Andy Gregory and Jon Recknell

My Dad's Car : Nostalgic cars of our childhood

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Join Andy and Jon, two friends who have discussions with invited guests about their personal relationships with automotive nostalgia and family history. Each episode kicks off with us asking our guest “what’s your earliest car memory?” From there it’s a journey back through time towards the modern day, but generally focusing on vehicles we remember from childhood. We ask about siblings, neighbours, music, smells, smoking, breakdowns, selling, buying, accidents and more. Despite the podcast title, we don’t discriminate against cars belonging to other people, such as Mum’s, Gran’s, Uncle’s, Au...

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Andy Gregory and Jon Recknell

Episodes

Episode 9. Tim Crighton: Dad raced a Cosworth in our Mk2 Golf! Karting, Historic Racing at Goodwood, Rover 827, and long journeys with time to chat in Vans. 17.05.2023 46:51

Send us Fan Mail Andy and Jon chat with an ex colleague of Andy's, Tim Crighton. Tim grew up with his Dad running a race team, and competing around the country. He was also lucky enough to benefit from his Dad starting a Kart circuit, which led him to get behind the wheel himself aged just 7. Fast toward twenty something years from his debut in T cars and he's just competed at Goodwood...

Episode 8. Lidia De Luca - a Mini, a Volvo and some Citroens in Naples. 08.05.2023 34:05

Send us Fan Mail Jon and Andy are joined by Andy's friend and ex work colleague Lidia. Lidia was born in Italy and grew up in Naples. We talk about her Dad's brown Mini (and how he never cleaned it) her Aunties Citroen Dyane, a Volvo that got crashed, a neighbour's Citroen BX and her brother driving aged 12! A great chat with lots of laughter, and amazingly, if you know Lidia, not...

Episode 7. Ben Burns we raced my Grandad to Saint-Tropez with a Phil Collins tape playing on repeat! 30.04.2023 34:34

Send us Fan Mail Jon and Andy are joined by Jon's good friend Ben Burns. A few notes before we tell you what's in store. We know Phil Collin's album was actually called No Jacket Required... Ben's Dad is called Phil, but he's not Phil Collins There are a couple of little sound glitches on Ben's recording, sorry about that. Ben share's memories of a blue Ford Es...

Episode 6. James Vaisey: Morgan, Renault 5 GTT, Lotus, Ferrari and eating KFC in Mum's car 24.04.2023 33:36

Send us Fan Mail Jon and Andy are joined by James Vaisey, a friend and ex work colleague of Andy's. The chat starts with coming home from hospital in a Morgan, through to an MGB, a Lotus Elise, a Renault 5 GT Turbo and a Ferrari which both James and his father came to hate. We hope you enjoy this chat as much as we did recording it. We would love you to leave a 5* rating or a review, and sha...

Episode 5. Joe Howman: From Fiat Pandas to Porsches. 11.04.2023 50:56

Send us Fan Mail Jon and Andy are joined by Joe Howman, a true petrol head, who Andy met whilst running his Porsche events in the South East. www.stuttgartsouth.co.uk As it happens, Andy has also met Joe's Dad on a number of occasions too. In this episode Joe recalls a grey Cavalier GSI, a couple of Fiat Panda's, some Alfa Romeos, including one he crashed, some big Mercedes wagons and...

Episode 2. Rob Hill recalls his Dad's company cars. Citroen BX GTI, Toyota Celica and Boring Grey Cars! 31.03.2023 23:36

Send us Fan Mail Rob Hill is one of Andy's oldest friends (not in age, but the amount of time they have known each other.) Rob agreed to come on the podcast to help Jon and Andy practice their craft, or discover where it was lacking. The interview process was done via Zoom, and after a number of hours editing, chopping out the tangents, here it is... The first 'proper' episode of M...

Episode 3. Jon’s story. “We surprised Dad with a ‘new’ Mercedes 300se” 31.03.2023 21:39

Send us Fan Mail Jon shares his own story in this episode, which includes mentions of an Audi 100, Mercedes 190 and a couple of big ‘old S Class. The audio for this was recorded over Zoom, on two separate occasions, so apologies for any sound fluctuations. Hope you enjoy it, it’s a great story. We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car...

Episode 4. Azim: Our Fiesta was used in a Bank Robbery! Mini, Broken down Fiat, and BMW 3 series. 31.03.2023 31:09

Send us Fan Mail Jon and Andy are joined by Andy's friend Azim to talk about cars belonging to members of his family. The discussion moves from an Uncle with a Morris Minor through to his fathers Mini, a Fiat that keeps breaking down and a Fiesta that was used in a bank robbery. This interview was recorded by Zoom. We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Spons...

Episode 1. A taster of what to expect from My Dad's Car. 21.02.2023 11:18

Send us Fan Mail Andy Gregory and Jon Recknell host My Dad's Car, a new podcast discussing automotive nostalgia and the vehicles owned by significant people within your life. In this episode they set the scene for what is to come, touch on why they started the podcast and put a few goals in place for dream guests too. Andy and Jon are ex-work colleagues and have been friends for 20 years. Pr...