Fuelling Round podcast: Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason on proudly owning a duplicate of the world’s first automobile – Cyber Tech

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason joins hosts Jason Plato and Dave Vitty on the award-winning podcast Fuelling Round to debate his profession, automobile assortment and nonetheless writing music in his 80s.

Mason is finest identified for being a part of iconic British band Pink Floyd, serving to to write down hit singles similar to One other Brick within the Wall, Cash and Want You Had been Right here together with the notorious album The Darkish Aspect of the Moon.

The 80-year-old sat down with Plato and Vitty to debate the epic automobiles he has pushed over time and what’s in his present assortment.

Nick Mason on proudly owning a duplicate of the primary motorized vehicle

Throughout a wide-ranging chat, Mason detailed the gorgeous automobiles he has purchased, together with a duplicate of the world’s first ever motorized vehicle.

“Funnily sufficient the most recent automobile could be probably the most unlikely as a result of it’s a duplicate,” Mason defined.

“The unique automobile not exists, of a 1895 Benz, which is principally seen as the primary motor automobile ever.

“Some years in the past a man referred to as John Bentley really made 12 of those. The thought was for them to go to a few museums, in all probability the Mercedes-Benz museum particularly, who needed this duplicate, however whereas he was doing it he thought, I’ll make a bunch of those.

“They’re probably the most wonderful automobiles as a result of they do work. Sadly although they aren’t totally street authorized.

“What it appears to be like like is a Victorian pram. The unique has now gone, however I believe it was Mercedes themselves who commissioned the making of this duplicate.

“I haven’t pushed it but, I’ve to be trustworthy, however I’m informed it’s simply as scary as any tremendous automobile.”

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