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From: jcjeff@ihlpg.UUCP (jeffreys)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: CHP Radar, True Confessions
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 21:19:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 21:19:12 1985
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> road maintenance. A sensing unit was installed, and in one humorous case,
> the "evidence" showed a severly blurred 911 in the first frame, and a
> peaceful stretch of 'Bahn in the second. Estimates placed the car' speed at
> >150km/hr, but of course "the camera must've malfunctioned", and there was
> no ticket.
> 

There is a guy in England by the name of John Dodd. He had a similar
experiance to that of the guy in the 911. The difference was that the car did
not show up at all on the pics. Reason. a 27 liter Spitfire (the areoplane)
engine in the car he built around it. It resembled a Roller in the fact that
the grille was the same, but thats the closest he got to it! It's a while
ago now, and I cannot remember the top speed (if it ever reached it :-)),
but it was a "little faster" than a 911 can go :-). The last I heard of the
car, which he called "The Beast", was that it caught fire in Sweeden. Shame.
The good news was that he built another one (same type of engine) and he used
another Roller grille. He then got taken to court by RR for using their
trade mark. As far as I'm aware the second one was never seen again after
that, but there again he used it mainly on the Contenent. (Higher speed
limits :-))

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