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Takona Tlks with Andrew Brabyn, one of the co-founders of Zero West watches.
Andrew kindly invited me down to their design studio to record, which meant spending most of the time trying not to be distracted by the plethora of incredibly cool things they have on display, including an actual Spitfire engine from a plane that crashed in France during WW2. It's still coated in French mud! If you're a Patreon member you'll have already seen some video clips from inside the studio!
Zero West combine British engineering achievements and incredible stories with fantastic pieces of watch design to create some truly stunning pieces, you can learn more about them at: https://zerowest.watch/
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Takona Tlks with Arun and Gareth ATD Vehicle Appearance Specialists, thats right, two guests!
We met at Great Northern Classics for a good chat about detailing, life, the universe and everything, meandering from cars to conspiracy theories and everything in between. An episode that really shows the chemistry these two have, as well as showcasing how relative strangers can sit and chat over their shared passion for the automotive.
Thank you to the Great Northern Classic team for letting us use their boardroom to record, you can see more of what they're up to at: https://www.greatnorthernclassics.co.uk/
Arun and Gareth can be found at: https://www.atd-vas.co.uk/
And of course, all things Takona are at www.takona.co.uk
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Takona Tlks with Alastair Moffatt, stunt driver, autotest champion, rally driver, and holder of 9 world records!
We had a good ol chat about how he got into doing what he does, some of the ups and downs of setting world records in cars, and how motorsports and cars have been at the core of his family.
A big thank you to Motorsport UK for hosting us in their HQ to record.
To see more of Alastair head to https://www.alastairmoffatt.com/
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Takona Tlks with Miles Hardy, Sales director at HPC Classics in Eastbourne, and someone who's been a friend for a couple of years now. Miles has an incredibly deep knowledge on a broad range of cars, but his real passion is for all things TVR.
A true testament to how cars bring people together from all over, Miles and I had chatted here and there on facebook for a couple of years before ever actually meeting in person and when we did it was like we'd been best mates our entire lives.
See more from HPC Classics at https://www.hpcclassics.co.uk/
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Takona Tlks with Efrem Brynin, the CEO and co-founder of the Strongmen charity. Strongmen aim to support men following bereavement and was started following Efrems own journey through the process of bereavement following the loss of his son.
This episode is one that really delves into the mens mental health topic, possibly in more depth than any other episode, and as such we talk about some quite heavy topics. If anything we talk about hits home and you're needing some support along with the Takona page of mental health resources - https://www.takona.co.uk/pages/mental-health-and-support - you can also speak with Strongmen for Bereavement focused help - https://www.strongmen.org.uk/ which is also the go to for all the pieces we've talked about in the episode.
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If you've been to practically any major car event in the last few years you may have seen Rob, and possibly even had coffee from him.
Rob and I have become good friends over the last few years, thanks to his outgoing and vibrant personality, and his ability to make a stellar cup of coffee.
The boxed drinks coffee trucks have grown from a simple horse box trailer into a fleet of classic and vintage coffee trucks, a 2CV van, and a Land Rover Defender 90 Pickup. Instantly recognisable, and built from a passion for not only interesting vehicles, but fantastic style and humour around the liveries they wear.
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Takona Tlks with Joel McNally brand manager for Kestrel Beer and the co founder of the Flying Kestrel project, taking a 1935 Riley Kestrel and breaking land speed records with it. We go through the project from inception to it's latest attempt at hitting 200mph.
Learn more about the Flying Kestrel at : https://theflyingkestrel.com/ and about Kestrel Beer at https://www.kestrelbeer.com/
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Takona Tlks with Alex Robbins, freelance car journalist for the likes of the Telegraph, CarGurus, Kazoo, Drivetribe and What Car?. This November Alex will be walking from Mission Motorsport HQ in Oxfordshire all the way to Anglesey Race Circuit for the Race of Remembrance. We sat to chat about what he's been up to in preparation for the big walk, how it's been hugely influential for both his physical and mental wellbeing, and his time working as a journalist.
If you'd like to support Alex's walk you can do so through his just giving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/alexwalks and to see some of his automotive work you can head here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/alex-robbins/
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Takona Tlks with Dominic Taylor-Lane A regular face around much of the classic car community, and a man working to make a difference for the future of engineering skills. Dominic is the founder of the Association of Heritage Engineering, working to create a network of skilled craftspeople with a goal of passing on knowledge and helping future generations to maintain the engineering industry. Dominic is also one of the directors at the Classic Collective in Bicester, providing specialist service, set-up, upgrades, and maintenance for the classic car world, and bringing together a wide mix of people and skillsets to make classic car ownership more attainable and enjoyable.
You can find out more about AOHE here. More about Classic Collective here. and more about Takona here.
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Takona Tlks with Giles Gunning, founder of The Classic Valuer, providing key pricing and valuations on classic cars. The Classic Valuer provide price guides, trends, and valuation reports across the classic and collector car market.
See more about Giles and The Classic Valuer at https://www.theclassicvaluer.com/
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Takona Tlks with Neil Clifford, CEO of Kurt Geiger and well known petrol head. Neil kindly invited me down to Kurt Geiger HQ for a chat about how he got into doing what he does and how cars have played a pivotal role throughout his life. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon
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This episode Takona Tlks with racing driver Jake Hill. Currently competing in the BTTC for the Laser Tools team along with various bits of other motorsport such as historic racing in a variety of exciting cars, and taking the Calsonic R32 up the Goodwood Hill at the festival of speed.
A huge thank you to the Scalextric team for putting Jake and I in touch to make this episode happen, the continued support from them in not only sponsoring episodes but also helping make things happen really has been great (no they haven't paid me to say this).
You can get 10% off at Scalextric by using the code Takona at checkout.
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To have a gander at what Jake is up to, head here.
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From building iconic show cars, to planning a SEMA stand, Dale has built a reputation for some of the most innovate automotive marketing out there.
Dale has been behind some huge successes in the automotive space, taking the Meguiars social media accounts to over 1 million followers and now working for Pipercross starting their resurgence into being the go to name for air filters.
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Had the absolute pleasure to sit and chat with Grant Williams to talk about his adventures racing, and the ups and downs that can bring. Most notably recognised for putting on a tremendous show at the Festival of Speed and the Goodwood races in his Iconic "BUY 1" Mk1 Jaguar, you know the photo of the Mk1 in a huge cloud of smoke on the Goodwood start line? yeah? that guy, a legend.
Grant is also the person who helped Williams Heynes get an engine sorted for the Goodwood Revival, a lovely moment to hear that story from another perspective, and to show just how much community there is around cars.
This is also the latest episode sponsored by Scalextric, Grants iconic “Buy 1” Jag was made into a Scalextric car! (You can get 10% off using Takona10 at checkout)
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Takona Tlks with Stuart Quick, a personal friend and a man helping keep people safer in their cars, we have an explore into the world of safety harnesses, retrofitting seatbelts, and wander down some automotive tales.
Stuart and I met over coffee in west London at a car meet, of course, and have become good friends ever since. We attended the Octane Magazine Historic Motoring Awards together, and often head to a lot of the same car events. Stuart has had some of his lovely cars on our stands at events like Radwood, and we're both regulars at the Wimbledon Southside Hustle, which means we've a fair few stories to share.
This episode is a long one, and meanders down some different roads, with stories across a broad range of topics.
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This episode Takona Tlks with Antony Ingram, Freelance car journalist and writer.
Antony and I met in unexpected circumstances (and thanks to twitter) when I created a mazda inspired t-shirt and was on the lookout for a local enough RX7 to grab some photos with. Antony being the gent kindly offered to let me pop over and get the photos and our friendship started there.
Often spotted at car events around the country, Antony's back catalogue of work is extensive and covers not only writing for EVO and Hagerty, but also publishing his own book on the MX-5 (which you can get here)
If you fancy a gander at the Photos I got of Antony's lovely RX-7 (which happened to be the Mazda press car) and possibly even some video footage we got on the road, it's up on the Patreon page.
As mentioned in the new outro, for mental health resources head to the Takona site
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Takona Tlks with Dave Edmonston, the founder of PistonHeads, now working with Collecting Cars, and has spent time building and developing websites and platforms across the automotive world. With his latest venture being Driving Masters helping people to learn how to better handle the roads safely.
Dave's influence across the automotive world is somewhat profound, being behind some of the communities that have brought so many people together, and having helped to improve existing platforms that people love. On a personal level it was the piston heads forums that helped me to grow friendships with other car enthusiasts, as well as providing a plethora of interesting stories and groups that got me through long night shifts in the psychiatric hospitals.
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Takona Tlks with Jon Hancock, Car builder, race odyssey founder, and somewhat feature guest on the upcoming Paddock Speedshop TV shop.
Jon and I became friends thanks to coffees and cars of all things, having met at one of the Paddlup meets last year. We've since spent time at events and bumped into each other at various car shows around the country, a real life example of the Takona idea bringing people together and capturing the spirit of the automotive world.
Jon has built a name for himself within the automotive circles as someone who makes fantastic custom cars, most notably his outlaw 356, often mistaken for a Rod Emory build. We sat down for a chat about how it all came to be, and what's in store for the future, including an "RWB Style" 914, and the Race Odyssey 62 Corvette.
If you're a Patron you'll have seen some photos of that corvette, it's also featuring in an upcoming YouTube video we're making.
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Takona Tlks with Dan Allard, one of the founders of the RollHard Brand.
Dan and RollHard have built a name for creating not only amazing events catering towards the modified car world, but also some fantastic clothing and automotive merch. Dan and I met, as many do, at the Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble and immediately became quite good pals, sharing a common interest in both the automotive and the communities that create around it.
This episode is one of our Scalextric Sponsored episodes, use Takona10 for 10% off at checkout. (we're very proud of this partnership, its a real testament to how much things have grown, thank you for being a part of making that possible)
If you do like what we do, you can support us on Patreon where we share extra bits of supplementary content like the cars Dans talked about in this episode for example. (have absolutely gotten this idea from Smith and Sniff)
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Our good friend Tim Oldland suggested that we do a reverse episode where Takona founder Lewis (me) answers some questions about Takona and how it all came to be and where it might (hopefully) be heading.
So after luring me into BMW's M2 Press Car in the car park at Caffeine and Machines newest location The Bowl, we sat down for a chat about what's been happening, how things got started, and answer some of the questions you lovely people sent in.
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