Bizarre aero-engined 'Beast' that was once the world's most powerful car is for sale
John Dodd's custom Beast car is being auctioned. The unique vehicle is powered by a Rolls-Royce aircraft engine and was once the most powerful in the world.
Bizarre aero-engined 'Beast' that was once the world's most powerful car is for sale
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When are they delivering it to you?
A cheap knockoff of the family truckster?
Looks like a stretched AMC Gremlin
Ace and Gary mobile.
chargervert
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Handy for picking up groceries! It could use a few more of those Trans Am fender vents on each side!
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I was thinking the exact same thing at 1st glance
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You think you hate it now...
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I remember a 1950s Popular Mechanics article where someone shoehorned a Merlin engine into a car. It had a 3:1 weight to horsepower ratio. It had a complicated starting procedure too, something like
Mixture - Rich
Throttle - 1/4
Fuel cock - on
Ignition - on
Starter - on
Maintain zero boost until warm.
etc....
Mixture - Rich
Throttle - 1/4
Fuel cock - on
Ignition - on
Starter - on
Maintain zero boost until warm.
etc....
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