The Ant Anstead interview PART 2 – the private life and project cars of a Wheeler Dealer. Welcome to an Idol Chat interview, where Jonny Smith takes his battered brown leather chairs to meet someone prominent in our automotive world.
Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show.
If you search for him on the internet, these days Ant Anstead’s name is more synonymous with high profile divorce or dating a Hollywood actress than departing Wheeler Dealers. But having known Ant for a good few years Jonny wanted to ensure this Idol Chat interview covered the many bases of his life, his car career and how he rises above the pressures and stresses of being in the public eye. Did you know his partner Renee Zellweger knows how to weld (and enjoys it)? Neither did we.
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Jonny Smith
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:20 Master Mechanic Tipo 184
1:07 Last Haynes manual
4:23 High profile marriage/divorce
5:34 Radford coachbuilding
6:14 Meeting Renee Zellweger
9:29 Not a car collector
10:27 Top Gear audition crash
13:05 Imagine if he’d got Top Gear gig
13:30 Smith & Sniff podcast
13:55 Police car story
14:55 EV converted classic cars
16:05 Series 1 Land Rover EV?
16:29 Favourite Renee Zellweger film
17:23 Ant loves Musicals!
18:12 American car fan?
19:10 What classic to buy now?
20:35 Guilty pleasure car
21:42 Meeting bad people
24:50 Still Edd China…
25:20 The Wheeler Dealer influence
26:10 Outro
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Wow what a bloody awesome episode 1 & 2 with Ant. How positive is he! Fantastic! Fingers crossed Ed does join Ant and Mike year for a big anniversary show even if it’s a one of.
Only today I have noticed that this thread of shows is not called the "Idle chat" as I thought it was. All of a sudden it all makes sense.
Super interview and a great guy.
Great interview, really enjoyed the content 👍
…another musical theatre-loving car guy.
Ant once introduced me to Christina following a case of mistaken identity..on my part..
Ant & Edd…!? "I'd buy that for a dollar….!" ☺️👍
Brilliant 🙌
Ant is the reason I got into following car shows on YT!
EV cars are shit, my friend has a Audi Etron GT Over £100k and can’t wait to go back to combustion. He was sat in my 17 year old Honda with the aircon on charging his phone 😂😂
Ant mentioning Edd at the end was pure class ! What a gentleman !
Well that was fantastic and I can’t believe wheeler dealers is twenty years old
I think my first memory of edd was I think at the aircraft hanger so I don’t know we’re that fits in on the scheme of things
👍👍👍
Ant seems like a really nice guy but also with a weird intensity, like serial killer vibes
Always liked Ant, seems like a proper top bloke.
WAIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's building a plane?! I need to know more………….
also Ed China Fan. thank you for the interview 👍
Awww man, I should love him, I really should, he ticks every box. I don't know what it is but something just doesn't sit right. Clearly, he's a nice guy but he reminds me of my GTA ALPINE: borderline perfect but we just don't get on. He's wrong about EV's and V70's being the best police car: Mk1 Granada & Rover SD1 is the correct answer
Really enjoyed that. Thank you both 👍👍
Brilliant Jonny 👏
That was superb 👍🏻
I always try and second guess what trainers Jonny will be wearing – never guessed correctly to date!
Throughly enjoyed that pretty cool interview. 👍
Fabulous interviews Jonny, what a seemingly down to earth guy. My god has he covered a lot of ground! Thanks again for keeping these interviews coming… Top Gear who?😂
Never even been aware of Ant or what he's been involved in, but he comes across as a genuine guy. I think he could replace Paddy McGuiness on Top Gear, making that a vastly better show.🤞
Really enjoyed both parts. 👏🏼
That was excellent 👏 bravo lads
Thanks for both parts 🙂
Absolutely fantastic!
@17:46 – by 'I went to Beverly Knights', do you mean her house or a musical?
I saw her in London playing Whitney Houstons part in The Bodyguard – I've also seen her in concert a few times, she's amazing.
Ant, you are a true gentleman
Hey Jonny,
Loved the 2 part interview.
I met Ant on the Radford stand at Festival of Speed in 2021. He was so chatty and nice that when we walked out I said to my friends “which of you knows him as a mate”? The answer of course was, “we’ve just met him for the first time as well”. What a top bloke.
fantastic interview really interesting would like to hear more about Radford
What a lovely (and lucky) man
European car I would like to buy? Ask me Johnny! 😂… Peugeot 505 Dangel
Thanks Jonny, for this and also Part 1. Really great interviews with a great chap. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to Ant. VMT.
This was brilliant guys, sort of YouTube content I love. Ant came across as a top top bloke. Thank you 🙌