Wheels & Deals with The Old Car Lady

By The Old Car Lady

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Wheels & Deals with The Old Car Lady,  the UK's classic car podcast for people who love the stories behind the cars.

Sam Grange-Bailey isn't just a presenter. She's a classic car dealer and a car dealer's daughter who grew up in the Manchester motor trade. She lived through the golden era of the British car business — the 1960s, '70s, '80s, and early '90s — when deals were done on a handshake, the cars had genuine personality, and the dealers who sold them were larger-than-life characters.

This podcast preserves those stories before they're lost and we love to compare the ‘olden days’ with what’s going on now in the classic car world….and it begs the question - are the old ways the best?

Each episode brings honest, unfiltered conversations with the people who lived it: dealers, auctioneers, journalists, mechanics, and collectors. Expect tales of dodgy deals, auction house drama, barn finds, family businesses, cars that got away, and the ones that probably should have.

If you've ever wondered what it was really like inside a British car dealership before the internet changed everything or you just love hearing proper stories about proper cars this is the podcast for you.

Featured guests include Bond car specialists, Rolls-Royce dealers, senior motoring journalists, auction house insiders, and the characters who built the Manchester and UK classic car scene.

Topics: classic cars, motor trade history, buying and selling at auction, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Jaguar, MG, Porsche, barn finds, modern classics, showroom stories, car dealer life, classic car values, and the unwritten rules of the trade.

New episodes every week.

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Episode Date
Classic Car Auctions with Iconic Auctioneers | The Costs, the Risks & the Strategies we should all know about.
Sep 14, 2026
The history of the Metro with Tim Ashworth - how a 70’s design dominated the British roads for so long.
Sep 03, 2026
James at Chops Garage - Is Classic & Modern Car Dealing really that different? - Or are raffles the way forward?
Aug 24, 2026
A Day at a Classic Car Auction | The Cars We Loved & The Prices We Got Wrong!
Aug 10, 2026
Paul Gardner | The Beatles’ E-Type, a Ferrari F40 in Switzerland & Why the Car Business Is Really a People Business
Aug 03, 2026
Auction Review | Richie Barnett & Simon Monks | E-Types at £45k, Humber Imperials & the State of the Classic Car Market
Jul 27, 2026
Tim Ashworth | Inside the Metro Barn: VP500, Opaline S, Press Car HLS & the Van That Never Was
Jul 20, 2026
Martin Buckley | The Aga Khan’s Maserati Quattroporte & the Gold Lancia He Should Never Have Sold (Part 2)
Jul 13, 2026
Anthony Kearsley | Applejack Rolls-Royces, Richard Harris’ Phantom V & a £550k Bentley Drophead
Jul 06, 2026
Martin Buckley | Fiat 130s in Pub Car Parks, Bristol 406s & a Ferrari in Bredbury
Jun 29, 2026
Andy from My Dad’s Car, E-Types, 944s and the Car Stories That Made Us
Jun 22, 2026
Tim Ashworth | Austin Metro Launch Archive, Applejack Paint & the Cassette Nobody Has Played
Jun 15, 2026
Honest John Dixon | Jaguars, Gangsters & the Shotgun Behind the Desk (Part 2)
Jun 08, 2026
Auction Special | Jensen Interceptor Vignale, Rover P6 Panoramic Roof & the Cars You Should Be Watching
Jun 01, 2026
Tim Ashworth | Turbos, Barn Finds & Why Only 30 Are Left |
May 25, 2026
Honest John Dixon | Ford Capris, Fraud Squad Rolls-Royces & 40 Years in the Motor Trade
May 14, 2026
Max | E Types, Silver Shadows & the Queen of the hard shoulders with The Tyre Kickers (Part 2)
May 08, 2026
Max | SD1s, E Types & Growing Up on the Forecourt with The Tyre Kickers (Part 1)
May 01, 2026
Becca Treston | Daily Drivers, Accidental Owners & Why the Future of Classic Cars Needs All of Us
Apr 24, 2026
Tim Grigsby | Veteran Cars, Classic Raffles & a Life Lived at Full Throttle
Apr 17, 2026
Tim Ashworth | Minis, Metros & the Lost Art of Loving Your Car
Apr 10, 2026
James Harding (Chops Garage) | The VAT Raffle Loophole, The Cars That Made Us & More (Pt 2)
Apr 03, 2026
NEC Classic Car & Restoration Show | Predictions, Jensen Healeys & the SD1 That Stops Traffic
Mar 27, 2026
James Harding (Chops Garage) | From Suits to Spanners & Selling £4k Forecourt Cars (Part 1)
Mar 20, 2026
Anthony Kearsley | Bill Gates' Audi, £50k Rolls-Royce Cushions & a Taxi for the Lama!
Mar 13, 2026
Simon Hope | The £10m RNLI Ferrari Story, Hope Classics & Historic Racing (Part 2)
Mar 06, 2026
Simon Hope | 40 Years of Auctioneering, Setting Up H&H & The £6.6m Ferrari (Part 1)
Feb 27, 2026
Auction Special | Manor Park Classics | What Sold, What Didn't & Why!
Feb 20, 2026
Martin Buckley | Teenage Author, Facel Vega & Why a Brochure Might Be the Wiser Choice
Feb 13, 2026
Richie Barnett | Car Books, Italian Styling, American Engines, Gangsters and Showbiz
Feb 06, 2026
Albert Walsh | 55 Years in Prestige Cars, Racing E-Types & The Motor Trade Prostitute
Jan 30, 2026
Martin Buckley | Oldsmobile Toronados, NSU Ro80s & His Modified Rolls-Royce
Jan 23, 2026
Listener Special | Radiator Eggs, Mazda Appeal & My Number Plate Book
Jan 16, 2026
Richie Barnett | 2025 Market Review, E-Type Declines & The £382k Ford
Jan 09, 2026
Mike Smith | Racing Minis, Dealing BMWs & 007 Bond Insider
Jan 02, 2026
Christmas Special | Martin Buckley & the Range Rover [RAY 606W] Mystery
Dec 19, 2025
Dan O'Grady | Australian Adventures, Cars, Swimming Pools and Chopper flyovers.
Dec 12, 2025
Barry Moran | E-Type Crashes, £500 Racing Cars & Bernard Manning
Dec 05, 2025
The Brown Car Guy | MGB GTs, Skid Control & Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't
Nov 28, 2025
NEC Classic Motor Show Special | Lamborghini Espadas, Defender Campers & Pink Floyd
Nov 21, 2025
Auction Special | Ford Scorpio Fails, Toyota Pickups & Getting the Train Home 😔
Nov 14, 2025
Martin Buckley & Richie Barnett | Motoring Journalism, Classic Cars & Pussy Galore
Nov 07, 2025
Martin Buckley | A Car Dealer Cleverly Disguised As a Journalist
Oct 31, 2025
Auction Special | H&H Classics Preview, Price Predictions & Epic Fails
Oct 24, 2025
Fraser Pemberton | Over-List Turbos, Hot Rods & “Borrowed” Jags
Oct 17, 2025
Dealer's Wives | Horse Thieves, Smugglers & My Mum
Oct 10, 2025
Sam Grange Bailey | Chancy Deals, Mercedes Gullwings & Hard Graft
Oct 03, 2025
Richie Barnett |Triumph 2.5, Hot Wheels & Diabolical Liberties
Oct 03, 2025
Jason Hall | Minis to Lambos | Dodgy Deals & Pee in the Petrol?
Oct 03, 2025
Jason Hall | Quickfire & Retro Round 🏁
Oct 03, 2025