications. We got to talking about the beginnings of Lowe Fabrication and how Damien started out with fabrication in general. We also got to talk about some of the parts and products that Lowe Fabrication offer and how those parts and products came to be. Anyone who knows Lowe Fabrication and their products wil...

In this episode, I got to sit and chat with the very well decorated Aussie drifter and absolute legend who is Brad Tuohy. We got to talking about Brad's road to drifting through all sorts of extremely serious injuries and being struck down at the height of a successful motocross career. We also spoke about things we can be doing better to help positively elevate drift as a recognised motorsport he...

In this episode I had the absolute pleasure of finally catching up with Chris Kelly and Adrian Smith, otherwise known as Moses and AO from Never Late podcast. We may or may not have been blessed by one Moses' homages to AO by way of song in this episode. It was really cool to able hang with the boys for about an hour and a half and chat about their beginnings in the crazy world of automobiles and...

In this episode, I get to sit down and chat with Zach and Tom from Backyard Builds. I got to learn all manner of things about Zach and Thomas, including how they grew their collective passions for cars into a YouTube channel, how they enable each other to keep in getting work done on a massive stable ever rotating vehicles on their channel and even how sometimes, the best of us need a bit of an in...