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Restoration Blog: Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine, Update 2

July 29, 2010 10:07 PM

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This icon once powered a 1945 deHavilland Mosquito combat plane, but after discovering valve cover issues, Jay pulled it out of his 1934 Rolls P2 and pulled it apart. Now that V12 genius Jack Roush has worked his magic, the Merlin's almost good as new.


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