The Mechanic's Gallon
Episodes
Chris Hessey - recorded October 2025
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Download the audio here - coming soon on YouTube - 62 mins.Our guest this time is Chris Hessey who had a thirty year career in Formula One. Chri...
Peter Warr of Lotus
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Download the audio here, also on the YouTube ChannelHere is an excerpt from the interview we filmed with Peter Warr for my Lotus 72 documentary. These...
Beaky Sims tells us what it was like to work on the revolutionary gas turbine Lotus 56B
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Download the audio here, also on the YouTube channel.Reine Wisell pictured in the 56B in the Silverstone pitlane at the 1971 British GP.Picture ...
John Miles explaining the principles of anti-squat and anti-dive suspension pioneered on the Lotus 72
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Download the audio here, also on the YouTube channel.Beaky Sims pictured with John Miles in the Lotus 64 at the 1969 British Grand Prix at Silve...
Dave Brodie, recorded in April 2016
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Download the audio here, also on the YouTube channelI met the Brode just twice, the first time was to film this interview (April 2016) for my Lotus 72...
Peter Burns, part 2 of 2, recorded 23rd January 2023
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Download part 2 of the audio here Gary continues his interview with Peter, you can watch the whole conversation on YouTube.
Peter Burns, part 1 of 2, recorded 23rd January 2023
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Download part 1 of the audio here Our guest this time is Peter Burns, who, although not on the front line in the pitlane, still wracked up ...
Ron Tauranac
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another interview from our archive, this time with the late Brabham and Ralt designer Ron Tauranac. Notoriously reticent to be interviewed, I heard fr...
Robin Day, part 3 of 3
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part 3 Robin tells us what it was like to work for Bernie, working on the BT55 then on to Leyton House March in 1987. Then it was a move to Indycar...
Robin Day, part 2 of 3
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 continues with the McLaren move to Woking and the extra workload courtesy of Mr. de Cesaris. Then it was testing with Niki Lauda, the dri...
Robin Day, Part 1 of 3
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this time is Robin, a 15 year F1 veteran. Robin was born in Uganda and was brought up in Kenya. Straight after his apprenticeship with Briti...
Ed Taylor, part 3 of 3
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 sees Ed back in F1 running the Yamaha Engines truck for Brabham and then Jordan. It was into Historic F1 with BMTR tyres and finally he teamed ...
Ed Taylor, part 2 of 3
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This part sees Ed working at Leyton House March running with Judd engines. He tells how the truckies made a little extra money at the end of the seas...
Ed Taylor, part 1 of 3
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak to Ed Taylor whose first job in motor racing was in F1 with tyre supplier Goodyear. He tells us what was put into the tyres instead...
Doug Garner
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we chat with Gold Leaf Team Lotus mechanic Doug Garner who tells us about how he got started working for Lotus Cars before being poached by the...
Pete Briggs Part 1
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Briggs started off 1968 helping out around the workshop of the Winkelmann Racing Formula 2 team. Gradually working his way up to through 1969 and...
Eammon Fullalove
08 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This interview features metal guru Eammon ‘Chalkie’ Fullalove, from his start as a delivery boy with a butchers shop in his native Ireland, to his...
Beaky Sims Part 2
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 starts with a quick look at 1972 but then we dive back into the late 60's and his experiences with Jim Clark and Jochen Rindt, then it's on to ...
Beaky Sims Part 1
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this exclusive interview you’ll learn how Beaky started, his entry into racing with a friends’ Formula Junior car, his interview at Team Lotus ...
Pete Kerr Part 3
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 : 1972 through to 1978 and his work with March then on to Shadow and finally into R&D with Arrows. Download the recording here ...
Pete Kerr Part 2
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 : Is 1969 to 1971 and takes us through his time with Jochen Rindt and the F2 Brabhams at Winklelmann, the 1970 and into Formula 1 with the fled...
Pete Kerr Part 1
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 ; 1950 to 1968 takes us through Pete’s early interests growing up in his native New Zealand, getting involved with saloon car racing, Lotus C...
Cedric Selzer
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here you’ll hear Cedric tell us how his interest in all things automotive started growing up in South Africa, his move to the UK in 1961 and his sta...
Bob Dance
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview you’ll hear how Bob started at Rootes Group in 1950, how he got his first start with Lotus ten years later, how he moved on to con...
Welcome to the Mechanic's Gallon!
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the coming months I aim to bring you recordings of pitlane habituees ranging from people who were in at the start of the sport right through to m...