John Dodd out with the Beast 13th May 2018

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This video is of John Dodd out with the Beast on the 13th of May 2018. The last video we did was almost EXACTLY 9 years ago to the day on the 18th of May 2009! Dad is still driving around and working at his automatic transmission repair business in Churriana, Malaga with great health at almost 86 years old! This was the last outing before the Beast now undergoes having a replacement rear differential, a 4.11 Ford Currie differential. John Dodd is happy to answer questions about the Beast via the Beast fan page on Facebook or via his business webpage www.automaticgearboxspain.com

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@muffhelmable Год назад

RIP John - you contributed magnificently

@carbonarapadrino Год назад

Triple carbs in Marbs!

@EbonyPope Год назад

What's this clanking sound?

@AaroKo Год назад

@@EbonyPope transmission clanking because of the torque it has

@greasemonkeyradio1279 Год назад

You would click and clank too if you had that much under your hood. 😅😅😅

@damenwhelan3236 Год назад

@@EbonyPope Which one?

@5p33dy305 3 года назад

A literal living legend. Long live the Beast and it's creator.

@BovineEntertainment Год назад

damn...

@nikephorosmostropus4606 Год назад

This doesn’t age well

@rad44rr Год назад

Id say it's a lovely comment supporting him at a time he was present and in the living world. Rip John !

@jimmy66603 Год назад

Decca and diet chips

@mrmartin2079 5 месяцев назад

@@nikephorosmostropus4606your comment is a little unnecessary

@braixen6681 3 года назад

We need this in forza horizon4

@dicktaylor2600 5 лет назад

2 genuine legends of the motoring world. Great to see both still going strong.

@Former615 4 года назад

This really made me smile

@paulluce2557 4 года назад

Really pleased to see that The Man, The Beast, and the Business are still going strong...

@LeoMkII Год назад

This comment is now sad

@EbonyPope Год назад

What's this clanking sound?

@mrwow1667 Год назад

@@EbonyPopei think it’s just how the engine idles

@M-oneeleven-M111 3 года назад

When the saying "no replacement for displacement" is taken to a whole new level what a magnificent creation

@JohnDavis-ed5sg 2 года назад

I had no idea that this legend (car and creator) were still about. I loved reading about this (no internet in the early 70s) in the car magazines when I was about 10 years old. Fantastic!

@Aderin. Год назад

Well he's dead now, rip john

@the_dopekid9311 2 месяца назад

What an absolute legend he was to drive this daily, RIP John. Hope the new owners will look after 'The Beast' with the same passion and care.

@GreenJeep1998 3 года назад

Who ever made that muffler did a good job, it’s not nearly as loud as I expected!

@briananthony4044 2 года назад

Except the exhaust is too close to the body at some point and bangs when idling.

@frozenice61 2 года назад

@@briananthony4044 probably on of the rubber hangers needs changing,crazy to think the engine is nearly 80 years old

@UberLummox 2 года назад

@@briananthony4044 Is that what that nasty rattling noise is??? Kinda ruins it a bit.

@johnowls 2 года назад

The exhaust exit looks to be at he front of the rear wheel, the pipes and box at the rear might be just for looks.

@discozula4469 2 года назад

It’s still mighty loud just that the engine idles so low it barely makes sound

@jtscarchannel537 4 года назад

I remember this car from when I was a teenager and now im 54, if im that active at his age, I will be a happy man.

@confuseatronica 3 года назад

i had no idea this thing was still on the road. I remember seeing pictures of it in 1970s car magazines.

@HamiltonMechanical 3 года назад

I've read about this car for years. Watched lots of old footage. This is freaking awesome! Thank you for taking the time to make this video :)

@gavanwhatever8196 3 года назад

Seems like lane markings are purely decorative...

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Lol 😂

@wingnutzster 3 года назад

When your vehicle is RR Merlin powered all the rules change! She did mention the strong petrol fumes

@crazyoilfieldmechanic3195 3 года назад

This man's personal manner is admirable and entertaining.......bionic man lol

@rhyswilliams4893 Год назад

John last ride. This video is a huge moment for the car and John. Hopefully whoever the family sells it too can enjoy it the same way.

@liamhollin8265 3 года назад

He's a legend. I hears he attended court on horse back, after the judge the previous day said" you've got a cavalier attitude. Brilliant👍👍👍👍

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Yes thanks! Check out the fan page on Facebook - there are photos of John Dodd on horseback outside the Royal Courts in the Strand facebook.com/johndoddbeast/

@graemeneale9311 3 года назад

I see that Greta Thunberg did not give this video a Like.

@peteratkinson922 4 месяца назад

She bought the car

@micy80 4 года назад

I have just discovered him and his car and it's such an impressive thing to watch. Wonderful to see you're living in Spain. Perfect weather all year round for motoring.

@soosiedodd68 4 года назад

Stanca Mircea Marian Thank you!

@deldridg 3 года назад

Big smiles here in Sydney, Aust! Thank you for putting this together for us. Very nostalgic for me - growing up as the son of a mechanic (my dad's the same age as your dad) - I had a magazine subscription on engineering and this incredible car featured in the very first of the series. How wonderful to be able to experience it now, all these years later. Cheers and thank you - Dave

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Thank you Dave for your lovely comment! 😊🎉 Big smile to you too 🙏

@MaD_fX Год назад

Only learned about the Beast recently, and John seems like a top bloke. RIP

@paulgardner9763 2 года назад

A fantastic engineer and the car is an almost mythical legend that always inspires us. Well done John Dodds :)

@peterbuckley5204 3 года назад

Hi I'm nearly 69 and remember this back in the day in a car magazine and if my memory is correct this was the 2nd incarnation the 1st one caught fire and the spare wheel was melted on top of the fuel tank and there was still 14 gallons of fuel still in the tank fond memories all the best

@jimkerr9921 Год назад

I remember him years ago he had that engine in a purple car. Rolls Royce had taken him to court because he had a RR front grill on his car. He said it was a tribute to them. Great car even better man.

@terjetytland884 4 года назад

Sounds like it has developed a bad exhaust rattle. But i am impressed he is driving it still,in his age

@richardharrold9736 2 года назад

I think it’s a propshaft issue rather than exhaust...

@kentonian 2 года назад

It was doing it while stationary..

@horsetowater 3 года назад

This is truly uplifting to watch, someone with such immense passion and the skill to go with it

@giogio4833 2 года назад

Last of the old school real British geezers.💪💪💪

@californiadreaming9216 Год назад

This man is a legend. This car is a legend. Legends do not die.

@kjaques1 Год назад

What an incredible guy, and so awesome to have footage with him being in his element like this. Rest in Peace.

@nicolasrose3968 3 года назад

The body styling is .....umm... well...aaah....ummumum....yeah......nah....Griswald's family vacation-esk ...😝😂

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

....lol 😂 It was cool back in the 80’s...

@michaelguerin56 3 года назад

Still is. It works for that vehicle.

@neiljarvis8911 3 года назад

Saw a magazine article about this car in Street Machine in the early eighties, I was still at school, now I'm retired. Glad to see your dad growing old disgracefully...long may that continue!

@eriktenhag2022 15 дней назад

What's disgraceful about this beauty?

@-DC- 4 года назад

Friend of mines dad is absolutely obsessed with the beast, I've been hearing about John and his car for over 30 year's absolutely legends the pair of them !

@xhulianomurati5154 Год назад

he will live forever in our minds as the person who feared nothing and made the impossible possible RIP John

@yellelley4788 4 года назад

Your father is amazing and enjoying life as it should be. (I guess you are as well). I hope you're all doing well in this troubled time. Best wishes from the North of England. Long live "the beast"!

@soosiedodd68 4 года назад

YellelleY Thanks! Same to you from me & Dad!

@bobmarshall3700 3 года назад

Is it the car that wanders all over the road, or the driver?

@djweetos 6 лет назад

Thank you for the update. Great to see the passion and "the Beast" still going strong. P.S. This should go viral on every automotive site!

@donkmeister 2 года назад

Having owned my fair share of medium-sized V8s in the UK, I have occasionally had to politely nod along when someone is talking about their 2 or 3 litre car having a huge, thirsty engine. When your car is 27 litres and averages 13-14mpg on a gentle cruise (going by his classic TV interview from the 70s), it must be hard to keep a straight face when someone regards an 8-10 litre V8 as a big engine.

@TheAdryelloko 7 месяцев назад

Descansa en paz leyenda, te acabado de conocer y vivía al lado tuya.... yo de Cádiz Algeciras zona humilde

@MaxyVideos 3 года назад

10:27 "favourite brunch place" * does a burnout as he enters *

@justdean5871 3 года назад

Fantastic car very cool man much love to you both

@graemeneale9311 3 года назад

Breakfast at Organic 12 Euro, fuel cost for the day 238 Euro, the experience priceless and for everything else there is a Tesla.

@troypatillo1688 3 года назад

27 liters of engine! And you guys say we Americans like big engines 😂

@myownidenity4955 3 года назад

More than a 3rd where built in the 🇺🇸

@ajay-xjs 2 года назад

RU-vid showed me a link to your Dad on TV back in the 80's and now it's showed me this. It's wonderful to see him still going with this crazy car. What a beautiful video ❤️

@bigliftm Год назад

So sorry for your loss🙏. To bad you dont keep this car in your family. that is where it belongs to honor JD.

@hearhsport 5 лет назад

sounds like a bag of old spanners

@BritishEngineer 2 месяца назад

Straight cut gears

@terrylee9932 3 года назад

........If Carlsberg made Dads ? 😁😁😁

@micmucky4993 5 лет назад

Nice John lovely motor Merlin good to see ur dad is still alive enjoying life still and men love speed and power u should do video in the car with your dad

@handymandev03 3 года назад

I love how he loves to spin those wheels, mind you this old girl could spin the wheels with no effort, controlling it would be another issue.

@andrewhoward7200 3 года назад

Glorious car, great to see dad and daughter having fun. Love it.

@21cresidente 2 года назад

Nice one

@g0fvt 3 года назад

I saw the car in it's original form at the Brighton Speed Trials in about 1972, scary to realise that it was roughly 50 years ago....

@zakzwijn8410 4 года назад

06:00 No you're not doing your best, push the pedal through the floor ffs, the lines on the road prove you drive slow

@SteveSmith-hu9fr 3 года назад

What was she driving... a bus from 1930? Man she was driving slow!

@Praetor_Fenix420 3 года назад

John Dodd is the GOAT of all bionic men, the Beast is beyond reality.

@Vile-Flesh 3 года назад

Amen to that

@julesdomes6064 3 года назад

Turn radius? Yes.😀 Mpg? Yes!😀 Excellent!👏👍

@CarLoverPhotography 3 года назад

Cant believe how quiet it is for a merlin

@PeterEmery 3 года назад

It's a Meteor tank engine, not a Merlin aircraft engine.

@uooello13 3 года назад

i was just thinking what are those banging noises

@johnsmith-nl3js 2 года назад

@@PeterEmery the owners daughter says its a full on merlin with the supercharger removed

@Michael_Michaels 3 года назад

This was an excellent footage, except for the highway part, where you clearly failed to keep up... 😊thank you so much for this share!

@MrVorpalsword 3 года назад

sounds like he's got a badly tuned steel-band under the bonnet.

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

The noise is torsional play in the step up box at low revs - The engine itself is fine

@MrVorpalsword 3 года назад

@@soosiedodd68 quite, tighten everything up, spray some WD40 here and there and Bob's yer uncle.

@Vile-Flesh 3 года назад

No power steering. Christ that must be hard to drive but I would still be up for it to give it a go.

@snowwhite7677 5 лет назад

How to do a video on the BEAST: See that Horizon? It's over there somewhere, I can't keep up...

@jaggass 4 года назад

That's the longest engine bay i've seen and i bet the revs are really low cruising speeds due to it having so much torque. Your dad is a legend.

@soosiedodd68 4 года назад

Michael David Thanks! 🙏😊

@frozenice61 2 года назад

yes the revs are low,i think max is 2,700,i remember this car when he first built it ,the stuff of legend indeed

@jaggass 2 года назад

@@frozenice61 3000rpm . Jay Leno has a Merlin engine in a custom built Bentley and it just idles most of the time.

@frozenice61 2 года назад

@@jaggass the later merlin engine probably did rev a bit more 300 is 10 percent so more than a bit

@iamthebroker 3 года назад

You can’t keep up? Try using the accelerator, the thing that makes it go harder. You looked like you were going as quick as a Lada in the Siberian snow.

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Lol 😂

@thegreat_I_am 3 года назад

She was trying to pretend that this monstrosity was going really quickly, that’s all. When she said they’d slowed down to 80, it looked more like 35.

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

@@thegreat_I_am we are talking km/per hour not miles 😅👍

@thegreat_I_am 3 года назад

@@soosiedodd68 So was I!

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

I have to adhere to restrictions as my car is on local plates! I don’t like to think how fast he goes with no airbags at 89 years old!

@RingwraithRob 3 года назад

Good to see the beast still going. I remember it turning up at the Guildford cruise a few times, can't remember the exact year but I'm sure it was based in Portsmouth at the time. Thanks for posting this 👍

@NerdInMotion23 2 года назад

I remember seeing this car at Guilford Cruise when I was a teenager. John was really friendly and told me lot about the Beast. What a legend.

@thehomelesswhisperer9733 2 года назад

How amazing is that I love reading the comments on RU-vid cuz you always see something like this which is truly unique and amazing is that beer company in europe?

@NerdInMotion23 2 года назад

@@thehomelesswhisperer9733 UK

@DrBreezeAir 4 года назад

This man knows how to roll in style.

@patchesdf Год назад

I really would love to see this car turn up in a video game like Gran Turismo or Forza.

@johnorlitta Год назад

Good day, I see that The Beast is up for auction. I hope it goes to someone that has the same love for the car as Mr. Dodd.

@ChannelNotFound 3 года назад

This car needs to go to the Petersen Automotive Museum.

@peteramos6081 3 года назад

1980s edition of Street Machine and Birmingham custom car show . I have some old photos of the beast , good to see your both still running....Long live the BEAST!

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Wow thanks! If you can, post the photos on the fan page on Facebook please! 😊🙏

@davidblake1663 Год назад

So sorry to hear of John's passing. I came here from another video about "The Beast" being sold: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l_wHLZLsOkU.html. I really hope it goes to someone who'll appreciate the work John put into it, and who drives it with the same Balls to the Wall attitude!

@ekummel 3 года назад

So, why does it sound like a bunch of golfballs in a coffee can rolling down a hill?

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

It is the 50 year old step up box between the engine and the automatic gearbox - It has become slightly rattly at low revs

@MikaHusk Год назад

I only just learned of the history of this car yesterday, and was upset to hear in the interview that he had recently passed. My condolences. Thanks to The Late Brake Show for showcasing this masterpiece, but getting to see john go and do a skid in front of a cafe just filled my heart with joy. He really did love & drive this thing hard, and I respect it. Rest in Peace

@FlightEngineering1 6 лет назад

Excellent stuff. It`s no easy task to build a car like that you can use every day...especially in such a hot country.

@Porsche996driver 2 года назад

I love wagons, hot rods, and Australia. Guess YT put that together lol.

@Dan23_7 2 года назад

Absolute legend of a man 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@MrMussarelagamer Год назад

Yes

@markbennett6658 Год назад

I remember this car featured in a magazine called ‘Speed & Power’ when I was in my early teens in the mid 70s. Great to see it still being driven by your Dad in Spain in 2018. I understand you lost him recently and the car is for sale. My condolences and hopefully ‘The Beast’ finds a new owner that Mr Dodd would have approved of 👍

@andrewdking 3 года назад

I was told about this car by a designer at work when I was an apprentice at Lucas Aerospace in Hemel Hempstead circa 1980. The designer was known for his twin engined drag bikes and knew John Dodd if I recall rightly. He said the car was made in Highfield, a suburb of Hemel Hempstead. Jupiter Drive maybe ?

@SpartacusPlanktonpants 3 года назад

That was awesome! If that's the life I'm living when I get to that age, I'll be more than happy.

@melvinjarvis5484 3 года назад

Great to see The Beast is still on the road, I remember seeing it on TV as a kid (I'm 55 now). Brilliant thanks.

@autoroom21 3 года назад

Didn’t know a Toareg had a top speed of 45 mph

@Threetails 2 года назад

That car deserved to wear the Rolls Royce grill as much as any rebodied Phantom or Silver Ghost. Rolls Royce should be honored to have such an homage to their most powerful piston engine! I can't believe they sued him into taking the grill off.

@LizardCustom 3 года назад

Brilliant as they say your Dads the Daddy , have fond memories of the Custom shows like Rod and Custom BelleVue , Custom Car London as a exhibitor and your dads care always brought a massive smile to everyone that heard it . All the Best to you .

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Thanks so much for your lovely comment Michael! It is true, when Dad fires it up people can’t help but watch in anticipation & excitement!

@christopherdean1326 3 года назад

This was my mum's 89th birthday. Just sayin.... Just realised, this car is fifty years old this year!

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Happy Birthday! 🎁 🎂🎊

@streamer_services 2 года назад

Is this car and gentleman still around?

@noka1979 Год назад

It's up for auction and has been sold I think.. March 2023.. How much did it reach? I'm sure it must have been a sad time for you all.. RIP

@aceofspades02 3 года назад

in nowadays, with all these speed sensors, it's impossible to test and compare in urban roads and streets. But if ye really want to be impressed, make a test of filling these two cars with people (max load), and go up in a ascending road, the most inclined hill ye can find, and "try to keep up" with it!

@Shift2Movies Год назад

I must be related to you some how John Dodd! Not just because I am partly Welsch, but because what you did by making the car stirs my soul! I wanted to do something similar, (put a Chevy S.B. into a Datsun 240z). But I never could make it happen. You did it X10! Love this video!

@m.n.6822 3 года назад

>doesn't keep up with the car in question >the car sounds awful >50% into the video there's horrible music

@FreedomPhilosophyTV 2 года назад

Amazing project, but sounds like a broken washing machine and probably handles similarly.

@JP-fe4ke 3 года назад

I say it's simply smashing , golly good show!!!! I'm used to hearing this engine in the P51 mustang. ..

@erikthoren4152 Год назад

Thats the wow factor right there. There is ca manufacturer and there is Jhon Dodd what a legend. RIP Jhon.

@wingnutzster 3 года назад

And here I thought I’d get to hear the Merlin in all it’s glory, instead I got some happy porn music and a really whiny gearbox ! Still, inspiring to see the ole man still at it

@saeidnia1689 3 года назад

God bless John, keep up the great works, I am looking to see him in beast on his 100th birthday!

@Big1_ 2 года назад

WTF is that? and what is in that engine bay? Lutwaffe Daimler Benz engine? 😂

@Crundibbler 3 года назад

Isn't that the Jameson Merlin?

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Correct! 😊👍

@RebelsInc969 4 года назад

Never forget seeing this at Southend airport custom car show back in the early 80's the thing was massive would love to have a drive of it. Anyone remember the story of his first effort with a Ford Capri he well upset a lot of Ferrari drivers with that before it burst into flames lol i think he was upto 180mph on an autobahn at the time thats 180 bac in the late 70's in a Capri !!! Lowl much respect to the man 👍✌🙏

@soosiedodd68 4 года назад

Rebel with a Cause if you are ever in Malaga Spain let us know & Dad will take you for a spin!

@RebelsInc969 4 года назад

@@soosiedodd68 I have plans to come to Spain soon & I will hold you to that Many Many Thanks 🙏✌👍🕉

@jamesgoodwin2450 3 года назад

I was there too

@ocavaleiro177 2 года назад

13 th May 2022. Me watching this.

@ferrochinabisleri1587 3 года назад

It looks like an elongated Reliant Robin, the noise produced is the same ... or even less harmonious

@landsnailproject2875 3 года назад

Actually, I thought a Reliant Scimitar look alike and I'm not knocking you, but the Robin is very unfairly maligned. My last was I'll admit tweeked a bit, but in it's day could out perform (acceleration and handling) XR2's/ 3's and the like. Takes a biker to drive one properly!

@ferrochinabisleri1587 3 года назад

@@landsnailproject2875 You're probably right about the Scimitar, and also about the Robin, but mine was just a joke considerng that awful noise.

@rchoper21 3 года назад

Ford 9 inch third member if I'm not mistaken. Nice touch the JD is on the grill. Cool dad!

@thetrudy9844 2 года назад

What a car !! God bless this old men. That car has a bigger hood than my Jaaag !

@soosiedodd68 2 года назад

Thank you for your lovely comment! 🙏😊

@nicolasrose3968 3 года назад

Spitfires tear the sky apart with their sound , these guys oughta do a sound check of this thing blasting past at full throttle...

@colinashby3775 3 года назад

And what top speed did he get on the trip down. Thank you for this video. Would love to drive a car with a long bonnet like that.I remember reading about this car in the 70s and it was faster than the speed cameras could catch in Germany. Legend.

@soosiedodd68 3 года назад

Yes Dad had slot of fun on the autobahn lol! 😂 He says he got up to 120 miles per hour when he disappeared! I can’t keep up because of speed cameras & restrictions (I also find it hard to watch as no airbags etc and Dad is 89 years old!)

@theunemployedtrucker Год назад

Wow what a car but wow what a guy your dad certainly knew how to live life to the full flying around in the beast. He must have been one hell of a problem solver building such a unique car, I can't imagine the engineering that went into building the car and to get it running properly to be able to use it as a daily driver, your dad certainly wasn't scared to put his foot down and show off. So sorry to hear of your dad's passing. ❤