Aston Martin history that moves beyond Bond and settles into a serious reference-style discussion.
Horsepower Heritage moves past the easy James Bond hook and spends its time on Aston Martin history, racing, personalities, and period photographs.

Maurice Merrick
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Maurice Merrick interviews builders and historians behind restomods like the Lancia 037.
Horsepower Heritage is an interview podcast hosted by Maurice Merrick that focuses on the people and workshops behind specific cars, from restomod builders like Velocity Restorations and Gunther Werks to replica constructors like Hegedus Automobili. Episodes cover the technical and business details of building or restoring cars — chassis choices, engine swaps, homologation rules, and shop production methods — alongside marque history such as Aston Martin's founding and Group B rally racing. Guests are typically company founders, restoration specialists, professional drivers, and automotive authors. The show pairs storytelling about a car's origins with practical detail on how modern builders recreate or modernize it.
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Horsepower Heritage is a long-form interview show hosted by Maurice Merrick that pairs automotive history with conversations about the shops and individuals building, restoring, or replicating notable cars today. Episodes typically run 45 to 75 minutes and center on a single build, company, or historical arc discussed with one or two guests. Recurring subjects include restomod and replica builders such as Velocity Restorations, Gunther Werks, and Hegedus Automobili, whose founders or representatives walk through chassis platforms, engine swaps such as Ford's Coyote V8, suspension choices, and shop production processes. Other episodes turn toward marque and motorsport history, covering topics like Aston Martin's founding by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford, its Le Mans racing era, Group B rally regulations, and cars like the Lancia 037 and Fiat 131 Abarth. Guests include restoration company founders and executives, professional racing drivers who provide track and street feedback, and automotive authors researching marque histories. Occasionally an episode features more than one guest in a panel-style conversation, such as a Porsche builder joined by a professional driver. The show balances technical detail on drivetrain choices, aftermarket parts, and homologation rules with narrative about why a car or company came to exist. It also touches on current debates in the classic car space, such as customer reception of electric conversions versus traditional combustion restomods. Listeners get both the origin story of a car or marque and a practical look at how present-day builders approach reproducing or modernizing it. The tone throughout is conversational and detail-oriented rather than reviews- or news-driven.
Made for: Car enthusiasts interested in restomod builds, classic Ford and Porsche restorations, and motorsport history from Group B rally to Le Mans.
What sets it apart: Centers each episode on the builders, shops, and historians behind one specific car or marque rather than general car news, reviews, or road tests.
Host Maurice Merrick takes deep dives into automotive history with great storytelling and fascinating guests from the car and motorcycle world. It's all about the people and the stories behind the machines.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026
Horsepower Heritage turns car obsession into patient talk about builders, restorers, racing memory, and the choices behind memorable machines.
Horsepower Heritage belongs in Leisure, but its idea of leisure has grease under its nails. The show treats the garage as a place for memory, argument, taste, and problem solving.
An Aston Martin wing held on with rope is your invitation past the showroom gloss.
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Aston Martin history that moves beyond Bond and settles into a serious reference-style discussion.
Horsepower Heritage moves past the easy James Bond hook and spends its time on Aston Martin history, racing, personalities, and period photographs.
A grounded look at a recreated Lancia 037 and the Group B world around it.
Maurice Merrick sits down with Brandon Hegedus to talk through Brandon's recreation of the Lancia 037 Group B rally car, finished in the classic Martini colors.
A smart Ford-performance chat that favors clean builds over flashy excess.
Tom Maxwell and Maurice Merrick keep the episode moving at a clean pace, with the focus staying on Ford performance and the usual spread of 67 and 68 Mustangs, Fox Body Mustangs, and Velocity Restorations' wider catalog.
A live Porsche conversation grounded in team craft, lap records, and driver feedback.
Horsepower Heritage captures a live night at Finish Line Calabasas, with Maurice Merrick hosting Peter Nam and Patrick Long and Tony Principi joining as co-host.
A grounded look at classic trucks being rebuilt for modern roads.
Classic trucks are framed here as part of the car hobby, not just as a memory piece. Maurice Merrick opens by calling the pickup truck an American original, then Jason Knoll of Fat Fender Garage walks through how classic Fords and Chevys are brought into the modern era with…

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Horsepower Heritage frames Aston Martin as a company with a “perpetual state of being permanently on the edge,” then brings in Russell Hayes, author of Aston Martin, The Entire Story, a two-volume set that weighs 8.4 pounds.
Maurice Merrick brings Brandon Hegedus back to Horsepower Heritage for a look at Brandon's latest creation, the brutal and beautiful Lancia 037 Group B rally car from the early 1980s in iconic martini colors.
This episode features an interview with Bradley Price, founder of Autodromo, discussing automotive-inspired watch design, his company's story, and his passion for classic cars and vintage racing.
Maurice Merrick talks with Tom Maxwell of Velocity Restorations, a Pensacola company that builds about 140 to 150 cars a year with roughly 160 employees.
Maurice Merrick records a live Horsepower Heritage conversation at Finish Line Auto Club’s Calabasas location with Tony Principi joining as co-host.
Maurice Merrick opens by arguing that pickup trucks are an American original and that classic trucks hold a special place in the car hobby.
Host Maurice Merrick interviews Alana Scher, Senior Features Editor at Car and Driver, about her journey into car culture and her love for Mopar vehicles.
Host Maurice Merrick introduces part two of his interview with author Peter Grimsdale about Italian cars and reflects on the year's episodes.
Host Maurice Merrick interviews author Peter Grimsdale about his new book on the history of Italian cars and their global impact.
Host Maurice Merrick interviews Dr.
Host Maurice Merrick interviews Jim Busby, a mechanic-turned-driver who raced iconic Porsches in the 1970s and 80s, discussing his career and the era's innovations.
Maurice Merrick promotes the Slow Baja Vintage Expedition, a non-competitive off-road adventure through Baja California celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sal Fish's first Baja 1000.
Host Maurice Merrick promotes the Slow Baja Vintage Expedition, a non-competitive off-road adventure through Baja California celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sal Fish's first Baja 1000.
Host Maurice Merrick interviews author Tony Thacker about his book on the pioneers of the hot rod movement.
Host Maurice Merrick discusses the unusual Rudy Klein Collection auction in Los Angeles, featuring twisted metal and hidden automotive treasures.