It strikes me that CWH once took delivery of two or three V12s that were referred to as “Continental tank engines”…for potential small component spares use for the then-partway-finished Lancaster project, I think. Might they have been Continental-built variants of the Merlin’s AFV-engine cousin the Meteor?

S.

Nope, they’re HUGE aircooled behemoths. Leno has one in a car, they took off the carbs, converted it to F.I. & hung a pair of turbos on it….
Here:
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/extras/articles/now-thats-a-hot-rod—article/

Chrysler built the engines under license.