Page 1 of 2

Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 2:14 am
by ozbilt
Oh I can think of a few projects that this puppy would sit nicely into ...... :thumbs:

http://www.legendaryspeed.com/rolls-roy ... n-see-why/

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:03 am
by nassi
Back in the seventies I worked on the RAAF crash boat, it was powered by a pair of those. Went rather well.

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:14 am
by moe
ozbilt wrote:Oh I can think of a few projects that this puppy would sit nicely into ...... :thumbs:

http://www.legendaryspeed.com/rolls-roy ... n-see-why/
MG TC :like:

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:40 pm
by Pinto-Pete
This

Image
would look better with these imo.... :like:

Image

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:25 pm
by moe
Spitfire engine in a Bentley

Image

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:27 pm
by moe

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:30 pm
by moe
Pinto-Pete's red wheeled beast:

Image

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:43 pm
by Pinto-Pete
moe wrote:Pinto-Pete's red wheeled beast:

Image
like the colours, but the car itself..... :vomit:

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:45 pm
by geoff289
ozbilt wrote:Oh I can think of a few projects that this puppy would sit nicely into ...... :thumbs:

http://www.legendaryspeed.com/rolls-roy ... n-see-why/
You know its been done, don't you?

http://www.australiastoughestcars.com.a ... -55-chevy/

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:58 pm
by Nuts
Rod drove that down the main main drag in Canberra. Sounded awesome!

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:05 pm
by ozbilt
geoff289 wrote:
ozbilt wrote:Oh I can think of a few projects that this puppy would sit nicely into ...... :thumbs:

http://www.legendaryspeed.com/rolls-roy ... n-see-why/
You know its been done, don't you?

http://www.australiastoughestcars.com.a ... -55-chevy/
Yep, have a poster of it in the shed, Rod is my kind of guy ..... :like:

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:23 pm
by Ausjacko
moe wrote: Image
Isn't that the new Mustang with a chin spoiler ;-)

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:16 pm
by goldscode
Image

A case of wishfull thinking ???

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 5:10 pm
by Pinto-Pete
goldscode wrote:Image

A case of wishfull thinking ???
Thought you were going to keep it the original color Ralph..?

Re: Rolls Royce Merlin Engine

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:32 pm
by Shaunp
There is a guy up here that has a running one on a trailer, he sometimes brings it to Masters at Morayfield cruise nights, he starts it up and runs it a few times during the evening, draws a crowd.