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[thunderace]

bit like this but white

[thunderace]

hhhhmmmmmm

[thunderace]

saw this when owner John Dodd showed it at our village fete

.......In the 1960s, Paul Jameson put a Merlin engine (some say it actually was a Rover-built  Rolls-Royce Meteor, which was a de-tuned Merlin without superchargers and with steel components replacing some aluminium ones) into a chassis he had built himself. He did not get around to building a body, and sold the car to Epsom   automatic transmission specialist John Dodd, who fitted a  fibreglass body based on the shape of the Ford Capri and named the machine  "The Beast". Originally it had a grille from a Rolls-Royce, but after complaints from R-R themselves he had to change it. According to Dodd's account, he once drove past a Porsche driver on the autobahn who then called Rolls Royce asking about their "new model". The Beast was once listed in the  Guinness Book of Records as the world's most powerful road  car. The engine came from a  Boulton Paul   Balliol training aircraft which would give 1,262 hp (941 kW) at 8,500 feet (2,600 m). No  supercharger was fitted to the engine in car so it "only" delivered about 850 hp (630 kW). The car used a  General Motors   TH400   automatic transmission. The Beast is alive and well in Marbella, Spain and is still owned by Dodd. It is still taxed in the UK; a DVLA search shows the engine capacity as 27000cc.

Edited by thunderace, 02 September 2008 - 13:12 .

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[PEAKUNDER]

This overtook Susie the other day     




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Edited by PEAKUNDER, 02 September 2008 - 18:27 .

[thunderace]

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[y2blade]

thunderace, on Sep 2 2008, 02:10 PM, said:

saw this when owner John Dodd showed it at our village fete

.......In the 1960s, Paul Jameson put a Merlin engine (some say it actually was a Rover-built Rolls-Royce Meteor, which was a de-tuned Merlin without superchargers and with steel components replacing some aluminium ones) into a chassis he had built himself. He did not get around to building a body, and sold the car to Epsom automatic transmission specialist John Dodd, who fitted a fibreglass body based on the shape of the Ford Capri and named the machine "The Beast". Originally it had a grille from a Rolls-Royce, but after complaints from R-R themselves he had to change it. According to Dodd's account, he once drove past a Porsche driver on the autobahn who then called Rolls Royce asking about their "new model". The Beast was once listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most powerful road car. The engine came from a Boulton Paul Balliol training aircraft which would give 1,262 hp (941 kW) at 8,500 feet (2,600 m). No supercharger was fitted to the engine in car so it "only" delivered about 850 hp (630 kW). The car used a General Motors TH400 automatic transmission. The Beast is alive and well in Marbella, Spain and is still owned by Dodd. It is still taxed in the UK; a DVLA search shows the engine capacity as 27000cc.

i saw that at Guildford cruise about 15years ago...ive been looking for the pics ever since and still havent found them

thanks for posting those ones and the info...it sounded amazing when it pulled away

[walter leever]

a few years ago they held a survey,what was the car most used for sex?

outcome:volvo,here's proof:



  

[irf]

deliberate or fluke?

worth watching the whole vid(less then 2 minutes), some amazing driving.

Edited by irf, 02 September 2008 - 23:34 .

[ovlov25]

irf, on Sep 3 2008, 12:29 AM, said:

deliberate or fluke?

worth watching the whole vid(less then 2 minutes), some amazing driving.

Defo a fluke! 4 wheel drifting a car isn't as easy as most people think.

[A6-TEZ]

ovlov25, on Sep 3 2008, 02:52 PM, said:

Defo a fluke! 4 wheel drifting a car isn't as easy as most people think.

Agreed but it looks awesome to watch.

[PEAKUNDER]

irf, on Sep 3 2008, 12:29 AM, said:

deliberate or fluke?

worth watching the whole vid(less then 2 minutes), some amazing driving.

That guy is mental

Jeff

[irf]

Apparently, it was a fluke, he lost it but then just carried it on. as you do

some italian dirt

[walter leever]

nice engine(by ford)   

[walter leever]

evolve meet;

[PEAKUNDER]

A very nice trailer

[irf]

FAIL

[irf]

couple of pics for engineer





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[irf]

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those cars driven here