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Offline Holden McGroin

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« on: January 12, 2003, 10:03:10 PM »
Needs some work... but for you spittys and ponys...oooohhh

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26437&item=1876559407
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Offline Staga

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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2003, 10:50:47 PM »
Put a toughened glass over the valve covers and you'll have the coolest livingroom table ever :)
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2003, 11:16:57 PM »
Its not $55,000 worth of cool right now. Maybe if it was in running condition and ready to put into a Spitfire or Pony, but not as is. Although some refurb guy will most likely have a go at it with a slightly reduced price privately.
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2003, 11:08:15 AM »
heres a pair of operating merlins:
http://de.geocities.com/smecking/tractors/superkasper.htm

...& a pair of active griffons...
 

...dont know what they cost
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Offline Mister Fork

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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2003, 11:39:23 AM »
He want's $55'000 for it? What a dickhead. Maybe for $5000 it MIGHT be a cool item. But jez, it might be completely seized, needing hundreds of hours of work plus parts.

Still would be nice to have... :)
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2003, 12:13:27 PM »
Piss you off?

I read somewhere that boat racers where going to kill the warbirds scene cause they where getting all the merlins and running them in the dumb bellybutton boats.



Just look at this jerkoff!  Those could be better used in an Aircraft!


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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2003, 12:55:34 PM »
or maybe a high alt tibetan tractor pull
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Offline gofaster

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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2003, 02:21:33 PM »
Placing them in boats is probably the only reason there are ones out there still running.

A Merlin isn't exactly the engine of choice in world filled with jets and turbines.
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2003, 02:25:24 PM »
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http://de.geocities.com/smecking/tractors/superkasper.htm


 

 


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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2003, 02:38:50 PM »
I knew a Guy that Owned a F4u..yes thats right..A REAL ONE.  He Blew an Engine and bought a replacement from a South American Country.  It was in very bad condition like this one and he paid $65,000 for it.  He thought it was a great deal.....
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2003, 06:36:54 PM »
Hydroplane boat racing is the only reason you can still find parts for theses engines. How ever since they started using turbines instead of pistons engines the fact that they are not using them anymore will make most of the tooling disapear. Once the tooling is gone you can forget about the engines.
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