Jet engine development, the Gloster Meteor and the V1 threat - History of Manston Airfield

The tank engine in a car. Why did a British sports car once sound like a war machine? Because in 1977, someone stuffed a tank engine into a road car. Called The Beast, it used the Rolls-Royce Meteor V12 built for World War II tanks. With 27 liters of displacement, it made nearly 1,000 horsepower without turbos or electronics, just raw mechanics. The car weighed over two tons, but still hit 180 miles per hour while drinking fuel faster than a jet. Its roar shook windows, and the body barely conta