Description

Dev is with Tony Fleming of Flemings Ultimate Garage based in the United States.

Tony reflects on how he started out in the classic muscle car business and

restoring old classics along with his views on the electric car industry and why it's easier to be wealthy and advocate for electric cars.

They discuss ways of keeping your costs down when restoring a vehicle and the  appeal of Car and coffee mornings for car fans and reminisce about why people love the Classic minis and continue to enjoy the Fiat 500

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• It started with one car on a Saturday and now here we are twenty years and almost four thousand cars later.
• We are all about ‘you remember when'
• It's hard to know everything about every car I like to know intimately about the cars I work with.
• A pro touring car is one where it's been professionally restored but also modified.
• you get the best of both worlds with a great old school muscle car without some of the things people don't like such as the smell of petrol.
• Restoring cars always costs more than you think it's going too
• We have some really great tips to help people who are restoring cars along the way.
• Controlling costs is an important part of any restoration.
• We have a good following in the United States and people tell us about cars that are sitting in barns.
• Often people keep cars because of an emotional attachment but then do nothing with them so the car just ends up rusting away.
• The electric car is like having sex without the sound
• Those who want to save the world and have the money talk about electric vehicles but the hard-working people of the world can't afford anything other than a petrol vehicle.

BEST MOMENTS

‘My first muscle car was a Dodge Challenger'

‘When you are surrounded by 50-60 Supercars every day you don't need to go out to look at amazing cars'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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ABOUT THE HOST

Dervish is a Spacecraft Designer and a Mechanical Engineer by day and podcaster by night.

As a Spacecraft Designer, he has worked on some of the biggest space projects and is a creative engineering force always interested in projects that involve solving global challenges.

As a podcaster, he brings together fascinating stories and content from those who are at the heart of the classic and supercar worlds with a hint of design and engineering woven into the mix.

He has a passion for classic cars and supercars and has recently built his own Triumph TR3  junior electric car for his son. When he is not involved with cars he loves restoring antique and vintage items.

CONTACT DETAILS

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