This one is quite large at 42 litres.
This is a Packard-Bentley and is a one-off self build racing car built by Chris Williams. Powered by a 42 L Packard V-12, developing 1,500 bhp and 2,700 N⋅m of torque.
The engine is out of a WWII American military PT boat and comes with torpedoes for oil tanks.
The Packard-Bentley is based on a 1930 Bentley 8-litre chassis.
It as 42 exhaust pipes and does 4 gallons to the mile fuel consumption. It's a beast.
This is its little brother, a Napier-Bentley, built in 1968 by David Llewellyn and Peter Morley originally on a Sunbeam chassis but following an accident it is now on a 1929 Bentley 8 L chassis
The engine is a 24 Litre Napier Sea Lion W12 boat engine which develops approximately 550 bhp
The noise is fantastic and it wheel spins all the time with those thin back tyres and huge torque.
This one is the Leyland Thomas No1 and is fitted with a 7.3 litre 8 cylinder engine. This was the first time out since it's rebuild in 75 years.
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Old race cars are great. I was recently reading about the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911, where the winner's average speed was about 74.6 mph and the driver had an innovative rear-view mirror.
Not a bad speed. My next post will be on a 1903 car that did 73mph. I think i have a photo of one of those early Indy cars. Thanks for commenting.