Podcast 161 - Allegro Equipe and the NASCAR Ferrari
Added 2023-05-28 17:00:03 +0000 UTCRichard finds amazing treasure for sale and Jonny has been driving his Charger while dressed like off-brand Magnum. Also in this episode, why Ivor the Engine is much better than Thomas the Tank Engine, the British mis-treatment of the elderly, more hand drier nonsense, the problem with bow ties, the weird evolution of Blippi, a ‘review’ of Fast X, Vin Diesel turning into a groundskeeper, the joy of going to the cinema on your own, looking backwards while driving, going to a beauty spot and then ignoring the beauty, a listener’s message about a miniature train accident, DeLoreans in Miami Vice, finding a good bowling ball and happy 50th birthday to the Allegro.
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The Dukes of Hazzard theme is one of those pieces of music that takes me back to a point in life every time I hear it, it's a Saturday tea time sat on the sofa watching Waylon's guitar fade into the shot of the General flying through the air. The composer Waylon Jennings gave up his place on the ill-fated aeroplane that lead to the deaths of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the 'Big Bopper'. It was the latter who swapped places with Waylon.
John Hammond
2023-06-06 20:25:28 +0000 UTCWait! Guys, guys! No... It's this one... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6281758558526540/
Maurice Barnes
2023-06-01 21:16:39 +0000 UTCBut, NASCAR, as dukes of hazard is American, do not have wing mirrors, and until relatively recently internal mirrors were purely at the drivers discretion
Vincent Grey
2023-05-31 09:18:11 +0000 UTCThey could get a tax break on it too, both being self-employed.
Ed Storer
2023-05-30 23:38:31 +0000 UTCIs this why the door mirrors on my 90s Volvo V70 (the 850-derived one) fold both backwards and forwards??
Ed Storer
2023-05-30 23:37:46 +0000 UTCAnyone who watched the BTCC in the 90's knows that racing cars do not have wing mirrors....for long 😏
Maurice Barnes
2023-05-30 21:49:28 +0000 UTCSomething Seymour and Powell should have fixed in their C4 show Better by Design while they tootled around in their Audi TT.
Maurice Barnes
2023-05-30 21:47:28 +0000 UTCI'm sure in the 1980's you could get a whole line of MV branded clothing from one of the many clothing and homewards catalogues like Littlewoods. Regarding Vin Diesel's mower choice, I think he's far more likely to turn up in a wrapped vintage Ransomes motor triple with the rear steering and some spinners. Or if there is a bit of a slope, a Brielmaier... https://youtu.be/zeqSZVuZAwQ
Maurice Barnes
2023-05-30 21:45:18 +0000 UTCSurely the Allegro price rise is just down to Jonny's and Retropower"s dragging up the average.
Simon bland
2023-05-30 15:06:01 +0000 UTCThe teapot chat reminded me of a Ben Elton sketch from the 80s about these exact type of stainless steel pots
Daniel P
2023-05-30 10:33:42 +0000 UTCWouldn’t an Italian police Alfa have a deep v thrum-busso?
John Taylor
2023-05-30 09:09:21 +0000 UTChttps://images.app.goo.gl/rzFXFWmPx2g35Zh16
david marden
2023-05-29 21:36:14 +0000 UTCOkeechobee oak-a-cho-bee Springs not a real place and Lake Okeechobee is about 100 miles north of Miami not on Alligator Alley
Bill
2023-05-29 16:48:26 +0000 UTCQuite possibly, although I also think he figured that this is what retired guys do - they moved to a bungalow soon afterwards.
Dave Law
2023-05-29 14:13:43 +0000 UTCHim or Craig Charles
Simon Turner
2023-05-29 13:55:51 +0000 UTCMy grandad went from a Zephyr Mark IV to an Allegro in the mid 1970s. Unfortunately I wasn't old enough to ask about the reasoning behind this bizarre choice :) Fuel crisis maybe?
Chris Squirrel
2023-05-29 12:10:40 +0000 UTCAs an E34 owner I almost cried watching a dozen of my favourite car getting destroyed. Although it’s cool to see the E34 on the big screen. Also, I initially thought they were all CGI as they were all the same colour with a single M badge on the boot lid with no model designation, although there were some with wide grill and others with the earlier narrow grill.
Thomas E
2023-05-29 11:57:21 +0000 UTCI can remember the launch of the Austin Allegro. As a kid we lived next door to the general manager of the local Austin dealership. The night before the launch he brought one home and it was parked on his drive. I remember my Dad and I looking over this new car with the square steering wheel! My long suffering wife had an Allegro Estate when we first met, that became a Metro shortly before we got married back in 1985!!
Steve Morton
2023-05-29 11:53:57 +0000 UTCListening to the Dukes of Hazzard bit, I remembered that Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit was very much a mirror-looker, in contrast to the Duke boys.
Stuart Baly
2023-05-29 11:35:26 +0000 UTCWhen my grandad retired in the late 70s, he almost immediately sold his Capri (he had 2 on the bounce) and bought an Allegro. I don't think my granny ever completely forgave him.
Dave Law
2023-05-29 11:24:05 +0000 UTCScar tissue is a lot less prevalent since the advent of HDMI.
Simon Turner
2023-05-29 08:54:24 +0000 UTCHow did you get Adrian Chiles to do the car and classic ad for you?
Duncan Dyer
2023-05-29 08:40:05 +0000 UTCHow does Richard not realise that racing cars have rear view mirrors? I suggest googling what an F1 car looks like. In fact Ferrari tested/used an enormous item for the 23 season which was supported ny elaborate airfoil looking things from both the monocoque and the side air intake. Some suggested its aerodynamic benefit far exceeded its utility as a rear vision enhancing optical device.
Sergey Baskakov
2023-05-28 21:14:51 +0000 UTCPssshht-clop psshht-clop pssshhht-clop
Adam
2023-05-28 20:59:15 +0000 UTCI think I know the driving road Jonny was referring to, it's one I call 'the rollercoaster' and is local to me too, joining a town beginning with C to one beginning with U. There's a lovely view of a small reservoir at one of the piss stops. As it happens I did a loop around Rutland Water in my MX-5 today but chose not to drive that road for a change, shame as I might've seen someone wazzing. The facing trees man sounds like the type to go to a steam rally with his mucky engine, set it up and then just sit in a chair all day completely ignoring anything else that's going on in the show.
Matt Tester
2023-05-28 19:44:54 +0000 UTCModel train crash story from Lewis was pretty funny. The Allrgro needs to be the Smith & Sniff road trip car.
Ed Nicholson
2023-05-28 19:34:30 +0000 UTCNice one guys, glad you saw the DeLoreans in MV, I'd go as far to say there are 8 or 10 on display. Bowling, I used to bowl, I wasn't particularly great but my wife was, I got as far as getting my own shoes and my own ball drilled to my fingers. A bowling rink is oiled down to about 10-15ft short of the pins, an ideal shot would be running right down the edge (left or right depending on you handedness) on full spin, when it hits the "dry" patch of the rink it will swerve in enthusiastically and hopefully square into the lead pin causing a strike,
Graham Dallas
2023-05-28 18:29:26 +0000 UTCTwo of my friends are controllers on Network Rail and I always take the piss with Thomas references. & I agree with the Ivor the engine stuff.
Nigel Hancock
2023-05-28 18:29:15 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to listen boys.
Nathan English
2023-05-28 17:00:35 +0000 UTC
