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Charley's Merlin powered '55 Chevy will be at our SEMA Party!
This car is absolutely amazing. I think everyone who will be at the Lateral-g SEMA party will be in agreement!
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that thing is insane......quality is top notch as well.
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The real question is can we talk him into starting it inside the building? :unibrow:
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Cant wait to see it Charley...I think you should bring down The Mule and Red Witch too...actually I want to see them all!! :thumbsup: :hail:
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Awesome
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holy crap that thing is sick has it been dynoed??? lol. will its power ever be tested or is it just gonna look amazing on display?
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I think it's in Guinness for the worlds highest hp street registered car; made over 3000 hp as I remember. It does sound just like a P51 when it's started up, way cool! Jody |
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Holy Hell Man!!!! Insane
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If it sounds like the P-51 Mustang...it is the coolest sounding car on the planet!! This is one I am really looking forward to seeing!!:lateral:
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I can't stop going over those pics, each time I look i see something else so insane... call security I'm crashing your SEMA dinner!
Does it ever hit the street? Looks surgically clean. |
That thing is super-insano in the best possible way:hail:
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Yes it sounds pretty cool. The hp record info was properly submitted to Guiness but I don't think we have ever heard back. Guess I will have to check the next book. The current record holder was a car with a Allison engine that Leno owns. To see this car in person is when you really get a feel for all the work that went into it. Those rivets painted on the outside were done one at a time with each one being masked and shot at least three times to get the shadowing. There are about 6000 of those rivets. To start the car you have to set the fuel mixture to full rich. That would be a great way to empty out the party . Maybe if there is a lighted area outside we could move it out and fire it up.
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Can't wait to see it!!
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Fire it UP !
Don't forget to get video of that and post for the less fortunate out here.
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The longer you look at the car the cooler it gets. Can't wait to see it.
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It's been driven on the street...it was on Dream Car Garage if I remember right...I have video at home...LOL:bow:
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I saw that also. Pretty cool. Probably can't drive this car with velcro shoes though!! LOL.
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I need to find a model with that engine and build this thing...it is AWESOME
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Man... thats nice ! Cant wait to see that either. |
Oh my Gosh. I cannot believe I'm going to see that in person. :theresa: Charley - take me for a ride! That's an amazing car...
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OK, now I can officially start crying....:censored:
That is incredibly cool to have that there...man I wish I could see it. Just an FYI, I believe out on YouTube, there is the "Dream Car Garage" episode, which show the car starting up...it is insane, and sounds just incredible...:thumbsup: Whoops!, beat me to it....see above. |
You guys (and lady) just have to keep rubbing it in :( .
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Hello Clill !!!
Have you driven it much ? How it drives? And how is the throtle response:wow: ? |
I think this has been mentioned before but there was a guy in England who built a car with an Merlin engine. The one he used came from a tank. In 1973 he was showing it at the Hot Rod Show in Stockholm, drove it there in early March (winter and icy roads) on a record time.
When the show ended he fired it up and drove out of the hall and back to England. Unfortunatelly it caught fire on the return trip and was completely destroyed. I was there and saw it. As Charley says these engines start with rich fuel. After about five minutes on idle there was at least a two foot layer of black smoke in the halls ceiling. So you better stay outside if you start it. I have another moment with those engines. When I went to tech-college we had one such engine in our lab. We had a project trying to start it up and we did it. What a sound. That one was a brand new spare that RAF had brought to Sweden after the WWII to fix stranded bombers that had made emergency landings. This engine was left over and donated to our school. It had been there for 30 years before it came to life. One memorable moment for sure. Jan |
that was in every magazine here in oz :hail:
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Just sick Charlie...nasty,mean...and SICK!:thumbsup:
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I've put about 5 miles on it. Drives fine but cars everywhere are pulling over to the side of the road. I tell people I don't drive it, I taxi it. I have not hammered it. The guy that built it said I could hammer it if I wanted to die.:willy:
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You are too funny Charley:lol: |
I am sooo jealous! Take some serious pictures and video! I saw the dreamcar garage with it a while back and remember when Charley bought it. Awesome car!
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The attention to detail just in the pics is amazing. The idea of fabricating every piece bumper to bumper to that level is some task. I think I would honestly stare at it more than drive it.
That is the guy from Castleman?? or something like that who built it correct? What was his follow up car??? |
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Very common problem on the p-51 was torque role at throttle up. That monster motor torqued the aircraft so bad - literally spinning the aircraft around the center line - instead of spinning up those massive props. Many crashed on takeoff or on emergency go-arounds when they didn't catch the torque ramping up. Very impressive piece of fabrication - and talk about packaging issues .... Don't forget the videos at SEMA Charley ! We wanna hear Theresa screaming like a little girl during the big smokey burnout !!! :theresa: :thumbsup: |
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What a school project Jan:bow: I remember having "fun" with totally revolutionary honda ALB brakes and 4 wheel steering...:rolleyes: during my tech shcool days.. |
All I can say is that Rod Hadfield is a true Australian genius. Dam us Australians are good.
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I know Rod...and I can say he is a genius and a nut:willy:
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