The heat, noise and smoke of this Merlin engine must be incredible! Has the car ever been driven? Best, E.

Quick Walk Through the Automotive Museum this morning

By: cazalea : October 22nd, 2024-23:08

Mostly to see the 32 Roadster with R-R Merlin engine... The Too-Low Roadster Dan Gurney's Motorcycle for the short of leg and sore of back (he was 6' 4" so legs were not his problem) Don Prudhomme's drag racing trophy collection The Library (first time it...

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Crazy wild deuce coupe.

By: Bill : October 22nd, 2024-23:23

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This RR engine!

By: amanico : October 23rd, 2024-06:20

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By: eklektik : October 23rd, 2024-08:52

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Thank you for the tour. There was a car in the UK with a Merlin engine as well? Was there not a legal battle with RR?

By: nasseriq : October 23rd, 2024-09:39

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There have been many vehicles with R-R aviation engines

By: cazalea : October 24th, 2024-15:25

I don't think they can complain about used, surplus aero engines in automobiles... Jay Leno has many! www.smithsonianmag.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin_alternative_uses ...

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What a cool outing 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻

By: KMII : October 24th, 2024-15:16

Did you see if the books you donated were still there? 😊

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I did not see any of them

By: cazalea : October 24th, 2024-15:22

I asked the fellow at the desk if he was the librarian - he answered "only for the day, I'm just a volunteer" so couldn't help me. ...

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