The Forgotten 'Veedol' Lotus 20 Formula Junior Race Car 

Brilliant little film, simply oozes both quality and genuine love for the little lotus

Stunning film - Pure racing - Thank you so much. LOTUS is synonymous with the following icon of the sport: JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... ! This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius..

Going to miss this man, RIP Simon Diffey. Trully gentleman and a fantastic racer. Lovely to meet you

One can imagine just how lovely the handling balance must be with the suspension sorted. Four-wheel drifting on the edge of tire adhesion, the car makes the driver look like a star.

What a superb film! A wonderful car and a lovely man.

Great lil cars. Such was I from 1963 to 1998. Won the Div 1 GTP championship locally in '97. Won every race but one and sneezed a motor that time.

Had the great pleasure of having dinner with this great bloke at the RAC once. Rest in peace Simon.

My brother was a mad motor racing fan and I loved racing him with his Scalextric set in the 1960s. He had a set with a Cooper and Lotus FJ. Wonderful memories.

Beautiful car, I remember these while standing on the embankment along the railway straight at Aintree. Thanks for sharing.

Great documentary. Please keep making videos of this level for RU-vid

12:41 The last words in that video describe so well what all this racing is all about. Couldn't have said it better. Beautiful car. Being able to drive that around Goodwood would be the ultimate dream for me.

Fabulous video production, superb car...subscribed! Thank you.

What a beautiful video, it brings back happy memories of my racing formula ford days in Mondello in the early 80s, I would dearly love to do some laps around Goodwood in that beautiful Lotus!. Many thanks and best wishes. Gérard lacey in Ireland.

Wonderful video!

Interesting. I have just watch another video on the same car and racing series that was presented as being current to the 1964 racing series. That state the Ford engines were delivering do Lotus producing around 85 horse power. In this video, the same core engine, still using carbs, is delivering 125+ horse power. Amazing what years of refinement and newer technology can do for an engine. Great cars. Loved this video.

Wonderful video, I could watch these all day! Subscribed and thanks!

RIP Mr. Diffey.

Anything that makes my eyes tear up is well-produced. Thank you.

RIP Simon.

Good God that is quite a car!! Thanks for the footage of it at Goodwood too! Fantastic!!

And nice camera work too...

Not only a great Lotus documentary but a great documentary overall. I've subscribed. Thanks!

Looks like fun. Good Fun!

Superb video and a nice "Nod" to Mr Henry Hope-Frost too!

William Taylor and his wife are lovely people. True Lotus fans. Look up his company Coterie Press for books and such. I have a few posters and memorbilia from him in my computer room.

Perfect !

What a superb video, well done Simon

Wow! ... what great work! ... liked, subbed and shared!

brilliant

Love the video ,but must querie the 125 bhp out out of the 1000 cc MAE engine even with the Duckworth downdraft head on it ,which I don't think it had . I personally think it to be more like 85 /90 bhp .

A friend of mine wth a VERY rich father had an electric one in the 1960s.

If you searching for a great editor - pls let me know)

RIP Simon