Now here’s a ’55 Chevy that would silence the “more power!” screams of Tim Taylor from House Improvement. This ’55 Chevy isn’t lacking any power at all! Somehow Australian Rod Hadfield shoved a 1650 cubic inch supercharged Rolls-Royce V12 Merlin Engine making 3,000 horsepower into a ’55! The story of the car is incredible! It took a fabricator 5 years to build the frame of this car alone! It also took another nine months of painting.

The V12 Merlin is not your typical engine (obviously). Now airplane engines aren’t our expertise, but trusty wikipedia describes the v12 merlin as “Considered a British icon, the Merlin was one of the most successful aircraft engines of the World War II era, and many variants were built by Rolls-Royce in Derby, Crewe and Glasgow, as well as by Ford of Britain in Trafford Park, near Manchester. The Packard V-1650 was a version of the Merlin built in the United States. Production ceased in 1950 after a total of almost 150,000 engines had been delivered, the later variants being used for airliners and military transport aircraft.”

The video showcases just how difficult it is to even start this engine, it is literally just like starting a plane’s engine. The engine is so huge just look at how far back the driver has to sit. He’s practically became a literal backseat driver. According to the video, the cost of this car is well over $1,000,000.

We have to tip our hat to Hadfield, the engineering that went into this ride is impressive and deserving in its own right.

But what do you think of this ’55? Is this a travesty to the Chevy name? Watch the video below and leave us a comment and let us know what you think of this crazy ride.