Retro Rides Podcast

It may have taken months, but finally we're releasing the response to the previous episode where Tommy and Chas went through for sale ads, picked out some cool cars for various categories and now they are looking back to see what sold and what was still for sale at the time of podcast recording. They also ponder a bit of picking up of cars from a distance in a single go. Also discussion on broken cars, previously owned cars and chasing down disappointment on the toilet... Head to the RR forum : https://forum.retro-rides.org for more retro car chat

Given a set of criteria Chas and Tommy strap on their Internet goggles and head in to the murky world of the car sales.  A Future Investment, Future Retro, a Retro Daily and Money No Object purchases are all discussed.  If you fancy seeing what they were looking at they are linked below:   Future Investment Aston Martin DB7 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125770392251?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=sh_0VCnIRv-&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=vtFFN9URTei&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY The Citroen C6 www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211071460685 Future Retro Golf R32 MkIV www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202302144256247 Audi TT DSG in Dolomite Grey www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134447647154?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=PwLcBNuKQkK&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=vtFFN9URTei&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Retro Daily Toyota Corolla www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-Toyota-Corolla-1-6-SR-Black-Hatchback-45-000-Miles-1-Owner-E11-G6-17-Stamps-/134409785807?mkcid=16&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=BqxZJ_WcR1q&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=vtFFN9URTei&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY&nma=true&si=ChbWsWtTJscKuksRvk0XogjdPCg%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 The ST200 Estate www.carandclassic.com/car/C1533458 Money No Object The Mercedes 300SL Gullwing www.carandclassic.com/car/C1483586 De Tomaso Pantera www.classic-trader.com/uk/cars/listing/de-tomaso/pantera-l/pantera/1973/318674   Head to the RR forum : https://forum.retro-rides.org for more retro car chat

Waking from its slumber the Retro Rides Podcast is back. The good ship RR Podcast has been taken over by Chas 'Chasr' and Tommy 'Overdrive' who will be taking it forward with Retro Car chat, and all the good stuff we're known for. However, first up you need to get to know them, they need to work out how their microphones work and we need to remember how to upload Podcasts. This second episodes tables are turned and Tommy interviews Chas, find out a bit about who he is, what he has owned and what pushes his buttons. You can also see what Tommy is up to on his channel : https://www.youtube.com/@ToolsnTrack In the mean time find us at https://forum.retro-rides.org for all the best classic, retro and modified chat.

Waking from its slumber the Retro Rides Podcast is back. The good ship RR Podcast has been taken over by Chas 'Chasr' and Tommy 'Overdrive' who will be taking it forward with Retro Car chat, and all the good stuff we're known for. However, first up you need to get to know them, they need to work out how their microphones work and we need to remember how to upload Podcasts. First up Chas interviews Tommy, find out a bit about who he is, what he has owned and what pushes his buttons. You can also see what Tommy is up to on his channel : https://www.youtube.com/@ToolsnTrack In the mean time find us at https://forum.retro-rides.org for all the best classic, retro and modified chat.

Well the interviewer has become the interviewee as we hand over the reins of Three Car Garage to Simon Coulson. This time, to ease things in gentle we get to delve the thoughts of David, the usual presenter for Retro Rides. With choices ranging from Japanese rarities, through to stylish grand tourers and a very practical family car we arrive at a three car garage that should let David enjoy all aspects of his car life in comfort and/or style.  There is also a bunch of discussion about what wasn't picked, which feels like cheating...

Exciting new Podcast format time for us.  Today we ask car illustrator, Retro Rides admin and all round car dude Simon Coulson to pick his three car garage, money no object, but these are the only three cars you can have forever more. Did you enjoy it?  Head to the forum and tell us what you thought : https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/215375/  

We're very pleased to have grabbed an hour of Chris Pollitt from Car & Classic and his own Not 2 Grand blog to chat about cheaper older cars, misadventures, surprisingly good cars, Morgans, Limp Bizkit headlamp violence, never learning and, fixing a car with a Pepsi can on a campsite.  Such is the life of our friend Chris.  Hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we did recording it. We even managed to edit out the pre-record stuff at the start this time... *cough*

Today we're talking to a man who celebrates the average, Mr. Hubnut himself, Ian Seabrook. A long time friend of Retro Rides our conversation meanders through how he got started doing Hubnut, cars that have surprised him in both good and bad ways, the decline of the British car industry, the misunderstood gem that is the Honda Prelude, as well as road trips, those average and not so average cars. Hopefully you'll enjoy the conversation as much as I did. His channel (if you don't know already) is  @HubNut  on Youtube. If you fancy some more old car chat drop by https://forum.retro-rides.org

In this episode Simon and David chat to Dan Haines about car projects, where to start (and where not to start!), how to complete them, where our ideas come from and some of our favourite future builds.

Rob Richardson also known as Racer86 has a catalogue of modified cars under his belt that helped defined the retro scene in the UK. From Minis to Vauxhalls to Porsche and classic British tin, Rob has turned his hand to it all and created legendary cars. Well worth an hour of your time to get in to the head of a car builder who we will always look forward to seeing the next project from.

Darren is a wealth of knowledge and experience which he communicates via his excellent Reallyloudcars Instagram account.  A long time associate of Retro Rides his interesting car life starts a long time before we existed though and covers a wide range of cars from aircooled VWs to the fledgling Japanese classics scene in the UK. We talk his car history, the current state of cars, photographing scrap yards and why an electric Ferrari 308 isn't a bad thing.  Find him on instagram at @reallyloudcars

Really pleased to get the other half of Smith and Sniff on to the podcast, for a fairly lengthy chat as it turns out.  We cover how he got in to cars and how he ended up script editing on Top Gear, with some behind the scenes tales of the relaunch.  We chat Sniffpetrol, weird TV editing decisions, how poor gear changes ruin cars and swanning around in Rolls Royces, among other things.  Grab yourself a cup of tea (or two) and enjoy. Richard's new book can be found here : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medium-sized-Book-Boring-Car-Trivia-ebook/dp/B087BC6RTD/ for some delicious car trivia.

Our question for Simon from Amy arrived after we'd recorded our podcast interview, however we managed to get Simon back to pose the question and talk a bit about selecting photographers for magazine features.

This week we're talking road trips. Joining us is Andy who you may have seen on our SEMA videos, a regular organiser of road trips, here to give advice and top tips for making the most of your trips.  So whether you are thinking of a big international road going adventure or just heading a little further afield for events, jump on in and hopefully we can inspire you (once we're allowed out again!).

Amy Shore shot to recognition with her more candid approach to car event photography and a very identifiable style.  Now firmly established as one of the UK's most in demand automotive photographers Amy is enjoying the challenge of road trips, the atmosphere of events and embracing the opportunities presented to her. In this podcast we talk about how she started out, what makes a good road trip, nerd out about photography and chat about her cars. I also repeatedly get the date I first became aware of her work wrong, so you can enjoy that too.

Larry Chen is a world renowned photographer whose work has appeared in Speedhunters, Motorhead, Super Street, as well as for manufacturers like Toyota and now is firmly a part of the Hoonigans family with his own Autofocus channel.  Here we chat about cars, the life of a photographer and of course the photography itself. Catch him at Hoonigan Autofocus : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuGuOqcXsgzL3YrguODoGXw larry_chen_photo on Instagram https://www.larrychenphoto.com/ Come and check out the Retro Rides community : https://forum.retro-rides.org

Retro Rides catches up with Cal at Retropower to discuss building incredible cars for incredible people, and how that all started.  We also have a little chat around form over function, how ridiculously fast some of the RP cars are driven and what Callum enjoyed at SEMA.  Recorded over Skype via a telephone so audio quality is adequate, but not great, however the conversation more than makes up for that.

David and Simon take a run through how winners are decided at Retro Rides events, the difficulty of judging cars, the difficulty in building cohesive cars and what makes its way in to the Retro Rides *Oooof* thread now days.

Long time car journalist, now video producer with Outrun Films, a true retro car fan from way back, we chat to Bryn Musselwhite about how he got in to cars, his career in journalism, a brief stint as a children's TV presenter, going 240mph with Juan Pablo Montoya and all the bits in between.

David and Simon return to podcasting with a mildly rambling episode that covers the history of the forum, a weekend trip to Japan for a car show, early days of Retro Rides and some insight in to the running of it all.  Our first episode back after a 4 years break, so be gentle. Hit up the forum at : retro-rides.org