Re: V12 HOT ROD

Posted by JWL On 2009/8/19 15:46:41

Packard-build Rolls Royce Merlin engines were used in North American P-51B and up Mustangs, Curtiss P-40F Warhawks (and the British varant), Avro Lancasters, Hawker Hurricanes, and Supermarine Spitfires. Later after Packard started building the engines, Ford of England and the U.S. aircraft engine maker Continental also built the Merlins. During the latter stages of WW-II a four-engined Lancaster bomber could have been powered by an engine from each manufacturer.

Edit: This is the point I initially tried to make: The first Mustangs were powered by the Allison V-12 engine.

Edit Edit: Actually, the British were the first to fit a Merlin into a Mustang. Don't know if the fantastically successful experiment involved a RR or a Packard built engine.

That is all.

Edit, Edit, Edit: Okay, I lied here is one more. None of the Packard-built Merlins were Packard branded. There were many suppliers to Packard for parts for these engines, and some of those parts may have their manufactures mark (e.g., Maytag).