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Join Andy and Jon for a discussion with invited guests about their personal relationships with automotive nostalgia.
We start each episode by asking “what’s your earliest car memory?”
From there it’s a journey back through time towards the modern day, but generally focussing on vehicles we remember from childhood.
We ask about 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, Aunts, friends, or even a neighbours.
If it made an impression, we want to talk about it.
Season 1 - February - May 2023
Season 2 - July - November 2023
Season 3 - November 2023 - March 2024
Season 4 - April 2024 - September 2024
Season 5 - October 2024 -
Hosted by Andy Gregory and Jon Recknell.
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Send us a textWe're joined by Andy's friend Martin Hackett who has plenty of great stories to share.His earliest car memory is a Ford Granada belonging to his Grandfather, who used to drive down from Scotland to see him on the South Coast, then take him back again to spend the school holidays.His Mum drove a peppermint green Mk1 Fiesta Sport, and was a bit of a girl racer.His Dad has Nissan Stanza's and Bluebirds, and van he used for work.Later on his Mum bought a brand new Yugo 45, and then ...
Send us a textThis episode was recorded in front of a live audience in the Podcast Lounge at the Classic Car Show at the NEC in November 2024.Our guest, Anna Bebbington is the events organiser for the VW Golf Mk1 Owners Club, and told us some brilliant motoring tales from her childhood.From a 3 wheeled van, a Reliant Robin, through to a Mk1 Golf, a Mk2 Golf GTI and several Volkswagen campervans, it is a tale inspired and influenced by her Grandfather.Even when Anna could drive, the first pers...
Send us a textWe are joined this week by Ian Robertson, an enthusiast of Peugeot 405s, and publisher of Classic Retro Modern car magazine, an independent title that celebrates many of the same cars we discuss in each of our shows.Join us for a journey through Simca's, Talbots, Peugeot 405's, a history lesson on the loveable (but not strictly) Peugeot 309, and Ford Sierra. His Dad would do up to 50,000 miles a year, so was changing cars every 3 months at times, in order to keep the resale...
Send us a textAs well as recording live shows in the Podcast Lounge, we chatted to lots of show goers on the Saturday and Sunday at the NEC Classic Car Show. Enjoy plenty of earliest car memories and our summary of the weekend too. Our thanks to all those who gave their time to speak with us. Support the showWe’d love you to hear and share your stories, please tag and follow us on social media. www.instagram.com/mydadscar_podcastwww.Facebook.com/mydadscar podcastwww.buymeacoffe...
Send us a textWe'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 driver and then finish on driving the local Milkfloat every week aged only ten!! This is a great light...
Send us a textA 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 (necclassicmotorshow.com)Also check out our Social Media this week for a chance to win a pair of Adult tick...
Send us a textWelcome 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...Boring stuff - Toyota Corolla, Citroen BX (boring at the time), Nissan Primera, Almera, Mum's Mini, Morris Minor the list goes o...
Send us a textJoin 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 with a stellar battle on track in the race, bagging a frustrating second place (as the race was red ...
Send us a textJoin 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! Support the showWe’d love you to hear and share your stories, please tag and follow us on social media. www.i...
Send us a textJoin 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 cassette with electric aerial) but he was fond of a wheelspin in the wet, and once tried to race a Mazda RX7......
Send us a textWe'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, a Citroen 2CV with a roll back roof (which Sally and her brother Luke would stand up and look out through).Th...
Send us a textJamie 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 company car! But both of his parents are petrol heads - now driving a VW Beetle and Mk4 Golf with BBS alloy...
Send us a textYep! 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 recent press release sent out by the organisers.'To say we're excited is an understatement - we had a ...
Send us a textWe 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 Sylva Leaders to a Ginetta G33 - the very first in fact, a bright yellow machine which was test driven...
Send us a textThe 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_OcExpect stories about a purple Ford Capri, with 4 kids in the back. Teddy Boy Fords, Land Rovers and buying brand new cars at mi...
Send us a textWe'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 at the slightly lower end of the market. It's a great chat, and we hope you enjoy it too. Please do check out Matt's wor...
Send us a textWe'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 - YouTubeOur talk starts with a yellow Vauxhall Chevette, but takes a few side turns and ends up with a chat about buying classic cars from neighbour's driveways on Halloween! We do catch up with the road trips,...
Send us a textJoin 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 comes down to how you would feel if someone was snooping around your stuff really, and I do value a...
Send us a textWe'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. Jay's Dad also had a Rover P6 with the number plate 999 BAN - and he was a Police Officer!! Other st...
Send us a textThis 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 recalls his Mums car, and their matching number plates.Conversation also covers an ex partner of his Mum's who robb...
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