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Merlin-engined RR

Posted by Ron Henry on Fri Dec 14, 2001 01:28:03 PM

Going back some yrs - 70s, maybe - there was a guy called John xxxxxx (might have been Dodd) who had an automatic gearbox overhaul business. He had a Rolls from that period and he allegedly fitted a Merlin into it. Tho I never saw the car, I saw pics, and it had something that looked like a Merlin in it. However, I've often wondered if it was the unsupercharged tank engine derivative (Comet? or Meteor?). Nevertheless, it was very quick, and became well known, and he got loads of publicity thro it. Eventually, I think it caught fire and burned out.

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