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 BigKev  Merlin Engines  01/21/2025 10:42
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| View of factory workers on assembly line for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "For the first time in aviation practice, Packard brings the assembly-line technique to the manufacture and finish of crankshafts for the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. On an overhead track the crankshafts move before a pattern of machines as each performs an operation pointing towards the finished product. |
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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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| View of Harley Whitmore congratulating George Boyette on production of first Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "With Rolls-Royce Merlin engine number one installed and ready for test, Harley Whitmore, Packard test crew chief, congratulates George Boyette, in charge of engine tests. The engine awaits the signal from England that sent it thundering into life on August 2, 1941. |
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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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| View of guests at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "More than 700 distinguished guests assembled on the floor of the Packard Rolls-Royce assembly building. They heard an international radio broadcast dedicating the first Packard-built Rolls, which was started by a voice impulse from England. |
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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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| View of Viscount Lord Halifax and M. Gilman at official inspection of the factory for the Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "On November 3, 1941, Ambassador Lord Halifax arrived in Detroit for an official inspection of the Packard Rolls-Royce defense plant. |
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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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| Bird's-eye view of factory for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "When Spring came 'round, three great new factories had been built and welded to the mile-long unit of the Packard Motor Car Company. An equal amount of space had been made ready within the existing plants adjoining the new structures. |
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| View of Viscount Lord Halifax, Charles Peake and Cyril Cane at official inspection of the factory for the Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "Interested guests at the inspection of Packard's defense plants: Charles Peake, secretary to Lord Halifax; Cyril Cane, British Consul at Detroit; and the Ambassador. " Item #: na043408 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission. |
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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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| View of Viscount Lord Halifax in propeller test cell for Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "Lord Halifax takes the throttle in a Rolls production test cell to feel the power as he feeds the mixture to a testing engine. Twenty-six of these modern dynamometer test units will handle the production output of Packard Rolls engine, permitting a 14-hour test for each engine. |
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| View of Worker adjusting equipment for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. On left, plate reads: "Property of Defense Plant Corporation, an instrumentality of the United States Government. Serial no. |
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BigKev Merlin Engines 01/21/2025 10:42
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| View of Packard engineers checking a Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Label on back: "As the facility for mass production nears completion, Packard engineers put the finishing touches on the first of several 'pilot' Rolls engines built and tested ahead of production, which began on August 2, 1941. " Item #: na043388 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission. |
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BigKev Packard Trucks 01/21/2025 10:41
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| View of Packard baggage wagon, racecars and men in front of garage during 1905 Climb to the Clouds Hill Climb at Mt. Washington, New Hampshire. Sign on side of truck reads: "Official Baggage Wagon, American Automobile Assn. |
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