For a little bit of history: Lloyd Lizzott founded the Lizzott Games and Entertainment Company in 1921.
At the beginning, Lloyd and his brother, Clint, started making board games and playing cards mostly by hand.
Then, they built a factory with what they had got to make loads of board games and playing cards.
Money was coming in quickly, but then came the second world war.
The Lizzott factory had been repurposed partially to build fighter engines and landing gear assemblies.
At the end of the conflict the factory had been left with all the machinery to make engines and wheels.
Clint was desperate and left, but Lloyd saw an opportunity to build his dream.
Sadly for Lloyd, he had to die of a terrible pneumonia three months after the end of the war, which left his son, Roger, in charge of the factory.
Roger chose to follow his father’s base idea and in 1947 he officially started the Lizzott Car and Bike Company.
The first prototypes ran a bit rough due to the inexperienced personnel, but it didn’t keep them from looking futuristic.
The bikes were dropped because they weren’t profitable enough.
After numerous complaints from buyers about the handling of the 35, we made a type B which features better handling, 4-speed manual gearbox and a bit more safety.
Same engine and look, more performance.
Lizzott Cars requested a single man to create a unique version of its 35.
The outcome was pretty quick:
The 35 tuned by Jack Smolensk featured the same B35 engine, but with a single overhead camshaft instead of the typical OHV design
which allowed the engine to rev way higher than the original.
The power output had been doubled.
Head people at Lizzott Cars were so pleased with the result they made a production model.
The production 35 Smolensk weighed 11Kg less than the original Smolensk version.
Lizzott Cars in 1948 was proud to reveal a coupe based on the 35.
With a more powerful engine variant, the 45 was truly a small sports car.
The engine which made 45hp was, despite its low power, able to propel the car at 140 km/h.
It also had better fuel economy than the 35 which didn’t make sense in the engineers’ heads.
Then Smolensk did it again, but this time, with the 45!
It had about the same upgrades as the 35 Smolensk.
-Doubled power output (45 to about 90),
-OHV changed to SOHC,
-Lightened (quite a lot considering the original weight).
It also had some upgrades the 35 didn’t get,
like a wing, bigger exhausts and bigger front grilles.
In 1964, to replace the aging 45, Lizzott created a new model.
Closer in appearance to the Buzzard than its predecessor, the Vulture was the company’s first “muscle” car.
It came originally with a selection of two engines, but one more was added in 1966.
-The D226 4.8L OHC V8 seen in the Buzzard S8N.
-An updated D226 dubbed D226-2 outputting 250hp.
-In 1966, the D226-3, a D226 bored and stroked to 5.0L, making 270hp.
The guys at Smolensk Tuning couldn’t keep themselves from modifying the Vulture.
The modifications were slightly more subtle than the last they did.
The cavalry has received an additional 106 horses mostly thanks to an extremely aggressive cam profile.
The tires were widened and joined to 15 inch alloys.
The now seven year-old Buzzard couldn’t cut it anymore.
Lizzott chose to make another generation of the Buzzard.
It was of course better than the first generation of Buzzards.
It had a wide variety of three V8 engines
-The 250hp D226-2.
-The 270hp D226-3.
-The 350hp R226-350. It basically is a D226-3 bored and stroked to 5.4L.
Only just found this game but have trawled through the forum and really enjoyed your thread. To the extent of going through the registration on a less than smart phone to say so.
Will look at getting the game as it looks awesome and the community seems awesome from what I have seen. A rare thing indeed…
Only just found this game but have trawled through the forum and really enjoyed your thread. To the extent of going through the registration on a less than smart phone to say so.
Will look at getting the game as it looks awesome and the community seems awesome from what I have seen. A rare thing indeed…[/quote]
Well, thanks!
I didn’t know my thread could encourage someone to do all that!
It is a beautiful community indeed and I hope to see your creations someday!
[quote=“salen00b”]In 1964, to replace the aging 45, Lizzott created a new model.
Closer in appearance to the Buzzard than its predecessor, the Vulture was the company’s first “muscle” car.
It came originally with a selection of two engines, but one more was added in 1966.
-The D226 4.8L OHV V8 seen in the Buzzard S8N.
-An updated D226 dubbed D226-2 outputting 250hp.
-In 1966, the D226-3, a D226 bored and stroked to 5.0L, making 270hp.
