Man spends 10 years building car powered by 27litre SPITFIRE engine

This video shows the moment a pensioner took his homemade super-car for a spin on the beach - powered by a SPITFIRE engine. The majority of the car, named Caractacus after the eccentric inventor in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, was built by hand over ten years by John Crowhurst, 74. Under the engine bay sits a 27litre V12 48V Merlin engine, built by Rover in 1952 - the same engine that powered the Spitfire. The aero car, lined with luxurious wine red Wilton carpets, produces 631bhp, and has now had its first test run on a beach in Saunton, Devon.