My Dad's Car : Nostalgic cars of our childhood

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Paul Lucas, a serial kit car builder and man behind the YouTube channel Kit Cars With Paul 79.  Kit Cars with Paul79 - YouTube Our conversation starts with us diving into the channel, what made him start doing kit cars, and whether its a day job.  From there we're back on track with Paul's earliest car memory - an MGB GT with a V8, possibly a factory...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Ben Marshall from the YouTube channel Dad Cars to discuss why and how he got involved in the automotive world.  It all starts with a Mitsubishi Space Wagon, a rare car, with 7 seats, back in the day but a car Ben would love to get his hands on, although they have all seemingly vanished from the planet! Following his parents split, his Dad got a sliver Mk1 Fiat...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by You Tuber Mike Fernie, previously a presenter for DriveTribe, he's now out on his own and doing fantastically. Andy met Mike at the NEC Classic Car Show last year, and Mike was kind enough to say he'd join us for a chat. We kick things off with Mike's earliest car memory, and it's his fathers MGC behind the garage doors which sticks promine...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Davies joins us from the USA to talk about his Dad, Richard Davies, who Andy worked with for over ten years at Heritage Parts Centre. Richard was a brilliant guy, hugely knowledgeable, and stoically lived with Cancer for 20 years before it finally caught up with him.  Josh recalls his Dad having a Herbie VW Beetle when he was young and growing up in Wales.  They moved to USA...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Grant Williams this week, a third generation classic Jaguar racer who is a crowd favourite out on track.  Starting from pole position in his first race, to winning the championship in the first year, to wowing the fans at Goodwood events going sideways at every opportunity.  It’s fair to say racing is in his blood. It started with his Grandfather, who with a f...

Send us Fan Mail We’re joined by James Blaze this week who has found himself the custodian of his late father’s car collection.  The story starts with Citroen 2CVs and moves through a Peugeot 505 estate that he welded seat belt brackets into and toured around Europe.  His father became interested in motor trials and picked Skodas as his weapon of choice, before getting introduced to Porsches, firs...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Charlotte Vowden, Motoring journalist, automotive adventurer and presenter.  Her story with cars hasn't always been a passion. It starts with her Grandads Mk3 Escort, and how he would pick her up from school and 'save her' from the bullies who would throw footballs at her head as she made her way to the gate.  The car was nothing special, except...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Steve Clyde from Gyeon UK this week. His earliest car memory is a gold Peugeot 504 Estate, and taking 8 or 9 family members down to Cornwall for holidays. After Vauxhall Chevette followed, which was his first experience of his Dad in a rear wheel drive car. He’d previously owned a Mk2 and Mk10 Jaguar before kids came along.  His brother is older than him, and...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by Greg and Adam, owners of Viking Covers, our proud sponsor for Season 7 of the Podcast.  We've never recorded as a 4 before, but we think it came out pretty well - although it does make the editing a bit harder!!  Adam recalls his parent's hearing aid beige Mk2 Escort - and strangely enough, he owns one very similar now, except his has a Cosworth lump and...

Send us Fan Mail To mark this momentous achievement in the life of the podcast, Andy steps into the guest hot seat and is interviewed by Jon and co-host Paul Harding (previous star of S4E4). This episode will also be published the day after Andy's 43rd Birthday and 3 years and 3 days since the first episode was aired.   Enjoy tales of engine swapped Vauxhall Cavaliers, a mechanic with an unde...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by Gracie Haddon, from the StarterMotor Charity, an organization that helps young people to create careers in the classic automotive 'ecosystem'.  We chat about Gracie's upbringing - her Dad's work as a writer of Classic Vehicle books, and how they would travel around Europe, with a photographer, to meet and document owners of rare and cherish...

Send us Fan Mail We recorded this live at the NEC Classic Motor Show, in the back of a Land Rover Campervan! Our guest is the founder and CEO of Iconic Auctioneers - the massive auction at the show, Nick Whale. Nick's Dad was a Car Dealer, so its safe to say cars are in his blood. His Dad imported a Camaro when he was young, and then as a the CEO of a successful chain of car dealerships, woul...

Send us Fan Mail Jon shares Christmas Holiday tales from his trip to France and Andy shares 20 or so clips recorded at Madeira Drive, Boxing Day Classic Car Meet. 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 Support the...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined by long time listener of the podcast Andrew Robinson. We first spoke at the NEC in 2024, when he gave us a taster of his car story, but we finally scheduled some time to do the full episode properly, and what a fascinating set of vehicles he recalls.  A 30's Rolls Royce, a classic Alfa Coupe, BMW 6 series, Mum's 2002, and his late brothers' Beach B...

Send us Fan Mail Barney was the first of our live interviews at the 2025 Classic Car Show at the NEC. As Andy's boss, he's known Barney for 18 years, but this is the first time he had interviewed him.  We start things off with a bucket and a gritty sponge, with him helping to clean his Dad's yellow Mk1 Escort Mexico. We stay in that car for drives to the South of France, including k...

Send us Fan Mail 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 fa...

Send us Fan Mail A few minutes of ramblings about Bburago models, Scalextric, big head football characters and making your own videos with Dad's camcorder! 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 Support the sh...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 p...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Viki...

Send us Fan Mail 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! ...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 h...

Send us Fan Mail 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...