Car designer Ian Callum's car collection - part 2 // The Late Brake Show

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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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro

[@oceans123]

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!

[@claytonmanuel6797]

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[@gunnerjace8627]

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[@danielbrown2618]

Bloody brilliant, no egos, no PR BS to deal with just two blokes and their love of cars. Excellent stuff Jonny, loved it

[@Jack-cu7rl]

Jonny Smith never disappoints, brilliant start to The Late Brake Show

[@dominicrusho]

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

[@kraenk12]

Sure, the new Vanquish is even more beautiful. That said, this Callum Edition looks worse than both, sadly.

[@2006Vantage]

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

[@whyzen2081]

Love the rebrand mate, well done. I won't have "pervert" in my search history at work anymore, which is a bonus :p

[@nazdagg8633]

MuHaHa!

[@normanstephens5391]

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).

[@brucebogstrotter1796]

Seconded.

[@dermotguilfoyle6419]

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.

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Cheers Dermot. Glad you appreciate the kind of variety I want to bring.

[@nicsmith9120]

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.

[@matzo2217]

This is fab. What a great collection of cars and interesting chat.

[@TheBrewersDroop]

The amount of times I paused this and went window shopping. You're a bad influence on me!

[@noelhuggett8745]

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.

[@BrinToo]

Awesome updated/ re branded channel, loved the relaxed rear seat drive with Ian, what a lovely guy, such worldly experiences and so down to earth.

[@automotivepleasures5960]

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.

[@AquarianStarr]

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.

[@jonathanbeale3978]

Well done Jonny, excellent programme. I have always loved the XJC, a great looking car. Ian has just made it better.

[@user-qq2mo1ek2r]

You have to do more of these please. I have loved watching, listening and learning from Ian Callum... A true car design legend

[@twitteriscrap7995]

You should be very proud of that interview.

[@moog247]

Loved this, I could watch and listen you both for hours... Ian is such a great guy, and well, DB7, what else can you say - one of the greatest.

[@marknichols5818]

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.

[@jangerhards8720]

Thanks for the videos. I had to go back to part 1 to click the like button - I was so interested in part 2, I had to continue watching and I forgot it the first time. Well done. Looking forward to more of these videos.

[@iancross5370]

What a great 2 part film, love this type of content, well done Johnny 👏

[@nickthaskater]

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.

[@mikejf4377]

Loved listening to the two of you talking about cars, very nice video. Very interesting!

[@andrewmoorhouse687]

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.

[@robertp.wainman4094]

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.

[@chrisclarke5040]

Stuff like this gives me hope that we have finally moved past the Clarkson era of car journalism.

[@SuperBaconbutty]

Never thought about that, but it rang true as soon as I read it. Good take

[@R_Time_Now]

Great video....The passion of both of you for cars really shines through.

[@MrAdopado]

Parts 1 and 2 combined represent one of the best interviews, in the car genre, I've seen on any platform. Excellent.

[@jamesreilly8455]

Loved these last two episodes Jonny, excellent stuff. The Late Break Show is my latest KZbin subscription and already one of my favourites. All the best👍

[@richardgledhill]

Fascinating and genuine video with two great guys. I really must watch out for you driving around Warwick like that!

[@jeremymitchell3289]

I really enjoyed this two part show Johnny - thank you

[@mrdha1819]

Fantastic from start to finish. Especially the drive in the gorgeous 4.2 c, thank you!

[@mikeshaw7006]

Fantastic couple of vids, Jonny. I could listen 2 Ian talk about cars & design 4 hours! Long live The Late Brake Show m8!

[@alexcocking7288]

Brilliant. Thank you Jonny and Ian for a wonderful interview. Great way to kick off the re-brand. Yes to supercar estates!

[@nevada3602]

Great show! More of this mix of cars and characters please. !

[@hindmonk]

Jonny.... can't tell you how much i've enjoyed these interviews...... amazing stuff. Love your relaxed style and of course Ian is a proper gent and legend. Good luck with the channel!! All the best.

[@ewan2919]

Great car collection, great interview, Love the Channel and the unique perspectives.

[@huwkelvinmorgan3575]

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.

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

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.

[@huwkelvinmorgan3575]

@@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

[@betterspud21]

@@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!

[@ashleyholtz6174]

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 👍

[@greggmay959]

The channel that just keeps on giving... Well done, much appreciated!

[@kiwiwifi]

Solid gold. Wow! Many thanks to you both, for sharing Ian's creations, and an unexpected and rare insite into what makes this brilliant and modest man tick. This episode is definately next level automotive yotubing. Well done Johnny! Bravo.

[@originalmossman]

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.

[@Reddsoldier]

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.

[@jacknewberry-edwards1775]

Really enjoyed the relaxed presentation of this new format. Can't wait to see how this develops. Well done.

[@gbfunky]

Loving all the content, podcast is epic chat 👌thank you!

[@mikefrost7516]

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.

[@martinboulden3540]

Absolutely loved watching this video. Thank you.

[@Android-vk8yh]

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👍👍👍

[@Dave-in-France]

Hi Jonny and thank you for your first 2 episodes in the new guise - what a kick-off ??!! Absolutely loved hearing about Mr. Callum's life with cars, and being an XJ owner, seeing that gorgeous XJ coupé - Yum yum ! The very best of luck to you in this new venture - I'm sure you'll do very well indeed. Dave

[@oggie1967]

Fantastic interview! More please!👍😊

[@mikehisc]

Fabulous Jonny. Who needs a tv licence when there’s great stuff to watch like this.

[@filipegil8752]

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 😎👌

[@iankershaw9010]

A brief but sincere “thank you”. Sessions with Ian and Chris were a real delight and offered some delightful insights. Ian,

[@mrcogginsgarage7062]

Who could ask for a better start than this, proper job Jonny Thankyou,and to Mr Callum kudos.

[@g3whg247]

Loved both parts. A great format and a really interesting interview.

[@olisnell1287]

So good. Well done ive been hooked watching this keep cracking on with the amazing content.

[@jordiboadella83]

Hello the late brake show!!! What a nice interview! As always such a pleasure to watch your videos Jonny

[@nealecourt8431]

A really interesting, relaxed interview. Enjoyed every minute 👍

[@paulhic1]

Brilliant videos Jonny and a great start to new channel, looking forward to more.

[@SuperMarge123]

Congratulations on your channel transition, excellent. Thank you for your hard work and brilliant presentation. Respect. Regards Gareth Wiltshire UK. Gratitude. Quality.

[@rontuohy8902]

Wonderful first Late Brake Show interview Jonny, Ian Callum is so interesting and such a gentleman and he was involved in the 2004 facelift of my current car, the Jaguar S Type (4.2 of course!) so of course is a bit of a hero.

[@seanohagan8722]

Just found this Chanel and what a find... love it!!

[@jeffdavies688]

What's not to like.....love it! Thanks Mr Smith.

[@muttleysb5830]

Brilliant Jonny! Ian seems a genuinely nice guy with a passion for motoring, a chance meeting on a plane and pals for life.

[@minimonte]

Great pair of films. The friendship really came across. Very relaxed car chat. Fantastic start Jonny

[@thephilosopher7299]

Bloody brilliant work Jonny. Great content. The future looks bright for the Late Brake Show.

[@johnmcreynolds5299]

Fantastic! Best hours viewing I’ve seen for a long time! 👍🏼🚗👍🏼

[@Mr2OOM]

Thank you for making this Mr Vert .. That was extremely enjoyable ..

[@alieman9154]

Thank you for putting this all together, it's been a privilege to get tot connect to Ian closer though your video ;) Cheers

[@theodor12]

I love the fact that I didn't have to wait for part 2. Great stuff.

[@philipjones2895]

Love the new name, and what a brilliant way to launch the The Late Brake Show. Fabulous interview, so wish you continued success with excellent quality programming.

[@ianwilcoxson1579]

Really enjoyed this, great to hear you both talk so honestly about what makes a great car....

[@stevejordan103]

Love these chats with top car people and the whole relaxed format 👍

[@Geordo1960]

Really enjoyed this video Especially Mr. Callums relaxed laid-back interesting conversation. You guys have a good rapport as well. I’d would have loved to have been there! Thank you both. Love that collection!

[@thomass3769]

Could listen to this for days. Nicely done.

[@KenLongBurgheim]

That was great! Really enjoyed it, and what a genuinely nice guy Ian Callum is.

[@DGT73]

Spot on , great show!

[@V_Dubya]

I grinned my way through all of this Jonny . Great work mate

[@daliborpuchta1952]

What a man. Created one of the most gorgeous cars ever.... And so nice, with great taste.

[@JcwThe22]

What a brilliant show. Excellent quality work Jonny. No egos, no crap , just a couple of petrol heads chatting about what they love. Awesome! It's getting me through tier 4 Christmas.

[@bradyb2482]

really enjoyed that thanks @Jonny

[@Ronnie9919]

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.

[@chrisanderson8578]

I was meant to go to sleep 25 mins ago but saw your video on my feed. Really like the rebrand and the production quality on this was great. Such a relaxing yet engaging video.

[@philmonk8422]

Excellent new show. I remember the mark 3 and Ian from a fifth gear episode. True enthusiast and normal bloke, could listen for hours.

[@GenonUK]

Another brilliant interview. Loving The Late Brake Show :))

[@iancharlton678]

Nice.... with added warmth and loveliness ❤️

[@drewsteroriginals4564]

Great video, revisiting this again, such a great interview, all about the '32 for me :-)

[@stevethomson9069]

Great watch , thank you.

[@owenrichardson7278]

Great job Jonny - brilliant start to the new direction of the channel. That ‘32 though... 😍

[@RaceJan]

Bloody good! Thoroughly enjoyed both parts!

[@davidporter3810]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching . Thanks Jonny.:-)

[@mrmallkmus]

Great, brilliant show! Do no not stop doing that!

[@davidashley4386]

What a gent, what I like is his lack of snobbery. Brilliant, thanks Johnny a very class production.

[@rjnation5042]

Completely agree with you both about the XJC , the old saying, "Grace Pace & Space" even in the coupe, Rj in Oz.

[@dndsmith1ify]

Love this. Can't wait until you cab do more Jonny

[@bri77uk1]

Great start to the new look channel! Nice one!

[@simonmurfin1910]

Great interview with a legend of the industry and clearly a good friend. Really interested to see who else who know!

[@MrBrianc1975]

Fantastic and interesting video. Just brilliant. And the xj is my favourite too

[@rogerwilliams7234]

Fabulous - Thanks Jonny!

[@davidholden2658]

Thoroughly enjoyed this and the previous episode. It helps that Ian owns three of my all time favourite cars, the Mini, the TR6 and the XJC.

[@SuperMcgenius]

It is nice to see how much you appreciate the cars that you have. Yes to brakes and Suspension.👍

[@simonvanellis2945]

What a lovely guy and friendship you have.