A Look at great British Cars
Randy, Alex, and Beck attempt to talk about British cars. Instead, they cover vigilante gardening; the new Grand Tour; getting to know The Intercooler; an oddly aggressive door handle issue; a very hard-working girlfriend; terrifying death traps; and R. Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion three-wheeler at the National Automobile Museum.
But there’s room for the Brits yet! The trio go on to discuss Allard vs. Healey Silverstone; BaT’s overall favorite Bugeye; which carmakers are actually still British; love for ’90s Land Rovers; sailing an M100 Elan into a cow pasture; what car traits and accomplishments are the most quintessentially British; the best car to stick a Buick/Rover V8 into; a philosophical question about the TR7 and TR8; an uninformed question about the Lotus Esprit V8; our upcoming appearance in Hangar 113 at the Bicester Scramble on October 4; and their favorite Brit car listings ever on BaT.
Follow along! Links for the listings discussed in this episode:
7:58 The new Grand Tour hosts on replacing Clarkson, Hammond & May The Intercooler Podcast
8:35 The light fantastic The Intercooler Volkswagen XL1 article
14:36 Vortec-Powered 1962 Land Rover 109 Series IIA
20:13 Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum
24:17 1950 Healey Silverstone
26:52 1951 Aston Martin DB2 Vantage and 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 Saloon 5-Speed
28:53 1960 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite 5-Speed
32:52 Morgan Plus 4
33:11 1,275cc-Powered 1959 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite
37:11 46k-Mile 1999 Lotus Elise
42:04 35k-Mile 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Coupe 6-Speed
49:56 Small-Block-Powered 1964 Jaguar Mk II
57:04 59-Years-Owned 1950 Allard J2
57:49 46-Years-Family-Owned 1961 Aston Martin DB4
57:56 1960 Jaguar XK150 FHC 3.8L w/ Overdrive
