Re: Packard Merlin Engine V-1560
Posted by Guscha On 2012/1/11 19:01:48
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PAC's The Packard Cormorant, issue of Winter 2009 (#137), was dedicated to multiple articles about the facilities at 1580 E. Grand. In a fine article by historian A. J. Balfour there is mention of Building #22 which was completed in 1941 exclusively for the building of the Merlin-type engines. As I remember the marine engines were assembled and tested in the same building. There is a picture of that building in 2009, apparently unmolested and available for lease.
Dave, thanks, my interest was directed towards the building after reading that Packard delivered the first stateside Merlin engine by August 1941 according to Robert Neal. In that month Packard also introduced the 1942 cars. I wonder out loud if the Merlin effort and its entrepreneural risks or its anicipated success had an influence in the car production because the Merlin production was a tremendous effort.
Take a look at the army of Packard draftsmen that labored over high-precision blueprints for the aircraft engine.
Thanks again for taking the time.
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