Practical Performance Car Features 27L V12 Tank Engine Powered Rover, We Suggest New Title

Tim Odell

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Rover SD1 with 27L V12 Merlin Tank Engine Rover SD1 with 27L V12 Merlin Tank Engine
One of these days we’ll do a tank-engined car showdown, and this Rover SD1 will be among the contenders. We could go on for a while, but PPC’s intro sums it up nicely:

One day back in the 1990s a middle-aged man from a sleepy village in Lincolnshire decided that he’d start a new project saloon car.
Over a decade and two marriages later PPC’s own Charlie Broomfield had a road legal matt black Rover SD1 powered by a 27-litre V12 Merlin tank engine.

It seems his goal is to take it up to 200mph. So there ya go. You need to head over to PPC, because they’re basically a UK version of Hooniverse. Seriously, check out their project cars page.
Rover SD1 27L V12 at Practical Performance Car via Save The Enzos

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  1. discontinuuity Avatar
    discontinuuity

    I remember seeing this a few years ago, when it was first starting out. The builder had some trouble registering the car for the road since the clerk kept putting 2.7 L for the displacement instead of 27 liters.

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  2. EscortsForever Avatar
    EscortsForever

    The first three project cars are escorts?!?! Yep, that place is awesome.

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  3. discontinuuity Avatar
    discontinuuity

    I also like this E-Type
    <img src="http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/images/stories/staffcars/car1_10.jpg"&gt;
    I kinda want to get an E-Type and drive it around with no front clip like that.

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  4. CptSevere Avatar
    CptSevere

    That Rover is friggin' insane. Here's a video of it running.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85jfBxQP4ZI&NR…
    These crazy Brits also built a Rolls Royce for the track. Turbocharged.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkyyReXxgw&fe…
    Yeah, these guys are Hoons. No doubt about it.

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    1. highmileage_v1 Avatar
      highmileage_v1

      They are definitely hoonish, as shown by their cooling system. Merlins are pretty temperature sensitive and the radiator on this thing probably holds as much fluid as a hot water tank.

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  5. PowerTryp Avatar
    PowerTryp

    If you guys could get funding I'd have no issue starting up a project car, I've got the resources (physically and mentally that is) I'd just need the idea and funding.

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  6. BGW Avatar
    BGW

    The back axle is from a Ford F150 pick-up truck, the drivetrain has parts from a Leyland Leopard bus…

    Well done, sir. Well done.

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  7. Slow Joe Crow Avatar
    Slow Joe Crow

    As a minor funny, the brits opted for parts commonality and used the Meteor to power the Mighty Antar tank transporter as well as the tanks it hauled.

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  8. engineerd Avatar
    engineerd

    Great. Just what I need. Another site to waste hours of my life reading about insane project cars and classics doing what they were intended to do.
    /Heads back to PPC and puts the headphones on so he can't hear his wife yelling at him.

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  9. Manic_King Avatar
    Manic_King

    Merlin V12 Powered 55 Chevy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84
    V16 Hot Rod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO2MDBi6uYs
    Sherman Tank Engine in Mustang: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilyGlrM1Q6A

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  10. Cherlyn Dekay Avatar
    Cherlyn Dekay

    There are no side effects to the acai berry. It¡¯s like eating a fruit. Best check with your attending physician.

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  11. Tera Kame Avatar
    Tera Kame

    Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!

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  12. Кирилл Avatar
    Кирилл

    Продажа жилых домов качественно, разнообразные отделки и другие строительные услуги

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