Merlin..!?
Merlin was the V12 (PV12) engine fitted to the Spitfire
Now I see why your cracking on with your callipers
Meteor and Merlin engines were much the same unit. Merlin was designed to take the ups and downs of flying, while the Meteor went into all sorts of tanks and land vehicles. (How do I know this s###.!)
I learn something every day.
That's the one. Pleased to read John recovered in Spain but I seriously doubt he ever managed to get Spanish plates on the Beast.
The latest video I could find (2018), shows him driving it from his garage in Malaga to Marbella aged 85, good on him
and, still on the same plates.
Griffon?
Remember he turned up to court in it,tv camera where there to record him pulling away, it just coughed and died,the fuel pump packed in.
Pics or it didn't happen
No, the Metor was the tank engine as @Bagshot said, the Merlin was as @Datatek said used in the Spitfire. it had a solid crank and an external oil pump. The Griffon had a hollow crank and internal pump for oil distribution. The Griffon was still being used in the Shackleton aircraft used by Coastal Command. Yes I remember them flying from St Mawgan and Lossiemouth.old bastard.
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