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