My Dad's Car : Nostalgic cars of our childhood

Send us Fan Mail We're joined for this episode by a fellow podcaster, one half of the Tyre Kickers!  Matt shares podcasting notes, but also delights in sharing with us his earliest car memories.  From playing in Dad's Citroen and Bedford van through to a play shed complete with the interior of a Bedford van, we also touch on Alfa Sud's, getting insurance quotes as a newly qualified...

Send us Fan Mail A very quick reminder that the NEC Classic Car show is only a few weeks away now. We've been dropping the somewhat snazzy Mike Brewer ad throughout our back catalogue, but here you can enjoy a few minutes of us chatting about the event. To get an extra £2 off your advance ticket booking please use the code MYDADSCAR3 at the checkout. Ticket Information | Classic Motor Show (n...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to season 5 of My Dad's Car! We are joined by Paul Gardner from SpeedBroker who found us through our popular social media game 'Car Spotting Tennis' in which we trade interesting vehicle spots with a racquet sports twist. It was a black Citroen BX that Jon spotted that used to belong to Paul's Dad. He had a run of mundane cars Paul recalls... Borin...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a lighthearted look back at Goodwood Revival 2024.  Andy was there on a very damp Friday, and Jon enjoyed a slightly drier visit with his wife on the Saturday. Talk wafts from first impressions, through to ticket touts, the use of cigars as a celebratory token, our friend Tim Crighton (previous guest) scoring pole position in an Austin Healey, and following that up wit...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a quick chat 'off topic' on the subject of number plates.  This came up when we spoke to Danny James, and this bonus episode was born out of the out-takes from that recording session, along with a more structured secondary discussion to fill in the gaps.  We hope it keeps you mildly entertained!  Stay tuned, Season 5 will be with you shortly!  We're plea...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a great chat with Sheridan from We Blog Any Car for a trip down memory lane. It starts with his Dad's Vauxhall Viva in bright metallic green (with the obligatory vinyl roof), and in juxtaposition, his colleagues and customers Audi 100s with their 5 cylinder engines. His Dad didn't drive fast (whilst listening to country music or Boney-M on his Pioneer radio c...

Send us Fan Mail We're joined for this episode by Andy's cousin Sally Alington. By day she is the Founder and CEO of Ethos Farm and high flying business woman, at the weekends she loves going for a drive in her Ford Mustang... A car that was not at all influenced by her parents choices, except perhaps for the fact they named her Sally! Expect stories of matresses in the back of Mini vans...

Send us Fan Mail Jamie Orr joins us for a chat about all things automotive from his younger years. Growing up in Scotland there were Minis, Metros and Ford Sierras. Later on, he moved down south and was taught to drive at the legendary TRL (home of GTI International). His Dad used to restore motorbikes in a high rise flat, had a manual lathe from a submarine, and bought a Lotus Elise as his compan...

Send us Fan Mail Yep! You read that right, we will be appearing in the all new Podcast Lounge on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November at the NEC Classic Motor Show. (Yes, this should have been a full episode this week, but this news needed to be shared!) We were over the moon to be asked to take part and we have been named alongside Auto Alex and Driven as podcasts which will be appearing in the...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined this week by Max Newman, a die hard car enthusiast and one third of the 9Werks Podcast team.  Max tells us about Citroen Dyanes, White Mk1 Golf L which his Mum got a speeding ticket in, Mk2 Golf GTI's driving to get the Michael Jackson Bad album, Phil Collins No Jacket Required and Philip Bailey Chinese Wall on casette.  There's plenty of kit car chat from...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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 rec...

Send us Fan Mail 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... y...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 littl...

Send us Fan Mail 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 a...

Send us Fan Mail Andy and Jon are joined by Steve Holden, a friend of Andy's whom he knows through classic VW ownership. The discussion kicks off with Steve's Mum's Datsun Cherry Coupe, before talk turns to a Morris Marina Van, and a love in for the Renault 9 - which led Steve to buy a Renualt 19 later in life. Steve's Dad surprised his mum with an Escort XR3i Cabriolet one Chr...

Send us Fan Mail After pulling a few strings (and featuring Danny Hopkins, the editor of Practical Classics in a previous episode) Andy and Jon have secured media passes for the show on Sunday 24th March, and will be wandering the halls of the NEC in a bid to meet as many people as possible. On top of that, equipped with the crowd funded Zoom Podtrak machine, there will be the potential to record...

Send us Fan Mail Jon and Andy are joined by Takona founder Lewis Warren to discover what got him into cars... Fortunately for us, the blame lies very firmly at his Father's door, and there's a string of decent cars indicating why.  However, it wasn't a car thing for his Dad really, after the 205 GTI and the Toyota Celica, cars became an accessory for work. The Audi TT was the sporti...

Send us Fan Mail Andy and Jon are joined by Charles Clegg, Co-Founder and CEO of Custodian, a car management app, designed for car collectors and enthusiasts. The story begins for Charles with a pair of Bristols... (oooh eer misses). One that he miraculously identified from his pushchair, the second belonging to his Mother, which after 20 years of ownership, met a fiery end parked in Knightsbridge...

Send us Fan Mail Andy and Jon are joined by Chuff, from Well Chuffed Media. He's an automotive photographer by trade, and Andy's had the pleasure of his professional company (that sounds a bit sordid) on a number of photoshoots with work.  Talk starts with Chuff's cousin's Mk2 Golf GTI, then moves into a string of Ford Cortina's, takes in a full list, made in conjunction w...