On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:57:55 EDT, Doggre@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Oh, lots of parts around still, Jamie. Even companies making new parts
>still. They just aren't cheap. Like $7000 for a set of 12 forged pistons.
>$25,000 for a crankcase with main bearings.
>
>Lots of surplus engines from the Royal Air Force (as recently as the early
>90s, many Griffons became available, some like new, I read). Somebody was
>selling a Merlin just a couple months ago, still in the Army Air Force crate!
>
The sort of work being done by restorers is simply amazing. I visited
the Royal Air Force museum at Duxford, Cambridge, UK last year (very
highly recommended) and saw not only "new" British WW2 aero engines
being built but also US ones. Lots of new looking Pratt and Whitney
bits were waiting to be assembled into engines! The craftsmanship of
these people is a joy to see.
I'll possibly turn one or two RR Merlin lovers a little green by
saying I spent quite a few hours sitting behind these things back in
the 50's!
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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