I love weird and wonderful cars including this Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car that I’ve made
Popular South Tyneside mechanic to star in a national video series.
Our new national video series takes a look at Motor Mania up and down the UK - and a South Tyneside man man is in the driving seat.
Episode one features an interview with Stan Yannetta, whose customised novelty vehicles - not to mention amazing Christmas light displays - have made him a well-known local character in South Shields.
Stan spoke to us at his garage, Stan's Auto Services, and gave us an insight into his spectacular creation of a wood-plated Chitty Chitty Bang Bang transformed from a stripped-down Honda Civic.
Big-hearted charity fundraiser Stan also talks about using his Ghostbusters car for a friend's funeral - and Dino, the garage's resident dinosaur.
Episode one of Motor Mania can be seen on www.shotstv.com, or on Freeview channel 262 at 7pm on Saturday, May 17.
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