This year I’ve been shining a spotlight on the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation and have been learning about the collections of magazines, books, audio and video that they curate and provide for research and review. The Foundation is based out at Sydney Motorsport Park and as regular listeners will have heard, they hold valuable historical documents for the Australian … [Read more...]
Eps 138 – 146 Sydney Harbour Concours d’Elegance
We attended day one of the 3-day Concours event held on Cockatoo Island right in the middle of Sydney Harbour, speaking with a number of owners and restorers of some stunning machines. Interviews with: The event also included new vehicles from Bentley, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Polestar, Zeekr, FIAT Abarth and … [Read more...]
Eps 134 – 137 Classic Rally Club
These episodes cover the classically named "Ire of Man TT Rally" that started below Canberra and headed to Merimbula for the overnight stop before heading back to Canberra the following day via Dalgety. Interviews with: The Sapphire Coast Historic Vehicle Club hosted the CRC for the end of Day 1 with breakfast on Day 2. It's a great club with a variety of historic cars … [Read more...]
Ep 124 Throwback to the Start!
Having spoken to many people about the podcast and it's own history, many were surprised to hear that there were so many episodes, granted there was a long gap between drinks! So it seemed like a great time to have a "throwback" - to the very beginning back in May 2008 - 16 years ago when I published episode #1. Here it is, the very first episode recorded on the technology … [Read more...]
Battery Metals
Modern humans in the developed world today are used to using some form of rechargeable battery, whether it is in a mobile phone, a laptop or an electric vehicle. Most of us don’t think about the contents of the battery other than the amount of charge it holds! However, the internal guts of these batteries may well become the foundation of new wars as the need and therefore … [Read more...]