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Ant Anstead is best known for hosting car-centric television shows. He started working on and building cars in an old cow shed and grew that business and his reputation as a serious builder. He ventured onto British Television and co-hosted For the Love of Cars in 2013 and by 2020 he had hosted 16 different TV shows. In 2017 he hosted Wheeler Dealers with Mike Brewer, the number one, most distributed show on The Discovery Channel. He established Angel 22, his own production company and his extensive list of TV shows included more than 20. He is also part of the Radford Motors where they are building some amazing new vehicles in conjunction with Lotus. Ant holds nine World Records for car builds, he’s authored 3 books, and he was appointed one of the youngest Tactical Firearms Team officers in UK history, receiving two commendations for acts of bravery.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
Mike Brewer from Wheeler Dealer, and his friends F1 racer Jenson Button, and Roger Bailey at Radford.
CHALLENGE
Challenges are part of your toolbox of lessons learned. Years he spent in the police department and seeing the worst and best of people taught him his more important lessons.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILES
Radford Supercar
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Cops and Robbers: The Story of the British Police Car by Ant Anstead*
Petrol Head Parenting: The Essential Guide to Diagnosing and Nurturing a Petrol Head by Ant Anstead*
How to Build a Special by Ant Anstead*
PARTING WORDS OF WISDOM
Every human needs to stay foolish and hungry and creative. Don’t grow up too much.
SHARE THE INSPIRATION
If you enjoyed this show, please go to Apple Podcast and leave me a five-star review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and help others to be inspired by Cars Yeah. * indicates a past Cars Yeah guest.