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No Jon this week, but instead we're joined by Paul Gardiner from Speedbroker.

As it happens, and by sheer fluke, Paul is good friends with out guest, Jo, and so we have a really open and honest conversation about her car memories, caring for her Dad, going car spotting as a form of respite from caring, and buying a dream car to help remember her Dad since he has passed away.

Jo's earliest car memory is cleaning her Dad's Rover 800 at the weekend.

Later, they had a Lada, but this sadly got stolen (who steals a Lada?!)

They also had a Ford Orion, which some youths kindly entered without permission and 'hot boxed' it to get high, leaving all the windows down to clear the smoke before they went to use it again the next day.

The Orion was replaced by a Ford Fiesta XR2, but this had a wheel malfunction and became a 3 wheeler whilst in motion!

Jo's Dad was a Policemen when he was at work - and she would drive the Panda cars sat on his lap around the Police compound.

More recently Jo recalled a Renault Laguna, then a Peugeot 406 Coupe a Chrysler Neon and a Vauxhall Frontera.

Give Jo a follow on social media here: Jo K (@skullsandsnaps) • Instagram photos and videos

Check out Jo's business page here: SNS Digital UK

Follow Paul here: Speed broker • Complete Vehicle Concierge (@speedbrokers) • Instagram photos and videos

And check out Paul's website here: SpeedBroker - Complete Vehicle Concierge

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Just a quick audio note to say "We're still alive" and we haven't forgotten you.

In fact, we recorded this whilst we were recording another guest for Season 9. We've recorded 4 so far of Season 9, with more guests pencilled in for this September.

In this bonus episode, Jon and Andy have a quick chat about summer holidays, Jon's work with grass cutting and furniture sales, Andy's rusty 944 and modern classics going up in value, and of course the fact we've had a little break for 'life'.

We hope you're all keeping well, and normal service will resume (hopefully) late September / Early October.

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car.

If you are looking to keep the dust, dirt and weather off your cherished car go check them out at www.vikingcovers.co.uk

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We're joined by Tom Gray, who may be better known to you as 'That Guy Gray' an automotive content creator. He's sat in his Range Rover L322 for this interview.

Tom's earliest car memory starts off with him around age 12, and a Sunbeam Alpine that he would steer from the lap of a family friend. Other motoring memories include staying up 'late' to watch Top Gear with hid Dad.

His Dad was and still is, a bit of a petrol head. Prior to children he'd had a Ford Escort XR3, Tom recalls the first car he travelled in was a red Peugeot 406, followed by a blue 406.

His Dad would have BMW company cars, and these peaked with the E39 generation 5 series, a model both Tom and Jon hold a candle for. When his Dad's work dropped BMW from the company car scheme these were replaced by Ford Mondeos.

When Tom was 13 his Dad bought a Fire Engine red BMW Z3, which they would take on road trips, and even did some track days in. This later inspired Tom to buy his own BMW Z4 Coupe.

Tom's Mum has had Fiesta's, a Ford Focus and these days drives a JCW Mini Cooper, which she is keen to modify - Tom less so!

We hope you enjoy this chat, and please do go and give Toms channel a follow.

Tom Gray (@thatguygray) • Instagram photos and videos

We also reference previous guest and friend of Toms, Grant Williams.

Please give his episode S8E4 a listen here: Buzzsprout

We're pleased to say the guys from Viking Covers are staying on as Sponsor for My Dad's Car.

If you are looking to keep the dust, dirt and weather off your cherished car go check them out at www.vikingcovers.co.uk

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We’d love you to hear and share your stories, please tag and follow us on social media.

www.instagram.com/mydadscar_podcast

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If you’d like to support the podcast and are able to, you can ‘buy us a coffee’ which will help towards costs of hosting and purchasing equipment to allow us to record guests in person, rather than just on zoom.

Get in touch with us direct - MyDadsCarPodcast@gmail.com