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#107 The Little Car Company - Crafting The Bugatti Baby, DB5 Junior & Ferrari Testa Rossa J w.Ben Hedley

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Ben is the CEO of The Little Car Company (@little.cars). They make a variety of special small electric cars including the Bugatti Baby, Aston Martin DB5 Junior and the newly announced Ferrari Testa Rossa J.

Check out the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/ERbyPWc974Q

https://thelittlecar.co/
https://www.instagram.com/little.cars/

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes: 

00:00 - Intro

03:20 - How Did The Little Car Company Start?

10:42 - The Powertrains and Testing

19:29 - What Do Owners Do With Them?

25:06 - Driving Characteristics and Tyre Sourcing

35:18 - The Tamiya Wild One MAX

42:00 - The Ferrari Testa Rossa J

54:34 - 5 Questions (and how Ben got into a British Ski Team..?)







#99 Max Girardo | Girardo & Co - A New Location And Lots Of Crazy Cars

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Max Girardo (@maxgirardo) is back on the podcast to have a chat about their new location in Oxfordshire and have a chat about lots of car stuff.

https://www.instagram.com/girardoandco/
https://girardo.com/

Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
02:18 - Moving into the new space
14:38 - Porsche 956
18:19 - Racecar on the road - CLK GTR
20:53 - Buying and selling cars from a collection
27:51 - Restomods vs. Originality
33:05 - Selling rally cars
47:26 - The state of the market
51:58 - XJR15
53:59 - The Christmas Movie
56:59 - Alfa Romeo 179C
1:00:13 - Events coming up
1:04:02 - 5 Questions

Car Chat Podcast #72 - Max Cooper | Gumball 3000

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Maximillion Cooper (@mrgumball3000) is the founder of Gumball 3000. The Gumball 3000 is a car rally which every year takes a hundred or so supercars on a crazy journey across multiple continents.  I have a chat with Max about the journey of Gumball from a one off rally to the global brand it is today.

https://www.instagram.com/gumball3000
https://www.instagram.com/mrgumball3000
www.gumball3000.com

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:
00:00 = Intro + the beginning of the Gumball 3000
03:27 = Trying to buy an F1 team
07:15 = The beginnings of a rally
10:18 = First year issues?
14:33 = Where did the 3000 part come from?
16:19 = It's an endurance event
22:48 = It's a unique adventure
23:25 = At what point did people start lining the roads along the route? + Jackass does Gumball
28:03 = What's involved with shutting down Regent Street
30:56 = What's the lead time on planning rallies? 
31:25 = Is it difficult to get sponsors with Gumball's crazy party image?
34:09 = How do the finances work on sponsorship vs entrance fees. 
38:08 = When did flying cars in planes start?
45:12 = Do you feel the pressure to keep upping the ante?
47:27 = Do you have any standout stops?
54:17 = Do you vet the entrants and the cars? 
58:25 = Have you had border troubles? - The Germany saga
1:08:31 = Is getting insurance simple?
1:10:25 = Spirit Of The Gumball?
1:13:35 = Do you have some favourite cars from the rallies?
1:15:21 = Where is the next rally?
1:17:01 = 5 Questions