Iain Tyrrell is the founder of Tyrrell's Classic Cars. Iain joins me to talk about his journey to date working on these incredible Italian machines. He's handled everything from engine tunes to full restorations but specialises in getting the mechanical parts right. Iain now has a very popular youtube channel where he deep dives into some of the cars he works on. We also cover Iain's other passion music and you can find his latest single "Take Time Out" on spotify, itunes ete.
https://iaintyrrell.co.uk/https://www.youtube.com/@UC2pQT90JBqbMHSVLtbJBvyw
"Take Time Out" - Iain Tyrrell
https://open.spotify.com/album/3u0b36j8M3FX482Oss4Zmk?si=NeSNbPiiS9m3lWykSs9I1A
Enjoy,
Sam
Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
06:07 - Starting his own business
09:40 - Is it getting harder to work on old cars?
16:01 - Racing replicas, crashing 250 GTOs
23:45 - Restoring Italian cars
30:52 - The dream restoration
31:53 - Stand-out models to restore
37:21 - EV Chat
40:00 - Youtube success
42:47 - Restoring a boat
46:39 - Tuning a V12 by ear
53:35 - Iain’s music career
1:00:30 - Noises in cars
1:03:18 - Sourcing parts
1:12:29 - What is “right”?
1:14:52 - 5 questions
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Iain Tyrrell | Tyrrell's Classic Cars - A Life Working On Italian Cars | Car Chat podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
