When I was a mere lad Custom Car featured John Dodd's Rolls Royce look alike fitted with a 1000bhp Rolls Royce Merlin Engine. Here's a link: https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/john-dodd-and-merlin-engined-monstrosity-infuriated-rolls-royce
Yes, i remember reading about that car, which in that pics was actually on to its 2nd body. the 1st, a grotesque Frankenstein Capri like thing was (i think) destroyed by fire,
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I also remember reading that during the court case brought by RR, Dodd was frequently late or a no-show, due to the unreliability of The Beast (at least in London traffic). I'm sure i read an article in a magazine not too long ago about The Beast being 'alive' and well in Spain somewhere, Malaga seems to ring a bell.
And BTW, it was not a RR look-alike(!). RR's only problem was Dodd using the grill and spirit of ecstasy mascot. They were successful the reason why most pics of The Beast (with the 2nd body) show it with a different (and entirely non-RR) grill.
Edited by badbusdriver on 16/07/2019 at 21:16
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