The Grey NATO – 237 – Thomas Holland of 'Throttle House' On His Watches, Cars, Diving, Climbing, and More

With Jason away in Scotland for this recording, we have an extra special guest host for this episode – Thomas Holland of the excellent automotive Youtube channel Throttle House. James and Thomas recently became buddies as Thomas was hunting down a Speedmaster and James had been a long-time fan of the Throttle House videos, which Thomas co-hosts with James (a different James – a better, British James).

TGN’s James had Thomas over for a face-to-face recording in Toronto and the two chatted about the realities of being an enthusiast (be it for cars, watches, or otherwise), how Throttle House has found traction on Youtube, Thomas’s latest watch pickup (something German), and his history in diving, ice climbing, and mountaineering. Of course, Thomas and James also talk about driving some truly amazing cars and Throttle House’s biggest project ever, a massive road trip in two classic sport hatchbacks from the ’80s (don't miss this, Part 1 came out last week and it’s awesome).

A big thanks to Thomas for being on the show, it was a blast to record and we hope you love it. Stay in the mix for a Final Notes that will have you digging into the nitty-gritty of modern car development and a not-so-modern photo essay chronicling the early days of Patagonia.

Click here if you want to play episode 237 from your browser – thanks so much for listening.

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2:00 The Throttle House on Youtube
2:15 Thomas Holland’s Instagram
5:40 Mazda Miata
10:25 James getting into an I8
11:14 The G-Wagen Wave
12:43 Sinn 105 St Sa
15:44 Tudor Pelagos
21:00 The Mandalorian
23:40 Nerdist with Daniel Craig
24:08 The Gloved Hand Story from Skyfall
26:30 Henry Cavill’s digitally removed mustache
28:05 Citizen Aqualand JP2007-17W
31:42 Freedom of the Hills
43:00 SN95 Mustang
49:00 Thomas’ Alfa Spyder “Spagheti”
52:45 VW Rabbit GTI “Schnitz”
53:43 Throttle House Desert Road Trip Pt.1
55:07 James’ Sprinter Trueno AE86 “Toe Foo”
57:01 Chris Harris Hypercar Trio (P1, 918, LaFerrari)
58:17 Throttle House Porsche 918 video
1:08:00 The Throttle House Ford GT Video - “The Car That Tried To Kill Us”
1:11:49 The New Ford GT (and the Corvette Z06)
1:12:40 Ferrari 458 Italia
1:17:15 Omega Speedmaster Pro 3570.50
1:19:25 Yema Superman GMT
1:20:14 Omega Geneve
1:20:20 Ferrari 296 Throttle House review
1:33:15 Inside the Machine - David Twoheg
1:34:30 Jason Cammisa’s video about the GR Yaris (and others)
1:35:28 “An Honest Shot” Patagonia photo essay via Gary Register

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