Leading this week with one of the few pictures Jonny and Richard have from the latest Late Brake Show Live because, in their defence, they were a bit busy during the day and forgot to snap more. After that we have 1950s handsome-spec Elvis and the evolution of the Alfa Romeo badge, complete with the man being eaten by a snake.
A concise history of the Alfa badge - https://alfaworkshop.co.uk/alfa_...
2021-09-12 19:08:38 +0000 UTC View PostJonny and Richard reflect on Saturday's second Late Brake Show Live event.
Also in this episode, The Fordsy 100 Index, going for an old school curry, running country cams, getting a double Sade gift from a Terminator, car shows swapping presenters like prisoners, the best type of Elvis, having a drum & bass breakdown, and Richard banging on about Up GTIs again.
Plus, understeering Spykers, funny car badges, a surprisingly Morris Minor, coach driver workouts, trying...
2021-09-12 18:05:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In pictures this week, the message Jonny sent Richard on the day he was filming the Kia EV6 and Pride. Then there's the miracle of Jonny's new tortoise, a prime example of weird British village names, and that mysterious blue 'Lotus Carlton'.
Urban Dictionary (kind of ) agrees with Richard about another meaning for 'village' - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=village
<... 2021-09-05 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostJonny tells a story about being a good samaritan that takes an unexpected live action turn. Also in this episode, using the word village for other things, the size of old car keys, making up lies about places, the arrival of a baby tortoise, cats suffering front wheel lock-up, diagonal walking into a Korean restaurant disaster, a mysterious blue Lotus Carlton, enjoying turbo lag, and conversational ticks (and all that, basically, on that side of things).
Leading this week with a picture of Charlie Watts because, dammit, he was a very cool cat. Drumming in a suit. Lovely. May he rest in peace.
Next up we have Keith Moon with his fleet. It seems to include a hovercraft. No reason for that to have been a concern, oh no. Then there's Noel Edmonds with his GT40, Interceptor and Honda Z600 followed by a troubling picture of him without a beard. Weird.
Next, we've got some cars. The new Nissan Z, the Toyota GReightysix, and a...
2021-08-29 18:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostJonny knows someone with a very low range motorcycle and Richard has been wondering what happens to old minicabs.
Also in this episode, celebrities in the 1970s showing off their cars, the importance of Noel Edmonds and his beard, people with poor gearchange strategy, what car to drive to a British citizenship ceremony, memories of scary drum and bass, and a campervan catastrophe that forces Jonny to leave his wife behind.
Plus, the new Nissan Z, the Toyota GR 86, the ...
2021-08-29 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Well then. Just a photo of Jonny's taxi this week, and then a whole mess of links. Here we go...
Here's a weird one. If you type in karmann.de you get re-directed to the Volkswagen UK website. Karmann went bust in 2009 which is why their website doesn't exist any more.
Culture Club let Boy George say "time" a lot - https://youtu.be/8tI1_KlO6xI
That retro number plate place Jonny mentioned - 2021-08-22 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jonny's been in a ruck with a van driver and Richard has some TV show ideas.
Also in this episode, Karmann chameleon, the Hindenburg of motorhomes, the best time to buy a sledge, why moss is an integral part of Land Rovers, the most SAAB man in the world, and how Jeremy Clarkson likes journey length to be expressed.
Plus, listener updates on public information films, new age traveller vehicles, cooling towers, expensive tractors, and how thick dogs are.
Fin...
2021-08-22 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Us again, and it's a very random show this week as our car podcast lurches from bin food to pylons to waking in a Norwegian hospital to find a pile of Euro smut by your bed. This will all make sense if you've heard the podcast. Or maybe not. Picture-wise, this week we kick off with that expensive tractor, then it's the Shell Draugen oil platform on which Jonny almost died, followed by the bottom of a cooling tower to get Richard excited, and then a Ford Traaaaaaaansit County and a Dodge/Renau...
2021-08-15 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostJonny draws our attention to a very expensive second hand tractor and Richard shares the true story behind the infamous Top Gear indestructible Hilux film.
Also in this episode, bin food, electricity pylons, cooling towers, scary public information films, utility company special vehicles, strange posters on your childhood bedroom walls, non-swearwords used by grandparents, poker players' bad sunglasses, obscure brand petrol stations, Shaggy as a KGB agent, and why Bristol needs a ...
2021-08-15 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello. Very tired and croaky show this week, but as fresh as fresh can be in timing terms 'cos it was recorded only this morning. Pics this week are of the eclectic mix of cars seen at The Late Brake Show Live, the off-brand Sport socks, the comedy typo on the packaging of these socks, the amazing Renault 5 Turbo 2 with custom interior, and some of the Smith and Sniff fleet parked in Dover this morning.
Those John Peel-narrated horror crashes - 2021-08-08 18:07:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the Sunday morning after the inaugural Late Brake Show live event so obviously Jonny and Richard are in Richard's hotel room in Dover which is decorated like someone's dead uncle's house.
Aside from some chat about the live event, Jonny remembers a recent encounter with a lady who got trapped under a Honda Jazz and Richard reveals what inspired the Grand Tour theme tune.
Plus, Noel Edmonds' horror crash jocularity, generic sports socks, model villages, clutch smea...
2021-08-08 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. This week our pictures are led by spooky doppleganger Jonny from the future lurking in the background during Smith and Sniff's Goodwood supercar paddock walkaround. After that we've got the result of some post-recording investigation which revealed that Nic Cage has, or had, an Enzo. Presumably not in Bath.
Nic Cage pet shop shock - https://bit.ly/2TRTq4M
Cage turns on Bath Christmas lights - 2021-08-01 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jonny and Richard have accidentally spoilt someone's enjoyment of their new car.
Also in this episode, not liking Tommy Lee Jones, households that own two of the same car, Jonny's spooky doppleganger, getting to know cars by washing them, having an international face, and what does Nicolas Cage drive?
Plus, a leggy R.S. Megane that Jonny definitely isn't buying, lending cars to film and TV productions, weird things in classified car ad photos, getting trapped in a Japa...
2021-08-01 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Right then, what have we got this week? Picture-wise we start with the Scarborough Fair sleeve. Look at Art's face! He's just found out what time they land in London and he's FURIOUS. Then we have the weirdly posh Transit door locks (two more session tracks from them later in the show). After that, Pitbull looking like an Audi salesman who's just come straight from work, the excellent sixties house on stilts Jonny spotted in Chichester, and Havers. Nigel Havers.
Those Gri...
2021-07-25 18:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostHow did the beloved singing duo get to Scarborough Fair?
Also in this episode, venus fly traps, unstable loo seats, surprisingly posh Transit door locks, football trains, suity shoes, plane funk smells, zombie morris dancing, potatoes in cupholders, affluent foreign spec cars, modern steel wheels and Griff Rhys Jones in his underpants.
Plus, top new TV shows George Clarke's Embarrassing Stains, Stealing Cars with James May, and Derek Bell's Amazing Shortcuts plus Nigel...
2021-07-25 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again, gang. This week we're back to podcast business as usual (which is to say not recording in a field and not drinking wine) but there's one difference with this episiode; we're actually talking about cars. Mostly.
The first pic here is of the tatty old number plates from Richard's Range Rover. Now replaced. Next we have a couple of views of the new Vauxhall Astra, and then a Kia Picanto in the only colour you get for free. It's called Honey Bee, in case you were wonderin...
2021-07-18 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis week Jonny and Richard manage to talk about cars for once, including the Ineos Grenadier, the Gemballa Marsien and the new Vauxhall Astra.
There's also chat about which paint colours don't cost extra, cars you'd only want to buy new, the world's most laid back traction control, unintelligent damper control, songwriters not being specific enough about the cars they reference, and the new game of trying to list a manufacturer's entire range without cheating.
Plus, a...
2021-07-18 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. Some notes to go with this week's extra-long episode. That's what happens when we get together in person. And drink wine. There are captions on the photos, in case you're wondering what they are.
More about Brut (just in case you thought we made it up or something) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brut_(cologne)
That crazy story about washed-up Garfield phones - 2021-07-11 18:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Jonny and Richard are actually in the same room, except the room is a field. And they're drinking wine.
The idea of this extra-long episode was to discuss all the news from the Goodwood Festival of Speed so naturally the conversation covers Brut aftershave, buying wine at 9am, Sweden's top TV chef, sporting event streakers, aerobatic display team The Reawarrs, Gordon Murray's hydration strategy, Michael Bolton on a bicycle, talking like a pilot day, the perils of magnet ...
2021-07-11 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. What have we got for you this week? Well, the lead image is self-explanatory. The second is a thumbnail of the strange Corsa ad (the listing itself seems to have been deleted so this is all that remains). After that we have ABBA in a helicopter, obviously, and then two images of Jonny's surprise present from 'Sir Jackie Stewart'.
The Day Before You Came - https://youtu.be/1HnOFwqpLRQ
The ...
2021-07-04 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostRichard has been to see the new Fast & Furious film and Jonny has received a package from a multiple Formula 1 world champion.
Also in this episode, a Corsa with ghosts in it, various kinds of sneezing, the wonders of ABBA, Strava for auto jumbles, American pronunciations, Vin Diesel in a Gordon Keeble, a self-driving Mustang and Dame Helen Mirren's palm purchase.
2021-07-04 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. This week's lead image is the WhatsApp message Jonny sent to Richard to announce that all was not well with his Lada Niva test drive. Then we have the GMC Motorhome, the 'not working' Peugeot logo, a low-spec Aussie Jimny on steelies, and two ways to spec your new 911 GT3 Touring. The brown isn't on the configurator, it seems. Finally, a couple of other images from Jonny's unexpectedly watery Lada Niva adventure.
Canadian Prime Ministers' cars - 2021-06-27 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Jonny tells the full story of his Lada Niva water disaster.
Also in this episode, the horror of gel plates, a bargain-priced GMC Motorhome, annoying noises, world leader car intel, and the new Peugeot logo just isn't working.
Plus, what happens when 1970s crime fighters try to reverse small trailers, why modern police can't use tiny downstairs lavatories, doing press ups with '80s technology, surprisingly low depreciation Casio watches, speccing up a 911 GT3 Touring, w...
2021-06-27 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Golly, where to start with this week's podcast. Quite a lot to take in thanks to the brilliance of our listeners. Picture-wise, we lead with a Bedford Rascal, of course, and then an image of what listener Ross probably saw in the aftermath of the clown incident. After that, some snapshots of the weird magician flyer that once came through Richard's door and two example of Simon Cowell as cars.
Robinson's Barley Water, in case you were wondering what the merry frig that is - 2021-06-20 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A listener has sent us an incredible tale of a kids' entertainer getting into a comical tiny van accident.
Also in this episode, a creepy flyer for a magician, why the Chicago Bulls of the nineties would have been great at magic, a hot hatch grandma, which cars Simon Cowell resembles, an update on David Coverdale's cars, the nightmare of light-coloured trousers, nostalgia for Robinson's Barley Water, speed limits for pick-ups, the pain of owning a late SAAB 9-5, accidental use of ...
2021-06-20 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has discovered the real issues discussed at the G7 summit and Richard has a double decker motorway plan.
Also in this episode, the trouble with getting to Cornwall, trying to find a fleet of Cadillac BLSs for Biden's visit, other things called G7 and a surprising celebrity Dodge Challenger driver.
Plus, dodgem driving tips, stoned window cleaners, blasting Scooter from a people carrier and no love for Neil Young.
2021-06-13 18:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. A smattering of extra tat to go with the new podcast. You get the gist by now.
Robert Duvall in Days of Thunder. "Pace cuorrrr" - https://youtu.be/JHkM4OUkF8E
The Lizard Peninsular has a website - http://www.lizard-peninsula.co.uk
Good news for Joe Biden, Cadillac BLSs are quite cheap these days - 2021-06-13 18:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. Five images for you this week which encapsulate this episode nicely. Not even going to label them. As for linky links, well...
On double bass drum, the Boeing CH-47 Chinook: https://youtu.be/V1EYPy67qOU
George Benson's bed shop still exists (not actually owned by George Benson: https://www.bensonsforbeds.co.uk
The man hims...
2021-06-06 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has been listening to country music while Richard has encountered some annoying aeroplanes.
Also in this episode, drinking whisky like someone in a movie, why Chinooks are like kits with two bass drums, a confusion about George Benson's bed shop, why you never see people mooning or sitting backwards on kitchen chairs any more, and a discussion about the Ford F-150 Lightning with its amazing Pac-Man front boot.
Plus, unimaginative restomods, an old person in an In...
2021-06-06 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post