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[Prince of Darkness]

Like Crowley's?

What was the Good Omens Car?

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The actual car.

 

[Guildedagain]

Is the Merlin supercharged?

 

[adorshki]

Is the Merlin supercharged?

Yes, with later versions getting 2-stage.

The actual car.

Crowley's car or the Bentley with a Merlin?
Ah, Google is my friend:

But it's the version of the Merlin that was adapted for the British tanks, the Meteor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Meteor

0-100kmh in 2 minutes and it can pull 3 sledges simultaneously:

Not to be confused with the Mercury Meteor which didn't use tank engines:

Never saw one at a tractor pull either, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

 

[Opsimath]

Yes, with later versions getting 2-stage.

Crowley's car or the Bentley with a Merlin?
Ah, Google is my friend:


Not to be confused with the Mercury Meteor which didn't use tank engines:

Never saw one at a tractor pull either, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Are you often at tractor pulls?

I miss vent windows.

 

[adorshki]

Are you often at tractor pulls?

Never been to one in my life. I'm allergic to hay.
Made it a point to see at least one demolition derby, though:

 

[davismanLV]

Never been to one in my life. I'm allergic to hay.
Made it a point to see at least one demolition derby, though:

Notice you hardly ever see any Pintos in these things.....

 

[Opsimath]

Never been to one in my life. I'm allergic to hay.
Made it a point to see at least one demolition derby, though:

I've never been to a tractor pull, demolition derby, drag race ... the list goes on.

Maybe I need to get out more.

 

[Opsimath]

Notice you hardly ever see any Pintos in these things.....

That was great!

 

[adorshki]

Notice you hardly ever see any Pintos in these things.....

They always flunk the safety inspection.

 

[Opsimath]

They always flunk the safety inspection.

I went to high school with a guy who drove a yellow Pinto that had flames painted on front. Kind of appropriate I suppose, but maybe the flames were on the wrong end?

 

[gjmalcyon]

Just remembered when I was a kid, around ten years old, one of my schoolmate's dads had an Allison 12-cylinder aero motor on a stand in his garage, fully functional (no prop). He'd fire it up occasionally and you could hear it for blocks away. As I recall there was always at least a 10 minute warm-up period when it sounded pretty cool and bearable, After that it was only 2 settings, deafening and ear-splitting for about 5 minutes, then he'd let it idle again before shutoff, but occasionally he'd go twice...maybe when the mother-in-law was visiting?

Sillycon Valley was still about 30% undeveloped at the time.....never heard of anybody complaining.
Musta been a V-1710:

On the stand the thing was damn near as tall as I was.

Post-WWII those engines were cheap. A lot of them were used to run big irrigation pumps, and when one failed, you just uncrated another:

 

[adorshki]

Is the Merlin supercharged?

BY golly, I see Crowley's car is accurate, got fooled by the big lights and the hood ornament.
Forgot Bentley had these:

And thought it had a Spirit of Ecstasy:

 

[Wilmywood]

 

[Guildedagain]

I've never been to a tractor pull, demolition derby, drag race ... the list goes on.

Maybe I need to get out more.

We have an annual Combine Derby ;[]

Combine Demolition Derby Official | Lind Lions Club Combine Derby Offical | Lind

This is the official site for updating information on the Lind Lions Club Combine Demolition Derby. This is the site where you will get driver information and competition forms.

www.lindcombinederby.com

Who wouldn't want to spend a day doing this, not to mention endless eye candy.

 

[Wilmywood]

We have an annual Combine Derby ;[]

Combine Demolition Derby Official | Lind Lions Club Combine Derby Offical | Lind

This is the official site for updating information on the Lind Lions Club Combine Demolition Derby. This is the site where you will get driver information and competition forms.

www.lindcombinederby.com

Who wouldn't want to spend a day doing this, not to mention endless eye candy.

All that info and no indication where the hell it is ...

 

[Guildedagain]

Lind, WA.

 

[adorshki]

Lind, WA.

Grain Truck Races! All the way to Tumwater!!!!

 

[davismanLV]

1968 Mercury Cougar Fastback.
PROTOTYPE: Never went into production. Shame!!

 

[JohnW63]

Yep. That is a cool look. I'd buy one now, if I didn't have a Mustang. I wonder what engine they would have dropped in it?

"Three new engines were added to the option list this year: the 230 hp (172 kW) 302 cu in (4.9 L), four-barrel V8; the 335 hp (250 kW) 428 cu in (7.0 L), four-barrel V8; and the 390 hp (291 kW) 427 cu in (7.0 L), four-barrel V8 "

In 67 they offered both a 351 Windsor and a 351 Cleveland as well as the above. Probably different HP ratings. Most likely the big blocks were so the Nascar boys could have a big racing motors. The 351 Cleveland would have been the motor to have in my opinion.

This is why ( Wait until about 35 seconds in... )

 

[davismanLV]

1938 Dymaxion (bustruckcars)