Anyone who has visited Oshkosh has heard the unique exhaust song of the Rolls-Royce Merlin. Nearly 150,000 of these iconic 12-cylinder engines were manufactured, some in the U.S. as the Packard V-1650. In this fascinating documentary, the assembly of the engine’s 11,000-plus parts is described in rich detail. (Credit King Rose Archives.)
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Great video, thanks for posting the link. The theme music sounds perfect for a mid-60s Japanese monster movie.
Isn’t it amazing? Up until around the end of the 1960s, humans had the ingenuity and persistence of an army of ants.
Now, humans have the ambition of a herd of intoxicated elephants.
That is a result of easy lives that we in the western world live. Little motivation, nobody starves, nobody freezes, lots of stuff at very affordable prices.
For those of you that would like to see how the Rolls Merlin production was continued in the United States, check out the following link:
https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a30763715/rolls-royce-vs-packard-who-built-a-better-merlin/