Andy M3

For those people who remember it / have Evo mag this month - what was 'the beast' all about. 27 litre V12 merlin engine in the most unattractive body shell in the world. However it had 750hp and did 200 mph in the 70's so not too shabby i suppose, if not a touch dangerous.

I wonder what 1/4 mile times it was getting ?

chippy17

yes was reading that last night, I remember this 'car' in my younger days, amazing thing, I cannot believe looking back that it could be driven, looking at the tyres surely it would just spin them into oblivion...fantastic

MarkCSC

Haven't read EVO yet but is this the car?
http://ppcmag.co.uk/staffcardetail.asp?id=8

Adidas

I've got a VERY old copy of Street Machine somewhere with an article about The Beast.

IIRC it used to have a Rolls Royce grill on it, but they got the hump as it wasn't an 'official' RR. So the bloke who built it had to take the grill off

Brendan Hughes

Yup. One of the very few cases which makes studying intellectual property law vaguely interesting...

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

I remember that thing . I think I read somewhere that it fell into disrepair in more recent years.

Andy M3

No - it was based on a Capri chassis [of the 70's] and then had some very odd fiberglass shell built on it with some major over hang issues both sides - enough to make an e-type look like a smart car !!!!!

Just to give you another angle of perspective - the Aston Martin Lagonda is on a par with the Lamborghini Mura in comparison to the beast !

http://www.pestalozzi.net/sb/am_lagonda/lagonda420.jpg

DemonDave

iTrader: (13)

http://www.superjohn.f9.co.uk/thebeast.htm

Brendan Hughes

woooar, wolfrace wheels I spy

chris666

about 10 years or so ago i used to be on the pdrc drag racing stand at doncaster custom car show each year and this thing was on show one year
it looked very rough
at the end of the show we had to push all the cars out of the building (not allowed to start engines in side )
once out side you could start up
the owner started it up what a noise ! & smoke !!
would love to see it again restored

v8voodoo

Quite interesting thread from my "real" weekend hobby forum ;o)

http://www.nsra.org.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17400

DreXeL

750bhp @ 2500rpm = 1570 ftlb of torque

easyrider

kin ell

CSLMan

Ahh, John Dodds car. It must have sounded incredible! Remember the story of someone in Germany getting mullered at around 200mph - apparently he was straight on the phone to Rolls Royce to order one, but they had no idea what he was talking about!!

rr_ww

In Evo, theres the writers talking about the fastest car. And one guy mentions a Rolls Royce Phantom which had the same engine in it.

Or is he just BS ing?