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Callum Seviour | Retropower - Building Bespoke High End Restomods ep.134

Listen to the audio: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/134-callum-seviour-retropower-building-high-end-bespoke/id1432553826?i=1000560046761

Callum Seviour is one of the founders (two brothers) of Retropower. A company building high end bespoke restomods. We have a chat about their journey, building custom restomods and some of the cars along the way.

https://www.instagram.com/retropowercars/

https://retropower.co.uk/

Enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro

12:40 - Attention to Detail & The Process

33:36 - Choosing the Projects

46:20 - Engine Swapping a Classic

56:25 - Interiors

1:12:21 - The Redux Series

1:18:19 - 5 Questions

David Lane | Oshe Design & Workshop Seventy7 ep.122

David Lane is the founder of Oshe Design and Workshop Seventy7 - a specialist classic car build and restoration workshop. David joins us to talk about his journey to starting the business, his love of cars and all of the projects along the way and in the future.

Listen to the audio podcast here: https://link.chtbl.com/LUQgRVuZ

https://workshopseventy7.co.uk/
https://www.instagram.com/workshopseventy7/

Enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
10:39 - Lessons Learned From Workshop Seventy7
24:24 - Impact of Geometry Changes
46:29 - Oshe Design
1:01:39 - Moving into a New Space
1:10:44 - What’s the Future of Oshe Design
1:19:54 - Building Motorbikes vs Cars
1:32:56 - 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #60 - Frank Stephenson | World Renowned Automotive Designer (Mini, Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and McLaren)

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Frank Stephenson (http://instagram.com/frank.stephenson.official) is a renowned automotive designer having directed the design departments at BMW, Ferrari, Fiat, Maserati and Alfa Romeo before heading to McLaren to head up the new road car division.

He has designed:

New Mini, New Fiat 500, BMW X5, Maserati MC12, Ferrari FXX, Ferrari F430, McLaren 12C up to 720s and P1 and the list goes on. A really interesting guy and a lover of all things design, we have a great chat about his journey before finishing off with some of his current projects outside of the automotive realm.

Frank also makes videos on his youtube channel talking about how he designed various cars, worth checking out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0prFtEeFBIRwm57wu2lBpQ

Make sure to check out the film about Frank's life on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81184189

Hope you enjoy the Podcast.

Thanks, Sam

00:00 Intro + Backstory

03:09 = What does a design director do?

09:09 = Is it difficult to maintain that initial form and design direction throughout a project?

13:55 = Are you an innately curious person?

15:16 = Starting a new design language at McLaren

17:13 = How do you create a design that will look good today but also in the future?

22:20 = The McLaren P1 and how McLaren has shifted to performance led design

27:04 = Manufacturers creating cars to fill niches without creating desirable products.

33:42 = Do you think we'll see some radical changes in car design with driverless cars?

36:30 = Autonomous flying vehicles and the future of mobility

44:29 = 5 Questions

55:23 = The Cybertruck