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Written by Ollie Marriage
Last week we brought you news of Auto Union"s return to Shelsley Walsh after a gap of 80 years. The thing is, hillclimbing has moved on since 1936 it"s moved on to the extent that the quickest cars feature unusual engineeringThe fastest car up the hill on the day was the Mannic-Beattie. It"s a homemade car, built in a shed by a chap called Nic Mann. And we do mean homemade apart from the engine and gearbox, the vast majority of the car, including the spaceframe chassis and suspension, is all his own work.At its heart lies a turbocharged 1.7-litre four cylinder Ford motor, but the air for the engine and turbo isn"t sucked in from the atmosphere, but blown in by a small, compact jet engine. No, really.
Date written: 28 Jul 2016
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Last week we brought you news of Auto Union"s return to Shelsley Walsh after a gap of 80 years. The thing is, hillclimbing has moved on since 1936 it"s moved on to the extent that the quickest cars feature unusual engineeringThe fastest car up the hill on the day was the Mannic-Beattie. It"s a homemade car, built in a shed by a chap called Nic Mann. And we do mean homemade apart from the engine and gearbox, the vast majority of the car, including the spaceframe chassis and suspension, is all his own work.At its heart lies a turbocharged 1.7-litre four cylinder Ford motor, but the air for the engine and turbo isn"t sucked in from the atmosphere, but blown in by a small, compact jet engine. No, really.
Date written: 28 Jul 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4443
