However it still needed at minimum, a nose cowling to satisfy the RAC rule book. I expressed my reservation about attempting to run the car at Brighton, however it was taken there and parked to one side of the competing cars.
In due course it was taken to Silverstone and after almost a full day of sorting numerous problems we did get it fired up on all 16 cylinders. It did a few slow runs up and down the old club straight. Silverstone did not allow any track use after, I believe, 4.30pm which precluded any more than our initial runs. The major problem was to cure carburettor flooding caused by the lack of adequate float chamber isolation from engine vibrations. There was very little space between the V of the cylinders to mount the Amal designed float mountings and the compromise we had fitted was inadequate to provide sufficient insulation.
I believe the complexities and shortcomings of this project had begun to get Sydney to question the long-term potential of such a machine. After one more trip to Silverstone, where it completed at least one lap of the old club circuit, it was dropped. I had severe misgivings about the chain drives from the gearboxes and it was with some relief when the car was scrapped.