Engine Punk

The Lomax Super Vee rose again after an intensive reworking by Pete Low so I call it the Low Super Vee Following the problems of the Super Vee engine, the Lomax Super Vee project was abandoned and the rolling chassis lingered at the Lomax factory until 1999 when my mate Pete Low (he of hopped up Armstrong motorcycle fame - see VT No.15 ) visited the factory. Pete had already built a very successful 2CV-based Lomax with which he'd competed in many Guild of Endurance Motorists events throughout Europe. After many giant-killing perfomance, Pete was on the look out for more power and having owned a Moto Guzzi Le Mans had formed a cunning plan. "To begin with, I was only thinking of putting a Guzzi engine into my much loved Lomax 223." Then on the 1999 Guild of Endurance Motorists event, Pete met Peter Van Pelt, a Dutch guy who had a Lomax business in Holland. He was competing in a 224 Lomax with a 1300 GSA engine but told Pete he could supply an adaptor plate to ...

Last Sunday I successfully infiltrated Goodwood racecourse. I'd always thought it was far too posh for the likes of me but was in the area last weekend and was persuaded otherwise by local relatives. I'm glad the talked me into it. We registered on line and got a very nice message from Lord Marmalade himself saying how pleased he would be to see us. After that welcome it would have been churlish not to have gone. The theme for that day's Breakfast Club was Everything but the car so what did we turn up in but my trusty old van (VT No.44). It still felt subversive to be there because there were so many smarter vehicles but Citroen C15Ds of this vintage are getting rarer. It didn't look so out of place as you might think parked against a Mimi pickup, even if said Mini pickup was immaculate and probably the result of an expensive restoration. A few cars had slipped in under the net but most of the exhibits were motorcycles with the occasional trike and a few commercial veh...