tenacious101010 Posted January 16, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 16, 2012 Here are some "before" pictures of the Merlin engine I just completed. This is the 4th Merlin I have restored for static display. This engine started out as the worst of them. It was worked on by a couple guys that had wayyyy too much to drink. They realized they didnt have the tools to disassemle it so they loaded it onto a truck to transport it. Well, all was well, till the engine fell off going down the highway. Chunks were torn of as it tumbled. The valve covers ripped off taking parts of the head with them. The oil pan shattered along with the nose section and the supercharger. The following are pictures of the engine when it was brought to me to see if I could salvage it. Denny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenacious101010 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share #2 Posted January 16, 2012 another image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattD Posted January 16, 2012 Share #3 Posted January 16, 2012 I hope this has a happy ending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted January 16, 2012 Share #4 Posted January 16, 2012 Oh...ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenacious101010 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted January 19, 2012 Here are some images of the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenacious101010 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share #6 Posted January 19, 2012 The missing chunks of aluminum replaced with filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenacious101010 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted January 25, 2012 And the finished pictures. Hopefully it will go to a local museum. At one time it looked like it might go to Don garlits Museum in Ocala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted January 25, 2012 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2012 wow :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 25, 2012 Share #9 Posted January 25, 2012 :w00t: :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted January 26, 2012 Share #10 Posted January 26, 2012 That is amazing! A huge congratulations and a hearty well done! :thumbsup: Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 26, 2012 Share #11 Posted January 26, 2012 As a matter of interest, did you actually "sculpt" the filler to re-create the missing / damaged parts? (A triumph of British-American design and engineering!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted January 26, 2012 Share #12 Posted January 26, 2012 I worked with some morons in the auto repair biz that were just about that same IQ...... They could tear up an anvil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted January 26, 2012 Share #13 Posted January 26, 2012 This is Truely Impressive. Happy Ending ? I would have never have guessed this! GREAT WORK ! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted January 27, 2012 Share #14 Posted January 27, 2012 Yes I definetly agree, very impressive. Keep us updated on the final disposition/location of the engine. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3bs Posted January 27, 2012 Share #15 Posted January 27, 2012 Less than 2 weeks - AMAZING!!! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labelkills254 Posted January 27, 2012 Share #16 Posted January 27, 2012 Very impressive work! I am glad it ended so beautifully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marr708 Posted February 4, 2012 Share #17 Posted February 4, 2012 You are amazing! Awesome job. That engine looked like it was pulled from the Channel...was it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benleroy Posted February 6, 2012 Share #18 Posted February 6, 2012 Amazing job!! well done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky 7th Armored Posted March 22, 2012 Share #19 Posted March 22, 2012 Simply amazing!! Any more info?! PLEASE! Haydn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted March 22, 2012 Share #20 Posted March 22, 2012 Absolutely incredible! Wow!!!!! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted March 22, 2012 Share #21 Posted March 22, 2012 And the finished pictures. Hopefully it will go to a local museum. At one time it looked like it might go to Don garlits Museum in Ocala. Hi tenacious, someone somewhere is going to see that in a museum and think it's a flyer for sure. Saved from the grave, nice work to display ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KABAR2 Posted May 9, 2012 Share #22 Posted May 9, 2012 Fine looking work..... one problem though is sometimes these static display engines get traded between museums and the fact that this work was done gets lost in the translation Mystic seaport traded for two torpedo boat engines with the Battleship cove museum planing on getting one running the first canidate when removed from it's wooden display stand was discovered to have a block with part of the side blown out ...... they managed to rebuild the second with parts from the first.... the second became what it was static display...... Question what keeps internal corrosion from creating havoc sometime in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 9, 2012 Share #23 Posted May 9, 2012 This example is preserved at the IWM, Duxford, UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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