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Welcome to Car Talk.
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It's Tuesday night here on 98.9 Northwest FM.
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It's me, Matty J, in the studio with Mr. Chad DeBell,
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online with Mr. David Prince and special guest in studio,
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Mr. Andrew Rigglesworth.
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How are you, my friend?
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It's lovely to be here.
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Thank you so much for letting me actually get into the building.
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You know, he jumped, he jumped the moat.
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He defeated the guards.
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Chains clattering as the drawbridge.
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It's great to be here.
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And we're just talking off air that many years ago,
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my wife and I would be frequently visiting Northwest FM.
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So I'm getting all the feels.
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Getting all the feels.
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Yeah, we did some fun raises back in the day.
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And yeah, it was a wonderful time.
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It's like an old friend.
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I've got to ask you.
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We're talking over a decade ago.
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Probably 11 years ago.
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I even the funny thing is I actually went to go to the bathroom.
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I knew exactly where the switches were and everything.
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It's probably the same canister of international roast in the kitchen.
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It is like a friendly old place.
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It feels like, you know, and every time I come to do this,
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do the show here at the studio.
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It feels like, it feels like second home.
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And everyone that knows this place.
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It's the old, you know, the old little shed.
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That's that's a radio station, but it is.
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And it's been serving the community here for a very long time.
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So and the fact that you've been here many times like,
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when you told me, you're like, I'll be now.
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So kind of kind of blew my mind.
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Pretty, pretty wild.
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Good to have you here, mate.
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Good to have you here.
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You know, we've got lots to talk about tonight,
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especially with Magma 40th coming up.
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I mean, we've been talking up on this show for a very long time,
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but tonight's the night where we get to really,
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really give it, give it the push.
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At the guts that are happening.
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So yeah, we will get to that.
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We also joined by Scotty Doe.
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How are you, Scotty?
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It's good to see you.
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Love it to see you as well.
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It's been been too long.
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Like I've said to you before,
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like every week I'm in the car and it's like days of our lives,
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I followed you through those R31 days.
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And I loved every minute of it.
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So I actually love it to be in the studio
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and be with everyone here.
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Mate, we had Jim Barlow on a few times.
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And we'll keep getting him back on as the future goes along.
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But he's like, I don't know if you were there, Joe,
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but when we were talking with him, he's like,
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if I close my eyes, he's just like listening to the podcast.
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When we were at Sakura Picnic, I was.
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Oh yeah, that's doing how to run there, right?
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And then I remember Scotty was just like pissing himself.
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He was like, yeah, he's like this.
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We just, this is just how we talk.
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So no, but look, it is, it is nice to have guests on the show.
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You know, we, but definitely, you know,
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it's very esteemed guests like you, like yourself, Andrew,
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because you've put together one of the most, you know,
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it's actually an incredible story about how this has gone,
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gone together, which, which, which we'll get to.
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But it's just, it's, it makes, it makes the car community feel
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a lot bigger than it is.
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And it's because, you know, it's an event that's taking place
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in a different state to where you are.
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In a, in a location that has been abandoned ish
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as from what it was originally.
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But getting people from all parts of Australia
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to rock up in the one location.
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It's a mammoth mammoth task, mammoth event.
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And I just want to commit, you know, commend you.
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This is like, I don't know how you've got this off the ground.
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You know, and from, from one man's idea coming, you know,
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come big things and I'm proud of you.
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I'm, I'm very, very lucky that and yourself included here
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that I've got an amazing supportive team of people that have
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helped and incredible friends and an incredible wife.
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That's very understanding.
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So yeah, it's, it's, it's honestly not just me.
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It's, it's a, it's a, yeah, it's, it's a big,
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beautiful group of people.
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So yeah, thank you.
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It's, it's a, it's a big thing.
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It's, it's a big community.
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And, you know, I've, I've joined some of the,
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some of the Magna pages, Magna madness and a few of the other things.
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And, and, you know, just saying how excited everybody is for it.
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It's, this is like, it blew my mind.
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Like I went off, like I just joined and they're like, yeah,
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we're getting the car ready for, for Magna 40, getting this
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ready for Magna 40, Magna 40.
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And I'm like, wow, this is, this is, this is legit.
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It's a lovely feeling.
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It's, I, I, I, you know, I can't wait to see you on the morning of
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Like a headless choke.
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No way to see him on the next morning.
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But I just want to see, I want to see, you know, you with,
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with a big smile and the warmth that you, that you give to everybody,
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but also a word of advice from, you know, please take it in.
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That's, that's the thing that everyone said, including David said this as well.
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It, it's hard to, but yeah, I totally, I totally agree.
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You just need to take a minute just to take a breath and just to soak it in.
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I mean, I'm hoping someone else is going to organize Magna 50.
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So I can just come along to just enjoy, but you're right.
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It's, it's, um, I need to take a minute and just take a breath and,
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and soak it all in.
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It's, um, it's huge.
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Um, wanted to start off by saying that, but, um, but, but yeah,
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Magna 40th huge events.
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Andrew, thanks for coming on the show.
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Just for some context.
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You live on the other side.
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Um, so, so you made, you made the trek out here.
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Um, so, so first of all, a big thanks for that.
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But, um, tell us a little bit about, so like a question,
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I've got a question for you from the start.
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How did this come about?
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Like, like, how did, how did this one idea say, oh yeah,
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we should do something for that.
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Come into fruition.
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Like, like what made you say, you know what, I'm going to do that.
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It started with a cup of coffee with Mr. David Prince.
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David's hiding his head.
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That is honestly how, yeah, we had, we have, uh, we've had many as we all have in
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this room and on the podcast had, uh, coffee dates with Mr. David Prince.
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And, uh, here's the man that, that shows us the, the, the ways of our,
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And, uh, it literally was sitting down and saying, look,
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the 40th is coming up and I want it to be more than just sort of a few people
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hanging out in the car park on a Sunday morning.
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Um, but I don't know where to start.
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And David's saying, well, you know what, we, you know, I can help you and we can,
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we can do this and we can find the right people to talk to.
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That's where it started.
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It was literally over a cup of coffee and from there,
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just starting to get contacts and starting to ask people where,
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where, where, how can we do this?
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What, what can we do to, to make it happen?
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And that's really, yeah, that's really as simple as it is.
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And I think the wonderful thing about this matter, even if you don't like Magnus,
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I think the great thing is, is that it's the grassroots thing where it starts with
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a couple of people that then grows into a few more people and then people start
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talking about it on the socials and things like that.
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And suddenly you've got the, the, the, the moment for me was when I thought this is
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actually going to happen is when people started saying Magna 40.
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Before I was going to have the Magna 40th celebration, it was actually,
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it was actually really nice when people started and hashtagging it and things like
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that, which was really cool.
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That's when I thought, okay, it's actually growing its own legs.
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It's actually not about David and I sitting down talking about Magnus over a coffee.
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It was actually taking it well.
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It's actually doing its own thing now, which is what I love.
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And I, I mean, I, from a music background, so I love it when like a song suddenly grows
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legs and it does its own thing and it, it sort of goes into the stratosphere.
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That's on a very small scale, what I feel like Magna 40 is.
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So it's, it's a lovely thing.
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And even people have reached out to me online and said, look, you know,
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never really sort of thought about Magnus, but I really want to come.
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I actually want to come purely to see the, the enthusiasts and see the,
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see the excitement behind it.
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So yeah, that's, that's, that's what it's all about.
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And for me, it's job done.
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It's, it's a lovely feeling, but, and that's what a community is all about.
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No matter what, if it's cars or music or football or whatever, that's what it should be about.
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Like, like we're a month.
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This is our grand final coming up next month, isn't it?
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It's, well, it's, you know, we're a month and two days out.
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You know, and yeah, well, sorry.
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We're a month and two days out.
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And, you know, in terms of, in terms of where this has come,
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like it feels like it's been a long time coming, but also it feels like it's.
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It's gone so quickly.
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You know, and every time I've talked to you, like, yeah, you know,
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it's happening this time the other and, and, but like, I mean, Chad,
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like you even bought a Magna for this, you know, like it's, it's, it's kind of,
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it's grown, it's, it's grown like to people that wouldn't even be injured,
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not even into Magnus.
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Like I didn't even really, I've never even really driven in a Magna prior to this.
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I've never known anyone.
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Oh, I knew someone, but, you know, like I was really disconnected from it.
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And just from hearing about it and just getting like excited, I, you know,
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decided to buy one and, you know, go on this little adventure and, which is,
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you know, hit, hit some road bumps here and there.
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We'll get in there.
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And, but yeah, it's, you know, I think it is just how you've got everyone so
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like excited about what's coming up.
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It's like, yeah, it's just, I know it's really like rubbed off on me.
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I can only speak for myself.
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But yeah, no, it's been, yeah, it's been great.
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Like seeing the stuff that you've been putting up and everyone else engaging
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as well, which is really cool.
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I've never really, I'm not sure I've ever seen any car event where people have
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gotten so involved.
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Like you get it with cars and coffee and you get it with some other, I don't
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think this feels like, you know, someone who might have had a magnet for 40
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years is actually going to bring their car here and it's going to be like,
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you know, I've kept it all this time.
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My moments are right.
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Yeah, my moments are right.
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Well, it's, it's funny you say that, David, because like I, my student
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teacher from about three years ago, his name's Luke Gray Guy.
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He loves old weird stuff and he's, he's, he's current driver is a,
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Anyway, I caught up with him.
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We went to the footy and he's a great photographer and everything.
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And, um, and, um, he's like, oh, you know, yeah, what are you doing this holidays?
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I'm like, well, look, you know, just after the holidays, I'm going to, I'm going
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to, to make the 40th and he's like, it's like, make the 40th.
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And I explained it to him and he's like, he's like, oh dude, I'm flying over.
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He, he even bought a t-shirt.
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Um, and he's, he's like, I said, I said the idea to my wife and he's, he's got a young
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kid, um, he's young son, Oscar.
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And, and he's like, it's like, sorry, are you going to have to, you're going to have
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to stay with, with your mom this weekend.
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I'm going to back the 40th.
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Like it's, and he's, cause he's actually originally from Adelaide and, um, and
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he's getting all these other lady and friends just to, just to come in and just
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So, so like, you know, just, just from that word of mouth, like it's, it feels
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like the fact that it's, it's such a, it's, it's a, it's a car that's uniquely
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Australian cause it is.
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But, but also it's, it's kind of like the unsung hero of this.
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Of the Australian, uh, your automotive landscape.
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And I think that now that it's, it's got some recognition and like, and I'll be
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honest with you, some people are like, really?
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Then they're like, holy crap, there's actually a thing.
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And the lover's getting in like my mate Luke, uh, um, that I, um, that I, you know,
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that I mentored as a, as a, you know, as a student teacher.
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Like his mates are on board.
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And it was like, oh yeah, we had Magnus and this and that.
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And, um, you know, it's the hilarious thing.
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So many people, as you said, you're celebrating what, you know, it's like,
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why would you do that?
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And pounds to peanuts.
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They will, within a minute, they're going, I didn't have a magnet.
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Oh, my neighbor had, I remember they bought it and had the, had the electronic dashboard
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Everybody knows someone that had one or, you know, we'd got driven to school in one
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or, you know, mum and dad had one Andrew and like you.
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It's a nice feeling for me personally.
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Like it, it's, uh, it's, it's sort of spilled over to my professional,
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dare I say, professional life.
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Like I've been, um, I remember we were, we were doing a concert, um,
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at a theater in Tamworth and I'm tuning up my guitar and the sound guys sorting things
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And he walked over to me, like really sort of, sort of casually said,
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say, how are you Magnus going?
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And I'd never spoken to him about Magnus before.
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It's just he's sent on socials and obviously seeing photos of me with him or something.
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But this is a guy that does, you know, big theater things, big productions.
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And he just walked on and said, Hey, how's your Magna going?
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And he said, you know, I had, my mum had one exactly like one of yours is,
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and then we went on this big spear and I said, Oh, by the way, we should do a sound
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But this is actually, this is, we ended up having this massive chat about Magnus.
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So it's, it's a, it's a, it's a wonderful thing.
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Like I said, I, I, uh, I never thought, and I've said this to David a million times.
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I never thought in a million years I'd be organizing something like this.
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And talking to all different people from all walks of life about Magnus,
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about my weird obsession.
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That's, that's, yeah, that's, it's a, it's a lovely thing.
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I want to commend you because no, like it's, it's not, and it isn't an obscure car.
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It's, it's a well-established car, but it's a car that never got love in terms of,
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in terms of like notoriety of like Yeholans and stuff.
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And, and for most people with those sort of cars, they kind of just like, they've got
16:39
But like, no one ever does something like that.
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Like, you know, Ford do every, or Ford day every year, which is huge.
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And, and we, you know, and these are massive events for, for, for those types of cars.
16:51
But nobody's done something like that in my recent memory channel.
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I don't know if you, if you, or you guys aren't like Scotty or anything, but like,
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for like a specific car, um, that's had, let's be honest, not a lot of love throughout
17:03
From, from the, from the general public.
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You know, and this is, this is actually next level when you think about it.
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And, uh, even though I know a lot of the, um, enthusiasts in the Magna scene, there's
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so many other people.
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I didn't realize how many people were actually really into it and had, had a rally art sitting
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in their shed or, you know, one of one and, but that's, that's the thing.
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And I get, I'm getting like daily emails about, oh, I've got this and the, um, pulling this
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out for Magna 40 or I had this or I worked at Mitsubishi and I know this guy and that's
17:38
been a lovely thing for me.
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Uh, and it's given me, I mean, so much more information like I, I just, yeah, the knowledge
17:44
I've been handed basically is, is really lovely.
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The word you used is, is, is so appropriate infectious.
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And, and, and I think like a bad disease way.
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I was going to say Andrew is infectious in the very best possible way you could get from
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that first, um, his first little trip to highball in, in, um, his Bayes wagon, uh, where people
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just lost their minds over it.
18:12
Um, you know, it was, it was the perfect venue for that sort of not that you knew that then.
18:19
Um, but, uh, it, it just really sort of lit a fire in people and, and Andrew is very good
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at lighting fires in people.
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He's infectious and the, um, I can remember that coffee to very well.
18:35
And I remember, um, typical of me, I mean, I've been involved in organizing few events,
18:41
but at this stage now, I just think, let's go the easy route.
18:44
So let's tack onto someone else's event like we don't have to do everything.
18:49
So that's where the, where the Adelaide thing came from because, um, I said, well Adelaide
18:54
Magna by the Birdwood.
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So the Birdwood is this huge, massive, um, car rally that's on every October, um, goes
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from Glenelg to the Birdwood Boating Museum up in the, up in the hills, Adelaide Hills.
19:07
Um, and yeah, I mean, first and second gen Magners are eligible for that.
19:11
It's got to be 30 years old.
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So I thought, well, I wonder if anyone's ever thought of actually putting Magners in
19:16
I mean, Adelaide is Magna.
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And as we've found out so many times since, you know, everybody seems in everyone at Adelaide,
19:23
it seems first car was a Mitsubishi Magna.
19:26
It's a, it's your second or third car and the, um, the, the nostalgia that, that the
19:33
whole event's creating, I think is, is given at legs as well.
19:37
Well, if, if, if you're infectious, I'll take Andrew 19, uh, I'll have that as happily
19:45
as, uh, I'll get my vaccine for that.
19:49
See, it's, it's, you're right, um, guys, it feels, it feels surreal that this has taken
19:55
off the way it has.
19:58
Again, it's full credit to you, you know, like you've, you know, you're one man, one
20:03
Magna turned this into like, um, one man for Magners.
20:10
Well, I mean, you only brought one Magna to the first event and then you got to meet
20:14
people and, um, you know, and, and like, I wanted to talk about that too, because like
20:19
you didn't know David Prince.
20:21
You didn't know what we hadn't met, like, you know, you, you just, you, what made you
20:26
You're like, and, and I want to preface this by saying car things happen and you know,
20:32
it's, they're, they're cars are like a key to making things happen.
20:37
Um, and a big part of this podcast is because of what happened to a car for me.
20:41
I was telling Chad the story last week about the combi van getting crushed.
20:45
I think I might have mentioned it to you guys.
20:47
And if it wasn't for that happening, I wouldn't have met you.
20:49
I wouldn't have met David.
20:50
I wouldn't have met Ed.
20:51
I wouldn't have met Thomas yourself.
20:55
These, these events happen.
20:57
These things happen.
20:58
Like, you know, call it divide intervention or whatever you want to call it.
21:01
But like it's, you know, bring that car to that high ball event that day.
21:06
I think it changed your life.
21:07
Like, I 110 million percent, like it was, and it was really, um, it was a, it was a
21:14
sort of a mutual friend, um, actually, it was actually, no, what I'm saying, it was
21:19
a friend of mine that, um, he, he said I should come along and I was like, oh, look,
21:25
I don't think they'll want to have Magnus, uh, at this, he's like, no, no, no, you
21:28
should, you should come along and really I, I'm really ashamed of myself.
21:34
I, I remember I drove in and I literally got out of the car as quickly as I could,
21:38
locked it and walked away and I, and I feel really ashamed that I actually, but I was
21:43
like, oh, you know, it's all these, you know, amazing Alpha Romeo's coming in,
21:46
let him again, and I just pulled up and, um, and walked away and literally, well,
21:52
maybe 10 minutes later, I was walking back and this, this friend of mine, Nigel, he's
21:56
like, mate, you've got to come back to your car.
21:58
You're not going to believe what's happening.
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And I had in my head that they were literally picking it up and like pushing it
22:03
out the, pushing out the gates or something.
22:06
And I walked back and there was, there was, people were just like cute around it,
22:12
He said, just take a step back and take this in for a minute because it's, it's
22:16
weird and it's a $600 magna.
22:19
You know, that's, that's, that's, you know, and that was where it all started.
22:22
And then from there, I met John, who is one of the main organizers of Highball,
22:26
which then introduced me to David.
22:29
David introduced me to you guys.
22:31
I started listening to the podcast.
22:34
Yeah, you're right.
22:34
It's like this, it's like a domino effect in a positive way.
22:39
So now, you know, in my, in my 40s, I've got this whole new world and whole
22:46
new range of amazing friends, which doesn't happen a lot.
22:52
So yeah, life completely changed from one car show and a $600 magna.
22:57
And then that's, that's kind of, yeah.
22:59
I find that just, I find that amazing because there's not many things in life
23:05
And, you know, and I've said it before on the show and I think you boys would
23:08
all agree, cars are one of those things that, that, that can, that can do that.
23:12
Like they bring people, you know, if I didn't, if I didn't stop Edward, when
23:17
he was putting his jacket away, getting ready to go and say, oh, I'm going to 16.
23:21
I wouldn't be here right now with you guys.
23:23
You know, it's just, it's, it's crazy how that works.
23:28
And, you know, I remember, I remember when you were, when your magna was
23:31
always there, that high ball, David and I were just like, did you see that?
23:35
No, like, I'm madly trying to look for the photos in, in my, in my phone.
23:40
Yeah, because I took photos a bit on that morning.
23:48
2021 in between lockdowns.
23:51
So I'm going to say it was, I remember it was really cold.
23:54
Founder, 16th of May, 2021.
24:07
It doesn't like my filter, but no, that's the car.
24:09
You had a good spot too.
24:10
Like you parked it.
24:12
That's, so yeah, three photos, three photos.
24:16
Let's advance Australia, one of them is.
24:20
And how, how does that cost 600 bucks?
24:22
Like it's too good to be a six angle.
24:24
And when, once again, it was that luck, the story, you know, I, I've been
24:28
looking for years and years for that particular car.
24:32
And I think we spoke about this when I was the last of a podcast
24:35
a few years ago now and just sheer luck.
24:40
Put up a post late at night saying, is anyone got this, this car?
24:45
Well, manual one, what a fuel injected one, blah, blah, blah.
24:49
And Michael Taylor wrote back and said, I've got one sitting in my shed
24:53
in Horsham, it's been sitting in there for five years.
24:56
Do you want to come and have a look at it?
24:58
If you like it, you can have the 600 bucks and from their meeting him.
25:02
I mean, he's found parts and got all of my magmas back on the road.
25:06
If it wasn't for him, then none of them would be running.
25:09
Another one would be on a club plate or anything like that.
25:11
So it's once again, it's that it's yeah, domino effect of meeting him.
25:16
Therefore buying other cars goes on from there, you know, so.
25:21
So so where does where is he in the realm of anger?
25:25
Well, it's like extek or anything.
25:27
So Michael Taylor is his name and he lives out in Jung,
25:31
which is on the outskirts of Horsham.
25:33
Yes, basically, as you're driving, when you drive through Horsham,
25:37
you do a left hand turn, which takes you onto Adelaide.
25:41
You do a right hand turn onto the Henty Highway.
25:43
It's like just barren kind of like a few farmhouses and broken up road.
25:49
If you drive sort of 20 kilometres up the Henty Highway,
25:53
his house is on a hill and you just see sigmas and magners
25:56
sitting on the top of his hill and one Ford Capri.
26:01
What if he's got one?
26:04
Yeah. And so it's so basically Michael is a mechanic
26:09
and being a originally a Chrysler guy.
26:13
Then went on to sigmas, went on to the magners and went on to three eighties.
26:18
And so he's been very loyal and all the way through.
26:21
I mean, even now, I mean, he recommends anyone in the district by Tritons
26:25
or Pajeros and things like that.
26:30
And so, I mean, he's the he's the go to guy.
26:33
There was apparently another guy up in Horsham that was a magna guru.
26:36
And Michael, like, sort of learned his tools
26:39
to trade through this other guy who's quite elderly now and retired.
26:45
And I mean, we I remember the first phone call
26:48
when I called up about about the car, the beige one.
26:53
I think the phone conversation went for three hours.
26:56
Well, and by the end of it, I mean, I said, look,
26:58
I think I've got a friend here for life.
27:00
So and because we were just just back and forth talking about it.
27:04
And he was telling me about all the things that he's done.
27:06
And so he's he's he's really my go to guy as far as trying to find parts
27:12
we're just asking for advice.
27:14
The annoying thing is it is Melbourne to Horsham.
27:17
I've done a lot of those drives and that's the tricky part.
27:20
But even if he just recommends things and I can try and find it in Melbourne.
27:24
But yeah, he's I mean, he's really been the the whole core reason
27:29
that all of my cars are running and he's found the weirdest,
27:33
hardest parts for them as well.
27:35
And I'm currently going through a bit of an ordeal with another magna
27:40
just trying to get parts for it before Magna 40.
27:44
And the issue of the original issue we had was the transmission had gone.
27:47
Good luck trying to find a transmission for a T.M.
27:51
And they changed apparently they changed the the casing and the plugs
27:56
for them in 1986, so trying to find one year of a car.
28:02
And he found one in a paddock in another car that had been reconditioned
28:07
and it had like 10,000 Ks and the owner said, well,
28:10
can I pay you to get rid of it?
28:12
So we've got a free transmission for it bolted in and it's running like a dream.
28:16
So we've we've almost got that one through a roadworthy with free parts.
28:22
So Chad, have you been notified about this man?
28:25
I have heard about it from you, I think.
28:28
And then I spoke to Andrew and then I believe you and checked with with him
28:33
to see if he had any parts for a T.S.
28:36
And no luck, unfortunately.
28:38
But yeah, that sounds like a like an urban legend.
28:41
Yes, like just just a guy who lives in the hills that has Magnus.
28:46
Maybe you and how old is he?
28:48
So he's yeah, like so he's probably about you in about 15 years.
28:56
Plans to move to Horsham, guys, so I know a place.
29:03
That's that is funny.
29:04
Well, we'll have to get we have to get yours there.
29:06
Chad, like that's that needs to happen.
29:09
It's yeah, I mean, it's it's I have some leads and I'm just working through them.
29:15
So yeah, I'm I'm trying to do my best to make the one month and two day deadline.
29:20
Yeah. At this point, yeah, we'll we'll make it.
29:23
All right. The event.
29:24
Let's talk about the event.
29:25
Now, Magna 40, 18th of October.
29:31
Tonsley Park. Yeah.
29:33
Who's involved? What's the day looking like?
29:36
You know, give us give us a bit of the run now.
29:38
Sure. And I'll let David take over some of this as well,
29:41
because I think he'll explain it a lot better than I will, actually.
29:45
But I'll start it off.
29:46
So basically, it's it's it's basically like a cars and coffee,
29:50
but dedicated to Magnus and Veritas.
29:53
We've had a ticket link up for nearly six months now, which is now closed.
30:01
So originally, the the sort of predicted amount of cars was
30:06
I had a meeting with Mitsubishi Motors Australia, who are kindly
30:10
backing us and and and helping out, which has been amazing.
30:14
I predicted 40 cars.
30:17
Everyone at the meeting laughed at me.
30:18
And so you're not going to get 40 cars at that event.
30:22
We closed it at 120.
30:24
Well, and I've got a waiting list of 35 cars.
30:28
And I'm getting daily emails from other people saying,
30:31
is there any way you can put me on that long waiting list?
30:35
So I mean, the people drop out, you know, and come and go.
30:39
But look, I I predict with people dropping out and all that sort of stuff,
30:44
there's definitely going to be if they're not inside the actual building
30:48
because we've got an allocated area of the of the original
30:52
cries limits of issue building.
30:54
There's going to be at least 130 cars there.
30:58
And this is all generations of of Magnus and Veritas.
31:01
So we're going right back to nine eighty five.
31:04
I mean, the most incredible thing is that there's currently
31:07
twenty five first generation Magnus that are signed up,
31:11
which I didn't think would I've never seen so many.
31:14
I wanted to actually see them all together.
31:16
I think I think you are going to be googly-eyed, my friend.
31:19
Yeah, I think I think, David, you'll be running around with box a box of tissues.
31:23
I think there's something like I just, you know,
31:25
to I think be such an emotional experience.
31:29
So yeah, so we've got we're fully, fully, fully beyond fully booked.
31:33
But yeah, on the day it's a lock in event.
31:37
So cars will start coming to, I guess, for a load in from nine o'clock.
31:43
The actual event is between ten a.m.
31:45
and one thirty, which is really cool.
31:49
The great thing is thanks to people like yourself, Matt,
31:52
who have helped us with designing and stickers and everything.
31:57
Everyone's going to have like show bags.
31:59
We've got stickers, a good friend of ours,
32:03
who's an incredible Magna guru, Paul Gatt.
32:06
You've probably seen him online, mainly sharing Simpsons memes.
32:11
But his knowledge, yeah, his knowledge is, is out of this world.
32:16
And he's made these incredible, like 3D,
32:19
like printed Magna 40 key rings.
32:22
So everyone, everyone gets an ice cream.
32:25
So we've all will have one each participation.
32:30
So when we come in, we we've got a media wall.
32:34
So we've got a professional photographer, a really great guy,
32:37
Patrick Jackson, who works for retro rides.
32:41
And he does a heap of different stuff online, like car content.
32:45
He did a great story on Magna 40 a few months ago
32:49
and took some photos and stuff of my cars.
32:52
So he's going to be taking photos for everyone.
32:55
Every single car will have like a professional photo when it comes in.
32:59
So, yeah, because that's something that I mean,
33:01
I think highball is really, really good that most cars get a photo taken.
33:06
But I have been to other shows and I won't mention names that I've literally
33:10
seen people walk along and take photos of all the high end cars
33:13
and then see a Magna, a laser and a Camry
33:18
and literally skip those cars and then go to the Porsche.
33:21
It's just traffic. Yeah.
33:22
And so I was determined that every single person
33:25
at least can say, well, I've got a professional photo of my car.
33:29
So, yeah, we've got this six meter long media wall
33:32
is currently sitting in my living room.
33:34
So we've got to organize that.
33:37
You've got a very, very, very patient beyond beyond the saint.
33:43
And from there, basically, yeah, we've got this is David's idea
33:46
to have the cars lined up like the end of the production line.
33:50
So we've got first generations in a line.
33:53
We've got second generations, third majority of the space will be taken up
33:56
with third generation cars.
33:58
We've got like, I think there's like 15 rally arts.
34:01
Well, 20 VRXs, like really, yeah, a lot of sort of modified stuff as well,
34:08
which would be great.
34:09
So that's kind of the main set up there, which would be really nice.
34:12
Yeah, that'd be cool.
34:14
So historic Trust South Australia have come to the party as well,
34:18
because the who actually run when you first contacted them around the Beta Birdwood.
34:23
Of course, the fellow that runs at Dan Wilden, lovely bloke,
34:28
who is involved with historic Trust South Australia,
34:30
has his grandfather's magnet that his grandfather bought new.
34:34
So that there's little connections everywhere
34:37
all over the place in on the ground in Adelaide.
34:42
So, yeah, I mean, for those that don't know, I mean, the Tonsley Park is actually
34:45
where the cars were manufactured and where the cars are going to be displayed
34:48
is actually the final production line.
34:50
So it's not only is it a cool, really cool space.
34:54
It's now occupied by Linda's University in a lot of tech startup companies
34:59
and the like, but it's got a real historic historic connection as well
35:05
to the to the area, the city of Marion.
35:08
And also, you know, a lot of the people live around there were involved in it.
35:13
I think when production shut down, there was a lot of, you know,
35:18
sadness and a lot of feeling around it.
35:20
But now, you know, 20 years on, I really feel that's been replaced by nostalgia
35:26
and just the comments you're getting definitely from from your from your posts.
35:32
Magneturns 40 on Facebook, it's brilliant.
35:35
The number of people that work there that said, oh, these were great years,
35:38
you know, and and they'll be there on the day.
35:40
You know, I mean, we've we've got 120, 130 cars actually coming to the event.
35:45
But there'll be a lot more people than that there.
35:47
I think there'll be a lot more people who want to just come and reminisce and have a look.
35:51
There's a great cafe that's going to be opening on site on the day.
35:57
Three little pods is opening up for us.
36:01
And yeah, we've got a number of people coming to speak.
36:05
Andrew can fill you in with those as well.
36:08
And we're actually getting a bit of bit of media interest as well,
36:13
which is really encouraging, too.
36:16
And then, of course, on the Sunday, the cars that are are eligible.
36:20
I think we've got about 20 cars actually.
36:24
Entered a bird, I think Andrew.
36:27
Yeah, I think it's I think it's a 20 now.
36:30
But there'll actually be a separate magnum meat on that Sunday
36:34
for like the third generation people, if they want to get that.
36:38
I think they're planning.
36:39
I've got a couple of other South Australian guys
36:43
I think they might be going out to like Wilonga or like out to the wine region.
36:47
And they can, yeah, go out there or come to Bader Birdwood.
36:52
Sadly, the cars aren't eligible.
36:55
But at least it gives all those people that have traveled.
36:58
Like I mean, a lot of guys are coming from Queensland.
37:01
Yeah, but there's two guys coming from Western Australia.
37:04
The drop driving across one guy's driving.
37:07
The other guy I saw online is trying to organize like a trailer.
37:11
Higher one way from from Perth to Tonsley Park.
37:16
So, yeah, like people are serious.
37:19
I mean, I thought we had a tough going from Victoria.
37:22
Yeah, with a closer state.
37:25
So, yeah, it's it's it's just kind of it's it's absolutely it's just it's nuts.
37:34
But we'll let the cat out of the bag.
37:36
I actually put a post up today that we have a very, very special guest coming.
37:42
So Ed Ordinsky is actually going to be at Magnaforti and hang out with everyone.
37:48
That's an incredible get.
37:49
Yeah. And for those who don't know, Ed, he's had like nearly 40 years of rally championships.
37:59
I mean, there's a photo that popped up the other day that he was driving,
38:02
even driving Peter Brock's VP Commodore.
38:05
Like he was showing Peter Brock because I think Peter Brock before
38:09
when he passed away, he was getting it's a rally.
38:12
Yeah, Ed was a part of helping him or helping him train or retrain for the rally.
38:18
Well, so it's just he's just had his you know, he mainly raced Evo's and VR4's and things like that.
38:25
But he was also behind a lot of the development with the rally art and with the VRX and things like that.
38:32
So I had an hour and a half conversation with him and he's like, look,
38:36
I he said, I've sent online and I've just seen how it's grown and just been a natural,
38:40
just enthusiast event.
38:43
He said, I want to be a part of it.
38:45
He said, what can I do?
38:46
And I said, we'll look in the perfect world.
38:48
Would you like to say a few words?
38:49
And he said, yeah, you tell me when and I'll be there.
38:52
And we've been messaging back and forth, you know, my mate Ed.
38:57
And and he's been saying, look, yeah, well, my best friend, you know, what can we do?
39:03
So it's it's it's a wonderful thing.
39:06
And yeah, once again, just hopefully adding something else to the event that that people will enjoy.
39:13
Sorry, sorry, Maddie, you're just missing a tiny little snippet
39:17
that's very important in that story is that Mitsubishi actually gave you
39:21
access to a lot of the archival information and videos and films and stuff.
39:26
And you posted a video on on the on the make of 40 page
39:33
of Ed rallying a T.R.
39:35
A pre-production T.R.
39:39
And and someone tagged him in it and he saw it.
39:42
And that's where it all started, sort of thing.
39:44
That's when he sort of knew what was happening and going on.
39:47
So, yeah, you know, he's that was that was how that was how that little snippet came about.
39:53
Yeah. And the great thing was, I was I was actually chatting to Ed about it.
39:57
And he said, he said, I started going to car shows.
40:00
He said, after you posted that video and he said, people saying, hey, Ed,
40:04
we didn't realize that you were doing all this.
40:06
And they and they were re that his friends were resharing that video over and over and over again.
40:11
So it's been shared like quite a few thousand times.
40:15
And so I think it's had like 40,000 views.
40:17
So I've never gone viral before, but that video of Ed drifting of a T.R. prototype.
40:25
And I said, oh, how did you like, do you remember the day?
40:28
And he said, yeah, he said, basically, we got was somewhere like the back blocks of the Adelaide Hills.
40:34
And they said, oh, Ed, look, they just want you to drive it.
40:37
And he said, well, what, like like a family guy or do you want to drive it hard?
40:41
And they said, well, how about we do one take?
40:43
You just driving it normally and then just absolutely fang the thing out of it.
40:48
And he said, OK, so they did one take of him driving it sort of conservatively.
40:53
And then they did another one where he absolutely went, let it rip.
40:57
And they said, cool, do you want to go for a coffee?
40:59
Yeah, OK, cool. So they had it knocked over.
41:01
And he was home in time for a morning coffee.
41:04
And if you watch that footage, I mean, that's what he says.
41:06
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:09
So so it's it's great to hear the the back story that he remembered.
41:13
Yeah, I mean, nineteen ninety one.
41:15
He did that one. So and that was a four cylinder.
41:18
He's not getting his hands on my six wagon.
41:20
Yeah. Yeah, but it was great that he commented.
41:25
And the lovely thing was, was quite a few magna
41:28
gurus Paul Gatt as well, who actually tagged Ed and said, Ed, please drift my magna.
41:37
So, yeah, so, yeah, it's it's it's a wonderful thing to have it involved
41:41
and and love it, a chat to someone so professional and so enthusiastic about it.
41:48
Yeah. So yeah. Yeah, I like that's that's that's a huge get.
41:53
I wonder if he was involved in the in the old drive program, like, you know,
41:57
with with the with them, because he was he was in some of the, you know,
42:00
that's called the advertisements at the time.
42:02
Well, he did that ad that was banned because it was the one between the comparison
42:06
between the Falcon Commodore.
42:08
And so that was actually banned on TV.
42:09
But if you watch it, it's actually Ed driving that.
42:13
So I think he was behind the development of it.
42:15
But he certainly he said that when they were looking, how did he explain it?
42:20
They had to give a top speed of it for
42:24
for Germany, apparently, because they wanted to send it to Germany.
42:27
And they have to look for the specs for compliance or whatever.
42:33
However, you want to say it.
42:34
So he had to drive it and red line it to see what the top speed was.
42:39
And so they actually got Ed to do all that.
42:41
Yeah, all that work for them.
42:44
So pretty pretty amazing.
42:46
Can I say what in any state?
42:48
Yeah, like to ban that ad.
42:51
It's not even that bad.
42:53
Like it's it's anyway.
42:54
Yeah, Scotty's got his he's always got his tinfoil hat on.
42:59
Yeah. But what are your thoughts, Scotty?
43:03
Are you a any state 100% is Victoria's the worst.
43:09
But dude, that's an amazing guy.
43:11
I can't wait to I can't actually see him in person.
43:12
Yeah, I think there'll be quite a few people want to chat to him.
43:17
And yeah, I mean, I actually originally said to myself, look,
43:19
I don't want to take up too much of your time if you want to come at a specific
43:23
time and then do a little speech and go.
43:26
He said, no, no, he said, well, when does it start?
43:28
I said, well, all the cars will hopefully be in by 10 o'clock.
43:31
So I'll just come and you said, can I get a coffee?
43:34
And I'll just just wander around and have a chat to some people.
43:38
And they said, I can make a speech before the end of the event.
43:41
And I said, I said, I'll sort of base it around my my time, obviously,
43:45
with Mitsubishi and with Magnus and the development I was behind.
43:50
And he said, and if there's any questions, he said, great.
43:52
And then I said, I'll get off the mic.
43:55
You know, so you went to each other night with black uniforms, glasses to
43:59
security security. Sorry, guys.
44:02
You can't. Sorry. Yeah, definitely.
44:08
Meanwhile, he and I just feigned yearling and trying not to try not to do it.
44:16
So that's a huge get events.
44:19
In South Australia, a massive get like that's so they're doing
44:22
they're helping you out with public liability and all that.
44:24
They've helped out with public liability.
44:26
As as David said, Dane has been incredible because I've had to.
44:32
I've been so lost with knowing all the red tape stuff,
44:35
which I've never had to deal with this sort of thing before.
44:39
So Dane organises major events in South Australia, not just car events
44:43
like Bader Birdward, but he does like he was organising.
44:46
They restored the Priscilla Queen of the Deserts.
44:50
Like the bus. Yeah, yeah.
44:52
So he they did this big like sort of like revealed it when it was all done.
44:57
And so he was involved with trying to get the logistics of driving it across
45:01
a certain part of South Australia.
45:03
And like so he does all really odd stuff as well.
45:06
And he said, look, email me anytime.
45:10
Let's have meetings.
45:11
David and I have gone to South Australia and had meetings with with Dane
45:15
and with Mitsubishi Motors Australia.
45:18
And he's always been really positive.
45:21
And he's always said, just you throw me all your ideas
45:24
and I can see if we can make it happen.
45:28
So even to the point that we were hoping to get the original
45:31
TM prototype that's currently sitting in the National Museum.
45:36
And he's like he actually he pushed so much that we were very, very close.
45:41
But the problem is it sits on a podium.
45:44
You'd have to move.
45:45
He said you have to move 20 cars to get to it and it's not running.
45:49
And but we got to the point that we were discussing
45:52
getting it on a truck, how to do it, how, you know, how many of us could push it
45:56
into the building. I was going to talk to you guys about that.
46:01
Luckily to do that.
46:02
But I mean, that's he's like I said to him, I think it's impossible.
46:05
He said, well, let's just really try.
46:07
And we I mean, look, unfortunately, it is impossible.
46:09
But the fact that he tried to make that happen.
46:13
I think that's a you've got the right people on your side.
46:16
As I said before, I'm lucky.
46:17
I've got people like Dane and Dave and you guys that are like,
46:22
let's just let's just go for it and see as much as as much as we can get done.
46:27
100 percent. So yeah, very, very lucky.
46:30
And Mitsubishi Australia, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Motors Australia.
46:34
Yep. Obviously, big corporate, big corporate.
46:39
Were they in the same vein?
46:41
Were they OK with it?
46:42
Were they like, oh, yeah, that sounds like a great deal.
46:44
Were they kind of a bit more conservative?
46:45
Because car brands can be quite conservative with with what they do.
46:49
Absolutely. I mean, I'm sure David feels the same way.
46:52
They've they've been really supportive and they've given me access
46:56
to all this incredible archives, yeah, footage and taking meetings with me.
47:02
When especially when like really, when you think in corporate,
47:05
I'd be at the absolute bottom of the barrel of things that they have to worry about.
47:10
They still took the time out, Adam Davis at Mitsubishi Motors.
47:14
He has taken the time out to to listen to to me, to listen to David,
47:20
all that back and forth emails, like I said, meetings in person and online.
47:26
So it's been a lot, yeah, a lot of support, which has been great.
47:29
And I mean, yeah, I was surprised as well.
47:32
But they've they've backed it and they've really tried.
47:35
And to the point that we've actually got drive.com.au involved.
47:40
And that is because of of Adam basically liaising with them
47:45
and then getting David and I in touch with with drive.com.au.
47:51
And they're supplying a car to come up on a convoy with us.
47:56
So basically drive.com.au will come up with us on the convoy to South Australia.
48:01
We'll have a support vehicle of of an outlander or something,
48:04
just in case, you know, something needs to be repaired.
48:08
And and then the whole event will be should be on channel nine,
48:13
three A.W. and drive will do little snippet videos along the way of us.
48:20
Hopefully not with Magnus overheating or anything like that.
48:22
It'll be positive stuff.
48:24
It'll be great. Yeah.
48:26
But the great thing is, I mean, that's that's Mitsubishi behind it
48:30
and and funding it as well, which is a huge help.
48:34
That's massive. Yeah.
48:35
I like the fact that you got them on board,
48:37
you know, especially with, you know,
48:41
with a car that they haven't had a production for coming on 20 years.
48:44
Yeah. It's 6,000 production.
48:53
That's massive. Yeah. Yeah.
48:55
That's huge. And the fact that they've still got the backed in.
48:58
And yeah, but if you find a bit of back now, I would say.
49:02
It does tell nicely with its 45 years since Mitsubishi motors
49:08
was established in Australia.
49:11
And and it's interesting.
49:12
All of the legacy brands that we have in Australia,
49:17
all the established, you know, particularly Japanese based brands
49:22
that they have a history in Australia that a lot of the new Chinese brands don't
49:26
have, so they're really trying to leverage that.
49:28
So it dovetails nicely into their 45th anniversary celebrations as well.
49:32
I mean, I mean, I guess like when we've talked about it before,
49:34
but that's why like brands like Subaru, I know it's a magnificent show,
49:37
but that's what's super like I've done really well in this country
49:40
because they really rely on their heritage and they've done that in advertising campaigns.
49:44
Absolutely. And I think I think that for them,
49:47
like people that buy Subaru's will continue to buy Subaru's.
49:51
It's a great thing.
49:52
And if you want to lean into their heritage and say, you know,
49:56
this is what we did, what we, you know, people will be like,
49:58
oh, yeah, I remember the man, oh, my dad had a magnet or this.
50:00
Oh, I might go to the Mitsubishi dealership and have a.
50:03
And, you know, I'm after a new car and.
50:07
So yeah, absolutely.
50:08
It's things that they need to do. Sorry, sorry.
50:09
It seems that they need to do because, you know, it is important.
50:13
Yeah, I totally agree.
50:15
But it's look sadly, yeah, a lot of corporate companies,
50:18
if even if they're not cars, they're just not interested.
50:22
We've been lucky with this, that going into a meeting like that,
50:26
I found it ridiculously intimidating and overwhelming
50:30
because I'm like, I'm just an enthusiast.
50:32
And just to just a hack, you know, like,
50:35
yeah, speaking to these high end guys.
50:38
And I mean, thanks once again to David for giving me the confidence
50:42
and then having David there as well.
50:44
That we I think we sold it well.
50:48
So again, massive get.
50:50
Yeah, the fact that they're on board.
50:53
Any other big events happening on the on the day
50:56
and any other things that are that are coming up, coming about?
50:58
Because I know you said you've got you've got you've got the bags with with stickers.
51:02
You've got Erudinsky.
51:03
You've got them on board.
51:04
You've got the coffee shop open.
51:05
Yep. We'll also have each generation, Magna, all the commercials.
51:10
I've spent many, many hours, but lots of fun compiling them all together.
51:15
So what we've got a TV screen will be running at the back
51:19
in out of the back of my beige wagon on loop on loop
51:25
throughout the entire event.
51:31
And we've also got the the Tonsley pod, as David was talking about.
51:35
It's just kind of it's like a sort of a funky looking portable.
51:40
And it's got like it's like there's desks and it's got a TV screen and everything.
51:45
And we're going to have a lot of the archive footage running on loop as well
51:49
throughout the throughout the event.
51:51
So that was something else.
51:52
I had lots of fun, many, many late nights, but Jesus, it was fun to decide.
51:57
What should I put on?
51:58
You know, that that was that was incredible to be able to do that.
52:02
So we'll have that running as well.
52:03
So, you know, if you need a bit of a break from all the Magnus in the main area,
52:08
you can go into the Tonsley pod and just chill out and watch Magnus on video instead.
52:13
It's you get Magnus in all directions.
52:16
Doesn't get any better.
52:18
Yeah, you're getting that.
52:19
You're getting a comic of the again.
52:22
Yes, all of those as yes.
52:25
Yeah, it's it's all happening at Magnus 40.
52:28
The ladies and gentlemen, consider a blade of grass.
52:33
And then what we'll have is after the event, obviously,
52:36
there's a bit of pack down time and everything, but we are organizing like a
52:39
just a really casual get together that night for the Saturday night.
52:43
At a venue fairly close by that we're to be to be advised,
52:50
but we're David and I are going to go and check it out next week
52:52
just to make sure it's up to a Magnus standard.
52:56
It's quite it's close by anyway.
52:58
So and that's just open for whoever's available can come along.
53:02
We'll definitely have details and everything up online.
53:05
And that'd be a good location,
53:06
because if you find a better backed, better built car, you know, that's
53:15
What was the guy's name that he was head of
53:17
Mitsubishi and he was saying that it always every time I.
53:19
So it's Tom Phillips.
53:20
Tom Phillips, that's it.
53:21
Yeah, Tom Phillips.
53:22
He's in his chair and he's like, if you find it like you, you buy it.
53:25
I'm like, well, geez, OK, he's a theory.
53:29
That's his car, his actual car will be at the event as well.
53:34
Yeah, as a friend of mine who actually owns his car.
53:37
And throughout the years, before Tom passed away,
53:41
he actually was this guy's lovely guy, James Harris, who's he's coming up.
53:45
And he just happens to be looking in the his blog book.
53:48
And you have a hang on a minute, T Phillips.
53:51
He's looking at the service records like that's
53:54
say Mitsubishi Motors Australia.
53:56
He's like, so he actually reached out to Tom.
53:58
He's like, yeah, that's my car.
54:02
It's got like it's a rare interior for the actual model and everything.
54:08
Yeah, you need color combo and weird.
54:11
Yeah, David's saying it's it's a weird sort of color combo.
54:13
It's like they didn't do it's a it's a TL Magna, but it's got like
54:17
it's really, really high spec and with the sunroof.
54:20
And yeah, but Tom said, I want this, this, this, this, this and they said,
54:24
well, no worries, Mr. Phillips will make it for you.
54:27
And it's it still exists.
54:30
It's immaculate and James has done an incredible job to look after it.
54:34
So that car will be there as well, which is great.
54:38
Chad, I imagine finding I imagine finding like a one of one.
54:41
Like, does that even exist in any other really?
54:44
I mean, I'm sure it does.
54:45
But like in a weird Australian car, it's pretty probably a pretty hard.
54:49
Yeah. But how ball would you be like, I'm the boss build it?
54:53
Yeah, you know, it's true.
54:56
I want that to do it.
54:57
Like it's what are you going to say?
54:59
No to the boss. Like definitely.
55:03
That's all there are any.
55:04
I don't know if I send you guys a story, but like I'm going to send it to David.
55:08
This one guy in the in the 60s wanted to wanted to
55:12
as an American wanted to want to wagon.
55:15
Yeah, there was a galaxy wagon or something.
55:17
And and but wanted it with the big engine and a manual.
55:22
And they said it can't be done.
55:23
But if you if you try, if you send a letter to this to this guy,
55:26
he might allow it for you.
55:28
Yeah. And he sends gets any gets a message back.
55:30
And it was from Leigh.
55:31
I said, yeah, if you put that through the door for you,
55:33
it's like a one of one car.
55:35
Like it's it's that kind of story that I want to see this car.
55:39
Yeah, yeah, it's it's impressive.
55:41
Yeah, I'll definitely be a point it out.
55:43
It's it's an impressive car and incredible history.
55:45
I mean, yeah, I met James at a like a Magnum Madness meet up.
55:50
I think it was just before Christmas a few years ago.
55:52
And he started telling me the story and I just couldn't believe it.
55:55
And he said, look, and he was showing me all the documentation
55:57
and he showed me the emails back and forth with Tom.
56:00
And yeah, it's it exists.
56:03
Yeah. How did he how did he get it?
56:06
Like, like what happened there?
56:07
He he just bought it.
56:08
He always liked that particular model.
56:11
But he said it was just sheer luck that he bought the car
56:15
at a decent price from a car yard many years ago.
56:18
It was just sitting in a car yard in in Footscray.
56:22
And he said, oh, you know, it's a good price.
56:23
It's like kilometers. I really like that model.
56:25
It was a Magna guy anyway.
56:27
And he said he bought it.
56:28
And then he just he said, you know, as we do when we buy a car,
56:31
we sit there for hours going through the books and trying to work out
56:35
where the people if they still live there, so you can go and tell them,
56:38
I've got your car and all that sort of stuff.
56:41
And he was going through it going, hang on a minute.
56:45
So yeah, he said it was just sheer luck that he said, I like the car.
56:48
I bought it purely because that was a model that I wanted to have.
56:52
And it was the right price and good condition, blah, blah, blah.
56:56
And it was just the absolute cherry on top was the fact that it was
56:59
Tom Phillips's personal car.
57:01
That's what it's amazing.
57:03
Like even the car yard happened to keep the books
57:06
so that he was able to chase it all back because, you know,
57:09
car yards probably just throw those in the bin for the most part.
57:12
But yeah, that's so bloody awesome.
57:13
Yeah. Just I mean, just sheer luck. Yeah.
57:17
That's like so it's a one of one color as well.
57:20
One of one color trim. Yeah.
57:24
How do you even describe it, David?
57:26
It's it's a really it's a deep burgundy.
57:29
Yeah. With a beige leather interior.
57:32
Wow. Because the burgundy cars, I think,
57:35
only came usually came with gray. Right.
57:37
So so was the color is it is it a standard color?
57:41
Was that that was like a rare option for him?
57:43
Well, apparently for him, that's that's what I mean.
57:45
I'm just purely going by what James I feel awful.
57:48
I don't know a lot about the later.
57:50
Like that's the L also.
57:51
I mean, I'm a first gen astronaut
57:53
engine man at six, man, two point six all the way.
57:57
But but I'm going purely by what I mean, James would know.
58:01
But he said, look, yeah, it's it's a slightly different color.
58:04
And if you look at the VIN number as well, it's like, you know,
58:07
within the code there, it's like, you know, zero zero one.
58:12
So that it's a slightly different color.
58:16
And like David said, like the interior, yeah,
58:18
it's a kind of a beigey sort of color, which usually it wasn't
58:21
as gray or black, I think.
58:23
So is it a maybe a varada?
58:26
It's a it's a all wheel drive varada.
58:29
But it's got different rims on it from the normal ones.
58:32
Like it's a real kind of bits of Frankenmagnum.
58:35
All the parts that that the Tom wanted.
58:41
It's pretty amazing.
58:43
Imagine imagining the line working in that like building that car.
58:45
I'd be like, oh, it's the boss's car. I don't know.
58:48
If you didn't like him, make like a big battle in the interior.
58:51
Yeah. Where is his bloody head?
58:54
I said, if I said these things, if you find a better car.
58:59
I'm going down to four dealership.
59:02
That's a cool story.
59:03
Yeah. Look, I mean, and there's I mean, lots of stories like that
59:07
that you'll everyone will hear about on the day.
59:11
Hopefully we haven't spoken and I was hoping maybe he might be online.
59:15
So I missed a bunching might go around and have a chat to owners as well
59:18
on the day, but we'll we'll have to sweet talk him and get him to do that as well.
59:23
Absolutely. Absolutely.
59:25
It's all our lovely car talk friends that are making the trek over.
59:28
We're really excited to have you along and you'll have a high
59:31
vis jacket on on the day and a lanyard because we we we would really appreciate
59:37
a bit of help organising and parking.
59:39
It's more than happy to more than happy to help.
59:42
You know, it's a I might feel like I might feel important for a change.
59:51
It's like what they say when you when you're high vis, you're important.
59:53
You can go anywhere. It's true.
59:55
It's it's very true when Chad rocks up with his high vis and his jumper.
59:58
Like, I mean, I'm like, yeah, it's like you can walk into like the formula one,
00:02
for example, just walk into the pit lane and we're like, yeah, I'm here to work.
00:06
What do you what do you want?
00:09
Or if you got a ladder.
00:10
Yeah, like you walk in with that.
00:12
Yeah, I just just saw you up on you through my up.
00:17
That'll be something Scotty would do.
00:20
I thought about it, especially at the Grand Prix, you know,
00:24
where the photographers get to go up really high and they're up there
00:28
and I see it's kind of empty.
00:30
It's like, oh, I just want to such a good view from up there.
00:33
I just want to just wear a high vis of some sort.
00:37
Yeah, I'm just just heading up and just maintenance or something.
00:42
I'll tell you what, Scotty.
00:43
I'll design you a high vis with with, you know, press on it like for the back,
00:47
you know, and then OK, that's all I need.
00:49
That's what you need to get anywhere then.
00:51
Absolutely. You'd be like, just buy it.
00:52
No, it's this way, man.
00:56
There's so many cool spots I could end up.
00:58
I don't know if you'd be standing next to Max, you're just taking a photo.
01:04
I'm here to interview you, Max.
01:07
That would be funny, actually.
01:09
And you're speaking of speaking of Merch, Andrew,
01:12
that you probably should do a shout out for the merchandise link.
01:19
So we do have some incredible merchandise
01:25
Janina's have kindly helped us do and the designs are amazing.
01:29
I think if you go via, we do have it on on the on the Magna page,
01:34
but if you go via the car tour.
01:36
Yeah, it's on there as well.
01:36
Yeah, you can you can even choose what color you want.
01:41
And it's even like a custom bit.
01:43
Have you seen that? I have, yeah.
01:44
But you can I think like change the bits and pieces of it or something
01:48
and make it smaller or bigger or you can you can make it a bit more unique.
01:53
Yeah. Wow, which is kind of cool.
01:55
But it's been it's been popular.
01:57
Yeah, it's really lovely.
01:59
And I've had so many.
02:00
I've actually I'm compiling once again into all my compiling stuff now,
02:03
compiling all these photos of people wearing them that have been sending me
02:07
like really positive, beautiful messages or something.
02:10
And I'll send it all your way.
02:11
I mean, if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have it.
02:13
So yeah, it's amazing.
02:16
So yeah, we're really grateful and they they do look incredible
02:19
and a massive bonus is I mean, the actual t-shirt is really good quality as well.
02:24
Yeah, I was relieved.
02:25
That was my next question because I've ordered one, but I haven't received it yet.
02:28
And I spoke to my mate, Luke, I'm like, how's the quality?
02:31
He's like, oh, it's great. I'm like, OK, good.
02:32
Well, that's good. It's good to know. Yeah.
02:34
So yeah, the tote bags are great.
02:36
I I haven't ordered a cap yet.
02:39
But if I don't know if anyone is anyone ordered a cap?
02:42
I haven't ordered a cap. David, I haven't.
02:44
Yes, but I will be.
02:45
Yeah, but it's yeah, all amazing, positive reviews.
02:50
Everyone loves the design.
02:52
So yeah, we're we're all very, very grateful.
02:54
So thank you so much, Maddie.
02:55
Absolutely. I'm happy to help with that.
02:58
And I haven't even part of it because it's like this is like
03:00
it's this type of stuff that excites me. Yeah.
03:03
It's it's it's really good.
03:04
Yeah, but you can find the merch on on all your on all your pages
03:08
on Magna turns 40. Yes, Facebook. Yes.
03:12
I think on your Instagram as well.
03:14
Yeah, I've shared it wherever I can.
03:16
So I've sort of shared it across various
03:19
magna pages like Magna Madness and there's a TM, TNT, P Magna page
03:26
for for all those guys.
03:29
Yeah, on my personal stuff.
03:31
Obviously, yeah, through the talk page and everything as well.
03:34
So yeah, absolutely.
03:36
Like it's it's it's still a lot like people are really like it.
03:38
I would I would preface try to get it before two weeks before the before the thing.
03:43
Yeah, it does take about four or five days to process them.
03:46
Because like that is not just the ones that they're making.
03:48
They're making, you know, four hundred million other companies.
03:51
Yes. So and they just gets put in a order.
03:53
Bang, bang, bang, bang, and they don't know they make them as they go.
03:57
So yeah, if you want to get up before
03:59
Magna 40th, get in there nowish.
04:03
Yep, because now it's under a month.
04:04
Give yourself, I'd say give yourself three weeks, but two weeks.
04:07
This should be sure.
04:09
Fingers crossed should be enough.
04:10
But yeah, definitely.
04:11
But a lot of the other people have seen like they won't be available at the event.
04:15
No, correct. That is correct.
04:17
They would they would not be available at the event
04:18
because we'll be too busy having fun to be selling.
04:24
It should be discussing all the all the all the all the astronauts and all the.
04:29
Yeah, you know, all the all the good stuff,
04:33
the good Magna and Varada Varada biz.
04:36
But yeah, yeah, fine emerge there.
04:39
And it'd be good to just to see how many people
04:40
will be walking around wearing the Magna shirts.
04:42
Yeah, really cool. Absolutely.
04:44
There'll be a lot of them, I guarantee.
04:46
I think I think we could even possibly do like a little QR code
04:48
if they want to buy it, if they see like, oh, that's really cool.
04:50
We definitely, you know, when they're at the show.
04:52
Yeah, yeah, that's a great idea.
04:53
Yeah, so like they can you can have a QR code to that.
04:56
Yeah, they can they can didn't get one, but I'll get one there.
04:59
So yeah, so that'd be pretty cool.
05:02
But yeah, I was happy to help with that
05:04
and glad to see the positive response.
05:07
Yeah, it's been yeah, absolutely wonderful. Yeah.
05:10
So any other things about the day that's that's happening
05:14
or is that that's pretty much the that's I mean, that's the I think I've
05:17
I think I've covered it, David.
05:18
Have I missed? Yeah, you've done a brilliant job, I think.
05:22
Look, I mean, the most important thing is is very exhausted already.
05:25
Yeah, just from the description.
05:27
Definitely. I mean, look, it's it ultimately
05:30
won't want to get the cars in there.
05:31
It is a really chilled event.
05:34
There will be some, you know, music running in the background
05:36
that is period correct.
05:38
Yes, we had great fun on a trip back from Adelaide
05:41
doing a Magna 40 playlist playlist.
05:45
Yeah, we haven't finished it yet, David.
05:47
There's still a bit to do.
05:49
I think we're up to nineteen ninety five.
05:52
Was it? I think. Yeah, 1985 to 1995.
05:55
We've done so fast.
05:56
So we've got another decade to go.
05:59
So that'll that'll be running.
06:01
So yeah, it'll be kind of a mismatch of noise on the day.
06:05
So you'll have, you know, car maker of the year again,
06:09
running over and over and over and over again.
06:11
Please consider and all that.
06:12
Then you'll have the Tonsley pod running
06:14
with all the archive stuff.
06:16
And then you'll have, you know, the bangles
06:21
And yeah, so it'll it'll.
06:24
Yeah, I look, I really hope everyone has a great time.
06:28
And yeah, it's going to be wonderful to to look back and go, well,
06:32
you know, this was just from enthusiasts and
06:36
and supportive friends and and partners.
06:39
So I'm so excited to come.
06:40
My partner's coming. She's she's excited for it.
06:42
She's bringing her brother and his kids are coming as well.
06:45
So like, you know, they're they're all coming.
06:47
And, you know, like, there's so many people that are like,
06:48
I said, my friend, Luke, like, yeah, he's making a trip across just to that's
06:52
wonderful, just to come.
06:53
So yeah, but speaking of music, you know, I was thinking,
06:57
like, with music from that era, we can we can talk about we can replace
07:00
the word of the song with the word Magna. Yes.
07:04
You know, we can, we can do heaven as a place on Magna.
07:10
We can do all these different things that are running in my head.
07:15
Like, yeah, just just replace it with Magna.
07:16
I've got the Magna's disease disease.
07:22
That's good. That's good. That'll work.
07:24
So yeah, but speaking of music, for those of you who don't know
07:28
on the podcast, you are an incredible musician.
07:31
An incredible artist.
07:32
You and your wife are very, very talented individuals.
07:35
If I had that sort of talent with music,
07:38
I'd be, I'd be a, I'd be a happier man.
07:41
But the Weaving Willows been around for a very long time.
07:45
Been doing great things.
07:46
I said, you've come here and performed and did things.
07:49
You've been all around the world as a musician.
07:52
You're born in a guitar.
07:53
Yes. And, you know, I'm assuming you're wanting to give us some of those exploits.
07:58
Yeah, I thought if it's OK with you guys, I'd do the car quiz tonight.
08:02
Slightly different to how you usually do it.
08:05
But I hope that it works.
08:10
But basically, I've got 10 questions.
08:13
And I'll what I'll do is I'll play snippets from car commercials.
08:19
And you have to guess what the car is.
08:21
Oh, awesome. Yeah, 100 percent.
08:23
Extra points know the song.
08:26
Yeah, if some of them are jingles, I'll play a little snippets of.
08:29
But if it's actually a song to actually extra point,
08:32
I thought for if you know the song as well, how does that sound?
08:36
Absolutely. Yeah, amazing.
08:38
It sounds like Chad and I are now going to be like punching on.
08:46
So what we'll do is because obviously we're in a bit of a tight studio,
08:50
we'll get you to take him like round that way round. OK.
08:53
I'll get up the score sheets for those of us at home.
08:57
Andrew's brought in this lovely acoustic guitar.
08:59
Um, has he got a name?
09:01
He's got a name you can tell this one doesn't.
09:03
And I feel awful because everything else in my life has name.
09:06
That's what I know, it's it's the old hack.
09:09
The old hack. Yeah.
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So we've got four players tonight, myself, David Prince, Scotty Doe
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and the one and only Chad DeBell,
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who are battling it out for tonight's obviously bragging rights.
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I mean, these are the important questions we need answers.
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Yes, the question everyone, the whole world is asking you about.
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All right, so we've never done this before.
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We've never had a lot in that.
09:39
It's pretty cool. You're breaking your ground.
09:41
This is a car talk first, isn't it?
09:46
It is a car talk first.
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And we we're normally very conservative with our without with our quiz.
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No, it's through as usually.
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But you are an incredible, incredible
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musician and an incredible, obviously an incredible human
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because because you're because you're organized before you.
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But Andrew Wigglesworth, this is your quiz.
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Thank you. You're the quiz master.
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Please take it away.
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Thank you. So as I said, I'm going to play little snippets of a commercial.
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I mean, a lot of those car commercials, what they'll do is they'll
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like play the intro part to a song, cut out the verse, jump to the chorus.
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So I'm going to play a little snippet.
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I can if you need, I can play a little bit more.
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OK, I can give you some little sort of
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sort of pointers if you need in the right direction.
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But I'm going to play a little bit.
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So this is question number one.
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Are you taking so I want to say, can we buzz in or do we wait for you to play the jingle?
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Well, that's a good question.
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Maybe I mean, what you've done before is you always buzz in.
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So how do we do that?
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I'll attempt. I'll attempt to listen while I'm playing.
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I don't know anything. OK, you ready?
10:59
So this is question number one. OK.
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So this is an ad. All right. Here we go.
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Matthew, that was in a Hyundai ad.
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Yep. Oh, I don't know the name of the song, but I know it's like
11:12
I don't know the name of the song, though.
11:14
But it's I know where that's from now.
11:16
What? So it's a Hyundai ad?
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I don't know the name of the song, though.
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But it was it was a 90s commercial.
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They had it for their like Excel and sonatas and things.
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But I can't remember the name of the song.
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OK, so anyone else?
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So it's it's it's the Hyundai Excel.
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That was the main. Yeah, David's in.
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I think it's called drive, isn't it?
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You close. You definitely close.
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Anyone? Oh, no, it's not called drive.
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I know it. No. Yeah.
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Sing it. Sing it in your head, David.
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I'm rubbish at this side.
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I'm like, I'm yeah, I'm really bad at music.
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Oh, that's what I thought it was.
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Yeah, because I just sung it through my head then.
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Doing a play there.
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Yeah, that chorus is like, she said that's right.
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Ribbit up, ribbit up in the morning.
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I don't know the name of the song, but I don't know the name of the song.
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So, yeah, so it's should I should I tell you?
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Yeah, OK, so we've got it's the Hyundai Excel
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It's Revit up by Jerry Harrison.
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But it was on Gold 104 all the time.
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Yeah, it was the Hyundai Excel.
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And I think, yeah, they had the Sonata as well.
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I think they might have, you know, I remember in a clip,
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I remember the Excel being there.
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And it's like the whole world spinning.
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Like, yeah, I don't know the answer.
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And there's like, like horses and stuff around.
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And yeah, I remember that because my uncle bought a 95 Excel brand.
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Oh, and it's and every time I said, oh, that's that song.
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Put the two and two together from the other side.
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I was a sick child.
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OK, I'll take point five.
13:20
So question number two.
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All right, so this is another song.
13:24
OK, so we need to guess what what ad what car this was car.
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It's got a weird name.
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It's it's a Toyota Corolla.
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It's it's like song 37.
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It's like a weird name.
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I'll take point five for the for the car.
14:04
Oh, so he gets the full point of issue because you named the song
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and the artist or how should I think what we can do is we can do a point point.
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Yeah, a point for the car and a point for the song.
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Yeah, we'll go with that.
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Oh, you know, point five each point five each for both components.
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But each component.
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So yeah, did this song as a performance in primary school with
14:29
with made like made up fake instruments that we made out of cardboard.
14:41
So what Corolla was it?
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And for like one year, they had those really round lights and then they then they did
14:54
the facelift very quickly because everyone hated them.
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So yeah, it's very cool.
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Question number three.
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This is a tough one.
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So I feel like if anyone can get it, you should have a full point because I'm going to.
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It's actually not a song.
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I'm actually going to play the jingle.
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This is made for the ad, right?
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This was actually this.
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This jingle was written specifically for this commercial.
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I thought that would be really hard.
15:33
I've listened to that numerous times.
15:36
My mates got a B.J.
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Should I just play it for you?
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This is the actual.
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It's actually usually played on a flute.
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I still to this day think that is the best Australian car out of all time.
16:10
Oh, it's incredible.
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That was actually Laura's because I was trying to compile.
16:16
So she's like, you should do the Charger out.
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I said, well, it's not a flute, but I'll try and work it out.
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Do your exploits go to flute usage?
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I've got a recorder in.
16:29
Bring out the old recorder.
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I thought that one would be a.
16:39
I told you I'm a sick individual.
16:41
My wife says I'm autistic and I understand why.
16:44
It's stuff like this.
16:45
I think she might be on something.
16:50
You're a teacher too, Matty.
16:57
Question number four.
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This is for the VZ SS youth.
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And it's on the strike by AC.
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It's the only one I'm going to get.
17:23
That was a great add too.
17:25
That was a great add.
17:27
And great song as well.
17:30
So question number five.
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So I'm actually, I might just sing a little bit this as well because it's sort of a hard
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one otherwise to hear what it's from.
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So let's see how it goes.
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I can remember the add.
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I can't remember the add.
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Should I give you a bit of a hint?
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I'll complain again.
18:08
Can I ask for the era?
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This is a tough one.
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I thought the charger one and this one would be the tricky, yeah.
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I can play it again.
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Yeah, do it one more time.
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I want to say, I can give you another hint if you like.
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It's a European car.
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They're not Australian.
18:52
That one threw me off.
18:56
That's in me for a six.
18:58
So David, you said you remember the add?
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I remember the add.
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Definitely obviously European.
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That's, that's what I thought of.
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Is it called still, still having fun?
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What if I get the band?
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What's the band, Scotty?
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What do you see in the car?
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Got that one on my playlist.
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That's a good song, isn't it?
19:38
They got a couple good songs actually.
19:41
That's Saved Tonight as well.
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That's Eagle Eye Cherry.
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I want to say something really obscure in European.
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I'm trying to think what else I can say.
19:58
Can we go to the country?
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As you know, Volkswagen Golf.
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Anyone else want to have a go?
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I'm going to say Audi.
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It's a tough one, I know.
20:20
I want to go like a Renault Scenic.
20:26
I like the specificity.
20:29
That's not the right word.
20:29
I like how specific you were, Chad.
20:31
You went in specifically Scenic.
20:37
Should I let the cat out of the bag?
20:40
So it's the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
20:46
It was on TV a lot at the time.
20:48
Is it the one where he was wiping the car?
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And then he got this.
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Playing in the background.
20:55
And they're smiling at each other.
20:56
And they've just spent like $80,000 on the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
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It was the Silver C-Class too.
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That was question four.
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So that was question five.
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So we'll give a score check because that's the halfway point.
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So anybody's game, gentlemen.
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So this is a question number six.
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Amazing by something weird.
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You've always got it.
21:40
You've always got it.
21:48
That was a banger of a note.
21:49
That's a great ad and great a song.
21:51
I'll just quickly play it for you.
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It's a really cool.
22:13
It's actually a beautiful song.
22:22
It's a beautiful song.
22:23
It's a really cool one.
22:24
What happened to him?
22:25
There's actually an amazing.
22:32
There's actually an Australian story about Alex Lloyd that came out a couple of weeks
22:36
It's worth the watch.
22:37
I'm not going to give it away, but he's been to sort of hell and back.
22:42
Because he was like, he came out with that song.
22:47
And then all of a sudden, it was just like a life which he was born.
22:51
If you watch it, it'll all make sense why he disappeared.
22:58
Question number seven.
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This one's hard to play on the guitar, but I'll try.
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It's the Holden Rodeo.
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And it's, I don't know.
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It's the Spanish name of the song, but it was something one tonne, one tonne a man.
23:33
And it's actually a traditional Cuban song.
23:36
So I actually find the original writer, but it's been covered so many times over the
23:45
I mean, they obviously, they, they change the word to one tonne Rodeo.
23:52
They sing it all out of tune as well.
24:00
That was a good one.
24:04
This is question number eight.
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And they change the words to courtier.
24:18
But the song is called Gloria.
24:25
It's another one hit wonder.
24:26
So if you can get this one.
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Oh, no, that's been harsh.
24:31
I'll give them point five.
24:34
Who is Laura Brennan?
24:39
She was kind of a one hit wonder.
24:44
Made you rest in peace.
24:45
No longer with her, sadly.
24:46
That was pretty brutal.
24:51
Got a cracker of a song.
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And I mean that whenever, sadly, whenever I hear that song,
24:58
I'm automatically going courtier.
25:06
Question number nine.
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No, I don't know if this is the remake of the original,
25:21
but is it a seven nation army?
25:37
I know the song now.
25:43
Do you want to play it again?
25:49
What I made of this?
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I'll sing it in my head.
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Sweet dreams I made of this.
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So we've got the song.
26:06
Is it not for Halloween?
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I'll take the point five.
26:15
Should I start giving some little...
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I can't think of the car.
26:19
I can't think of the car that came with that song.
26:21
What about I'll give you the era?
26:22
Actually, I'll give you the year.
26:29
I mean, the song came out in the 80s.
26:31
But it was reused for this commercial.
26:35
I can't recall any late year ads.
26:40
That would have that song.
26:46
I was hoping that Ed would be on tonight.
26:49
Because I think he would...
26:50
He would have done well.
26:50
He would have done well.
26:52
I'll give another little hint.
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Well, hopefully a big hint.
26:57
I can play it again for you.
26:58
It's basically on the ad.
27:00
They actually just looped that.
27:18
Please tell me it wasn't Honda.
27:29
When did the music come out?
27:31
It wasn't that far back, was it?
27:36
Well, I mean, Earth Dreams are coming to mind from Honda.
27:43
Scotty's the one last one left to tell the guess.
27:46
I'm going to say Toyota.
27:50
So, it was the Honda Civic.
27:55
David Prince has got to take off his shirt.
27:59
Hang up the keys, mate.
28:05
So, 2017, David, what model would that be for Honda Civic?
28:08
I actually didn't have that written down.
28:19
So, the final, the final question.
28:21
So, this is, it's not for a car commercial,
28:25
it is for an organisation that have cars involved.
28:30
Hopefully that, when I play this it makes sense at the moment.
28:32
I know it sounds very vague.
28:34
Let me just, let me just play it for you and see if
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That's a T-A-C-O. Yes. Oh, yes. Yep. Yep. Yep.
28:49
And who's a bi? I know. I know. I know. I know.
28:52
I'll let David go in next. Yeah.
28:56
As soon as he says I'll just, I'll keep on kicking myself because like, I'll take the point five for the name of the zone and the T-A-C-O.
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I don't, I don't know who you are. David?
29:06
Is it R-E-M? Yep. Correct.
29:09
Mmm, probably was. Yeah. Thank you, gentlemen. That concludes the car quiz.
29:14
That is brilliant. That's very good. Very, very cool, Andrew.
29:18
We're like, creative way of doing that. Yeah.
29:20
I wonder what he's going to do for us next week.
29:28
That was a lot of fun. We've actually put it together.
29:30
And to, to find commercial, there's so many great car commercials,
29:34
but try to find a way of just being able to play it on the acoustic.
29:37
A lot of them just didn't work. So I'd sort of go back to the drawing board and go, cool.
29:41
Well, this one works like some of them are no-brainers.
29:44
Like the song. Yeah. Amazing. Yeah. Easy to do.
29:48
The blur one, that's played on guitar.
29:51
The Hyundai XL one was great fun because that's actually played on an electric guitar,
29:55
thumb destruction thing, but some of the other ones like the Rodeo one was really hard.
30:02
Didn't have Maraca's handy. No, I didn't know.
30:05
So it was actually a lot of fun to do it.
30:10
Next, next one, next podcast. Yeah, yeah.
30:13
But thanks for letting me do that. I've actually always wanted to do that.
30:16
Oh, brilliant. So thank you.
30:24
So who won? We're all winners.
30:28
So score check Chad and Scotty are on one.
30:32
David on one, two, three.
30:36
Myself on one, two, three, four, five.
30:42
I would like to thank Alex Lloyd.
30:47
I'd like to thank all the car companies involved.
30:52
But most of all, I'd like to thank you, Andrew,
30:54
because that was arguably the best quiz we've ever had.
30:58
Oh, thank you. Absolutely.
30:59
And we've had some crackers.
31:03
Yeah, you've had some amazing ones.
31:07
But bringing the guitar in and having you go, oh, brilliant.
31:11
So honestly, mate, you're a star.
31:13
Big honor for me to do it. So thank you. Thanks, guys.
31:17
I'll have to get my all piano books out and start learning again.
31:23
I've got to be able to top you somehow.
31:27
Cause like all my quizzes are going to suck down.
31:30
You're just going to rock up the triangle.
31:34
It's the song. It's the song, guys.
31:40
You'll just hear David like, bring back.
31:47
But that was a good time.
31:50
That was a good laugh.
31:51
So thanks so much, guys.
31:52
I really appreciate you letting me come in and I'm sorry.
31:55
I sort of took over the podcast to all things Magnus,
31:59
but really appreciate all your support.
32:02
And I mean, I genuinely mean this.
32:05
I listen to the podcast every single week.
32:07
So it's a real highlight of the morning and afternoon for me,
32:11
driving to work, driving home.
32:14
I put the podcast on and listen to you guys.
32:17
It's always fun. So thank you.
32:20
Yeah, it's really kind, man.
32:21
I mean, yeah, it's like we just do this and it's, you know,
32:25
it's a bit of a, you know, just killing time on a Tuesday night.
32:29
Yeah, but it's just so genuine.
32:31
Well, that's the thing.
32:32
I think it's clear to the listeners that you guys are just great
32:37
mates that just talk cars and all the knowledge that you've all got.
32:41
I mean, I've learned so much.
32:43
I mean, my knowledge of cars is very, very specific to
32:49
Magnus and Camry's basically.
32:52
So I've, yeah, the amount of like the learning curve for me has been amazing.
32:57
So yeah, it's, you know, it's people like you.
33:02
I mean, the idea behind the whole premise behind the show.
33:06
And when Scotty and I became good mates at work,
33:09
because we just on our shift, we do no work and talk cars.
33:11
And that was pretty much the extent.
33:14
You'd be, you'd be actually doing the work and what was it?
33:21
The closing routine and you'd be fixing everything and up and I'm just
33:23
following you around talking crap.
33:26
I don't know what I was meant to be doing.
33:28
I can't remember what my job was.
33:29
Managing or doing something.
33:34
I don't know, but I'm just too busy talking to Matt while he's fixing up
33:39
the whole book area or whatever he might be and just talking.
33:45
It's stuff like that.
33:46
And like, I talked to like other mates who've been on the show who have
33:49
families and they can't come on Tuesdays like good friends of Adam and
33:53
and Grasso and James and like you trendset it on the show.
33:58
Even, I mean, Alam's a big, big part of the reason why the show exists.
34:02
Because we'd be catching up for like, you know, for a drink or something
34:05
and going out for dinner and we'd be just hours just talking about it.
34:09
It's just wonderful.
34:11
Why don't we actually just record us doing it?
34:14
And our first episode was horrific because we're like, OK, we've got to be
34:17
structured, we've got to do this, we've got to do that.
34:19
I think finding the balance of just like, you know what, let's just be ourselves
34:25
You know, we've got our basic, you know, updates and the topic and our quiz
34:29
but like, it's just still us just mainly talking.
34:33
And if people want us into that, like that's...
34:38
That's the fantastic thing.
34:40
So, yeah, keep it up.
34:43
Love to have you back, Andrew.
34:45
Oh, you look great.
34:45
I'll start working on the car quiz.
34:49
Can you please bring in a triangle for Scott?
34:54
All right, Scott, it's all for you.
34:57
No, but Andrew, we'll have to get you back on.
35:00
We'll have to do a Magna 40th recap.
35:04
I think they'd be great.
35:06
Post Magna 40th, I think that'll...
35:08
I don't want to talk about it until then.
35:10
I think that'd be really cool.
35:12
I was even thinking of like, bring like, we just want to record them
35:13
and just recording some parts of the event.
35:17
And just walk around.
35:18
Hey, Andrew, you know, and just add it into like a special...
35:21
Do a little special podcast.
35:23
Which would be fun for the day.
35:28
But mate, thank you so much for taking the time out.
35:31
Yeah, for coming out this way.
35:33
Thanks for listening to the show.
35:35
It's pretty much you and my mum.
35:40
No, but honestly, it's...
35:43
I'm glad to have helped you on this journey with Magna 40th.
35:46
And I'm so honored that you'd ask us to be part of it.
35:50
Yeah, it's going to be wonderful.
35:52
And it's been a great process so far.
35:57
Well, it's all up in here.
35:58
It's a business end.
36:00
Again, just like...
36:02
I think, you know, I'm not going to step on David's wisdom here,
36:09
I know you've been running around,
36:11
but just take a step back and be like...
36:15
So, I think that's a big thing.
36:18
But anyway, I think that's a podcast.
36:21
Let's give some plugs.
36:22
Do you have any plugs?
36:23
Obviously, Magna 40th, so 18th of October.
36:25
So, yeah, so it's Saturday the 18th of October at Tonsley Park.
36:30
It's the Tonsley Innovation District.
36:33
If you type that in, it'll come up on the Google Maps and all that stuff.
36:38
Obviously, it's in South Australia.
36:40
And, yeah, we're basically...
36:42
The actual show is kicking off at 10 o'clock,
36:45
and we'll be there until 1.30, probably a little bit after.
36:49
But cars will start rolling in from 9 o'clock.
36:52
And, you know, all us boys are going to be there.
36:55
So you can come and say hi.
36:56
But also, if you see Andrew, please thank him for his efforts,
37:00
because it's a mammoth task.
37:03
And, you know, you deserve all the thanks you get for it,
37:05
because it's really put the light on for this car.
37:10
I honestly can't wait.
37:11
I think Steph's just had enough of me talking about Magna 40th over the past month.
37:18
But it'll be great looking forward to it.
37:22
So, yeah, plugs for your music as well,
37:24
because you're an incredible musician.
37:25
Like, people just heard you play some incredible music.
37:29
We can go to theweepingwellows.com.au.
37:31
And it's got gig guide and videos and free music.
37:37
That's the case these days on the Spotify and all that sort of stuff.
37:42
Are there still tickets available for November, Andrew?
37:47
These days, Sally don't do many Melbourne shows.
37:49
We used to play five or six nights a week.
37:51
But we've got a rare Melbourne show at Chapel Off Chapel.
37:56
So, it's November the 24th.
38:02
Tomorrow's, as you know, payday for us.
38:04
So, I've got to buy my ticket tomorrow.
38:08
So, that'll be great.
38:14
I've got to pull this tonight.
38:15
I think when we've talked a bit about it tonight,
38:19
you need to celebrate life.
38:21
And you need to celebrate your friends.
38:24
And I'd like to wish Maddie, Jay, a very happy birthday for tomorrow.
38:34
That's all I've got.
38:37
My 34th trip around the sun.
38:41
Steph gave me a box last night of little gifts and stuff.
38:47
And she's like, I know you'll be too...
38:48
Pre-birthday presents, that's cool.
38:50
She's like, I know you'll be too busy tonight and tomorrow I'm at work.
38:52
And then, her and Pam have got this...
38:54
They watched this show.
38:58
Somewhere I Turned Pretty So...
38:59
So, she's like, we won't be doing anything until it's finished.
39:01
So, she's like, just want to get this in now?
39:07
Can I talk to her about that show?
39:10
Yeah, by all means.
39:12
I've got sucked into it.
39:15
And I'm waiting for the last episode.
39:19
I was like, what is this crap?
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And then I'd be like, so who's the one that cheated?
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And now I'm hashtag Tim Conrad.
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It's all about Conrad.
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But yeah, it's quite the funny show.
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But I will be making sure I will be out doing something at that point.
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But thank you, David.
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That's really good.
39:40
Thank you, gentlemen, for the birthday wishes.
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Chad's Deliveries, delivering to a place near you.
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I'll make sure it gets there or something.
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If you've got a transmission, please let us know.
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If you've got a transmission for a TS magna locally in Melbourne, that'd be great.
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I'm taking all applicants and yeah, we'll make it work or something.
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We're going to talk about getting your parts.
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So, we'll get that done.
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Scotty's Golf Tip of the Week.
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I don't have a Golf Tip of the Week today.
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I just want to say thank you to Andrew for coming on to the show.
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So, it was awesome.
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The quiz was awesome.
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And just, that would be given an event that he's put together for, not for just Mitsubishi car event,
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but something so specific.
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Because you were talking about, you know, you have all four day.
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Of course, that's going to be big.
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That's a lot of cars.
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You know, but you don't have things like an all Falcon day or anything like that.
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So, to have something like an all magnet day that everybody can relate to.
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And I don't ever really consider it as, you know, a super expensive car.
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But when you see one and you see it nice and clean and original,
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it just sparks something in any person that's into cars can relate to that.
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And I think that's what's drawn in so many people.
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It's called passion.
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And that's what we all have.
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That's why we do this.
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So, you've even infiltrated his Golf Tip of the Week.
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Not even Alam's allowed to.
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Well, I'll put it this way.
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When Alam took over for one week, Scotty was pissed.
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I was listening to that in the car this morning actually.
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And I was laughing.
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He was like, no, it's bullshit.
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41:48
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41:51
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41:58
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Gentlemen, honour as always.
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Good luck with Magnophobia.
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Thank you so much, guys.
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We'll see you there.
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And we'll see you next time.
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Are we getting played out?
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It's going to be with a Mitsubishi themed song.
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So, what was the one that had the...
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The one that had...
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Andrew, we're taking a seat.