Car designer Ian Callum's car collection - part 2 // The Late Brake Show
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- Hot rods to aircooled 911s car designer Ian Callum's car collection - part 2
Welcome to The [Jonny Smith] Late Brake Show. This is part 2 of a candid chat with Jonny Smith's (aka CarPervert) friend ex Jaguar design boss. Whereas the first episode was more about Ian's life as a designer for Ford, Aston, Jaguar and other car makers, part 2 very much focuses on his eclectic car collection.
What does the guy who helped design the Ford RS200, the Escort RS Cosworth, Aston Martin DB7 and Vanquish actually drive? Quite a mix actually, and nearly always modified. Aside from the Porsche 914, Chevy C10 truck, Alfa Guilia GTV and Cal Look VW Beetle Karmann convertible Ian's car collection is almost never in one location.
Before he takes Jonny out in his lighty resto-modded 1970s Jaguar XJC Coupe, the pair pore over Ian's Porsche 993 RSR homage, a low mileage Aston Vanquish S, a tuned Triumph TR6 (the classic he drives more than anything else), his long-time owned late 1990s Austin Rover Mini Cooper, and the prototype Callum Design R-Reforged 25 bespoke Aston Vanquish.
The 1932 Ford 'deuce coupe' hot rod is his born-of-obsession project that he's rebuilt three times in 15 years. This was the car that he took to Jonny's wedding. As a hat tip to his previous employers he fitted the 32 Ford with Jaguar seats and a Ford racing V8 - the latter bought with staff discount!
During the road drive in his XJC Ian talks more about his designs whilst at Jaguar - like the XK, F-Type, iPace, F-Pace, XF and his first all-new design for them, the XJ. There's also mention of awards from a sweary Prince Philip, Iron Maiden, doing the Mille Miglia with Jay Leno and Brian Johnson from AC/DC's loud car habit. Naturally.
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0:00 Intro
Loved both Parts 1 & 2! Great launch to The Late Brake Show. My Mother aways taught me, "You'll be judged by the friends you keep." Friends like Ian are a testament to your future, Jonny...what a guy!
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Bloody brilliant, no egos, no PR BS to deal with just two blokes and their love of cars.
Excellent stuff Jonny, loved it
Hi Jonny, Congratulations for a super and very relaxed Interview with Ian.
During the Interview in Part 1. You both made frequent references to many other vehicles, could I make a suggestion for the future.If a reference to a vehicle is made and is not actually in shot. Would it be possible to show a picture of the mentioned vehicle. I did recall from memory many of the ones mentioned but there were 4/5 I just could not picture in my mind. I do realise the extra time and effort during editing it would cause you all but i think it may be appreciated. (not full screen shots, just a small pop up maybe).
Seconded.
What a supremely nice and interesting guy to talk to, no idea he had so much to do with so many great designs, fantastic chemistry between you two chaps.
Love the rebrand mate, well done. I won't have "pervert" in my search history at work anymore, which is a bonus :p
MuHaHa!
Stuff like this gives me hope that we have finally moved past the Clarkson era of car journalism.
Never thought about that, but it rang true as soon as I read it. Good take
Loved it Jonny and I agree, cars should reflect your memories and experience with cars. I’ve worked on, maintained and sold cars and have great memories of Vauxhall, Opel, Honda, Ford, Volvo, Jaguar and Mercedes. I worked for a haulage firm maintaining a fleet of Mercedes trucks and trackter units, my boss drove a beautiful old Mercedes coupe that I alway wanted. This year, I’ve fulfilled this vision and now a Mercedes owner.
Although diagnosed late in life, I realise now that I am a chronic car person. Thank you for helping me feel slightly more normal and making some sense of the heaps of junk I own that cost me a fortune and are dotted all over the place.
I’ve always loved the XJC. There was a posher Daimler version too. They were just so exotic, at least to the 9 year old me, or whatever I was at the time! I still have a XJC brochure that I picked up at the Birmingham Motor Show. It has a wonderful section in it where they’ve printed sections of the V12 engine on separate clear acetate pages, so you can literally take the engine apart layer by layer and see it’s inner workings. These days manufacturers generally talk less and less about the engineering that goes into their cars (certainly finding technical info on websites can prove a challenge) and I think that’s a shame. At the risk of sounding like the old fart I am, I remember when even mainstream cars sold on their engineering strengths and not just whether you can hook your phone up to it and use Apple Car Play. This has been a fascinating two parter. Interviews with other car guys: designers, engineers, you name it, would be great.
I agree - the XJC was a beautiful car. I remember as a young lad, the fear of a visit to the dentist was lessened when he gave me a lift to his surgery in his British racing green XJC!
Unlike Ian, I thought the black vinyl roof worked well.
What a lovely video. A clear mutual respect and genuine friendship. Im so pleased it was you speaking to him and not just some journalist asking daft questions and making it more about them. Very enjoyable to watch. Well done and thank you.
Jonny Smith never disappoints, brilliant start to The Late Brake Show
Well done Jonny, excellent programme. I have always loved the XJC, a great looking car. Ian has just made it better.
I love this appreciation for more attainable cars that he has, but also, that he still has something like the 250 GTO SWB on a pedestal, great video Jonny!
Iain has the great "everyman" quality to him. A genuine car fan as well as a design great. Great first video for the new channel.... Best of luck Johnny.
BTW thoroughly enjoyed the Honda S600 vid as well.
Cheers Dermot. Glad you appreciate the kind of variety I want to bring.
Owning car designed by Ian, it is such an honor. One of the most satisfying thing in my life is having my wife siting beside me, and two kids at the back.
As the owner of a couple of Ian Callum's "greatest hits," I have to say that among the three dozen or so cars I've owned in my 52 years of driving, unquestionably my 5.0L X150 XKR is certainly the best automobile I've ever owned (and that includes an exotic). I have 180,000 miles on mine, it still runs and looks like new, is a pleasure to drive every day, and will never leave my stable. And as a half priced Aston DB9 clone that outperforms the Aston, I thank Mr. Callum for making a beautiful, reasonable alternative.
That 993 is my literal dream car! Unfortunately I think the way prices are going it will always be a dream and never reality! Amazing collection and bloody nice chap!! Cheers for showing us all around Jonny.
Thank you for putting this all together, it's been a privilege to get tot connect to Ian closer though your video ;) Cheers
The jag was so quiet inside, made presenting a video while on the move a pleasure audibly 👍
I am certain that the original Vanquish will a future classic - what a staggeringly beautiful car. I can’t tell you how much of an impact seeing that car on screen in Die Another Day had on my 8-year-old mind - it genuinely cemented my love of cars for life
Sure, the new Vanquish is even more beautiful. That said, this Callum Edition looks worse than both, sadly.
I prefer the older, first generation Vanquish in Callums collection. Die Another Day inspired me to buy my first Vantage 11 years ago. Another Callum classic!9
Great to see them driving around North Warwickshire!
Part one and two very interesting, what a guy so interesting to listen to and some beautiful cars in this part 2. Great show, many thanks 👍
Jonny never disappoints and Ian McCallum is becoming a legend if not already on well done jonny cracking stuff
I like to think 'Crap Car Jay Leno' was in the running for the new channel name. Seriously though, great series and all the best with the future of The Late Brake Show, can't get over how quickly subscriber numbers have grown. Thoroughly deserved.
Brilliant Jonny! Ian seems a genuinely nice guy with a passion for motoring, a chance meeting on a plane and pals for life.
11:04 1 sentence that sums up why this man "gets it"
Great 2 part interview Jonny. Really enjoyed it.
Perhaps something similar with Peter Stevens or Rob Dickinson (Singer) in the future.
Very enjoyable Jonny. Isn't Ian just a lovely bloke as well as being talented! I am proud that I can say I have had personal influence on at least a couple of the numbers in the ECU of Ian's Vanquish S.FWIW. It's my favorite of his collection although the XJC is also an absolute peach.
The amount of times I paused this and went window shopping. You're a bad influence on me!
I love the fact that I didn't have to wait for part 2. Great stuff.
Both videos are very very good. Mr Callum is a very interesting guy, and his knowledge is profound. I must agree with you Jonny , about the Jaguar, it is one of the best cars ever made. My opinion is that the one car that beat it is the rover P5B, that car just oozes style and furnese.
What's not to like.....love it!
Thanks Mr Smith.
There’s a couple of blokes who understand a car needs the right wheels and tyres😉 flipping glorious👍🏻👏🏻
Really interesting to see what cars such a talented car designer drives himself .
Who could ask for a better start than this, proper job Jonny Thankyou,and to Mr Callum kudos.
Wonderful chat, thank you. Off to LA next for a brew with JL? Be about 10 episodes long though with a trip around the garage.
Could listen to this for days. Nicely done.
The revamped channel is going to have to work very hard to beat this double episode.
That Jag with the Dunlop style wheels is superb.
I shall try sir.
i will clean any of his cars if he gets them dirty... the jaaaag is just sweet...
Great start to the new look channel! Nice one!
What with Harry Metcalfe's, the Retropower one and now Ian's XJC we can see what a classic it is. Would be nice to see all three together with a stock one for comparison. Great start to the new (by name) channel Jonny, keep it up.
Great watch , thank you.
This is fab. What a great collection of cars and interesting chat.
What a fantastic fun interview very informative not to personal just right and the Jag well what can i say pillarless just a pure touch of genius i like the layout of the interview.
Glad you liked it Huw. The danger with these is that you have so much footage but am always nervous that people don't have the attention span.
@@TheLateBrakeShow Yes i know what you mean its a balancing act i guess its down to having something poignant that excites they're interest every 30 seconds or less with some people lol and then again not loosing the more focused intellect on the subject who is going to take in every word come what may, may be you could ask them for any video footage or pics of them back in the days and insert the extra media to give the viewer some short breaks to tweak they're interest even more on the subject surrounding the person or even ask them to bring an object of interest along favorite steering wheel e.t.c that can then be a link to the inserted short clips all gelling together . just an idea
@@TheLateBrakeShow If there's any more footage Jonny, I for one would love to see it. I was absolutely enthralled with the whole thing and could have listened to the two of you for a very, very long time!
One of The! most interesting interview chats about car's as a whole, not just how expensive, fast and how much money it will make me ever anywhere. It helps to know a person in some form and this shows across in the 'chatting to a mate in a pub' scenario. Some of the questions you asked were so not the norm love that about you Jonny! Great interview fantastic varied car channel.
Spot on , great show!
I like the new style shows Johnny 👍
Ian's got fantastic taste. That XJC Coupe is tremendous :)
Another brilliant interview. Loving The Late Brake Show :))
When I was a student, some time in the mid nineties, my mates and I took a ferry to the UK for a holiday. While we were waiting to drive on board the boat, someone parked next to us in an exotic looking little hatchback - very unusual and futuristic styling...
Hang on - was that a *FORD* badge on that thing?! I just had to get out and get the story from the bloke driving it! So it turned out to be a pre production example from the factory in Germany... of a Puma!
Nice bloke seemed quite happy to reveal more than he should to a bunch of drooling young lads, and liked the reaction we gave it.
If I recall correctly the Puma was a radical foretaste of the "New Edge" design language just before its mainstream launch in the Focus (replacing the Escort). So it really was a shocking new look turning up in that car park.
Edit: I've looked it up and the Ka was just before the Puma, so it wasn't the first New Edge design, but still pretty exotic at the time.
Living in the vicinity of Dunton and having a Dad work there I also had similar reactions to a lot of the stuff seen on the roads around here. I remember for a good deal before they were released seeing the current and previous shape Mondeos tooling around the local area, and seeing pre-production Transits just sat inside when going with my dad to pick up bits from work after school one day. Occasionally you'd also get to see cars in press camo driving about. It always made me laugh because you could tell where the managers at Dunton lived in the local area because you'd be going down the road and there'd be a American Fusion sat on a driveway in Essex (insanely weird and rare car here for anyone from the states) and down another street there'd be a Focus with a modified exhaust with the mounting brackets for emissions testing equipment on it. Good times.
I remember one day my dad came back from a work visit to the facility where they were wrapping up production on the Puma Racing and he just had a box of extra badges. We had a Hoover Racing and a Racing Fridge at one point. Now I think the only one left is the one stuck to his toolbox in the garage.
Brilliant videos Jonny and a great start to new channel, looking forward to more.
Great way to launch the rebrand, which is a good thing! Next episode with Jay Leno?
I remember when my dad turned up at work in a XJC, he didn’t know what he was driving. I loved it. It was the pea green colour.
Jonny that was a lovely 26 minutes.
Great video Johnny! I hadn't realised Ian's new place was on that little industrial estate. I used to work in the building next door. I wonder he has any jobs going...
LOL when the cameraman doesnt know what a carburettor is.... you can feel the "what am i pointing at" moment. Closely filled in later by a seperate shot.
If this is the content you are going to bring us as The Late Brake Show then you could blow the TH-cam car channel market up! Great job. With some tweaks to production values those partners will be queuing up !
Thank you v much. The production values will hopefully rise, and this interview feature will be a monthly regular.
XJC's got some beautiful wheels. Oversized (slightly) Factory Replicas look great.
Brilliant video Jonny! I do agree with Ian’s remarks about the I-Pace. Even now I get people asking if mine is a hybrid and then astonished faces when they discover that Jaguar does a full electric car. And when you tell them the specs they suddenly look interested. I always thought it had a lot of publicity but I guess it was very targeted to enthusiasts. It doesn’t seem to have the same awareness with the more general public but then that is probably true of most EVs. There are still a lot of people that haven’t heard of Tesla and wouldn’t know one if it ran them over. It’s slowly changing but there’s still a general lack of awareness and the I-Pace definitely suffers from that. However, I think it will definitely be a future classic. It’s also fair to say that I see a lot more on the roads nowadays.
Anyway. Went a bit off track there. Sorry! Awesome video. Bodes well for your new branding!
Feels like the name and branding has been around the whole time. I love it. 🤘
A really interesting, relaxed interview. Enjoyed every minute 👍
Thanks Johnny that was my Sunday night sorted what a lovely interesting guy, I love it when he said Ferraris went flowery😂 can you get Brian Johnson in in and that guy that used to have that made model Miniatures and escorts would be great, Harry, Tiff and obviously the king one day Jay Leno would be a dream👍👍👍
I love my 993 because it's a perfect synthesis between classic design and driving pleasure thanks to technical innovations like the multilink rear suspension and light frame. Design made by British Tony Hatter in combination with rock solid German Engineering!
Lovely relaxed style, just chatting with friends about cars.
You should be very proud of that interview.
Love the rebranding.
Loved the interview and certainly the guest and his car collection.
I’m certain that Ian is a lovely chap and comes across as a true gentleman, but you two on the XJC just imediately got that gangsta style that only a Jag of that vintage can give 😎👌
Woah, what a new start!
Comments about Ferrari are bang on!!!! Great show
That XJC is just sex. Fantastic colour too.
I actually feel like I could mate with it.
I am not a 100% car fan Jonny, (more two wheels) but what a interesting guy Ian is. my car interest is can I get from B to C, where my M/Cycle is A to H I now live on a Narrowboat where top speed is 4mph powered by a Lister ST2 of when built 27hp! But what interests me is the design /ambitions in way they think in style usage , to what us mortals buy and use. great two first Vlogs on your new adventures.
Compliments indeed Vinny, so thank you for taking the time to watch the episodes.
Superb viewing, two car guys sharing a great passion!!! If this is the calibre of the new channel, I’m double subscribing if that’s at all possible!!!👌
Thanks jonnie smith , cant fault part 1n 2 of your new utube channel. Thanks again.....not sure I'd keep the mini n sell a mk1 escort though 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 oh well. Mucho appreciateo
I know. He sold the Vauxhall Chevette HR too.
When I worked at a rover dealer in Bristol in 96 they had one of these last models in the workshop same colour and spec sat next to an 800 sterling coupe this was a miles better looking car.
Enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Just drove down to my local Jag dealership where they have two 2016 F-Type V6 S parked next to each other. They are stunning, the side profile is amazing and the rear is pretty much perfection on the S. It took me a while to get used to the grille shape but in the flesh the front is amazing too. I'd love one. My only complaint is the size or the width - cars are so large these days. Is it crash regs or wheel size or just marketed for the USA - I'd love to know - maybe you can ask in Part3? I'd love to get a designers view on car sizes.
Love this format - keep it up! There's enough dry spec-based review content out there already. These personal stories and oddities are a wonderful change of pace.
Awesome ... both episodes
Love that XJC, think I prefer Harry Metcalfe's one though as I think the wheels are just a wee bit much.
A note on editing, there's a few cuts where it jarred a bit and threw my attention as a viewer. There was one where you were talking about the Ford and it just threw me, had to rewind to see if it was the wine that was doing it!
Harry's is a straight drive, just awesome !
I’d never understood the appeal of 30’a Fords before. I finally get it now, what a beast!
That side profile is spectacular.
It’s nice to hear how much Callum brought Jaguar into the future, i still feel there is unfinished business for him there from how he talked about it somehow.
The 2 best “internet” cars; Ian’s XJC 4.2 and Harry’s XJC V12. Dreams…….
The channel that just keeps on giving... Well done, much appreciated!
Jonny, you keep mentioning Pebble Beach and every time you do, my brain involuntarily overdubs it with "Pebble Mill"
Great episode!
I think we all noticed what was under the covers in the corner there as well!
As a F-Type R owner… I really like these videos!
Get to know the designer of my car and the other great ones. Question…. Does Ian own a Jaguar F-Type then? Hope to hear ✌️
Two proper car perverts. Lovely stuff.
You'll be pleased to hear, ian hubnut seabrook has just bought a rover 75. ( not the tourer). Lets see how long he keeps it.
I still prefer avons on the xjc. The best wheel design ever.
TIL how cool of a dude ian callum is to just have a chat about cars with
Great pair of shows Jonny. Almost forgiven you for selling out on the CP channel name if this is what we can look forward to
Thank you. It isn't really selling out - for almost all of this year I have self funded the episodes you watch free of charge. No easy feat.
This was really good.
That was great!! He’s such a cool guy!
A brief but sincere “thank you”. Sessions with Ian and Chris were a real delight and offered some delightful insights. Ian,
Ford puma 1.7 superb car! Before the rear arches rusted
I want to live in Ian's garage! He's even got his own ramps! Car p*****t heaven!
Totally agree wtih Ian, suspension & brakes before power mods
All great cars...... till we got to the XJC 🤩 love “Harry’s” too 👌🏻😎
Aye, a Jag is a Jag. Something special.
The XJC is just beautiful even down to the wiper pattern - maybe sans the overgrown kid in the backseat lol 😂
Solid podcast here mate, exactly what proper petrol heads want, if you can keep these interesting guests coming you will do some damage. 🚘
A car designer genius from up here in dumfries