Is this for real?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=110102998968
I’m always looking on Ebay for airplane stuff and came across this engine. Ebay seems like an odd place for a merlin engine.
Dave
By: MerlinPete - 18th March 2007 at 23:12
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=110102998968
Well B*gger Me 😮
$29,900
Glad to see she may be coming back to Blighty!! 😀
Pete
By: stuart gowans - 18th March 2007 at 21:41
Clearly on the road to self enlightenment, you have to look at all the scenary, or in this case, all the pics!!
By: MerlinPete - 18th March 2007 at 20:12
You know too much!!; whats that pump thingy where the starter motor should be?
Sorry mate, just spotted what you meant! I clearly don`t know too much!
The coolant pump, which is centrally located under the wheelcase, whereas the starter is offset to this side, if it were fitted.
Just the angle of the shot I`m afraid!
Pete
By: MerlinPete - 18th March 2007 at 20:09
You know too much!!; whats that pump thingy where the starter motor should be?
Are you looking at the hand turning gear above the starter mounting? As you said, there is not a starter fitted, but the flange is there for it, just out of sight.
Not all Merlins had the hand gear fitted, but the wheelcase always had provision for it, just that some had a blanking plate fitted.
Ollie, I would have said that $20k was the upper limit on the value of this one.
By: ollieholmes - 18th March 2007 at 15:40
It`s an early Merlin II for a Hurricane.
One of the firstNice find.
Pete
In your opinion is that a fair price for it?
By: stuart gowans - 18th March 2007 at 08:37
It`s an early Merlin II for a Hurricane.
One of the firstNice find.
Pete
You know too much!!; whats that pump thingy where the starter motor should be?
By: MerlinPete - 17th March 2007 at 23:23
Looks like a Merlin III; not many of those about in this condition.
It`s an early Merlin II for a Hurricane.
One of the first
Nice find.
Pete
By: Junk Collector - 17th March 2007 at 23:04
And Another
Heres another one on ebay, cor they are as common as muck nowadays !
By: stuart gowans - 17th March 2007 at 21:27
Looks like a Merlin III; not many of those about in this condition.
By: Newforest - 17th March 2007 at 20:19
Is this for real?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=110102998968
I’m always looking on Ebay for airplane stuff and came across this engine. Ebay seems like an odd place for a merlin engine.
Dave
Sounds genuine and wouldn’t be a surprise to find it on E-Bay in the U.S. As for being NOS (new old stock, there’s an oxymoron!), the photographs show it in poor condition if it was a recent museum exhibit.:confused:
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