interesting choice of engine.....

Dead Dog · 8 Nov 2006 at 08:47

V12 Rolls Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine as used by P51 Mustang Aircraft

Dead Dog · 8 Nov 2006 at 08:48

markeh · 8 Nov 2006 at 08:51

Put some wings on it and it'll fly I tell you!

Siliconslave · 8 Nov 2006 at 09:45

i remeber seeing a huge article on this a while back - tis a totally crazy beast of a machine - totally concorsed as well, spotless! Lovely

Flat4 · 8 Nov 2006 at 09:47

I wonder what that gets to the gallon. Gufaw gufaw

paradigm · 8 Nov 2006 at 09:50

Flat4 said:
I wonder what that gets to the gallon. Gufaw gufaw

You mean "I wonder how many gallons it gets to the mile"?

PyroboyUK · 8 Nov 2006 at 10:05

That is crazy! Looks great

Dead Dog · 8 Nov 2006 at 11:00

what the pic doesn't show you / the only down side to the car, is the tow bar to lug the petrol tanker about

alexthecheese · 8 Nov 2006 at 11:07

And how skinny are the tyres?

I'd be interested to see how much torque that thing puts out.

rare · 8 Nov 2006 at 11:14

I think this was on ebay a while ago. Engine looks amazing.

Zip · 8 Nov 2006 at 11:45

Its an Australian Site i just noticed :cool:

Virdi · 8 Nov 2006 at 11:50

That will take off!!

lol - get it... 'take off' - hahaha

eidolon · 8 Nov 2006 at 13:21

That looks fun!

Putty · 8 Nov 2006 at 13:29

This reminds me of something from aaaages ago where a Spitfire/RR Merlin engine had been stuck into a car by some fella called Jameson :cool:

liam72uk · 8 Nov 2006 at 13:32

Does that thing have traction control

Jay Leno has an impressive little car similar to this one.

The tank car:

Tank car so-called because it has, er, a tank engine. Which is a 900bhp 29.5-litre unit and no, that's not a typo...

Zip · 8 Nov 2006 at 13:39

liam72uk said:
Does that thing have traction control

Jay Leno has an impressive little car similar to this one.

The tank car:

Tank car so-called because it has, er, a tank engine. Which is a 900bhp 29.5-litre unit and no, that's not a typo...

Rollover=instant death :eek:

burns · 8 Nov 2006 at 13:51

Jay Leno must have just about the coolest collection of cars ever.

Conscript · 8 Nov 2006 at 14:02

Ive seen, in the flesh, a car which someone built around a Merlin engine, and it looked better than both of these

. Mainly because it was based on a vintage design. I have some crappy pics form my mobile from ages ago, Ill upload them

Conscript · 8 Nov 2006 at 14:03

This was of course while it was sitting in the garage and having work done to it. I have seen and heard it running though, and believe me, it sounds marvellous

Have a look at the size of the discs as well. God knows, it needs them to bring this lumbering beat to a halt.

Pushes out about 900BHP or something....I was told by someone who took it around a track that he got it up to about 90MPH and the engine was just ticking over

Von Luck · 8 Nov 2006 at 14:30

Conscript said:
Have a look at the size of the discs as well. God knows, it needs them to bring this lumbering beat to a halt.

They look like drums to me :eek: