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Wheels & Deals with The Old Car Lady
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 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.
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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Wheels & Deals with The Old Car Lady
Auction Special | Ford Scorpio Fails, Toyota Pickups & Getting the Train Home 😔
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This week on Wheels & Deals, I'm joined by motoring journalist Richie Barnett for another auction special. We headed to the Classic Motor Show in Birmingham to check out the Iconic Auctioneers sale, make our predictions, and see how spectacularly wrong we could be!
Pitstops:
• The surprising flop of a low-mileage 1996 Ford Scorpio Ultima
• A rare 1987 Fiat Uno Turbo i.e. that didn't quite hit its estimate
• Two Toyota Hilux pickups - one a worker, one a showpiece
• A beautiful 1965 Volvo Amazon Estate by Ruddspeed
• The enduring appeal of the Porsche 928 S manual
• A super-low mileage 1990 Mercedes W124 260E • The rise of the Mark 3 Golf GTI as a future classic
A Nod to:
• Iconic Auctioneers
• The Classic Motor Show, Birmingham
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