Manky Monkey Motors

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And I thought Desperate was barking! Love the jet powered scooter though.  ;D

So you never saw the Jet/V8 trike I built the chassis for some years ago? Exactly the same setup, and just like the trike, all the jet engine does is to throw a huge flame out the back.

Was that the black one that's been doing the rounds of the shows for the last couple of years? It was at The Speedfreak's Ball at The Pod I think.
Did you ever host NCC parties at Leighton Buzzard Chris? I went to one once. Seem to recall a field full of all sorts of wondrous contraptions just rusting away. I'm sure there was a jet engine there. Long time ago & the ol' memory's getting a bit fuzzy! :P

It's actually an APU (Auxilliary Power Unit). Normally found just below the tail on big airliners, these engines have several power-takeoffs for electric, hydraulics, compressed air etc. They don't actually produce thrust. Owned a couple myself. Just sound nice, and when you pump raw fuel into the jet-pipe, produce pretty flames and smoke.

 ;D Perfect for Sainsburys carpark on a Saturday afternoon! Where does one buy a second hand APU then?

Yes, it is Paul's black one. And the party you went to was at my place,  Harley Farm, where I lived. The back of the barn had a concealed "house" behind it. The engine you saw was my DeHavilland Ghost, a proper jet engine out of a Venom fighter and producing 10,000bhp. Hey....they were good parties. I held quite a few!

S/H APU. How many do you want? I know where there are a few.

So it wasn't just my imagination then!
I have enough trouble sorting out 40bhp Reliant engines! Would love to have one in the corner of the lock-up though, just to casually show to people as "my next project".   :D

I remember seeing an article on a Trike with a Rolls Royce Merlin engine! Taken from a Spitfire. 35ltr and about 3000 hp I think. :o

The MSVA guys would have a field day with that!
Wasn't there a Merlin engined car years ago too? Owned by a guy called Dodd  I think -no, not Ken. It was a creamy yellow colour & had a bonnet about 10 feet long.

Yeah. I think it started life as a Capri. As if the bonnet isn't long enough anyway!  :D

They your piccies Byz? I've been asking for ages for people to send in old drag race shots. I used to take loads on my little Kodak110 when I was a teenager. Used to go to the Blackbushe airport meets at Camberley. The Olympia & Ally Pally custom car shows too. All of 'em long since binned though.
Steve's race car, The Black Pig, was originally Pony Express I believe. Must be loads of photos of that in action tucked away in people's albums.

Not mine.

Saw these on the net a while back and saved em. Cos I have a capri myself they are of interest. Try searching google there are probably pic's of the pig in it's previous life on many sites.

I've lost all my old photo's. Gutted. I have a couple of pics of my Mum and Dad on an Ariel Arrow in their courting days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Email 'em in! Biker Gran & Desperate have already contributed some old black & white piccies for the Old Biker Photos bit. The more the merrier  ;D As soon as I learn how I'll post it!

O.K, I admit defeat! Time to slope off to bed. Good job it's my day off tomorrow!
G'night all.  ;D

Good idea! I'm pooped ;D

One-off hand-made GRP body built by John Dodd and powered by a 27 litre Merlin Engine (not 35 litre.....that's getting silly). Nothing to do with a Capri (bloody nice cars). He was sued by Rolls Royce over the grille and badge. There was a feature on it on Top Gear a few years ago, and they road-tested it. It was destroyed in a fire and rebuilt using a Rolls Royce Meteor engine (tank version). His son Paul now runs it (I think). I'm afraid I also had one of those engines, Manky. A brand new one still in the box. Have a look in the "Cars" section of my site. There's also a picture of my jet engine. www.chrisireland.co.uk  ......another fabulous Yoda site!

Goodnight.

Ah. someone with the knowledge! Cheers Desperate my recollections are obviously flaky but in the right direction.

Night

Love the Indian ;D

Aye, we're all just puppets in Yodie's multi media theatre Chris!
Where the hell does one buy a new tank engine still in the box?! Did it fall off the back of a Chinook? No, don't tell me. I can't afford one!

Army surplus, mate!

"I'll have a pair of size 10 Para boots mate & one of those camo jackets -oh & a De Havilland jet engine please".

You can laugh, oh Manky cake eater, but here's a quiz for you. A serious one.
(A) Guess how much I paid for the BRAND NEW Rolls Royce 27 litre V12, with all ancilliaries, still in the box, and including shipping. (B) The DeHavilland Ghost, on a testbed and ready to fire up, delivered to my door (that engine is 12ft long).

If you tell me it was less than the tenner I paid for my first Reliant I'm gonna be seriously upset!  ;D

Steve's just emailed me this pic of Mr Dodd's Roller in action.
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