In those days there was no commonly available transaxle gearbox capable of managing the enormous torque provided by big V8 engines. When the "Colotti Tipo 37" gearbox was made available to the market after being specifically built to be mounted on the Lotus 29 single seater, a racing car powered by a Ford Fairlane V8 and intended to race in the 1963 Indianapolis 500, Lola's owner Eric Broadley had the opportunity to solve the problem.