Behind the scenes filming with SBS

Danny Estrin, frontman and lead singer of the Perth band, Voyager, is a longtime car nut with an interesting collection of mainly 1980s vehicles. Following on from Voyager's recent success at Eurovision, Danny was able to pitch to SBS (Special Broadcasting Services in Australia) a TV series about classic car ownership, which they agreed to pick up. Filming is underway in November 2025.

Danny and I know each through our car club and the classic scene and he invited me to participate in the series. The crew came over to my house on Thursday 20 November 2025 for filming. The Tatra was the subject, although Danny was very interested in my DKWs.

The crew setting up for filming.

Filming was done with two hand held cameras and an automated camera that panned back and forth along the car from the side.

Danny arrives in his Mitsubishi Magna Elite. 1980s magnificence.

Obligatory celebrity selfie! The interview was conducted in the car. The conversation was very easy and we spoke for well over an hour. The editors are going to have their hands full trying to turn that into something useful! After the interview we took the Tatra for drive, filming along the Swan River, the Fremantle Cappuccino Strip and along the South Mole of the Fremantle Harbour. We did a lot of drone shots too. All up we were fully occupied from 9am to 3.45pm. It was a great experience and a real pleasure. Danny is extremely personable with a witty banter.

I am not sure what the series will be called or when it will go to air, but expect it will probably be sometime in 2026. I know there are five episodes in the series, each featuring three cars and their owners. When I know the details I'll update the post and provide links. As SBS is an Australian state broadcaster, I am not sure it will be viewable overseas, unless they license it for foreign markets. We shall see.

When you really love cars, why not bring them on stage with you?

Filming with RAC earlier in the year: https://tatrat600.blogspot.com/2024/11/behind-scenes-of-in-my-garage.html

B-sport Ferdinand Porsche Documentary Series

Ferdinand Porsche's life story has come to be totally dominated by the Volkswagen, the rear-engined German people's car. The Volkswagen is rightly a legendary vehicle, but the controversies that attach to that project and the car itself, do Porsche a great disservice. The Volkswagen was simply one of a series of vehicles he designed. It's not even the most interesting! Porsche's pre-Volkswagen career is extremely interesting. He started as a metalworker in his father's workshop, then became an itinerate tradesman, became an electrical apprentice, then electrical engineer, designed an electric vehicle motor, designed and patented the electric wheel-hub motor for the Lohner carriage company, designed military trucks and diesel-electric road trains for the Austro-Hungarian army, designed Austro-Daimler's first aero engine (that went on to become the model for Daimler-Benz and BMW aero engines in the First and Second World War), became Austro-Daimler's technical director of vehicle development, designed, built and drove racecars for Daimler, promoted the development of a budget 'people's' motorcar (at Austro-Daimler, Steyr and Daimler-Benz), designed the four and six cylinder engines used by Wanderer, worked on mid-engined racecars for Benz and Auto-Union, designed a three-wheeled delivery van for Zundapp, designed the Volkswagen and its predecessors, developed a 'people's tractor' and designed heavy tanks for the Wehrmacht. Most people don't know any of this. When you understand the full scope of his career, the fairy tales that accuse him of plagarism (of Ledwinka's or Ganz' designs) are easy to dismiss as the nonsense they are.

B-Sport channel on YouTube have done a magnificently detailed review of Ferdinand Porsche's career, from his early years in his father's metalwork shop. B-Sport have many other histories and biographies on their channel that are well worth watching. I highly recomment their content.

Porsche's early life

Revolutionary Designs at Lohner

Porsche at Austro-Daimler

Difficult times at Mercedes


More videos to follow. Subscribe to B-Sport for more content https://www.youtube.com/@bsport320

The origin of the Volkswagen: http://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/volkswagen-world-beating-peoples-car.html
Volkswagen at War: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2014/07/volkswagen-at-war.html
The Death and Resurrection of Volkswagen: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-death-and-resurrection-of-volkswagen.html
The Tatra-Volkswagen lawsuit: https://tatrat600.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-tatra-versus-volkswagen-lawsuit.html