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Old 2nd November 2012, 06:29 PM
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Default Merlin powered classic

This car makes mine look like a damn TDI!


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Old 5th November 2012, 01:43 PM
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Umm, i don't want to take away anyone's thunder because it is a very good project but the Meteor is a tank engine and was probably made by Rover or Meadows. It didnt have a supercharger on the camshaft had different pistons and was full of steel as weight wasn't a worry. I'm sure that a lot of Merlin scrap was used to build them.

So the headline should read Tank engined Bentley that isn't a Bentley but a Rolls Phantom 2.

Just doesn't have the same ring to it.

With a genuine Merlin engine from a Spitfire then it might be worth the asking price.
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