Brum Brum! NEC Classic 2 (Show Coverage Special)
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Episodes
Brum Brum! NEC Classic (Show Coverage Special)
Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chums Tony and Mike head to Birmingham for the NEC Classic Motor Show 2023. They catch up with loads of clubs, exhibitors and show organisers to give you a flavour of this year’s event. Support the show
Fast Cats, Facts and Fat Cats (with Sam Skelton, Classic Jaguar Editor)
Send Car-Chum a Text Classic Jaguar’s editor, Sam Skelton, joins Tony and Mike on this edition of the Car-Chum Podcast. There’s a bit of Jag stuff, but oh so much more besides. Sam also reveals the most comfortable car on sale – and it is not what you would expect. Go on: take a guess. And then take a listen to this edition of the ever-entertaining Car-Chum. www.car-chum.com Support the show...
Car-Chum's Junkyard Geese
Send Car-Chum a Text What’s the opposite of a Mini? A Maxi. The opposite of a boring automotive podcast? Car-Chum. And a Main Stealer’s parts counter? A scrap or junk yard. And that’s exactly where Car-Chum has been consigned to today. Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike as they bathe in oil, balance toppling cars and play with the geese. The geese? Keep listening… Support the show...
Pick up a Pickup
Send Car-Chum a Text They say ‘use it or lose it’ and clearly I don’t. I’ve already forgotten the difference between Fleetside and Stepside. Best listen to this fabulous episode of Car-Chum again to jog the mind. Pickups – that’s the subject of this Car-Chum episode. Support the show
Simply the Best...Road Car
Send Car-Chum a Text If you set the rules and make up your own criteria, you can argue anything with this one. As Tony and Mike ably prove in this edition, there are so many parameters for what makes a truly great road car. The Chums mange to agree on quiet a few in the end though – even a winner. Of sorts. So download a copy, pop it in the 8-Track, cassette deck or CD changer and relax to the sounds of Car-Chum. Support the show...
Welcome to the Jumble (Beaulieu Autojumble Show Coverage Special)
Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum doesn't do Special Editions; we leave to Peugeot and Ford in 1992. If we did though, this episode would be one such example. And so much more than just a tilt-only glass sunroof to make it special. Join Tony and Mike at the Beaulieu Autojumble 2023 as they rummage for treasure with Matt Richardson from Furious Driving, Steph from Lancaster Insurance (and I Drive a Classic, of course), Danny Hopkins of Practical Classics fame. The Chums also get a guided tour of...
The Golden Hour Part 2
Send Car-Chum a Text I got my Car-Chum Mike to promise he wouldn’t make me guess a year that pre-dates my Bronze Age relatives. To be fair the year was good. Mine was a lot newer, so hopefully there’s something for every taste. And what taste you have in choosing the Car-Chum Podcast. Sit back, savour the delights of the second instalment of The Golden Hour – and guess the year. Support the show...
Luxury
Send Car-Chum a Text What is luxury? Fine wines, fine food and The Car-Chum Podcast. There. Just saved 50 minuntes of listening. Hang on! What about what makes a car luxurious? Join Tony and his motoring journalist chum Mike as they deliver the ultimate definition – with a few laughs along the way. Support the show...
The Golden Hour
Send Car-Chum a Text The Golden Hour, The Mystery Year, The Time Tunnel, The Time Machine: I was spoiled for choice when naming this edition of the Car-Chum Podcast. Any of those would have done. In summary, my Car Chum Mike and I pick a year and describe the significant cars, entertainment and events, while you play along with us trying to guess. Fun, fun, fun. That’s Car-Chum for you. Support the show...
A Day at the Races. Le Mans Classic and Thruxton Historic
Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum pays visits and respect to Le Mans Classic and Thruxton Historic in this episode. Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike on the Leading Light Entertainment Automotive Podcast as they hurtle towards the chequered flag. Support the show
In Collections
Send Car-Chum a Text I reckon Car-Chum listeners are more likely than average to have a collection. What do you think? In this episode, Tony and Mike delve into the art of collection curation and try to pinpoint what works – and what doesn’t work – when it comes to displaying it. Or them. To collect or not to collect? That’s the question for this episode of Cr-Chum. Join us, do. Support the show...
Number Plates
Send Car-Chum a Text I normally like to be creative with the Car-Chum episode titles, but not today. It’s a podcast and it’s mostly about Number Plates. Not much more and not much less. Of course, you’ll find all the usual Car-Chum Podcast fayre here, too: a bit of wit, wisdom and at least one fact. Number Plates then…go on, admit you’re just a little bit interested. Support the show...
The Worst Episode
Send Car-Chum a Text It’s not what it sounds; it’s a really rather good fun episode or The Car-Chum Podcast. Tony and Mike range around design, build and usage fails of some greats from Subaru, Jaguar, Ford, Volvo and Triumph. In modern management speak (and on a site dedicated to professionally showing off), these are areas of opportunity and improvement; on Car-Chum, they’re just fails. Support the show...
It's Show Time
Send Car-Chum a Text If anyone knows how to put on a show, it’s Car-Chum. Tony and Mike get set for a Fiesta in this episode as they share fond memories of car shows past and present, old and new. So, strap your wicker basket to the boot, pack a microfibre cloth and download the latest Car-Chum for the journey there. Or at least the queue to get in. It’s show time! Support the show...
Car-Chum Website Launch Special
Send Car-Chum a Text The rumours swirling Silicon Valley and the City of London were true: the new Car-Chum website has launched. In this bonus quickie, Tony and Mike cut the ribbon on car-chum.com . Support the show
Why?
Send Car-Chum a Text If you’re into measuring things, storing oddments in your car, and not having a spare wheel when you need one, this is the episode for you. Tony and Mike ponder some of the baked-in designs and mistakes that beg the question ‘Why?’. That’s what the ’why’ refers to; not Car-Chum: why? Support the show...
Dealers
Send Car-Chum a Text Shady and shiny. That’s Car-Chum. No, wait! That’s the subject of this episode of Car-Chum: car dealers. Join Tony and Mike as they cross the bunting and explore the (car) lot, making this the undisputed Podcast of the Week, the Manager’s Special, the One Listener (you) deal of the decade. Support the show...
Decent Exposure: Bristols (with Simon Charlesworth, award winning automotive Author)
Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum is visited by a distinguished guest this episode. Motoring author and Publication of the Year award winner, Simon Charlesworth, joins Tony and Mike to discuss everything from Alfa Alfettas to upside down Mondeos. Oh, and his award winning book. Did I mention his book has won… Support the show...
Myths and Leg Ends
Send Car-Chum a Text The Car-Chum Podcast streams before you, offering the whole truth and nothing but the truth. There’s a good dollop of facts, too as well as a healthy dose fun, of course. Classic journalist, Mike Renaut is Tony’s car chum again on this edition of…Car-Chum. Support the show
Sleeping in the Car
Send Car-Chum a Text What’s the best way to pass a long Car-Chum? A car journey. What’s the best way to combine a long Car-Chum and a car journey? Sleep through it. And today should send you right off. Take a break and have a nap through this edition of Car-Chum Podcast. Support the show
Emergency!
Send Car-Chum a Text Blues and twos – not number twos is the subject of this week’s Car-Chum. All motoring things Emergency related: Police, Fire, Ambulance and…the other ones. If podcasts had packaging, this one might read: ‘Surprisingly fact-full and curiously entertaining”. There are, of course, other things it might read, too, but let’s stick with that. Support the show...
Art by Car-Chum (with auto artist, Bex)
Send Car-Chum a Text Unbelievable really that it’s taken so long for something as cultured as Car-Chum to enter the world of art. It’s happened in style now though with an automotive artist to the stars. Share in Art by Bex’s enthusiasm of painting cars for drivers like Sir Jackie Stewart and Mark Blundell. Join culture-vulture Car-Chums Tony and Mike in the gallery with Bex on this edition of Car-Chum. Support the show...
Italian for Beginners (with Angie Voluti, former Alfa PR boss)
Send Car-Chum a Text It’s been said that American, Swedish, German, French, Spanish and Australian cars have made it to the Car-Chum hall of fame, but Italian’s finest have been conspicuous by their absence. This is the episode that rights that wrong – in spectacular style. Former Alfa PR boss Angie Voluti joins Tony and Mike for forthright views and downright fun. Support the show...
Mods and Rocker Covers
Send Car-Chum a Text Did you know that the ‘rod’ of Hotrod comes from the word ‘roadster’? Well you do now, so I’ve saved you listening to this episode of the Car-Chum Podcast. Unless that is, you want more facts and more fun. Yes that is possible and you’ll find it in this edition. Support the show
Spray That Again
Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum ushers in another year in the best way it knows how: talking about paint, obvs. What else? Join Tony and Mike as they lift the lid on colour changing tech, silly names and bodged repairs. Support the show
Six Cars; One Podcast
Send Car-Chum a Text It’s gameshow time at Car-Chum. Three cars each, a few factual and anecdotal clues, some searching questions and iffy answers are the essential ingredients in this edition. How many would you have got? Join me and my car-journalist Car-Chum Mike Renaut as we sit poised with our fingers on buzzers. Support the show...
Mats and Flaps
Send Car-Chum a Text If you’re not familiar with the title, it was a term used to refer to the options dealers could upsell you when buying a new car. A more accurate title for this edition of Car-Chum might have been “When Did You Last See…?”, but Mats and Flaps made us smile. Anyway, here it is, the latest Car-Chum Podcast. Support the show...
A View to a Car
Send Car-Chum a Text Sorry about the title: couldn’t resist – it just seemed to flow so well. And it does desscribe the contents quite well. A chance viewing of James Bond in A View to a Kill – with Roger Moore, of course – led to a whole Car-Chum dedicated to it. More specifically, the cars in the film. Even if I do say so myself, it was a bit of a laugh. Just a bit. Support the show...
Dream Drives
Send Car-Chum a Text Ever heard a motoring journalist hum Abba? Ever wondered what a Dodge Charger Hellcat is really like? Ever needed to pass an hour with no effort at all? If the answer is yes to any of those, try the latest Car-Chum podcasts. Tony and Mike crank out a few of the cars they’ve yet to drive. Horsepower and horsing around: it's the usual Car-Chum Podcast fayre. Support the show...