Episodes

  • #16 On Ferrari, Part 1
    Mar 10 2024

    RPLA - City of Angels


    Michael Mann’s Ferrari movie positioned; as with Ford vs Ferrari, this will define, immortalize the story


    Big capacity ‘50s Ferrari V12 sports racing cars: the pinnacle automobile


    Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini


    At Maranello when Michael cliched 6th(?) F1 Championship


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    Ferrari - My Terrible Joys / Brock Yates - Ferrari


    Why Ferrari never went to the races


    A bad marriage, an affair and a second family


    J’s visit to Linda Lardi’s village; the road up the hill from Maranello; J’s passion, driving in Ferrari’s wheeltracks


    Luigi Chinetti


    Stratovarius, Picasso, Ferrari


    Lifelovesexdeath: the 1957 Mille Miglia


    “Designing Emotion For Reactive Car Interfaces”


    A Park Bench in Turin


    “I am one who has dreamed of what it is to be Ferrari”


    Ugo Sivocci


    The end of Ferrari’s race driving career


    Ferrari’s Memoir’s as therapy


    Collins, Hawthorn, Moss


    Nashville Pussy - Struttin’ Cock


    Formula 1, a sport which cannot exist without Ferrari


    Ferrari 412; the best sounding Formula 1 car?


    A flight with a Marketing manager


    R Hudson-Smith on the Ferrari 330 GT. The kind of Ferrari owner J wants to be.


    Ferrari’s three Ambitions


    Francesco Baracca and the Ferrari badge


    Fred Kern, Blackhawk Museum Docent


    Sponsor Spot: Summers & Son Used Cars


    Italian Futurist Motoring Art


    “Cars bearing my own name”


    “For me, the racing car is like a son”


    From Modena to Maranello


    “I fell in love with the V12, and have never got divorced”


    “I have killed my mother”


    Ferrari callous? The death of Alberto Ascari.


    D”Agostini bio of Giuseppe Farina, "Il Primo Iridator"


    Road car customers


    Pebble Beach-winning Roberto Rosselini Ferrari 375+, “The Perfect Storm of Provenance”


    The Mona Lisa car


    Ferrari’s role in the creation of Detroit Muscle Cars


    The North American Mille; Alain de Cadenet 4 wheel drifting Chassis #0625


    “I am an Agitator of Men”


    Spotting a Columbo V12 vs a Lampredi V12. It's the plug location doncha know?


    1988 Italian Grand Prix


    Identity vs Brand Values


    Saxon - Rock With Tommy Vance

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • #15 Neolithic Gixxers, German Power Metal, the 1000hp Sunbeam, Cale Yarborough, Jaguar Mk2s and a Screaming BMW M2
    Feb 13 2024


    Warlock - Signs of Satan (intro)


    J’s exploration of the neolithic sites of southern England, by Gixxer


    Warlock - Signs of Satan (break)


    German power metal, Warlock, Doro Pesch, Scanner, Running Wild


    Warlock - Hateful Guy (intro)


    The Chronicles of Halvar and Clarence, another shameless plug for M and J’s Dungeons and Dragons novel


    Warlock - Hateful Guy (break)


    Musings on Rhetoric


    Scorpions - Don’t Stop At The Top (intro)


    Musings on Remote Conferences


    Just Go Drive and Jeremy Clarkson rip offs


    Clarkson/Wilman, Summers/Gammie, Beavis/Butthead


    M is uncomfortable with Clarkson or 44teeth as ugly Brits abroad


    44teeth’s Baron von Grumble and Mental Health


    The Right Turn On Red Is Threatened


    Warlock - Burning the Witches (intro)


    RIP Cale Yarborough


    1979 Daytona 500


    Nascar Legends Youtube


    Dale Jnr Podcast


    J’s discourse on Hooters (with hindsight it seems Hardees was the sponsor - whoops;-)


    JHS Racing, friends of 44teeth and Gixxer builder extrordinaire


    Over wheelieing the press Gixxer thou


    Monster Magnet - Dig That Hole (x2)


    The Bitcoin Spot ETF Is Approved


    D.A.D. Makin’ Fun of Money


    M’s BMW M2 is a Lemon


    Chops Garage, Car UK and the sub $5k used car market


    The Revival of the 1000HP Sunbeam - please donate


    Goodwood to Celebrate Can-Am in 2024


    Scanner - Retaliation Positive


    The lawless grey area of the electric mountain (motor)bike


    Scanner - Grapes of Fear (break)


    Bird and Revel go busy


    Helmet laws


    Quartic steering wheels, Mr Silly and the Nonsense Cup


    M does not like the Volvo EX30, nor SUVs in general


    M does not think supercar performance is applicable for most EV buyers


    Lucid circling the plughole?


    Tesla Beta Testing on the Public Highway


    J’s tribute to the Jaguar Mk2: a properly fast car for 30 years


    Scanner - Grapes of Fear (outro)


    J and scratch built slot cars


    Scanner - Killing Fields (outro)

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • #14 Vans On Fire Down Steps Through Walls, Slayer, a Burnout on California Street and an Alfa 33 Rewilded
    Nov 30 2023

    Special Guest Dinsmore Greep

    Slayer - Altar of Sacrifice

    c.2010 Mercedes Sprinter 2.2 litre turbo diesel, 5 speed manual

    In praise of Mercedes cruise control - stalk

    C.2015 Mercedes Sprinter Supermarket refrigerated delivery van, automatic

    M beats the governor with a neutral drop

    Sprinter vs. VW Crafter

    A fiery Sprinter and a ten mile tail back on the A38

    A fiery Ford Orion

    Slayer - The AntiChrist

    A Fiat Ducato, a lost crabstick and a Cornish dry stone wall

    Slayer - Die By The Sword

    Dukes of Hazzard in a Citroen C35

    Driving 7.5 ton trucks on a car license in England; U-haul rentals in the US

    Mercedes 308

    The white/work van “get out of the way” effect

    2010 Fiat Ducato

    2010 Renault Master

    VW Crafter, “shat nav”, and narrow Devon lanes

    “Floor it and get throught, that’ll be the answer”

    “At Dagenham and Dartford”

    A can of beer in a Ford Transit

    J’s brown ‘93 Ford Econoline

    An unintentional burnout on California Street, San Francisco

    Judas Priest and Steel Panther in San Jose

    J’s bespoke fitting of a velour driver seat from the Econoline Chateaux

    A bachelor party LDV duallie taking up 8 parking places

    A Ginster’s pasty

    Early noughties Ford Transits - fast!

    Gated communities of Cornwall

    Slayer - Spirit In Black

    Turning in Driveways

    Memories of a Rental House in Reading; an Alfa 33 on the lawn; strimming the lawn

    Greep’s Corsa VXR

    125mph Mitsubishi

    M’s BMW M2, Nissan 350Z and Honda CBR600RR: fettling required

    Slayer - Behind the Crooked Cross

    A sidebar on Slayer

    Slayer - South of Heaven

    Vauxhall Cavalier SRi

    Peugeot 309

    Gixxer and potholes

    M’s Fiesta ST Broken Throttle body

    Dio at the Hammersmith Odeon and Pee in the Radiator of a Ford Sierra

    Fixing Overheating by running the Heater

    Mad Max Falcon

    Ronin Audi S8

    Sux 6000 (Robocop)

    Toyota Yaris and Corolla GR

    Greep experiences a Tesla

    BMW CE04 electric moped

    Revel (who have since left San Francisco)

    J needs 50mph, not 30mph from his e moped

    Slayer - I Don’t Want To Hear It


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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • #13 Senna’s Excalibur, FrankenFerrari, Prius to Daytona, Lambos in Miami, “a Plastic Surgeon by trade” Cadaverous Collectors and three black Mercedes at Pebble Beach
    Oct 12 2023

    A Florida Roadtrip;

    A Prius Digression;

    J impressed by hybrid torque and 50mpg;

    Prius not impressed by J’s driving;

    Daytona Track Tour is worthwhile to see the banking’s steepness from the actual track; J drives where Dale Earnhardt met his end;

    J’s recent Sprint Car research project - Midget racing in the bay area in the late 1940s/50s

    Hall of Fame Museum at Daytona;

    Campbell’s Bluebird;

    Marshall Teague’s “Fabulous” Hudson Hornet;

    Automotive sites in Daytona Beach - Smokey Yuinick’s shop, Marshall Teague’s shop

    Early Nascar and the rise of the SuperSpeedway;

    The North Turn Restaurant

    VINWiki Curated Lamborghini in Miami

    The Green Diablo Jota in the Kitchen

    1981 Lamborghini Countach - the Monaco Grand Prix Pace Car

    The Estrella Warbirds Museum

    California History - Hunter-Gatherer societies and aeroplane graveyards

    - the most awesome sprint car collection

    Motorhead - Deadmen Tell No Tales;

    Pebble Beach 2023 -

    Structured a different way - first time in a decade didn’t watch the start of the tour;

    Stayed in Soledad - good roads but the distance an issue;

    The People Of Pebble Beach, and the McLaren Millenial crowd;

    If last year was McLarens this year it was lots of Rolls Royces;

    Familiarity makes them “less off-puttingly ostentatious”

    J has made his peace with the Cullinan

    The Yellow Crypto Lambo

    J is cynical about Audighini’s baked in understeer

    Iron Maiden - Sun and Steel

    Big day at RM; Lancia LC2

    Manowar - And The Gods Made Heavy Metal

    8 litre Bentley

    Siata

    RMs Barn Find Exhibit and the 1954 Mondial

    Exodus - Metal Command

    JDM at Pebble; but who are Spoon?; The white 90’s tuner Civic as a classic car;

    Are drift cars attaining collectibility?

    Ratt - Dance

    Seeing the Quail show at the end of the day, while the cars are being loaded

    How Daimler and Benz came to merge in 1926 and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, designed by Porsche

    Type o Negative - We Hate Everyone;

    Monterey Historic Races from Laguna Seca; Group C cars enjoyable from the Corkscrew; The build-up of Turns 3,4,5,and 6 - a rhythm and style which British club circuits lack. All like Copse Corner at Silverstone - simple fast, challenging; J loves Historic Formula 1; RIP Phil Reilly, Ford/Cosworth DFV Guru

    The Ragtime Racers,Classic car auctions as Performative Theatre

    Kreator - Grinder

    J’s new logistics for Pebble ‘23; the show itself remains the Best Car Show. But only until all the people arrive.

    A Beautifully Curated Balance of Cars. J particularly enjoyed Senna’s 1988 McLaren Formula 1 car. A fresh appreciation for Daimler Benz as the featured marque.

    Prong - Who’s Fist?

    J’s tribute to Don Williams, the man who wanted to “touch every car”, seller of the first $1m car, and the first $10m car; the origins of the Blackhawk Museum; Don said “I don’t like crap”, but J does!

    Blackhawk Museum, jewelry store display case vs. J’s desire to tell rich stories around artifacts

    J appreciates Don for elevating cars to antiques

    Dope - You Spin Me

    3 Awesome Black Mercedes - #1 - The Trossi Mercedes SSK owned by Ralph Lauren, J’s Best in Show, image car for this episode

    J’s tour for some Mercedes Benz visitors leading on how the concours works; pleasingly ended the tour on the winning car, #2 a black Mercedes 540k; 800 miles in two weeks in #3 my black ‘02 Mercedes E55 - great old car despite a cracked windshield;

    Cadaverous Collectors and the cars of Pebble as Avatar

    J’s favourite YouTuber of the moment - Car UK

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • #12 Fighting the System in New England; Goodwood in Old England, "High 4" and Panteras Jumping off Trains
    Sep 12 2023

    M’s Goodwood Festival of Speed report

    The Allure of the Metro 6R4

    M on The Value of Being a Goodwood Member

    McLaren P1, Marlboro livery

    Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, a EV with gears, and the comedy touch in performance EVs

    Not racing, but burnouts and crashes on the hillclimb up Lord March’s drive

    J’s interest in Leyton House

    Cathedral - Hopkins, Witchfinder General

    A Nissan Altima rental

    J forgives the CVT, if indeed it has one

    The aggressive nose of the innocuous Altima

    J wants to Fight The System in New England, don’t judge me by my flip-flops!!!

    An E-plate Aston Martin V8 Vantage at home in New England

    A cheap MG EV - is this a milestone affordable-and-practical EV, as J thinks?

    J worries about the longevity of today’s EV cars

    Le Mans: the TV experience - J is impressed

    M moans about UK Formula 1 coverage, and the new Murray Walker, David Croft

    James Hunt and Martin Brundle Commentators Above Reproach

    J’s five minutes of Formula 1 in the last five years - Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton crash at Copse

    J doesn’t like Max

    M doesn’t like Red Bull

    M respects Adrian Newey

    Spa deaths at Eau Rouge / Radillon

    Door hits are always bad - Keith Odor, Mike Hawthorn

    The Halo on F1 Cars

    NASCAR Chicago street race; Shane van Gisbergen wins his first NASCAR race

    Type o Negative - These Three Things

    Automotive Storytelling - Fast Five. Panteras jumping off trains, Hokosuka Skylines in a Rio favella

    Celtic Frost - Dance Sleazy

    Mission Impossible bike stunt and movie review, including plot spoilers

    M recommends John Wick 4 for its Epic Imagery

    3d botmaker 1:64 scale Hot Wheels diecast car racing updater

    The A-Team roll

    Fastest Hot Wheels castings; Sierra Cosworths, Nissan Maxima Wagons

    Practical Sportsbikes, the son of Performance Bikes magazine is dead. The End of Days for print media.

    M considers the tablet as a shareable alternative to magazines

    Quick Fire

    US road trip - $ no object what do you drive? Broadly T70

    The rental F250XL used for the Route 66 road trip discussed in Ep11

    “High Four” is J’s new happy place

    An Epic Drift

    Best driving music?

    Metallica: short hair or long?

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  • #11 Cricket, Poker, Gold, Route 66 Revisited and Death Valley with no A/C
    Aug 31 2023

    Cricket and the Englishman

    The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh

    Poker

    A Porsche Digression -

    The rise of the 993 4S

    J’s 964 experiences

    J’s 968 CS test drive

    In praise of the Cayenne GTS’ interior

    Porsche choose their customers like Ferrari. Anecdotally.

    The appeal of a base model Boxster

    J rebels against car models always bloating

    '15 and '16 Fiesta ST running reports

    A revolution in car cleaning products, by YouTube

    '17 BMW M2 running report - A/C and brake juddering, and a not great dealer

    J’s app for surfing beater cars in Europe - AutoScout24

    Renault Clio 182

    1914 Grand Prix Peugeot

    Peugeot 205 GTi

    Sierra Cosworth (Sapphire)

    Citroen Saxo VTS

    Citroen C6 and Up N Down

    Renault Fuego GTX

    2002 Mercedes E55 AMG running report @ 158k, “cut roof off”, a broken hood ornament but mechanically sound; central locking pump and battery change

    Battery strategy when letting cars sit

    Hubnut

    Vain - Whisper

    Plans to Pick up the Free Motorcycle

    Vice Grip Garage

    Western road trip - Coloma, where they found gold in California

    X-15 Major Michael Adams Memorial

    Seligman AZ: the real Radiator Springs from the Cars movie

    Death Valley at 124 degrees with no A/C

    Thanks to United Rentals, and their Ford F250

    J retells the story of the discovery of gold in California

    Highway 395

    Route 66 - all kinds of awesome, Seligman to Victorville especially

    Gentrification and Shelby - an LA story (as seen in Ford vs Ferrari)

    Newton’s bad behaviour on a Honda XR650 Supermotard

    Paradise Cove reprised

    Bruce Junor and his book

    PCH and memories of the CBR

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • #10 Tommy Vance, Heavy Metal, “Mini Monaco” at the Pau Grand Prix, the Ethics of Banger Racing & Faraday Future, the Chinese Skyline?
    Jul 30 2023

    Tommy Vance, Radio Caroline and Early rock radio in Britain

    WASP

    Four bands in one: the evolution of Judas Priest

    The science fiction theatre of Iron Maiden

    Aerosmith or Kiss ?

    Slayer - Die By The Sword

    Production and thrash metal - to remaster or not to remaster

    Motley Crue, Backing tracks and the digitization of live music

    Mixtapes, and M’s impression of For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Listening culture 1980s vs 2020s

    WASP - Shoot from the Hip

    News - Ford/Tesla (and GM/Rivian) charging infrastructure partnerships

    M remains EV sceptical

    J loves the hybrid Chevy Volt design

    J is flabbergasted by the Faraday Future launch

    Tesla, Lucid and Faraday: redefining the car

    EV ranges: the utility of 200 miles vs 400 miles

    M theorizes that lightweight is better than EV behemoths

    The unsafety of cabover vans

    44teeth Boothy's return to the TT

    A shameless plug for our book, The Chronicles of Halvar and Clarence

    Isle of Man TT: Hickey’s 133 mph lap

    Twenty years since the passing of Dave Jeffries

    Bullett - Stay Wild

    Pau Historic Grand Prix - A balcony overlooking the track: M’s Five Star experience at the Parc Beaumont Hotel

    Legends Racers

    M and the attainable dream of Historic Racing

    A critique of Belgium

    Three Men in a Ka

    The defeat of the Silver Arrows - and the Nazis - at Pau - by Rene Dreyfus

    A digression on Mellaha, the site of the Tripoli Grand Prix

    The Million Franc Prize

    J’s digression justifying his factual incorrectness

    A thumbnail on Hermann Lang

    Accept - Too High to Get it Right

    The Ethics of Banger Racing

    Quick fire -

    F40 or 959?

    F40 or F50?

    R32 or Focus RS?

    GT2 or 488 Pista?

    Manual transmission or rear wheel drive?

    You can historic race any car anywhere. What and where?

    Eulogy to Spa

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • #9 ZF, Drifting Tundras, Baja California and a Quad into an Electric Fence
    Jun 23 2023
    Uncle Mark’s Life South of the BorderFord F250 diesel 4x4 manualFord F450 ShortbusBaja Street DogsBuzzed By a Trophy TruckYamaha WR 450 and riding in Baja“Mustangs to Todos”Argentina bike road trip; heavy vs. light off-road bikesA Eulogy to Heated Seats and Grips“Personalities” in modern NascarIndy vs. GrosjeanModern Motorsport and MoneyMark’s 1966 Mustang GTThe Gasser Vision“The Thing I Most Want Is My Own Stuff To Work”J’s Pontiac Grand PrixMark and J can’t “thin the herd” of their non-functional cars Toyota ChinookMark’s Mustang SN95 Track carJ’s hypoglycemia"Quad into an electric fence"ZF and Fly By Wire Steering - “you can’t get the staff”Sim Racing Games, pedals and steering setups, VR motion sicknessJ’s Mustang SN95 Track car"A Historian, Not A Mechanic"Harley-Davidson Fast JohnnieThe Death of the Sportsbike Alpine A290FreightlinersTaycan Turbo S vs. Bullitt MustangEulogy to Steve B, the consummate Ford GuyPebble Beach class-winning Bob McGee '32 Model A RoadsterThe Cobra Bigblock muleCrocetti SpecialeTundras I Have KnownNew Cars I Have BoughtSeat Leon Cupra RMercedes E63 wagons M6 Gran CoupeDaimler-Benz M156 engine EulogyMark’s Dad’s ‘40 Ford Coupe - “a blown Cad with a La Salle rear end”The “Business Coupe” explainedMark’s ex-Police Harley'80’s Thunderbirds as an InvestmentA moment’s silence for J’s Mondeo ST24Tony Angelo’s Lincoln MkVIII Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 26 mins