Custom Ford 7700 gets V8 injection

摘要

Twin gleaming stainless steel manifolds and chunky rear tyres are the first signals that there might be more to Luke Furse's 30-year-old Ford 7700 than meets the eye. But rum the key, fire up the 200hp Perkins V8 diesel crammed under the bonnet and itbecomes crystal clear that this machine is one of a kind. At tickover the engine rumble makes buildings shudder, but if you put your foot down the note erupting from the CAT D6 exhaust makes Brian Blessed sound positively squeaky. So where did this slightly peculiar marriage between an ageing Ford tractor and huge V8 come from?