Unbelivable....in australia.....
 

/// SOME ONE SMARTER THAN i CAN LOOK IT UP.....

on automarket australia........dude is running...on the road....a 1939 Dodge p/u with a 7 cyl radial aircraft engine...... belt drive......

Would look at home in the snubnose of a CMP

Would this be the truck you are referring to Accessed 12/03/2024 from https://www.throttlextreme.com/wild-...ked-idea-work/ This one says it is from America though!

Here is a YouTube clip Accessed 12/03/2024 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfson8bqi8c

Kind regards
Lionel

I recall seeing this in Jay Lenos Garage video. It was temperamental and difficult to start. It could only run for a short time due to overheating. An interesting aesthetic creation but hardly truly functional. There are other similar vehicles with front or rear mounted radial engines with differing degrees of success.
I Think building a prop powered CMP would be a great project for you Bob!

I recall seeing that show. More a piece of art - a great piece - than a vehicle. Same is true for many of the show cars that are built mainly in the US, like cars with chromed brake disks etc. :confused. Turns out the point is those cars aren't meant to be driven but trailered to shows and set up with mirrors under them.

Here's the "1939 Plymouth Radial Air": https://youtu.be/HADpy9bF2U4?si=Kw-iWs4jPLbaLQCt

This is an easy way to have fun with a radial engine: https://youtu.be/0Vq3vl4YMTw?si=gjOATpAVa03q5efZ

Amazing.........
 

..... surprised I have not seen it before.......

Absolutely awesome but hardly practical........ but still amazing including the finish of the truck.

The things big boy will do.....

....and to BOB P. If I built one......
......................... on what ground could I fight the divorce ?????

I met a Pastor this week who has a 1 1/4 ton 42 Chev truck chopped, dropped, mopped, into a modrod pickup in plain steel finish with 3 clearcoats..... who would have imagined....and still powered by the original 216....... who volunteers as restorer at the CWM.

All I can say is Amen!!!!!!!

Perhaps insanity....

Or, "it's a truck dear, not another woman..."

Hi Bob.

Many years ago, I recall seeing an article in car magazine of somebody taking a perfectly good vintage Rolls and dropping a Merlin engine into the front of it, for absolutely no other reason than both items had been made by the same company.


David

Merlin car
 

Are you thinking of this car?

https://www.motor1.com/news/655594/b...er-merlin/amp/

An article with a bit more history of the car.

https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/c...john-dodd-car/

If the concept of a huge engine in a wheeled vehicle appeals to you, be sure to check out the several Jay Leno Garage videos that show off his collection of gas guzzling beasts. He even has a "car" with a Continental 1790 engine in it!
All of these are "labour of love" vehicles increasingly impractical in these days of high fuel costs. Still, check out the craftsmanship in some of Lenos cars and you will be truly impressed.

Must be nice to have money......
 

.....but it does not guarantee happiness.......Jay is reported to be setting up a special trust fund to look after his wife with early signs of dementia in case he gets to go first and she would be saddled with all those wonderful cars.......

........something about a long long hood....a huge noisy engine......smokey, hot and uncomfortable...... that we find appealing....... any sexual connotation is purely in the mind of the reader!!!!!!!

BooBee

Hi Paul.

Too new in style. What I recall was mid to late 1960's out of the UK somewhere. The Rolls was a classic looking saloon not unlike those used back then by the Royal Family. The article came out at the height of all the competition between the Jaguar V-12 XKE Series 2 and 3 Roadsters and the Corvette Stingray 427 Roadster, just before the dramatic body style changeover in the Corvette.


David