Fascinating listening to an owner who uses the car you built for him, especially when the car is used in anger and doing so well in its class.

Wow,That in car footage was sensational,to see it being driven in anger,just awesome.

Couldn't understand why Vader looked grey until I rewatched the beginning. 🤦🏼 Alasdair seems like an absolute dream customer, very down to earth, clear, concise, positive, zero ego too. This was a great episode and very good to see the car being properly used. 🙌🙌

For the first moment when I saw the thumbnail I was disappointed not to be catching up on progress in the workshop … but I was hooked within minutes and loved every minute. Fantastic.

He can drive the lad can. Chuffing brilliant stuff.

Previous time at ty croes, i was as scrut and was looking at the car, and suddenly had the " oh thats the retro power car!" moment and was talking to Allister. Big reason i returned today was to look at the car again, Allister will probably have seen me just looking almost in a trance lol. Its just so well put together, there isnt a bad weld on the car at all, and that even with properly built cars is rare! Details like the exhaust heat shield is done like its factory, seats with the proper pattern in the middle, its just right. Made my day to see this on youtube. thankyou !!!

Hats off to him driving it that hard with the price tag of the the build 👍

Thanks for this, I really enjoyed it. Wow that onboard, the sensation of speed was unreal.

Holy shit that was good driving and on a f-ing narrow and wet English track!

Only 5 mins in and mesmerised - great new plan guys!!! More of this!!!

This video is absolutely mega. The format and editing is spot on. So good to see the car being used and to hear from one of your customers. Loved the whole story and the coverage of the rally with the in car footage, awesome pedalling 👍 Please make some more episodes in this series. Great work guys.

Loved this. I discovered Alasdair's channel a few weeks ago and have been binge watching these rallies. 😊 Met you guys at Goodwood in 2019 as a result of watching Gordon Murray build and I remember you telling me about this crazy guy who picked up his car from your workshop and immediately drove it to the circuit. We then watched him hammer it round the track and drift through the chicane before the pit straight. It was one of the quickest cars on track. Top guy. Full respect to Alasdair and great to see him and Chevette doing so well in competition. 👍👍

That was great. Really enjoyed that skit. Thanks

Loved this car at Goodwood 2018 - proper weapon - I knew it was it's debut event and expected it to be a steady shakedown run - boy was I bloody wrong there - on it right from the start an it was a pleasure to watch

Brilliant to see. You must get such a buzz from seeing one of your builds being used properly and in ‘anger’ in the way it was meant to be. The car went so crisply in the hands of its capable and devoted team. Amazingly, it looks to be so well cared for. Little wonder it puts such a smile on faces and turns in those great results. Please may we have some more similar follow ups. Thanks for this episode.

Excellent interview need more !!!!!

this was great fun to watch! seems like scots and rally naturally go together. sweet car!

G'day from West Australia, Carl😉 Definately not a trailer queen, for certain🙂👍👍

Looks, and sounds amazing!

Absolute gem of an episode, superb camera work, discussion, people and ofcourse the car. Very well done.

It's great that a car is used in the way it was built for. Good series, hope many owners participate in this.

Terrific episode, nice to see the cars you build in action. Look forward to future customer catch up’s.

Great story as the man driving said it’s all in the teamwork what more can anyone add💪💪💪

Loved every single minute of this vid guys, you have reached a new level - totally f...g ace!!!

Great video, really enjoyed that, thanks. The in car section was excellent. Brilliant car and impressive driving.

Really interesting video. Seems like a very nice guy to work with.

Fantastic episode,great insight into the ownership, and the fact that it's not a show pony.Looking forward to the next episode in this series.

I’m a top fan of Retropower car builds, but maybe I’m unusual in the respect that I’m not slightly interested in racing or rallying. I just love the craftsmanship that Retropower demonstrate so beautifully.

I watched Alasdair at the Winter Stages Brands Hatch. Great car, great pilot, I know the majority of your clients prefer the animosity and I respect that, but you must be over the moon to have someone who can who can show the quality of your efforts.

I really enjoyed seeing how the car was used and abused! Fantastic car, great owner and an interesting video 👍

love this! so good to see the car being used and the next part of the cars story after its finished.

Excellent video guys

Alasdair, that was a great drive in SS5. I'm sitting in my chair, remembering my experiences in my 2012 STI on Tarmac, and thinking this Chevette is amazing. Like you said, it hooked up so well.

Really enjoyed that hope to get more in the future 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻👏👏

That boy can pedal! Really great episode and the in-car footage was fantastic. What a lovely bloke.

In that opening shot, all I could think was, "That looks like a good cup of tea"

Week on Sunday I'll be there. Superb episode from a lifelong rally fan. Loved the DTV Chevettes.

Yeh first makes a change hope your all well guys Sunday night now complete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻

Brilliant episode , a very enjoyable interview , compliments to Neil on his success as an extremely talented driver and nice guy. Can't help thinking what Russell Brooks , Jimmy McRae , Pennti Arikala or Tony Pond would have looked like in this car . Well done guys.

This was fantastic, Thanks guys great watch.

He is my era with the names he mentioned within 2 minutes! Great idea for a series. Thank for the effort you all must put into these! :)

Excellent, great insight

Well having finally found some mid week time to watch this, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great to see the car being used how it was intended and to be doing so well. I look forward to the next one. Well done RetroPower 👍😎

Wow🤯. That was fantastic! What a great video! Looking forward to more just like this! That car is beautiful and it’s so nice to see it being driven so well and so hard, bravo!

I’ve never seen a hand model drive before but fair play to him. Savage car, sound owner.

Love your work! Just incredible attention to detail and absolute top quality execution. Love your videos! The more in depth the better, and this new series is just brilliant! Great idea! About the episode; great build, great story, lovely to see some rally action and what a great guy. I'm really impressed with his driving skills and likewise with his co-pilot, especially for their 30th rally only. I would've guessed they had much more experience than that. Very impressive. It's obvious that they're a great team! Also, what a great testament this is, to the work you do at Retropower, and your involvement with your costumers. I love the story when he writes his old mate, and the guy doesn't hesitate a second and responds with a photo in full race suit and helmet haha 😄 full-on ready to go, just great!💪 Thanks to everyone involved and good luck next weekend, please keep us updated on the results! Best regards, André.

Brilliant....start to finish...including the build. Great watch 👊👍

Bloody brilliant viewing.

Great video and so interesting to hear how the car is being used but never expected so much one handed steering! Probably so used to seeing rally drivers these days with paddle shift rather than stick shift.. m6 hats of to him!

Absolutely loved this.

Fantastic, the in car footage was great, especially as when they were on the track, it was in the opposite direction to how Caldwell is usually raced. Brilliant.

This is what rallying is all about. Passion, teamwork and attention to detail. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Great stuff.

Bloody hell Alistair was flying there! Cool to see it in use with the rally,

Please let us know how they go! Brilliant Vlog - exciting to ride with those two! Great to see one of your builds doing so well with such a great bloke! Celtic calm...

1. Incredible build! 2. Incredible co driver! 3. Incredible driver! What a great package for rallying!

Delightful. Many thanks both

Awesome as Always...Thank you for all your content

Wow, fascinating! Not the sort of thing/interview/car that would normally keep my KitKat breaking strain of attention to watch all the way through. Top stuff Chaps very much enjoyed.

How times have changed, when I was rallying the only tyre choice I had was at the start of the season whether to buy a set of Goodyear Ultragrips or Dunlop M&S's...!! Really interesting video!

Great video, and loved seeing it get used in anger. Looking forward to more of these.

Very honest interview

opening piece. Check out the size of that aliens hands... The Vauxhall owner is defo an alien.

Love it... HSR looks the business. He looked so fast..best of luck

Fantastic insight into the car actually being used in proper anger..... I too thought... he needs paddle shft so he can keep two hands on the wheel ...... it looked quite frenetic going through the complex!!

Just seen the video of you in America. The Ford probe, I too was expecting a different car😂. If I win the lotto I am genuinely going to bring you one. Our local overly friendly police orifice had one as his daily....

Absolutely loved this!

Brilliant...Allister can drive 👍

So impressed by the way this guy uses the car!

Enjoyed that, good to see all your hard work having success & a happy customer to boot 👍

Fantastic idea great stuff 🙏

This was a really enjoyable addition to the channel. Loved it!

Amazing skills , not seen a chevette for years either nice looking cars especially this one all rallied up 👍

Beautiful video, what a great team!!!!!

That was really interesting. Thank you.

Would love to see and hear more about the greatest rallycar ever built... well almost anyway.. Datsun Violet 160 J. Please please please. Petri from Finland

Fantastic video, really need to get to one of these events to watch some amazing driving.

Wonderful vid, feels like a special treat. I do hope there are some other owners that are willing to give their experience along the way. Cheers.

I’m sure I’ve seen this car at Anglesey. It’s stunning.

That was excellent, really enjoyed it. It would be nice if you could edit in some clips or still photos over the kitchen conversation, 16m was quite a long time to wait to see what you were talking about. Cheers

Old skool vauxhalls best out

Great car , great driver and co driver , I enjoyed that 👍🏻. Much underrated cars Vauxhall. All the boy racers want Fords 😁 Anyway really good watch .

Great build. Great customer.. Great video. Dodgy Audio . Maybe stick with the same clip mike throughout would help . All the best to your team ,, and Alistair and Neil .

I don't think I've ever seen that much opposite lock going on one handed before! It's working though😁

nice car

All good and dandy, yet I'm still wondering if the Stratos is the one that got away!?

Fab driving on that narrow English track. It just is a little confusing with the steering wheel at the drinkers side.

Great in car footage ( Almost takes me back to RAC Rally Report )

Cracking video but then again I am a rally nut... curious as to why it's fitted with a "stubby" gearstick and not a tall lever so there's less distance for the hand to travel from wheel to gearstick? Or even flappy paddles?

Interesting comments about the handbrake….the number of times I’ve seen rallying clips where you just think…..leave the handbrake alone!!!!!

I suggest to get some Rode Wireless GO II's if you'll be doing more of these types of interviews. Two transmitters, one receiver. Plug & play.

I have always wondered ..... Do you guys get involved with commercial vehicles ? Vans for example .... just a thought, thnx

HAVE IT !!!!!!!! What's your channel called?

Cool vid', cool car and cool owner! 😎👍 23:43 - but that marshal standing on that side of the fence was NOT cool - it was a damn-stupid place to stand rather than just leaning over the fence. Yup, using the hand-brake is really only for when trying to provoke the rear to step out to kill understeer, or for REALLY tight hairpins where it's a much faster way to flick the car round and/or there isn't enough lock to do it cleanly.

90% of the time the handbrake is the wrong choice. Well driven

Unfortunately, as I watch this on my phone, the sound level is far too low ! Stu

20:20 - How the hell did that thing pass scrutineering?

Cadwell Park?

It is great to be able to watch different content, but very disappointed that you replaced our regular Sunday night RetroPower Uncut with it. The Sunday night catch up on the great work you all do has become almost a religious event.......Please bring back our regular Sunday Night Uncut videos. 🙏🙏🙏

One handed steering? The gearshift isn't going anywhere mate.

Audio a bit poor