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Having seen a beautiful Jowett Jupiter classic racing car on the Crossley Motor Sport stand at Race Retro this year, 3 On The Column Classic Car Podcast just had to find out more.

Edward, Jack and Manny from Crossley agreed to join us and tell us what it is like to restore and race this classic Jowett: from the lads' first meeting on the Formula Student project at Birmingham University, to the restoration, the race preparation and the competing in the Lemans classic, as well as a full-on season of classic car racing. This is also a story of the support received from the Jowett Car Club, a classic car club that has the foresight to appreciate how important it is to get young people interested in, and ultimately to secure a future for, these classic Jowett cars.

Plus why is the classic Mini Cooper such a brilliant racing car? If you can restore a Mini, you can restore an Aston DB4: yes, it is that simple! Here's the story so far of the barn find DB4 that was featured in the Bangers and Cash UK TV programme.

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Today, Andrew revisits his schooldays where, fortunately for us, he paid a bit more attention to the staff car park than he did to his schoolwork! SEE ME!

Riding in the back of the school minibus at high speed through the back streets of Gosport on a loose bench seat, and getting out alive...

The smell of lightly oiled rubber? It can only be a Renault 8.

This is a local, special edition for local people: we'll have no trouble here!

What's that pedal bin doing on the curb?

All will be revealed.

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Today, the car lease is expiring and Brian & Andrew start the search for a new company car.

As budgets are tight, we need to consider all bases (excuse the pun). After dismissing the 100E Popular in 1953 for its single suction wiper and mechanical brakes (and a plywood floor, anyone?), we tried very hard to purchase a Fiesta Popular. But the salesman was going to make it too easy to buy a Fiesta L instead, and we really didn't need the frippery of houndstooth cloth trim and an L badge on the tailgate.

A Renault 5 782 cc could have worked but, unlike the TL's and GTL's, you could only buy it under cover of darkness from a mildly disagreeable salesman somewhere round the back of the showroom.

So, please, Mr Fleet manager, don't steer me into a life of outside lane dominance in a Cavalier 2.0 GLi, relying only on the front fog lights, alloys, tilt/slide sunroof and a Phillips 4 speaker radio cassette to brighten my day.

No, my ego can only be supported by the brilliance of the BMW 316, where I can choose a Blaupunkt Boston sound system at my own expense, marvel at the quality BMW roundels on my plastic hubcaps and have no draughts from a tilt and slide sunroof. I'll leave the BMW key on display at the golf club, believe it's a 325i and, of course, I'll choose it in white.

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