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Rolls-Royce Sued The Builder Of This 27-Liter Frankenstein Car

As for the car, the Beast is 19 feet long, about as long as a crew cab long box pickup. The body is fiberglass, and Dodd ...
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The 1972 Beast Is Every Gearhead Dad's Guilty Pleasure, Has an Outrageous Engine

How do you tame a 27-liter Merlin engine? Well, John Dodd found a way! Meet the Beast, every gearhead dad's guilty pleasure ...
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1,000-HP Merlin-Powered Rolls-Royce Blends Aviation History With Road-Burning Madness

A 1930 Rolls-Royce chassis fitted with a 27-liter Merlin V12 aircraft engine delivers 1,000 horsepower and unmatched ...

A Bonkers V-12-Powered Station Wagon Called the ‘Beast’ Is Now up for Grabs

John Dodd's one-off shooting brake, the "Beast," will be auctioned off in the U.K. this month. The car has a 27-liter V-12 ...
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The Beast is back! 27-litre Merlin-engined behemoth is up for auction again

It’s heading up for auction again through Historics Auctioneers, and it’ll cross the block at a sale at Mercedes-Benz World on 29 November. The estimate? Somewhere between £75,000 and £100,000.
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The Merlin the engine that won the Second World War Gordon A.A. Wilson

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is the most recognisable aero engine in the world. It powered the Battle of Britain aircraft, the Spitfire and Hurricane, as they defended the shores of Britain against the ...