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Kayleigh
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   26th Jun 03 at 14:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
...and no this isnt another post about 1.2 8v's
This thing was made in the early seventys around a 27litre Rolls Royce Merlin V12.
"It wrecked radar traps in Germany at 217 mph, could reach 180 mph in six seconds and travel at 10 mph in top gear in town traffic."
At the UK speed limit of 70 mph this thing is at 600RPM
Some of its times:
Madrid to Calais, 1000 miles in 10 hr 10 min
Stuttgart to Ostend, 451 miles in 3 hr 10 min.




Sooty
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amazing
Chris@Speedfreex
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ugly as sin
Kayleigh
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris@Speedfreex
ugly as sin

Who cares when it goes that fast
GIBBS
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how can any1 especially some1 like rolls royce make a rear end like that! that is bloody terrible the back end. meaty car tho
Chris@Speedfreex
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is there a road in britaon wen ya can go that fasT
Kayleigh
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It's not made by rolls royce, It was made by someone called John Dodd - it had a RR engine tho. They took him to court as they didnt want him to use their grille.
MattyB
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that is unreal. the 0-60 must be like 1/2 secs!! wtf!! 1/4 mile in bout 6sec??? Thats untrue......

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quote:
Originally posted by Chris@Speedfreex
is there a road in britaon wen ya can go that fasT

Maybe not - but if it gets to 180 in 6 seconds i think its 0-60 will be fairly rapid
3CorsaMeal
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there is a big rolls royce garage just up the road from me, they have the planes inside and the new rolls royce that broke all the rolling roads its been on...
Kayleigh
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It's in a book called "Dream Cars", published in 1985 and written by Richard Nicols. Go look for yourself
Gambit
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http://www.btinternet.com/~cbcox/beast/beast.htm

i bet it had the braking capabilty of a freight train
Kayleigh
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
there is a big rolls royce garage just up the road from me, they have the planes inside and the new rolls royce that broke all the rolling roads its been on...

Jambo
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How exactly does it transfer that kinda power onto the floor? Without like sitting there wheels spinning
Kayleigh
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I dont like the slot mags
Daimo B
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I thought that car had the engine from the Spitfire in it. It didn't do 210mph though Areodynamics wouldnt allow it. Also, im sure it never hit 180mph in 6 seconds, remember it being on TV and a bloke actually driving one.

Sorry, but them stats are deffo not true.
Kayleigh
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
How exactly does it transfer that kinda power onto the floor? Without like sitting there wheels spinning

Dunno! Looks like an auto but even so its gona spin with that sort of power
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it does have a spitfire engine in it, a v12 RR merlin
Kayleigh
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quote:
Originally posted by Daimo B
I thought that car had the engine from the Spitfire in it. It didn't do 210mph though Areodynamics wouldnt allow it. Also, im sure it never hit 180mph in 6 seconds, remember it being on TV and a bloke actually driving one.

Sorry, but them stats are deffo not true.

Erm - Well it went up in flames in 1975
xedos@hotmail
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Looks like Jaws' car from James Bond, or the driver would be incredibly ugly.
Daimo B
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There was more than one of them Kayleigh. How did i see it on TV about months ago, on a modern airfield
Kayleigh
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quote:
Originally posted by Daimo B
There was more than one of them Kayleigh. How did i see it on TV about months ago, on a modern airfield

There may be replicas. That one was built by a bloke as a one off.
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quote:
Originally posted by Kayleigh
Dunno! Looks like an auto but even so its gona spin with that sort of power


Yes and yes
Kayleigh
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It has the same selecter lever as my Automatic Capri had
3CorsaMeal
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http://www.btinternet.com/~cbcox/beast/beast.htm

it was rebult to them pic's...after it burnt

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