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Good point, do we add.......
Posted by Tony on Tue Nov 20, 2001 12:24:20 PM
In reply top Re: Merlin Engine Survey posted by James on Tue Nov 20, 2001 12:14:42 PM
Rover Meteor and Meteorite engines to the mix? Loads of them still around, and Mysteraire (sic) are turning them into flying powerplants, and they are Merlins with derated parts
Tony
: Hello Paul, glad you are posting again.
:
: I remember being at Yeovil Festival of transport some year
: s back and watching the Tractor Pulling. Talking with some
: of the competitors about their Merlin and Griffon powered
: steeds was quite an eye opener and I rather got the impre
: ssion that their ideas concerning the preservation of our
: glorious aviation history were, shall we say, a little dif
: ferent to ours! The worst moment came when the guy told me
: that "we prefer to use Merlins as Griffons tend to go BAN
: G, huh huh".
:
: One of the lorries present had a phone number on it for a
: company selling Merlin and Griffon spares although I didnt
: make a note of it (sorry).
:
: Also I cant forget to mention the Merlins in Paul Dodds "R
: olls Royce" car The Beast and the early Merlin in a `38 Ph
: antom 1 Rolls seen at Goodwood. I don't know the mark, but
: they said it was also from `38. Paul Dodds also told me t
: hat a friend of his has a crated Griffon with all the pape
: rwork.
:
: Sorry to waffle, maybe some of this is useful,
: Cheers, James