Podcast 168 - All Good in the Wood
Added 2023-07-16 17:00:07 +0000 UTCAfter two days’ filming at the Festival of Speed, Jonny and Richard retreat to a large caravan in a field near Goodwood to discuss getting heckled, the art of flocking, BL restomods, the strange restaurant hours of the south coast, an incredible amount of crap nautical art, encountering a Prelude, the Mary Queen of Scots spoiler on an old Porsche, how one of The Intercooler gets mistaken for a movie star, the glories of Auction Trousers, enjoying a base model Citroen C3, an unexpectedly handbraking Corsa, an embarrassing race in Gran Turismo 7, Martin Brundle dressed in a CGI actor’s body stocking, an encounter with the Mate Brothers, ace rally team Malcolm Sport, getting video bombed by Shmee150, the wildly depreciating Lagonda Taraf, being superstitious, getting woken by gulls, chatting Nissan Cubes in front of an Elvis impersonator, hands free urinal usage, the surprising layout of the Goodwood drivers’ changing room, time warp businessmen, full bottle rallying, using a Lamborghini to fetch gravy for a dog, a custard-eating Alsatian from the ‘80s, the secrets of those cars on the sculpture in front of Goodwood House, and pitching a new event called Weekend at Charlie’s House.
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Worst race-suit spill I ever encountered was petrol. I was competing in a 24hr kart race and on starting my first 90 minute stint I arrived at turn 1 and suddenly I had a wet leg. Reached down and did up the between the knees fuel tank which hadn't been tightened during the pit stop and thought nothing more of it, until 45 minutes later when we had a full-course yellow and whilst driving around slowly and the adrenelin dropped off realised my leg REALLY hurt. Got out at the end of my stint and discovered I had a big chemical burn on my leg, so washed it and the leg of the suit off which was still sopping wet by the time I got in for my next stint at 1am. Most concerning bit was being able to see all the sparks the karts kicked up grounding out over the kerbs at night and visions of it turning my crotch into an impromptue torch.
James Thorburn
2023-07-24 11:55:32 +0000 UTCFish related car name - the Australian Ford Barra engine is named after a Barramundi.
Stuart Baly
2023-07-19 09:18:24 +0000 UTCAnd it’s in the video. My work here is done. 🤣🤣
TD
2023-07-18 22:10:37 +0000 UTCFamily vacation pre covid, decided to see the 'Gateway Arch to the West' in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Arrive about 8 pm, no bars, restaurants open. We were 3 blocks from the baseball stadium, 2 blocks from the Arch, right downtown. The restaurant in our hotel wasn't even open. Quite surprising for a large city.
Dennis Palmer
2023-07-18 15:28:41 +0000 UTCJust listened to the podcast, about flocking and rallying, and NEITHER of you came up with the legend that is "Ken Flock" 😱 In fact, your flocking guy should rename his business to "Ken Flock, For A Flocking Good Job"
Paul Liderth
2023-07-18 12:51:00 +0000 UTCChocolate is potentially lethal to humans, if taken in high enough doses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine_poisoning
Stephen Voss
2023-07-18 05:25:06 +0000 UTCI hope nobody got boxed in the mouth due to the lack of late night hot food in Selsey… 😉
Scott
2023-07-17 19:54:59 +0000 UTCI was going to post the Tiburon. I used to see adverts for it when I was getting VHS tapes (and later DVDS) of NBA Games recorded off US TV before streaming was a thing. Nice looking car, also known as simply the Coupé in Europe of course.
Mark Elliott
2023-07-17 16:47:27 +0000 UTCI spotted a chap in a silver XM on Thursday morning by Goodwood in the traffic chaos
Andy Waterman
2023-07-17 12:12:57 +0000 UTCSurely the proper open bottle should be a litre of Castrol. Proper Castrol with a large percentage of castor oil in it.
Chris Rayner
2023-07-17 09:44:23 +0000 UTCBuggeration! I missed you sweet sweet guys on Thursday! I Had a full throttle OI OI! in the bank for Mr Smith & an OTSOT lined up for Mr Sniff for a secret sticker.... Another great cast guys 👍👍
Chris Jarrett
2023-07-17 09:15:46 +0000 UTCI was the Friday “SPOWATAH” heckle, when Mr Petrol was doing his piece. Worth it. 🤣🤣
TD
2023-07-17 09:11:21 +0000 UTCI had one of those nearly 50 years ago😮. The clutch works off of centrifugal action innit. As the revs mount up from laughable to weedy, a couple of drum brake shoes swing out against the housing. I think the Citroën folk called it a Trafficlutch. It was quite good for hypermiling as you could get it disengaged and coast along, just so long as there wasn’t a headwind.
Chris Rayner
2023-07-17 09:05:48 +0000 UTCOh yes. As I feel like stirring up trouble, what's the S&S opinion on the caDA Bricks remote controlled 1:12 Suzuki Jimny? Arguably a better representation of the real car than most LEGO versions.
Matt Tester
2023-07-17 08:07:39 +0000 UTCUnpopular opinion: I actually prefer the Dyane to the 2CV as far as looks….
Andy Pinchock
2023-07-17 07:07:08 +0000 UTCYes, you could order 2cv, Dyane, or Ami with a centrifugal "trafficlutch" for many years.
Jonathan Holmes
2023-07-17 06:14:08 +0000 UTC2CV had an optionally semi automatic clutch allowing you to sit in 1st gear without depressing the clutch. The engine had to rev above a certain RPM for the clutch to engage. As most things on the 2CV it was done mechanically using springs I think. Another mechanical feature were the wiper blades that used the speedo cable. The faster you went the foster they wiped. There was handle to use them manually when at a standstill…. As Ian Hubnut says „because French“!
Andy Pinchock
2023-07-17 05:44:28 +0000 UTCIt is indeed called The Malcolm Wilson Rally which incorrectly is sometimes shortened to "The Wilson". Maybe it should be called "The Malcolm" ( I did 00 car this year)
Phil Griffiths
2023-07-16 21:02:23 +0000 UTCI do the no handed wazz quite often. It's really not difficult, I make sure it's aimed properly before taking my hands off though.
Julian Hale
2023-07-16 20:54:45 +0000 UTCA BL Halibut saloon and Turbot coupe seems like a missed opportunity
Graham Dallas
2023-07-16 19:42:59 +0000 UTCFish car - Rambler (AMC) Marlin, Hyundai Tiburon - spanish for shark. Why didn't FOS celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the Allegro and the Reliant Robin or is that for the Revival?
Bruce Driffill
2023-07-16 19:12:10 +0000 UTCNot sure if I get any extra S&S points but I am sitting listening in my OTSOT t-shirt, I just had a shave and I am dripping in S&S acquired Brut - jeez I didn't remember it being green.
Graham Dallas
2023-07-16 18:53:30 +0000 UTCDoes the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust count as being named after a fish? Those green parakeets are fairly prevalent near me (North East UK) and make a hell of a noise going overhead or just sat in the tall trees. Regularly get the hard of thinking asking in local faceache groups if anyone's lost their pet budgie. No Sandra, there's a flock of about 20, nobody's keeping them in a cage in the sitting room.
Fox Munsey
2023-07-16 18:39:55 +0000 UTCGreat episode ! But sorry Johnny a mid brown flocked dashboard is less “motorsport” and more late 70s Indian Restaurant. Although your dashboard will be more newly done out 70s restaurant as it will not yet have acquired the obligatory stains from spilt pints of singha, lamb bhunas, Rugby team vomit and other assorted fluids
AL Dickens
2023-07-16 18:30:35 +0000 UTCWhy bother with the effort of getting dressed up in fancy dress, Jonny? Just go as Terence Stamp!
Andrew Armstrong
2023-07-16 18:17:30 +0000 UTCOoh good, a long one ! (arf-arf)
Peter Heamon
2023-07-16 17:18:33 +0000 UTC
