UK Based Performance VW Engine Specialist (est 1983)

Video

Drag racing in the Outer Hebrides – JMR TV interview, 2010

BBC Alba presenter Fiona Mackenzie visits the JMR workshop. ‘Air an Rathad’ (On the Road) is a low budget ‘Top Gear’ style TV show, broadcast on BBC Alba – a  channel aimed at the Gaelic speaking population of the highlands and islands of Scotland
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John Maher TV interview, 1999

In January 1999 a TV crew spent the day filming at the JMR workshop. The 6 minute segment was shown in the second programme of a six part series, ‘Stars & Cars’. Originally broadcast on May 6th 1999, it includes archive footage of my previous incarnation as
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Burnout Bus

More smiles per gallon

David Simpkin’s 15 window 1961 Deluxe VW bus was fitted with a JMR 2110cc engine in 2007. The original remit was to deliver an engine that emphasised torque and driveability over outright power, return reasonable fuel economy and be capable of running a sub 18 second ¼ mile
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VW drag racing, North Weald, 1989

Dug out this grainy piece of video footage from a round of the VWDRC championship series that took place at North Weald airstrip on July 29th, 1989. Highlight of the weekend was Moody, running the first ever 9 second pass for a VW in the UK (9.96 @ 136mph). Officially they needed
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