Last year a good friend of mine, Rob Ashard, who is a TV sound engineer, part time radio DJ, and most importantly to this story a C3 Corvette owner, contacted me to discuss doing a Corvette Webcast. Rob wanted to know if I’d be interested in being one of the regular guests on the show. Well, anyone that knows me would say I have a great face for radio but they’re not so sure about on-screen.
I agreed to do it – I mean, what was the worst that could happen? I could break the webcam on my laptop I guess… Well so far the camera is holding up and we have recorded three episodes. The first and second episodes were recorded at Claremont Corvette [1], the company owned and run by Tom Falconer who is the UK’s oldest and most respected Corvette specialist. Tom is a well-known author of Corvette books [2] and has been involved in the Corvette hobby for more than 30 years. The third episode was a post-Sebring catch-up with just Rob and myself.
[3]Presenters Rob Ashtard (left) and Tom Falconer
[4]Oliver Gavin took some time out while in the US for Daytona to chat via Skype
The first episode was a question and answer session with club members from the UK Corvette Owners Club posing questions on the club website. [5] We all enjoyed making the show, but we decided that to make things a bit more interesting we would need to recruit special guests from the world of the Corvette. I was attending Road Atlanta for Petit Le Mans so I suggested I try and recruit Corvette Racing [6] driver and fellow Brit Oliver Gavin [7] for the second episode.
Olly graciously agreed, and we were able to arrange a suitable time – he was in the USA for Daytona in January, so we eventually settled on a date in February. The resulting shows are available on YouTube on the Corvette Webblast channel [8] for your viewing pleasure. Anyone with any suggestions for future episodes, be it special guests, questions etc. please feel free to post up in the UK Corvette Owners Club forum [9].