Episodes

  • The Classic Community Rallies Around Bicester - 21 May 2025
    May 23 2025

    It’s a quick one for Jesse and James this week amidst production deadlines and a looming bank holiday, but they’ve carved out time to chat about the sad events at Bicester, the strength of the classic community and what else you can enjoy in the latest edition of Classic Car Weekly!

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introduction and Our Classics

    2:53 - Bicester Motion and The Strenght of the Classic Community

    8:26 - Classics will still be discussed in parliament

    9:36 - Elsewhere in the issue

    13:15 - Next Week’s Issue

    14:23 - End Matter

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    16 mins
  • Gate-keeping classics and Behind Our Jaguar XJ-S Shoot - 14 May 2025
    May 15 2025

    It’s another busy week at Classic Car Weekly, so join Jesse and Chris for a chat about the latest issue. There’s a big range of updates from their classics and some behind the scenes on the Jaguar XJ-S shoot.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introduction and Our Classics

    13:35 - “No room for gate-keeping in the hobby”

    25:07 - More on the Jaguar XJ-S as it turns 50

    37:34 - Elsewhere in the issue

    39:13 - End Matter

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    40 mins
  • VE Day Classics and E5 Petrol - 7 May 2025
    May 7 2025

    The team is back in the very echoey room in Peterborough to leaf through the latest issue and add some personal points to the news and one of this week’s features.

    There are still places available on the London to Brighton Run itself, and will be until the 8th May, so get booking if you fancy joining Chris and James!

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introduction and Our Classics

    8:23 - E5 Petrol is looking like it’ll be around for a while more!

    16:10 - VE Day Celebrations and the cars that kept Britain motoring through the war

    24:37 - Elsewhere in this week’s issue

    26:40 - Can the boys remember what’s in the next issue?

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    28 mins
  • Drive-It Day Stories and Sunburn - 30 April 2025
    May 2 2025

    It’s a bumper issue this week and a Bank Holiday on the horizon, so it’s a short one from the team at Classic Car Weekly. This time around, the gang are sitting down for a chat about Drive-It Day and their adventures in the sunshine! There are some bonus stories unearthed on their travels.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introduction and Our Classics

    4:24 - Drive-It Day Behind the Scenes

    21:32 - End Matter

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    26 mins
  • £100,000 for a Ford Fiesta? Surely not! - Classic Car Weekly Podcast - 23 April 2025
    Apr 25 2025

    The boys have been chatting again and there’s plenty to discuss in this week’s issue. From classics that are missing their exemption to a Fiesta that’s enjoyed a £100k overhaul!

    Email us your Drive-It Day pictures, ccwdriveitday@gmail.com

    Join us on the London to Brighton, www.classiccarweekly.co.uk/competition

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introduction and Our Classics

    3:34 - Thousands of Classics are Missing Their Exemption!

    9:51 - How do you spend £100k restoring a Fiesta?

    17:42 - Join us on the London to Brighton Classic Car Run

    20:23 - Naff Car Adverts

    27:16 - Drive-It Day is this weekend!

    31:21 - End Matter

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    32 mins
  • 16 April 2025 - Members' Meeting Spills and Barn Find Thrills
    Apr 17 2025

    We’re on a three-day production week this week, but that hasn’t stopped James and Jesse from sitting down a chat about all things barn finds and racing veteran cars off the back off the latest issue. There’s an update on Senna’s F1 car from the Goodwood Members’ Meeting and some picks from the massive barn find sale that’s going under the hammer at Tewkesbury Auction Centre.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introduction and Our Classics Catch-Up

    2:41 - Goodwood Members’ Meeting Recap and some additional bits

    12:45 - 200 Barn Finds Up For Sale? How do you end up with a collection that big?

    26:56 - A Few Other Bits

    28:18 - End Matter

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    30 mins
  • 9 April 2025 - Tariffs, Coventry and Goodwood
    Apr 11 2025

    Jesse, James and David are back and this time embroiled in the ever-changing world of international trade deals as Trump’s tariffs avoid impacting classic cars, but there’s still doubt in the air. On top of that, there’s news from Coventry and Jesse is off to Goodwood.

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introduction

    1:32 - Trump’s Tariffs miss classics

    9:15 - Coventry’s Classic Car Show Shuffles

    12:49 - Driving Tom Kristensen’s 1275GT Mini

    23:54 - Our Picks from Bonhams’ Members’ Meeting Offerings

    31:18 - End Matter

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    33 mins
  • 2 April 2025 - Modern Skills for Modern Classics
    Apr 4 2025

    The team are back with this week’s podcast; it is a little late, apologies, it’s been another busy week. Anyhow, we’ve been looking deeper into the news stories of the issue and going behind the scenes on this week’s lead feature. There’s plenty to enjoy along with the latest issue. So pick up this week’s paper and chuck the podcast on. What newly tax-exempt models would you pick? Did you head along to Vintage Stony?

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    Chapters:

    0:00 - Introductions and Our Classics Catch-Up

    4:09 - New Hope for Modern Classics

    15:03 - Vintage Stony’s Springtime Success

    22:02 - Behind the Lead Feature

    33:47 - End Matter

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    35 mins