Car Chat

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 moreTune in to hear Phil talk all 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 - Intro10:56 - Getting Started in Drifting19:51 - The DW8631:51 - Driving Drift Cars vs “Normal” Cars 33:40 - The GT346:11 - Phil’s Collection56:10 - The Murcielago GT11:07:29 - The YouTube Channel and Car Shows 1:29:35 - 5 Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ollie Marriage (@olliemarriage)  is Head of Car Testing at BBC Top Gear. He joins me for a chat about his journey and some of the awesome cars he's driven along the way. Everything from an LMP1 car (how epic is that) to fully on rally cars, there is something for everyone in here.  https://www.instagram.com/olliemarriage/https://www.topgear.com/Enjoy, Sam Show Notes:0:00 - Intro 15:12 - Review Process 24:30 - Career Continued 28:42 - Writing Style Between Magazines 42:15 - Does the Experience Warp the Review? 48:15 - COTY 57:24 - Driving an LMP1 Car 1:08:59 - James Dean’s M3 1:16:41 - 5 Questions  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I popped in to see Sam Bailey, founder of  @slshopuk . SL Shop is a specialist focusing on the Mercedes SL doing everything from sales, restorations through to their own restomods. Sam is a serious car fanatic, we don't just discuss Mercedes and the business (although we cover most things you need to know about the various SLs). We also discuss his racing in Caterhams, a selection of the driver's cars he owns (lots of goodies in here) and the fact both of us have chosen an E63s wagon as our daily!Plenty for everyone so have a listen.  https://www.theslshop.com/https://www.instagram.com/slshopuk/ Enjoy, Sam Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro12:41 - The SL Models20:27 - Working on Electronics and Old Parts28:27 - What’s Hard to Restore?35:41 - The Favourite SL45:06 - Racing Experiences56:24 - Customer Demographics1:02:47 - 5 Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OIllie Preston, Technical Director of RPM Technik joins me to talk about his journey and all things Porsche. We have a dig into what it was like building a business from a single ramp all the way through to the multi building setup it is  today. We don't just cover what RPM do (although they do ALOT, they will even put back seats in your GT3) but we also cover aftermarket tuning and restomods such as Singer and RUF. There is so much 911 chat in here it's possibly too much (is that possible tho...).  https://rpmtechnik.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/rpmtechnik/Enjoy, Sam Show Notes: 00:00 - Intro06:54 - Growing a business & team18:15 - Aftermarket tuning and the 964 progression 23:29 - Singer vs RUF30:46 - RPM in-house work37:44 - On track experiences43:13 - Most popular upgrades54:08 - 911 eras1:05:24 - Gearing changes1:08:42 - 5 Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin Bell is a Racing Driver, TV And Web Show Host. Son of the famous racing legend Derek Bell. We talk about what it was like growing up with such a famous father and the journey he has taken along the way. From racing at Le Mans in fire spitting Vipers to his more creative side putting together TV shows and his passion alongside - photography.  Justin's Life With Legends podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-with-legends/id1633151527https://www.instagram.com/leicaracer/https://www.instagram.com/justinbelltv/Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro12:05 - Is racing cars a sport?23:38 - Sim vs track experience 31:01 - Justin’s racing history47:28 - Starting in TV57:54 - The impact of Drive to Survive 1:09:20 - 5 Questions1:20:34 - Camera Chat Podcast 1:26:22 - Life With Legends Podcast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I knew very little about WRC so when I got the chance to attend Rally Spain with Toyota UK I grabbed my local expert (Chris Rawes) and we had a chat about how it all works. A big shoutout to Chris and also Toyota for enabling this to happen. https://www.instagram.com/chrisrawes/https://www.toyota.co.uk/discover-toyota/toyota-gazoo-racing/world-rally-championshipEnjoy, Sam  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Director of Design, Nathan Malinick joins me to talk all about the Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster launched at the Quail. https://www.hennesseyperformance.com/Enjoy, Sam  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Lickfold - Director, Chassis and Vehicle Dynamics at Lucid Motors joins me to talk about the new Lucid Air Sapphire shown at The Quail. We have a chat about Lucid, EVs and some of the interesting things you can do with electric motors. https://www.lucidmotors.com/Enjoy, Sam  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Richard Tuthill joins me to talk about his latest build "The 911K". We dig into some of the specs and have a walk around the car. It's pretty special. https://www.tuthillporsche.com/Enjoy, Sam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amjad Ali is the technical director for Guntherwerks. Amjad walked me around their new Project Tornado;  a RWD turbocharged manual 993 beast. https://www.guntherwerks.com/https://www.instagram.com/guntherwerks/Enjoy, Sam  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices