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Martin Hackett: My Mum was a girl racer, my Grandads Granada, My Dad's Stanza and Bluebird and the Golf that went through the garage! S5E6
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 a VW Golf Mk2 which Martin had a bit of an incident with involving a garage! Later on, as a bit of a bonus Martin discloses how he and some school friends had shares in a car when they were 14 or 15, and they would drive it to nightclubs, and they even got jump started by the Police one night when it failed to start!!Martin runs a number of businesses which may be of interest to you.Paint protection specialists - Paint Protection Film & Ceramic Coating Services in West SussexCeramic Coating - WAX IS DEAD® - Professional One Layer Ceramic Coatingsand lighting supplier - Hexagon Lighting Systems - Hexi-Grid LED Lighting - UK CompanySupport 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.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscarIf you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom. Get in touch with us direct - [email protected]
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Bonus Episode: The Nativity with a difference read by Andy's 9 year old daughter. Ford Escort Van. Christmas Special
Send us a textA special festive bonus episode with Andy’s eldest daughter reading a Chat GPT generated take on the Nativity story (Chat GPT is only as good as the prompt, and I’d like to think this came out pretty well!) Journey across Northumberland in a Ford Escort van, back in 1984 and join Joseph and Mary for a roadside birth like no-other. Perhaps this could be the start of a new religion?! 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.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscarIf you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom. Get in touch with us direct - [email protected]
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Anna Bebbington: Live from the NEC Classic Car Show. Reliant Robin, VW Camper, VW Golf Mk1, Mk2 S5E5
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 person she would show a new car to, would be her Grandfather.We hope you enjoy this one as much, if not more than the last. To find out more about the Mk1 Golf owners club, please look here. The Mk1 Golf Owners ClubSupport 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.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscarIf you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom. Get in touch with us direct - [email protected]
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Ian Robertson - Classic Retro Modern Magazine: Simca, Talbot, Peugeot, Ford Sierra and collecting car brochures. S5E4
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 value in them. We explore Ford's ability to divide popular opinion with the Sierra, but also with the Focus and the KA later on. Ian is a collector of dealer brochures and model launch literature, so naturally we chat about that. All in all, another great episode, even if we do say so ourselves!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.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscarIf you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom. Get in touch with us direct - [email protected]
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Bonus Episode: NEC Classic Car Show 20+ clips from around the halls
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.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscarIf you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom. Get in touch with us direct - [email protected]
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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 2023Season 2 - July - November 2023Season 3 - November 2023 - March 2024Season 4 - April 2024 - September 2024Season 5 - October 2024 - Hosted by Andy Gregory and Jon Recknell. Want to be a guest? Get in touch [email protected] the podcast? You can support us with with a one off or monthly donation. www.buymeacoffee.com/mydadscarVisit our website: www.mydadscar.co.uk

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