Perhaps they aren’t over priced at all, may be its just your perspective; after all ,you wouldn’t want to have to make one from scratch would you?

Correct, but the last one I got about 18 months ago, ish. Was complete with all pumps, carb, log cards and inhibited and that was £10,000, admittedly, it still wanted an overhaul, but there you go, and it hadn’t been used in a wind tunnell at Boscombe Down.

mick

Hi
Just see this on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rolls-Royce-Merlin-Engine_W0QQitemZ190096408003QQcategoryZ2983QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yep, all you need is a carb, a set of magnetos, plugs, harnesses, fuel pump, oil pump, coolant pump, a set of crms and then you can spend about £150,000 to get it restored to put in ya spitfire,
It’s gross over pricing, just because its a merlin dont mean its worth a kings ransom.

A bllody expensive ornament.

mick

My other alfs a “Spitefull Bitch”

mick.

It’s a good job you got the Grey and Green on the upper surface, we don’t want the roundle police splitting hairs do we…..

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🙂 OHHH,lovely.One flew over mine yesterday or maybe Thursday,north Cambridge but it had D Day markings on.Looks like the weather and Spitfires are coming out to play 😀

That would have been ML407, we have been flying quite a bit this week.

Not quite up to Darrens standard, but here’s Lee Proudfoot & RW386 today.

As a sidenote I can mention that a colleague of mine told me a story about OFMC at one stage (early 1990’s) wanted to equip MH434 with a drop tank.
My colleague made the tank here in Norway, but apperently the project ran aground when the UK CAA didn’t like the idea…
I don’t know where the tank is now

I remember that tank, I was working for OFMCo at the time. It was very well made, Don’t know here it went though, I’ll bet some fruit cake does though !!!

mick