Does a tank that could burn you ness. Inside genius no crazy yes

It's got to 95 nice if the head gasket goes /you be like nicely cooked gammon ham

And it has air conditioning fucking genius

1647 cubic inches. Really ?

Horrible interior... So cramped and a feeling you could get burnt alive if the motor who is up your face explode and fry you up...😉

Car sounds amazing but what is the point when you don't even open it up for the video?

Just another British genius messing about

Greta having a panic attack…

A major feat engineering wise but internally a disaster

Build quality is absolutely terrible.

How come this guy can build this in his shed, but land rover in the 90s couldn't make a car that could get to the shops and back

Englishman known for building an SD 1 with a rolls royce merlin V 12 engine has passed away today, crushed when the car slid off his lift….. Is something I really hope i never see as a headline … Good grief that lift scares me to death

I love that despite all the hours of wizardry involved in getting it this far, Good old Charlie has zero time for not making it look like an MOT failure.

I swear officer its STOCK 🤣

23 minutes watching someone idle up the a1 .... 27 litres and not used any of it. Pointless car, pointless video waste of my time

Where did he find a gearbox capable of taking all that power and torque, i wonder?

almost as much low speed torque as my 2 litre diesel

Been watching this joyous creation for many years 🙂🇬🇧 Arguably the best installation of that engine in a car. The Peterson/Bentley Meteor is gorgeous but not a daily….. obviously Charlie’s would be ruinous in regular use, but no bigger footprint than any SD1. Much as I have always marvelled at “the Beast”……… its looks are challenging and it sounds like a bag of hammers…….. it never, in my opinion, sounds like a Meteor/Merlin…….. whereas Charlie’s under load, sounds like a flypast from a Spitfire. I’m so glad he’s still out playing with the car…….. and hope he continues. The likes of Charlie and Allen Millyard epitomise our Nations unique talents…. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇬🇧🏁

A good alloy rad will outperform copper/brass and be a LOT lighter. These 3" thick things they sell though are not great. I had one,, went to a factory Holden rad about an inch thick and no more problems. Modern cars with a/c and other coolers dont have issues hence my reverting to OEM. Mind you it is a V8 Holden rad in a 500hp V8 Ford!. I also have the same rad inmy 71 Ford Galaxie and that is 400ci with a.c and a big transcooler. 2 ton car. Yes I know it is just a lightweight as the Meteor is nearly that weight!! As for this car?? Bloody hell it is different. Over engineered and heavy. But nothing will break. Steering is bit average though the system is the same as many 4 wds. And then it seems a TH400 and a Ford Commercial diff. Though I suspect you have to be gentle on them as for the torque will smash both of them.

It needs the Autobahn or big American freeways

What part of West Virginia are you located?😂😂

What was the engine originally for?

My uncle had a 42 litre marina

This man's a Hero for Buildings this Monster fantastic 👏

He drives like my 90 year old father give it the beans man that's not true my dad goes faster

Wouldn't like it to blow it's expansion tank

The acceleration is effortless which is brilliant. I love it.👍🏻

Two people with nothing to say to each other 😂

An inspiration to car conversion movement. The John Dodd car is back in the UK now after Mr Dodd sadly passed away.

Its brilliant because its reliable.

Sir can u send drive train pictures of gearbox enjine conexion want 2 build the same consept v12

Bet the neighbours love waking up to look at that shithole every morning

Love it. Very coole car !

Fantastic. Thank you. What an extraordinary beautiful custom and talented, humble builder. Lie many here, I've been following Andy's work since the early Custom Car mag days. Strange and wonderful creations culminating (so far!) in Deja. As a side note, I'm impressed with the Riley Owner's club. I was expecting cries of Heresy!, but happily none, only praise.

A lot of the aftermarket aluminium radiators aren't good from either heat rejection or robustness.

Really enjoyable to watch - absolutely resonates with me regarding working through the theory before making things. That's the difference between an engineer & a tinkerer....the amount of peolle who claim to be doing "development" when they have zero understanding of what they expect to see & more importantly why. Clearly Charlie researches the topic, understands the relevant point & then makes things. Doesn't workout every time but iterates, researches, takes advice & goes again....the definition of development.

What a lad Charlie is, I knew him when he worked at Tim Norton's. So much knowledge and such a genuine guy.

what a heap !!!

All I can think of watching this is some mid engine car with this engine. Like a Lambo VT replica.

"I suspect I called a 350Z a GTR again" That's me, roaming the internet, spreading paranoia 😁 This one is a GTR.

0:48 That's just a Nissan 350Z and I love how you not acknowledge their existence at 2:06

One talented Bloke,Ive known roy for years Good on you roy

I met Roy at Dragstalgia, when he invited my four-year-old to sit in his "Chariots of Fire" Slingshot Dragster, whilst his crew was busy prepping for the next round.... What a lovely Gentleman!

Dont you think to make the system that turns off half of engine on the idle?

Brilliant well done Roy .

So, putting humongous engines in small cars is not strictly an American thing then. I did take some aero engineering and found Stanley Hookers book, one he wrote, and seem to remember him saying he did contribute something to the superchargers on the Merlin. I am in awe of British engineering. I made friends with several British guys here in the Seattle area, working at Boeing. Thanks for the inspiration.

No Facebook unfortunately, please come back

Good evening!

I am not sure about expensive car shows anymore I went to a free sprint at castle combe instead of 30 quid for the usual events and saw nothing any worse than a paid event lots of track action and no knobs in financed slammed bmws.

Hi Dave currently seating on a paddle steamer on the missippi in New Orleans listening to you