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By: - 2nd April 2012 at 07:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
did you bother taking a photo of the car in shot 2 or was that the only reason you were hanging around?, you have got no interest in cars or aviation at all i bet ha ha.
i love it when people put old aero engines in cars, wonder what mpg it does?
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 10:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
...wonder what mpg it does?
I think you'll find that's 'GPM'!!! :D
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 10:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Crikey imagine taking that for a spin! :D
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 10:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The late Paul Jamieson and his two RR merlin (meteor) cars circa late 1960's early '70's.
70mph in second gear and some......
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 11:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Rear engined?! :eek:
"Take the magneto out of my stomach,
And the butterfly valve off my neck,
Extract from my liver the crankshaft,
There are lots of good parts in this wreck""Take the manifold out of my larynx,
And the cylinders out of my brain,
Take the piston rods out of my kidneys,
And assemble the engine again."
(Nice slot-mags! :))
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 11:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
See todays Jay Leno's Garage video on the car.
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 13:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Thunderbolt"
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/784871/thunderbolt/
Nice vid here on "full chat"...
http://www.benjafieldsracingclub.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=12
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 13:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Oh and if it´s huge Fiat engines you want, then there was this, the S.76, with a 28.3 litre four cylinder.
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 13:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The late Paul Jamieson and his two RR merlin (meteor) cars circa late 1960's early '70's.
70mph in second gear and some......
xtm,
I am sure the second car was Merlin powered. I understood it was built, in part, as a response to the claims being made by John Dodds re the Meteor powered first machine.
Mark
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 14:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
[QUOTE=Mark12;1874746]xtm,
I am sure the second car was Merlin powered. I understood it was built, in part, as a response to the claims being made by John Dodds re the Meteor powered first machine.
Mark
Correct. It was an ex-Argonaut 600 or 700 series Merlin.
Edit: It was a Merlin 724-1C (apparently) from Argonaut G-ALHI
Pete
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 15:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A recent edition of Top Gear had a BMW 'Brutus' - 46 ltr V12.
The same show had a Meteor-engined Bentley 'replica' racing the Brutus
Ken
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 15:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A recent edition of Top Gear had a BMW 'Brutus' - 46 ltr V12.
I´ve stood right next to Brutus when it was started. LOUD!
Not sure whats with the BS story about being built by BMW in 1925 though. Not true at all.:confused:
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 15:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not sure whats with the BS story about being built by BMW in 1925 though. Not true at all.:confused:
I thought it was a BMW V1 engine, in which case that could well be true.
Pete
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 15:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I thought it was a BMW V1 engine, in which case that could well be true.Pete
Sorry, I wasn´t clear. The motor is definitely vintage BMW, but the car was built in the last decade or so by the owner.
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 16:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I was hoping for a more thorough examination of certain aspects of photo #2... What on earth are all of these large engines doing in this thread!?
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 16:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sorry, I wasn´t clear. The motor is definitely vintage BMW, but the car was built in the last decade or so by the owner.
There used to be another one like that. It was a Meteor-powered Phantom II built in Switzerland, and on it`s website they claimed it was a one-off built by Rolls-Royce in the 1920s or 30s with a Merlin engine...highly unlikely.
Pete
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 16:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There used to be another one like that. It was a Meteor-powered Phantom II built in Switzerland, and on it`s website they claimed it was a one-off built by Rolls-Royce in the 1920s or 30s with a Merlin engine...highly unlikely.Pete
I´ve seen the owner of Brutus on YouTube talking about how he built it, so it´s most likely just Top Gear getting the wrong end of the stick.
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 18:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I was hoping for a more thorough examination of certain aspects of photo #2... What on earth are all of these large engines doing in this thread!?
That was her best angle, she had a face like a dropped pie :(
The car was fairly quiet, I was across the street & didn't hear it leave...
By: - 2nd April 2012 at 18:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Brutus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pcRRk0msas
Goggomobil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEKyu5xN6ik&feature=related
Bomber Bike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao59L3ZSlhM&list=UUIaGuZExiwC4prByCWnAnbQ&index=21&feature=plcp
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By: ZRX61 - 2nd April 2012 at 01:35
oops, something got in the way...