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Ear plugs & helmets for the driver & passenger.

Also in the 70s, I had a friend who was a chauffeur / bodyguard for the owner of a large insurance company and because he was on call 24 hours got to bring the Roller home. It was a moment that there were some concerns about terrorism and/or kidnapping of wealthy people. My friend was ex-military of some special division and was certainly one I would not like to tangle with. He had done some sort of high level driving course which included methods of escape from pursuit or blockages. I accompanied him a couple of times when he had to do something with the car. On one occasion, on a road with no traffic he decided to practice (or show off) one of his techniques.

To be in the passenger seat of a RR that at somewhere between 50 and 60 kph suddenly spins 180° and with a certain amount of tyre skreech starts accelerating in the opposit direction was an interesting experience. His control of the car was impressive to say the least.

PS. He was driving my car one night on an unlit highway out in the country when suddenly he threw the car sideways in a tyre skreeching stop. There was a small white poodle in the middle of the road which was very dirty and apparently lost or abandoned. He picked it up and eventually fed and washed it. Since there was no way of finding the owner it became his pet. To see this big muscular guy with the little white poodle was quite a sight

I had completely forgotten about that until I wrote of his driving the RR.

I bet that needs a serious bonnet bulge

Looks like 'Swampy' owns it

I think it needs a much bigger carb. Assuming it is the A series engine I hope they have beefed it up a tad.

Interesting setup, I wonder how the blower belt is driven... Thanks for posting.

Haynes Motor Museum - Those of us that went on the behind the scenes tour here will recognise the bay.. Time for another visit I think.
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The engine of the Aston Martin DB4 is in the process of being checked over by the Haynes Heritage Engineering Team. It will shortly be fitted to the Aston before it moves back to the Paintshop 🚗👉

Yep that was a great visit & well worth a second trip.
Not sure if this has a motor but it is eccentric, it was spotted on a GEG run to Heybridge Basin today.

The Napier Sabre

When it comes to inline aviation engines, nothing really says ‘brute force’ like the Napier Sabre.

Where Rolls-Royce failed with their ‘X’ configuration Vulture, Napier succeeded (after some teething problems) with the ‘H’ configuration Sabre.

From around 2000 HP in 1939, the power of the sleeve-valved 24-cylinder engine grew to a whopping 3000 HP by the end of the war, placing it virtually on par with monster radials like the Bristol Centaurus.

The Sabre is most famous as the powerplant for the Typhoon and Tempest (latter pictured at The Royal Air Force Museum London).

And since you mentioned Bristol Centaurus.



On display in Old Warden hangers. Two rows of nine sleeve valve cylinders developing over 3000 hp from a total of 53.6 litres. Also used in the Hawker Tempest as well as Sea Fury.

A version built for the Bristol Beverley heavy transport plane developed 3,220 hp and must have represented the peak of aircraft piston engine development. This since the larger 67.9 litre Bristol Orion was never fully built although the name was later used for a turbo prop engine.

Yup that's why the Reno Air Race boys use the Sea Fury Brutal..

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