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by John F » Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:28 am
chadders wrote: ↑ Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:17 am
My understanding is that Rolls Royce relied upon manual fettling to get it to fit together properly whereas Ford went down the mass production route and had to change things as a result.
Not Ford, Packard.
Henry the Nazi wouldn't build engines for Britain. The cunt.
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by LynehamHerc » Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:30 am
Ford Trafford park was a Merlin shadow factory.
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by John F » Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:05 pm
Oh yeah, Ford UK made Merlins.
I thought you were talking about the septics.
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by LynehamHerc » Fri Apr 03, 2020 4:47 pm
If I remember correctly IBM provided the Nazis with tabulating machines to assist in the holocaust.
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by Hooli » Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:48 pm
And of course the first Bf-109 flew with a RR Kestrel engine.
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by mercrocker » Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:09 pm
Fucking Italians let them across.....
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