John Dodd's "The Beast" Is a Unicorn Custom Car Powered by a 27Liter
John Dodd's 'The Beast' What has eight headlights, four taillights, an odd greenhouse, overdone bodywork punctuated by ridiculous side vents, and an eccentric owner getting into eccentric.
UpClose Look at John Dodd's 'The Beast', a 1970s Car Powered by a 27L
None, however, surpass the infamy of Paul Jameson and John Dodd's "The Beast," the 27-liter shooting brake with Gerry Anderson proportions that has been put up for public sale for the first time in its history. Unlike many of its predecessors, The Beast wasn't intended for land-speed racing, quarter-mile exhibitions, or other forms of motorsports.
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The Beast Built By John Dodd With 27Liter Merlin…
John Dodd's 'The Beast' is not sleek or stylish, but this custom 1972 vehicle is the world's first and only to be powered by a 27L Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 tank engine that generates 750 hp, mated to a custom-built automatic transmission. Inside, there are two bucket seats, a center console with several gauges, a shifter for the automatic transmission and red rocker switches that.
John Dodd's "The Beast," the Most Insane Road Car in Existence, Sells
A one-off build, The Beast became a legendary classic car due to its bonkers specifications, including a 19-foot-long (5.9-meter) body, a 27-liter aircraft engine guzzling eight pints of fuel per.
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John Dodd's Merlin-engined 'The Beast' sold for £72,500 | Top Gear Satire Retro John Dodd's Merlin-engined 'The Beast' sold for £72,500 Hammer falls on the 27-litre V12-engined shooting.
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Short video of the legendary 27-Litre car built by John Dodd with a Merlin engine, better known as "The Beast". Video - April 2008.
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John Dodd's rolls royce merlin spitfire aeroengined beast on BBC's Top Gear Programme. John Dodd may be contacted at his Automatic Transmission Business loc.
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John Dodd, the man most associated with one of the craziest cars of the 1970s, died earlier this month at the age of 90. A short statement written by his daughter on the car's Facebook page said: "To followers on here who have not heard the news, my father John Dodd, creator of 'The Beast' passed away last week.
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The Beast's owner, the late John Dodd, was legendary for his legal battles with Rolls-Royce. At one time, this was officially certified with a Guinness world record as the fastest production.
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Dodd was unable to extinguish the fire - the Beast was reduced to a burnt wreck, and had to be rebuilt. As such, the Beast has used two different fibreglass bodies during its life; the first (mk1) was the Ford Capri-inspired shape in dark red, as supplied by Fibre Glass Repairs, and the existing Beast (mk2) is a 2-door estate car in beige.
John Dodd's "The Beast," the Most Insane Road Car in Existence, Sells
John Dodd in his 27 litre merlin engined car known as "The Beast" amazing to see such a huge engine fitted in a car, and its street legal, also surprisingly.
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Nationwide's Christopher Rainbow meets John Dodd, the proud owner of "the Beast" - a custom 12 cylinder Rolls-Royce. His goal was to create a car that could outrun any other car on the.
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1 / 9 Auction listings like this don't come along every day. In fact, we may as well go as far as to say they absolutely never do. Although today might just be the exception to that rule. You see,.
The original incarnation of The Beast. The Beast caught on fire, but
The Beast Built By John Dodd With 27-Liter Merlin Engine Is For Sale Used to taunt Rolls-Royce, it was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most powerful car in 1977..
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The Beast caused quite a stir back in the 1970's & 80's. Originally. 'The Beast' - 27 litre Merlin aeroengined Car. 3,029 likes · 140 talking about this. The Beast caused quite a stir back in the 1970's & 80's. Originally built by the late great enginee