Chris Stark

United Kingdom

Presenter, Capital Breakfast at Capital London

Presenter, Capital Breakfast at Capital FM Yorkshire

📻 @capitalofficial Breakfast Show (Mon-Fri) // 🎶DJ // 🎙️That Peter Crouch Podcast @petercrouchpod // ✍️Management @bigredtalent

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Articles

Old Car, New Tricks: Indianapolis Students Learn Fundamentals with a 1951 Chevy

3 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Chris Stark

Fifteen or so high school students gather around as the teacher demonstrates how to wire up a turn signal on a battered 1951 Chevrolet Deluxe sedan. The top of the wheeled tool cart is a jumble of bulbs, wire cutters, and solder. The rest of the two-bay shop isn’t any less crowded. The sedan is in good company, joined by a 1961 Pontiac Tempest, a Chevy Pickup, and assorted parts like engine blocks and differentials taking up any and all available flat surfaces.
2025 Kia K4 GT-Line Turbo: Small Sedan Metamorphosis

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Chris Stark

We all knew that one kid in high school who tried to reinvent themselves. Maybe they started dressing differently, or maybe they tried to get a new nickname to stick. At some point during senior year, my friend Zeb decided he was going to wear a vest and tie every day to class. We went to a public school with virtually no dress code, so there wasn’t an institutional reason for his switch away from athletic wear.
What is the appeal of a distressed watch?

1 month ago | watchuseek.com | LordBrett Sinclair |Twentieth CenturyFox |Michael Day |Chris Stark
Too good to be true

1 month ago | watchuseek.com | Chris Stark

The end of the second hand is "always" painted red on a blue SMP, no?
Do you watch any watch influencers or watch-related content creators content?

1 month ago | watchuseek.com | Joe Finn |Chris Stark

I'd tend to I agree that he wouldn't squarely fit in as an influencer by a strict definition - he does focus his discussions/content more so on the watch industry in general from what I've seen from him, and much less so "influencing" people to buy watches via. companies paying him to promote their product. I use the word influencer loosely here.
Mercedes-AMG GT63 Coupe: The Bahn Burner Gets Tamped Down

2 months ago | hagerty.com | Chris Stark

“I don’t really understand why he’s testing this car,” said our editor-in-chief, Larry Webster, when I showed up to the office in a 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT63 Coupe. Call it a glitch in the Matrix. More qualified reviewers weren’t available, so somehow this 577-horsepower supercar, freshly redesigned for 2024, ended up in the hands of a dirtbag with a mullet who prefers Pabst to Pinot noir.
Leaded Lingo: 9 Essential Hot Rod Terms

2 months ago | hagerty.com | Chris Stark

It’s often said that we car enthusiasts speak our own language, but the truth is that we speak many languages—or at least wildly different dialects. The meanings of some words are immutable, but others change over time or depend on context and the sub-genre in question.
Don't Call it a Concept: Ford Shows off Bronco "Project Vehicles" Destined for Moab

2 months ago | hagerty.com | Chris Stark

Since its inception in 1967, the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah has grown to become one of the largest off-roading events in United States. Off-road vehicles of all kinds are welcome to tackle the rocky 4×4 trails, but as the name suggests, Jeeps are the focus. As such, Jeep has a history of trotting out usually-Wrangler-based concepts and customs at the event.
I Restored This Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 to Honor My Friend's Son

2 months ago | hagerty.com | Chris Stark |Michael Baldwin

In November of 2013, my friend Iman walked me to my car after a business meeting, I noticed the Mercedes in his parking lot. There was a solid wall of spider webs from the bottom of the car to the asphalt, the front seats were shredded from the sun, and the finish was peeling from the wood trim. The license plate read AMINT6.3; it was anything but. He told me he was saving the car for his son Kian, who tragically passed from leukemia at 13. It had not moved in the five years since.
Little Trees Are Way Older Than You Think

2 months ago | hagerty.com | Chris Stark

“I got the trees on my mirror so my car won’t smell,” rapped Michael “Mike D” Diamond on the 1980s Beastie Boys cut “Slow Ride.” I don’t know why this line stuck out to me as a teenager, but as the 808 kick drums rattled the speakers in my 1994 Mazda Miata, I decided I needed to shell out a couple of bucks for a three pack of Black Ice Little Trees to hang on my rearview. If it was cool enough for the Beastie Boys, it was cool enough for me.