Lizzott Cars: the story.

[salen00b]

Lizzott Cars is here!

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.

The first production car to come out of the Lizzott Cars factory was the 35.
The first 35 to reach the end of the assembly chain was painted in "Superflame Red" which made people coming to see a "family sedan" quite furious.
It's cheap, economical and decently fast.







Powered by the somewhat tiny B35 which produces a massive 35hp.

[Cheeseman]

Haha. That car looks ridiculous. I want one!

Great little thing, however I think 0.4 G in handling is a bit worrying. Normal driving would be tricky!

[salen00b]

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.

[salen00b]

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.

The 35 Smolensk.




Thanks to Jakgoe and Smolensk Tuning.

[salen00b]

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.







The twin single barrel carburetted engine of the 45.

[Octan2013]

Nice cars! I love them

[WizzyThaMan]

I like the last one! Looks like that hot car you must have back in the 70s

[salen00b]

Don't tell that to anybody, but I take my inspiration from the studebakers, mostly the avanti.
I don't base my cars on them though.

[salen00b]

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.

Without further ado:
The 45 Smolensk

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In 1959 a new car came to take the already 10 year-old 35's place.

Buzzard was its name.
It came with a choice of two V8s.
The D67 which didn't make 67hp (because it was technically two I4s stuck together) making instead a decent 118hp.


The other one was way more radical. Outputting 226hp, the D226 was to become the company's main engine in the early 60's.


The Buzzard.


The Buzzard S8N.

[Jakgoe]

It's really cool to see the progression of Lizzot through the years. I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

[WizzyThaMan]

The Buzzard looks amazing! I really like that car!

[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 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 D226-2


The D226-3


The Vulture 226.


The Vulture 250.




The Vulture 270.
The 270 came with wider tires and special 14 inch wheels.
It also had a 5-speed gearbox.

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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 modified D226-3.


The Vulture Smolensk.


Thanks to Jakgoe for the car!

[salen00b]

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.

The R226-350.


The G2 Buzzard-250.




The G2 Buzzard-270.


The G2 Buzzard-350.
The 350 came standard with the sport package which comprises a 5-speed gearbox, some better wheels and a sportier suspension.