By: TonyT - 24th August 2015 at 02:21
Rolls actually stopped marking them about mid war, they only reinstated it again post war apparently, if an engine went back for overhaul they would also change them, weird isn’t it that during a war they would take time modify the covers.
By: spit1940 - 24th August 2015 at 00:02
Just received some info from peter grieve.The cover apparently comes from a mid to late war merlin 100 series engine from either a mosquito or a hornet.
By: spit1940 - 23rd August 2015 at 17:57
The only number i can see on it is embosse d in to the cover on the rear stud pillar and it reads EE100.
By: Peter Mills - 23rd August 2015 at 17:56
It is also an often ignored or unknown fact that Ford Motor Co. built many thousands of Merlins, perhaps according to some sources, more than RR themselves.
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd August 2015 at 16:58
Some Rolls Royce Merlins did, and some didn’t. However I believe all the RR Merlin covers have a flat section along the side on which the name could appear. Packard covers do not have this but all Packard have a number cast into a raised section on the cover near the rear rear end. See attached, arrow.
By: Fournier Boy - 23rd August 2015 at 16:32
Packard built merlin engines do not say Rolls Royce. Nor do most wartime Griffon engines
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