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Baby Forces SaleEp. 24 - As Seen on TVIt's something of a TV special this week as Facebook Marketplace serves up a Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am modified to look like KITT out of off of KnightRider and a Reliant Rialto in the style of Del Boy's three-wheeler.Plus, a ludicrously convoluted competition Duckhams ran in 1991 to win a Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 4x4.Social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-12-0140 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 23 - Oozing MachismoIt's something of a TVR special this week following the news Blackpool's iconic automotive brand is set to finally return to the roads.We look at a Tuscan which has apparently been looked after better than most children and a Cerbera which it's claimed once belonged to Britain's foremost retailer of marital aids, plus pay tribute to the maverick genius of Peter Wheeler.Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-11-2433 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 22 - Not Popular Enough to be ExpensiveThis week, we go back to a time when everything was very angular as Facebook Marketplace serves up a couple of British sports coupes in the Triumph TR7 and the Ginetta G26.Plus, learn to speak like a second-hand car salesman with Jason Dawe.Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessale@gmail.com
2025-11-1733 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 21 - Calibra Drag CoefficientThis week, Marc and Ryan have trawled Facebook Marketplace and somehow ended up with examples of the same car. Namely, a pair of Vauxhall Calibra V6 2.5Ls.Plus, a tribute to Quentin Wilson.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-11-1026 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 20 - The Bunty Bailey scrappage schemeOn this week's episode, we argue about the merits of a Vauxhall VX220 which has been in an accident, ponder the point of what is widely considered one of the worst cars of all time, and find out about the small part the girl from A-Ha's 'Take On Me' video played in British automotive history.Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-11-0328 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 19 - Harlequin ClubThis week, the discovery of a 21-year-old Top Gear Magazine supplement leads us down the rabbit hole of the Volkswagen Polo Harlequin, where we find other VWs which have been been modified with a similar design.This leaves us with two questions: 1) Why? And 2) no seriously, why?Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-10-2727 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 18 - Now That's What I Call 1984This week, we take a trip back in time to 1984 and Central Television's coverage of that year's British International Motorshow at the NEC, and somehow spend nearly 40 minutes talking about a 32-minute video we found on YouTube.Believe us when we say there is A LOT to unpack here.Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-10-2039 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 17 - Jimmy Nail CelicaThis week, a Honda Prelude with some funky hydraulics and a Toyota Celica with an unusual bonnet modification. Both of which have been completely and utterly ruined.We promise these are the last Japanese cars for a while.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-10-1329 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 16 - Turkey Teeth for CarsOn this week's episode, we look at a Toyota MR2 and a Mazda MX5 which have been modified to look like a Ferrari F355 and a 250 GTO, for some unfathomable reason.Along the way, we find out why Ryan sold his MKII MR2, learn how F355s kept catching fire, and wonder why you'd swap any of these for a Jeep Wrangler.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-09-2925 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 15 - Kancil CultureIt's an actual case of baby forces sale on this week's episode with a Daihatsu Copen plus a rare example of what was once the cheapest car on sale in Britain, the Perodua Nippa AKA the Perodua Kancil.We also get to experience the greatest car advert ever made and speculate about how a small-time Burton Latimer salesman managed to become the official dealer for a Malaysian automotive titan.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-09-2225 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 14 - Dead Fast FuneralsIt's back to normal on Baby Forces Sale this week, so obviously we've got a Vauxhall Omega hearse fitted with a jet engine and a replica of one of the maddest Group B rally cars to ever see the light of day, the Metro 6R4, to run the rule over.Podcast and social media links: https://linktr.ee/babyforces saleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-09-1531 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 13 - A Rep-Mobile of Your Own.mp3You've heard all about the cars sales reps love on our last episode, now find out how easy it is to get one of your own!As it turns out, not very. But we do track down a Fiesta XR2i (replica), a celebrity Austin Maestro, a Toyota Supra and the surprisingly-coveted Madza 626.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-09-0831 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 12 - The English Patrick BatemanOn this week's podcast, we take a look at an episode of the 1994 BBC TV documentary series 'From A to B' which examines the strange rituals and disturbing subculture of sales reps and their company cars.Along the way, we learn how to negotiate around company car policy with your fleet manager, discover how many Shell points it takes to get a free colour television, and ponder what a No. 70 on the Little Chef menu might have been.Podcast and social links: http://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-09-0136 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 11 - Lots of Trouble, Usually SeriousOn this week's dive into the world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace, we come up with a Lotus Excel which is slowly being reclaimed by nature and the ram-raider's vehicle of choice, the iconic Vauxhall Lotus Carlton.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-08-2528 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 10 - Big in JapanIt's an obscure Japanese special this week as we take a look at a Nissan 300ZX for which the logbook has been "misplaced" and the unusual Mitsuoka Galue which is based on a car called Cedric.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-08-1923 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 9 - All-AmericansIt's back to Facebook Marketplace for this week's episode, where we find a Ford Mustang which a student decided would be a good first car and a Dodge Avenger masquerading as a police car.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com.
2025-08-1127 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 8 - Mr Toad's Le Mans Fever DreamAt the height of his 'House Party' fame, Noel Edmonds' sky-high sense of invincibility ran aground spectacularly when he decided he could take on the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours race, with a BBC filmcrew there to capture it all. This week, we take a break from Facebook Marketplace madness to look at the madness of 'Noel's Le Mans Dream'.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-08-0428 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 7 - Winter ProjectsThis week's Facebook Marketplace second-hand car madness features two icons of British motoring in the Mini and Jaguar E-Type, which can be yours for bargain prices as long as you're prepared to put them back together yourself.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-07-2823 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 6 - Choose Your FighterJoysticks at the ready! It's a clash of the retro-gaming icons on Baby Forces Sale this week as Facebook Marketplace pitches the Lexus LS 400 from Street Fighter II and the Porsche 928 from Chase HQ against each other in a battle for supremacy. FIGHT!Podcast links and social media: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-07-2125 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 5 - The Most Important Question in the World TodayOn this week's episode we return to the madness of Facebook Marketplace to tackle one of the biggest hot-button topics on the planet: What's better - a Peugeot 406 Coupe or a Hummer H2?Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-07-1424 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 4 - Rocky V on WheelsOn this week's episode, we take a break from the madness of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace to look back on Sylvester Stallone's attempt to bring the drama and excitement of the world of motorsport to the big screen in 'Driven'.Is it as bad as it's made out to be? No, it's much worse!Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-07-0734 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 3 - The GTE of TheseusOn this week's bout of Facebook Marketplace second-hand car madness, we've found a Vauxhall GTE which is the dictionary definition of "buyer's remorse" and an MG ZR which is anything but "tastefully modfied".Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-06-3023 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 2 - It Could be WorseIn this week's madness from the world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace, we take a step up in class with a Jaguar XJS and a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, neither of which would look out of place being driven around by the cast of a British gangster film.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
2025-06-2325 minBaby Forces SaleEp. 1 - The second-hand cars of Dr MoreauWelcome to Baby Forces Sale - the podcast which delves into the weird and not-so-wonderful world of second-hand cars on Facebook Marketplace.This week, we look at a Fiat 500 with its own vestigal twin growing out of the roof and special edition Ford Fiesta which no longer quite so special.Podcast and social links: https://linktr.ee/babyforcessaleEmail us: babyforcessalepodcast@gmail.com
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