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Tag: Merlin

  • 27 Liter Merlin V12! John Dodd’s ‘The Beast’

    27 Liter Merlin V12! John Dodd’s ‘The Beast’

    British absurdity reaches far beyond Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and blesses the world to no end. Witness the wickedly wonderful creation known as John Dodd’s The Beast. Conceived in the late 1960s, it ranges far beyond a customized version of, well, anything. The Beast uniquely combines a Jenson Jensen FF windshield, a Reliant Scimitar backlight, Ford Capri headlights and taillights, and parts of other cars. Far from cosmetic, all those shenanigans serve the original vision:  stuffing a 27 liter V12 Merlin aircraft engine of World War II vintage into a motor car. Brilliant! Now the rolling, running tribute to glorious, mechanized madness can be yours as the Daventry, Northamptonshire, England classic comes to auction at CarAndClassic. Thanks to reader Pat L. for spotting this far-out ride.

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  • Ultimate Toy: 1949 Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine

    Ultimate Toy: 1949 Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine

    It is hard to know whether this 1949 Rolls-Royce Merlin engine would rate as one of the ultimate man-cave items that we’ve seen here at Barn Finds, or whether an enthusiast is likely to buy the engine for use in a classic plane restoration. Either way, someone is potentially about to become the owner of one of the most iconic aircraft engines ever built, which is currently located at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridge, in the UK. The Merlin is listed for sale here at H&H Classics and is scheduled to go under the hammer on October 16th. The guide price for the Merlin is between £35,000 and £45,000, which on current exchange rates, converts to between US$44,100 and US$56,800. (more…)

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