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General Discussion Area / Re: The Beast
« on: 04 July 2008, 14:19:52 »
I didn't realise, until a friend at work commented on aircraft engines fitted in cars, that there was so much interest in John's car.
We first looked at the Napier Bentley on the web, then I remembered John and his amazing car when I lived and worked next to Malaga airport. I was with a German mate buying fuel at the Rosaleda gas station next to the industrial estate near Malaga airport. We watched incredulously as a tall man was trying to pull the radiator out of a white silver shadow. The car was parked under the gas station's canopy. He looked like he was having a towing job so I asked in Spanish if we could help. "Sorry mate, don't speak the lingo" was his reply.
I explained that I was English. He laughed and we extracted the radiator and took it to a workshop in Malaga. After that we worked with him on many occasions and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I learnt a lot of tricks from John, but the best part of it was about 1983 or 4, when we took a drive through Benalmadena in that hot and noisy car. I remember him getting me to prime the carb with a Fairy Liquid bottle of petrol. He wouldn't let me drive it but then I've never been much of a fan of automatic transmissions. It had a Turbo 400 from a Cadillac if I remember correctly, and indeed did have a lot of poke
best regards stu
We first looked at the Napier Bentley on the web, then I remembered John and his amazing car when I lived and worked next to Malaga airport. I was with a German mate buying fuel at the Rosaleda gas station next to the industrial estate near Malaga airport. We watched incredulously as a tall man was trying to pull the radiator out of a white silver shadow. The car was parked under the gas station's canopy. He looked like he was having a towing job so I asked in Spanish if we could help. "Sorry mate, don't speak the lingo" was his reply.
I explained that I was English. He laughed and we extracted the radiator and took it to a workshop in Malaga. After that we worked with him on many occasions and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I learnt a lot of tricks from John, but the best part of it was about 1983 or 4, when we took a drive through Benalmadena in that hot and noisy car. I remember him getting me to prime the carb with a Fairy Liquid bottle of petrol. He wouldn't let me drive it but then I've never been much of a fan of automatic transmissions. It had a Turbo 400 from a Cadillac if I remember correctly, and indeed did have a lot of poke
best regards stu