Weekly Podcast about all things cars, bikes and trucks.
This episode is the final episode of the show and it goes without saying, it is a zinger.We are talking about those moments in history when car makers made some puzzling decisions, for better or worse. Lots of crackers and odd cars in this one.
With the majority of new cars being front wheel drive these days, it might seem like it is the least interesting of all the drive technologies. Especially as we think back to our favourite rear wheel drive cars of the past.But front wheel drive wasn't always the norm, and it took some incredible engineering to make it all work. We look at some of the most important cars that made it possible and look at some more cars that make front wheel drive something that is interesting and worth digging deeper into.
Long distance trips in style and comfort is what this episode is all about.Whether it's by, car, motorcycle or camper, we talk about some of our favourites and what it would be like to take these things on a cross country adventure.Lots of stuff in this one including 4 cylinder bikes, GT cars, coaches, German Rocket estates and loads more.
Serious off roaders are the topic of this episode.We get stuck into some of the most iconic and important 4X4's of all time including history into how they cam about as well as specific design features that made them the important vehicles that they are.
This episode is all about those wonderful plastic pigs that roam the earth.Some are intended to be super cheap, others are pursuing performance with extreme power to weight ratios. This weeks episode covers things as diverse as Corvette's and Reliant Robin's. We have Viper's and and Ferrari's and a whole array of stuff in between.Fibreglass is weird and wonderful stuff and deserves this loving tribute.
This episode is all about some of the most extreme motorcycle designs of all time!Fancy a motorcycle with a small block Chevy V8? Well, if thats not big enough for you, there is a big block available in the Boss Hoss. Perhaps a rotary engine motorcycle is for you with all the extreme complications that come with that as well. Maybe a motorcycle with a radial engine on the front wheel is more your speed.All this and much more is covered in this episode so it's not one to be missed.
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This is a rather simple premise. We are covering the cars that are driven by bad guys in film and TV. Typically, Matt has gone for The Sweeney route and I have gone for US film and TV bad guy cars. This is packed with the usual Jags, Mercedes and Chryslers that were associated with bad guys back in the day.We also cover the cars that some real life bad guys choose and why.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
We pick up where we left off in episode 1 and this episode covers the most famous era in TVR's long and interesting history. This is a time period when many of the most famous of TVR's came to be.We pick up with the Tasmin and S series, but the story quickly turns to V8's and TVR's return to that classic formula of big V8 in a lightweight British sports car. We cover the second gen Griffith, the Chimera, Cebera, Tuscan, Tamora and Sagaris. The episode is rounded off with some good news aout the future of the company as well.
TVR is the topic of a two part episode, similar to our Lotus 2 parter last season.Part one takes us from the companies origins under Trevor Wilkinson, through to the Martin Lilley era when many of the famous TVR's came to be.There is loads to cover in this episode including the Grantura and original Griffith, as well as Tuscan's, Vixens and many V*'s crammed into incredibly small British sports cars.
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This is all about luxurious barges and what it means in a persons life when they are choosing to purchase and drive such things! It's time for us to be more open minded about automatic land yacht's, so we have delved into the land of plush leather and wood interiors. These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
We had a lot of fun last season with our £2k Purchases episode that we decided to go again but be more generous to ourselves with the budget.As always, we made life difficult for ourselves by restricting ourselves to some rather unusual categories. These are;1. A pre 1960's design2. A car to drive around Europe in3. A car for LondonTo make life more difficult still, we had to satisfy these categories with ones of the following.A. A 5 door carB. A car with more than 4 cylindersC. A convertibleWe came up with some tremendous choices so have a listen to see what we came up with.
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This episode is all about Yank Tanks. It's full of info about trucks and cars including 4 wheel drive f250's, old chevy pickups and cars such as the Buick Riveria, Falcon, Thunderbird and many more.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
This episode covers some of the greatest cars to leave the factory with a supercharger. While there are too many to cover, we delve into some of our favourites.Some of the cars covered in this episode include the Aston Martin Virage, Nissan Micra Super Turbo, Studebaker Golden Hawk as well as some of the best cars Australia has to offer!
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!We kick the conversation off with some serious wild car spotting, including one of the most outrageous and wonderful cars of all time, the Cord 810. Honda Cubs, V8's and TVR all get some love and well as hot hatches before I finally make Matt try to be grateful for at least some features of modern cars!These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
This is a fascinating topic and one that we have tried to pack as much information into an episode as possible. We cover the cloudy history of VW and Tatra and the rather wonderful vehicles developed by both companies. We also investigate Mercedes, Porsche, and the ever controversial Chevrolet Corvair. There are Renaults, Hilmans Imps and let's not forget the Tucker!
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!Tons of stuff to cover here! We cover the skills it takes to drive properly old cars, pre-selector gearbox's, and kick starts. Old Land Rovers and a curious Morris Minor van seen still operating as a work van.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
Some cars are rare because their incredibly advanced manufacturing techniques mean they can only be made in low numbers. Some are rare because of their immense price.....Others used to be everywhere and you hadn't even noticed that they had all but died an disappeared from our roads. Some where undesirable, some were too odd to market, many rotted, rusted and broke down one too many times! These are the cars of todays episode.We have Talbots, rusty Lancia's, miserable British Leyland cars and a bizarre story from Australia.
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!As always with our free for all episodes, we are all over the map with this one. We cover some ridiculous automotive accessories, Patching up rusty run-arounds, retractable hardtops and Pontiac Aztecs among many things.Too much to cover in this description so subscribe and get stuck in!These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
This episode is all about the fantasy cars that adorned the walls of impressionable young kids and teens of our era. The Ferrari's, the Lambo's and a great many other things with Turbo's, V12 and impractical doors.We delve into some nostalgia, whilst also having a look back at some of these cars and seeing if any of them were actually good.Viper's, XJ220's, Countach's and a great many things in between covered so don't miss out on some 80's and 90's ridiculousness!
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This time, it is all about vehicle aerodynamics. The good, the bad and the ugly. Our topic of conversation ranges from humble Honda's to Plymouth Superbirds and much more in between! We also cover the Chrysler Airflow in all it's magnificence. Plus, what would an aero episode be without some crazy racing efforts to add to the list.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
This episode gave us a chance to have fun with cars that are interesting but with a major budget constraint. Sport cars, practical family haulers and a wild card needed to covered.We love cheap cars because anyone with a bit of budget can get into enjoying cars. The Ferrari's and the 300sl Gullwings are all well and good but we are never going to get are turn in one, are we.Rx8's and Skoda Estelle's are on the menu for this episode!
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This episode is all about The European Car Of The Year Award over the years. There are some incredibly deserving winners as some of the worlds best cars are honoured. There are also some rather peculiar vehicles that hindsight has told us were not zingers...Listen as we judge vehicles with the knowledge that no one had at the time.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
Brace yourself because we let Matt loose on his favourite topic on the planet, car related or otherwise!Obviously there are Beetles and buses but let's not forget the other gems from VW's air cooled days. How about some type 3's, type 4's, or type 34's? Maybe you can tell a Karman Ghia from a VW Thing but can you identify a VW Fridolin?
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!Brand loyalty kicks this one off. We have the VW Phaeton, and Kawasaki Z bikes right next to each other. Loads of bike chat with BMW and Harley Davidson keeping us entertained for a while.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
This episode we picked three trucks each. Big, medium and small. Fairly straight forward formula.We cover some wildly unusual stuff from Piagio Apes to a truck that weighs 360,000kg! That is not a typo.Tons of info on some weird and wonderful stuff because we love trucks!
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!So much in this episode! In a nutshell we have, Fiat 131's, Lancia Stradale 037's, Porsche 917's, and the GT40. Brooklands, Monza, Nascar, The majestic Ford Supervan, Type 2 ring taxi's and Reliant Kittens...If you can believe, there is more that is not included in this description so have a listen!These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
This episode takes us to Italy for two of the most storied manufacturers in motorcycling history. We cover from the earliest days to some of the most iconic motorcycles to come out of the later half of the 20th century.
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This week we have the usual oddities for you in a new Free For All episode. Limousines, custom bikes and even Messerschmitts get crammed into this episode along with a bunch of other stuff in between!These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
We pick up where we left off with the previous episode, so please start there if you want the full story!We delve into the Esprit and its storied 25 year history, as well as the radical M100 Elan. Our episode comes to an end with the design and release of the Elise, a car that helped save the company and was an absolute masterpiece of engineering and ingenuity.
This episode covers the history of Lotus road cars from the early days including the Lotus 7, through the original Lotus Elite and Europa. We go on to cover the world renown Elan as well as the Eclat, Excel and later Elite. Let's also not forget the Lotus Cortina! There is lots of information about Colin Chapman, Lotus's founder, and the engineering that went into these wonderful vehicles. There is so much to cover, we split the episode in 2 and we covered the rather wonderful Esprit and later Lotus cars in part 2.
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This week starts at the VW UP! Gti, and takes us on a bizarre trip through 2 stroke bikes, Lovely old Volvos and some how ends up somewhere near 6 wheel Land Rover Discoveries. When you listen, I am sure you will understand why. These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
This week we look at the wonderful period of time in the early 80's when each of the big 4 Japanese bike manufacturers had a go at turbocharging production street bikes. Honda had their CX500 and CX650 Turbos, Yamaha had their XJ650 Turbo. Suzuki had the XN85 and Kawasaki finished up this rather odd experiment with their wonderful GPZ 750 Turbo.Loads of bike chat and turbo fun!
Free For All Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!Over priced classic's start off the show and as usual, that brings us to Matt's favourite topic, air cooled VW's! Old Mercedes, Ranchereos/El Caminos and Series Land Rovers are among the massive list of stuff crammed into this episode.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
Slight piece of self indulgence in that this episodes is all about some of our favourite Porsches! 4 and 6 cylinder, light weight stripped out models, turbos and things most peoples bank managers will not allow you to dream about all make appearances!
Free for all Episodes are off the top of our heads, so facts are only as accurate as our memories permit. We love to be contacted by listeners if you feel like we have missed something/gotten it wrong!This episode contains everything from Caprice Classics to 125 motorcycles. On the way, we cover early air cooled VW type 2's (campers), Lotus Europas, the Aston Martin Virage Vantage, TVR and so much I can't list it all here.These episode are always a lot of fun and cover the most eclectic stuff!
We split up some of the world's most innovative engine design and manufacturing countries and pick some of our favourites from over the years.Britain, Japan, Italy, U.S.A and Germany provide the categories and we go from 4 cylinders to 12 cylinders as we navigate the globe.
Episode 1 gives you a look into our tastes and opinions on fun and classic vehicles. Instead of the boring old, "what's your favourite car," or "what's the fastest/most expensive _______," we have picked some categories that are a bit different! The categories are:a utilitarian vehicle;an affordable classic; and old skool performance.You get to choose a car, a bike or a truck to satisfy the three choices. However, once you've used up one choice for one category you cannot reuse it for another category! Our choices may be a bit odd, but welcome to The Clutch Basket Podcast!
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