Rolls-Royce vs. Packard: Who Built a Better Merlin?
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Rolls-Royce vs. Packard: Who Built a Better Merlin?
Detroit's mass-production know-how yielded over 55,000 Merlin V12 aircraft engines during WWII. But were they better than the ones built in Britain?
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For sure it has nothing to do with ships or the sea but when Colin Grigson sent me this film about how Rolls-Royce Merlin Engines used in the Spitfire were made I had to share it with you. This should amuse all you old spanner benders. Take a look at how a quality engine was made back when skill and experience ruled, rather than automated computer lines. | Historic Vessel Vega
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For sure it has nothing to do with ships or the sea but when Colin Grigson sent me this film about how Rolls-Royce Merlin Engines used in the Spitfire were made I had to share it with you. This should amuse all you old spanner benders. Take a look at how a quality engine was made back when skill and experience ruled, rather than automated computer lines. | Historic Vessel Vega
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152K views · 6.3K reactions | Nothing like the song of the legendary Packard Merlin V-1650 engine to cap off the day! P-51D Mustang “Quick Silver” is one of the most stunning examples of the Mustang anywhere! Sound UP! #p51 #wwii #beauty #legendary #sound | Ryan Tykosh Photography | Facebook
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The P-51’s Hidden Power: How Packard’s Engineers “Americanized” Britain’s Merlin Engine and Built the Fighter That Won the Skies... August 2nd, 1941, Detroit, Michigan. Inside Packard Motorcar Company's East Grand Boulevard plant, two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines roared to life on test stands. But something was different. These weren't British engines. They were Americanmade copies built from British blueprints that Packard's engineers had completely rewritten. The crowd watching that day had no i
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What engine was so powerful it needed a plane to carry it? The Rolls-Royce Merlin was a V12 designed for World War II fighters like the Spitfire and P-51 Mustang. It made 1,500 horsepower in 1940 without turbos or electronics. The engine helped the Allies win the war, but it didn't stop there. Hot rodders later put Merlin engines into cars, boats, even motorcycles. One guy stuffed it into a custom-built car that needed airplane brakes to stop. The roar? Deafening. The power? Overwhelming. And ye
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