Nostalgia

Volksworld recently published their 25th anniversary edition. One of the features in the mag is entitled ‘Cars that shaped the scene’, in which they select one vehicle from each year the magazine has been in existence. Representing 1989: my first VW race car, Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

The first in a series of photos and stories from my 30 plus year involvement with Volkswagens. Avon Park, 1993. That’s me behind the wheel of my self-built tube chassis 1954 oval race car. Engine was a normally aspirated 2165cc, fitted with a pair of 48IDAs which I’d Read More