A Life Working On Italian Cars w. Iain Tyrrell

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

From Drifting and Driftworks To A Road Legal Murcielago GT1 w.Phil Morrison - Driftworks

Phil Morrison (@philmorrisondw) is the founder of Driftworks ( @driftworks ) a specialist street & racecar parts shop. Phil and the team have built some incredibly cool drift and road cars along the way including:

- DW86 - An AE86 extensively modified and wide-bodied with a 720bhp 7.4L LSX V8 drift build.

- A V10 Swapped E46 M3

- E30 M3 Track Car with an S65 V8 in it.

- RWB Promodet 964 Porsche Turbo

- GT1 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640

- And much much more

Tune in to hear Phil talk about his journey, building Driftworks, competing in drifting, building and choosing his personal cars and lots of Porsche chat along the way as well.

https://www.driftworks.com/

https://www.instagram.com/driftworks/

https://www.instagram.com/philmorrisondw/

Enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro

10:56 - Getting Started in Drifting

19:51 - The DW86

31:51 - Driving Drift Cars vs “Normal” Cars

33:40 - The GT3

46:11 - Phil’s Collection

56:10 - The Murcielago GT1

1:07:29 - The YouTube Channel and Car Shows

1:29:35 - 5 Questions

Obsessively Capturing The Beauty And Detail Of The World’s Best Cars w. Sandy Copeman | Amalgam Collection

Sandy Copeman is the founder of Amalgam Collection, a company responsible for making the most insanely detailed and high quality models you can find.

https://www.instagram.com/amalgamcollectionmodels/

https://www.amalgamcollection.com/

Listen To The Audio Podcast Here: https://link.chtbl.com/LUQgRVuZ

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

06:45 - How do you start a model build?

15:22 - How much detail is in a model?

20:02 - Cool experiences through model making

31:31 - The Ferrari partnership

36:58 - The Model Making Process

59:18 - Materials used in the models

1:08:52 - Challenges in model making

1:15:03 - Custom order models

1:25:16 - 5 Questions