Takona Tlks.

Had the absolute pleasure to sit and chat with Grant Williams to talk about his adventures racing, and the ups and downs that can bring. Most notably recognised for putting on a tremendous show at the Festival of Speed and the Goodwood races in his Iconic "BUY 1" Mk1 Jaguar, you know the photo of the Mk1 in a huge cloud of smoke on the Goodwood start line? yeah? that guy, a legend. Grant is also t...

Takona Tlks with Stuart Quick, a personal friend and a man helping keep people safer in their cars, we have an explore into the world of safety harnesses, retrofitting seatbelts, and wander down some automotive tales. Stuart and I met over coffee in west London at a car meet, of course, and have become good friends ever since. We attended the Octane Magazine Historic Motoring Awards together, and...

This episode Takona Tlks with Antony Ingram, Freelance car journalist and writer. Antony and I met in unexpected circumstances (and thanks to twitter) when I created a mazda inspired t-shirt and was on the lookout for a local enough RX7 to grab some photos with. Antony being the gent kindly offered to let me pop over and get the photos and our friendship started there. Often spotted at car events...

Takona Tlks with Dave Edmonston, the founder of PistonHeads, now working with Collecting Cars, and has spent time building and developing websites and platforms across the automotive world. With his latest venture being Driving Masters helping people to learn how to better handle the roads safely. Dave's influence across the automotive world is somewhat profound, being behind some of the communiti...

Takona Tlks with Jon Hancock, Car builder, race odyssey founder, and somewhat feature guest on the upcoming Paddock Speedshop TV shop. Jon and I became friends thanks to coffees and cars of all things, having met at one of the Paddlup meets last year. We've since spent time at events and bumped into each other at various car shows around the country, a real life example of the Takona idea bringing...

Takona Tlks with Dan Allard, one of the founders of the RollHard Brand. Dan and RollHard have built a name for creating not only amazing events catering towards the modified car world, but also some fantastic clothing and automotive merch. Dan and I met, as many do, at the Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble and immediately became quite good pals, sharing a common interest in both the automotive and...

Our good friend Tim Oldland suggested that we do a reverse episode where Takona founder Lewis (me) answers some questions about Takona and how it all came to be and where it might (hopefully) be heading. So after luring me into BMW's M2 Press Car in the car park at Caffeine and Machines newest location The Bowl , we sat down for a chat about what's been happening, how things got started, and answe...

Takona Tlks with William Heynes, Jaguar restorer specialising in early E-Types. I rather ignorantly didn’t know that much about William till we sat down for this chat, other than his amazing workshop and being married to Amy Shore (now Heynes). It turns out the William Heynes name goes back to his Grandfather, who Sir William Lyons approached to be chief engineer when starting Jaguar. William goes...

Last weeks an episode didn't come out, because Christmas and new years messed up planning for recording. Fortunately ahead of the Sunday Scramble I was able to sit down with Paul Wooding at Hagerty's Clubhouse. Paul is the man we have to thank for the Cloudera GT86's which I created a special edition t-shirt for, along with the replica Goodwood Scalextric track. It's all a bit of a small world isn...

Takona Tlks with Ralph Hosier, Engineer, Electric Vehicle Builder, Automotive Skills teacher, and host of TV's Megabuilds. Ralph and I sat down for a good ol chat about his career, what he's up to now, and life within the automotive world in general. The conversation steered into the topic of ADHD and Autism towards the end and we explore how society isn't necessarily catering for neurodivergent p...

This episode Takona Tlks with Cesar Pieri, Car designer, Artists, and founder of Gasoline Juice (one of our coffees and cars locations). Cesar and I met just under a year ago when he took over the former CarNatter space in Weedon Bec, since then we've become good friends. Cesars Design work most famously includes the Jaguar Project 7, a story which he shares the history of in our chat. You can fin...

Takona Tlks with Claire Johnson, aka The Naked Warrior. Claire is a motorsport fitness coach, dietician, author, and racing driver. We sat down to talk about her work helping racing drivers to improve both their physical and mental wellbeing to improve their performance both on and off the race track, we also talk about her new motorsport training app helping people to train specifically for motor...

This episode Takona Tlks with Joan Fidalgo. Best known publicly for her writing for the Intercooler, and owning some interesting cars including a Suzuki Cappuccino and a Toyota Sera. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Episode Takona Tlks with George Williams, commercial car photographer and builder of a particularly purple Lotus Exile known as Hell Slow. George has been shooting commercial grade photography for many years now, having worked with the likes of Zenvo, Maserati, Rimac, and Czinger to name a few. To find out more about George and what he does you can visit his site here or search GFWilliams on...

This Episode Takona Tlks with Mark Rose, founder of the new Redline Magazine. Mark and I met up at the original coffees and cars location, Squisita, to talk about how he started, what he's up to now, and what he's hoping the future holds. You can learn more about Redline and get your hands on the mag here. As always find out more from Takona here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

This Episode Takona Tlks with Jack Cavanagh, the face of the Stjarna Gloss detailing brand. Jack has become pretty well known for his engaging and entertaining to camera pieces talking about detailing and the brand he's building. It was an absolute pleasure to sit and chat with Jack about where the brand came from, how it's grown and how he ended up filming for Top Gear! We go down into a...

A special two guest episode! Takona Tlks with both Jonny Smith and Richard Porter, together! We sat down ahead of their On That Live Of things recording at Bicester Heritage to have a chat about what they do, how they got started, and some of the weird and wonderful stories that have happened along the way. This is practically a bonus episode of their own Smith and Sniff Podcast, with a Takona twi...

This episode Takona Tlks with James Cameron, the founder of Mission Motorsport. James shares the story of how Mission Motorsport came to be, some of the amazing work that they're doing, and a bit of back story into how it's so close to home for him. You'll have seen both James and Mission Motorsport at various events around the country, what you might not have seen is the amount of wor...

This episode Takona Tlks with Matt prior, editor at large of Autocar Magazine. We go through Matts journey within the automotive journalism world and, amongst other things, share some stories from his time writing for the worlds longest running magazine. You can find out more about Matt Here:And more from Takona Here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode Takona Tlks with Al Clark, automotive film director behind some of the most interesting and exciting videos you may have seen. Including one with a rather fast moving Bugatti... Al and I sat down for a good ol chat about what he does, how he got started, and how the automotive world can be a great connector. You can find out more about Al and his work over on his website : outrun.tv a...

This episode Takona Tlks with Jonny Ambrose, automotive artist and sculptor who uses a variety of interesting and creative techniques to make amazing pieces including a wireframe Porsche 917, 3D printed hexagon hero cars, and carved wood airflow sculptures. We sat down for a chat ahead of the Classic Nostalgia event at Shelsley Walsh on the 22nd and 23rd of July where Jonny has gathered some of th...

This episode Takona Tlks with Edward Lovett, founder and CEO of the collecting group which includes both Collecting Cars and Watch Collecting. We look into the origins of collecting cars and some of Edwards story to how it came about, along with some of the ups and downs of creating a platform from scratch. Shorter than usual episodes as Edward is a pretty busy chap, insightful and entertaining th...

This episode Takona Tlks with Matt Goodwin of High Peak Autos. Matt runs a YouTube channel alongside his car dealership, giving people a pretty transparent insight into just what it takes to make that business successful. We go through his story of starting from scratch buying 7 cars for £1,000, to running a successful business along with a YouTube channel, and everything in between. To learn more...

This Episode Takona Tlks with Joe Achilles. From his start working in the fashion industry, his time spent on BMW forums, to now working full time on content creation, video journalism, and partnering with the likes of Michelin. Joe shares his story and we go off on a few interesting tangents here and there. Find more of what Joe does over on his YouTube Channel As always find more from Takona Her...

This episode Takona Tlks with Charlotte Vowden, freelance journalist for the likes of Hagerty and Mike Brewers Motoring amongst other diverse outlets. Charlotte and I have been around a fair few of the same events and people for the last couple of years giving us quite a bit of familiarity to catch up on. We explore what it's like to be a freelance journalist, life with a classic MGA and how i...