More powerful than a Bugatti Veyron and the size of a bus, Chris Williams's Packard-engined Bentley can light up the greyest day.
It's a proper 8-litre chassis with new side rails but original fittings and lugs throughout. The engine is a 41.8-litre, V12, with each cylinder at 3.5-litres. It has 'knife and fork' rods, four-pole magneto ignition and a supercharger the side of a dustbin, which runs at 2.4 times the speed of the engine. The inlet manifold diameter is about six and half inches, that's bigger than my house's septic tank system. It's got three fuel tanks; the main 52-gallon tank and header and scavenge tanks.
THE FACTS
Bentley Packard monoposto
Tested: 41.8-litre Packard V12, four-speed Bentley C-type gearbox and a Bentley Speed Six rear axle running in reverse
Price/on sale: Assuming you could track down a Packard engine and an Eight Litre Bentley, in the region of £350,000. It's not for sale
Power/torque: 1,500bhp @ 2,400rpm/ 2,000lb ft @ 2,400rpm
Top speed: 160mph approx
Acceleration: N/A
Fuel economy: 4 gallons per minute at full chat
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