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To: Covenantor

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The R-R Merlin in a land vehicle has been done on a number of occasions.
The best results are with the low powered 950hp model if in a car.
A R-R Griffin has been put in a truck (18 wheel tractor unit)...If the Good LORD was going to do a burn-out that is how HE would do it.

Some German Pilot put the ME109 Inv V engine in a Car, Twas most impressive in a straight line. Cornering proved problematic.

Other than that our parliament appears to be taking advice from DJT about how to manage the current inconvenience.


4,197 posted on 03/21/2020 7:57:31 AM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) Life really does begin at forty. Until then, you are just doing research.)
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After high school I needed transport for work and classes...first thought was a used bug-eyed Sprite as one was owned by a neighbor across the street.

While searching the paper's classified ads came across an 8 year old
1958 Jaguar XK-150 Roadster...well now, clearly I had set my sights too low as an XK-150 Coup has been on the top of my dream list since a colleague of my dad had a glorious red one in which I was privileged to park my fevered body on several occasions.

With that memory in mind I immediately placed the call to the owner, a USN Commander just returned from Europe. The jewel was available for a mere $800, less than I had saved. And thus began my relationship of love and despair with beauty and power and the deceitful Lucas electrics and the lackluster Coventry supply chain.

Ended up with a spare transmission with the same electric Laycock de Normanville overdrive as I had...sadly I had to pass on a D Jag engine as too expensive...should have borrowed the money. Ahhh....first loves.

4,205 posted on 03/21/2020 8:42:31 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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