Bently and rolls
15-01-2008, 01:21 PM
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Bently and rolls
My dad drives a bently for a living (damm it 
) he went to get the keys recoded today and asked if i wanted to go so i did. some pics below for those interested 
Bently we went up in and what my dad drives around in
In the body shop i asked one of the guys how much these restos cost but wouldnt tell me but chuckled when i mentioned telephone numbers
Workshop full up
Bit of bling
The showroom
Small engine
And a small tool box thats my phone on the front corner to get an idea of size. Its huge
) he went to get the keys recoded today and asked if i wanted to go so i did. some pics below for those interested Bently we went up in and what my dad drives around in
In the body shop i asked one of the guys how much these restos cost but wouldnt tell me but chuckled when i mentioned telephone numbers
Workshop full up
Bit of bling
The showroom
Small engine
And a small tool box thats my phone on the front corner to get an idea of size. Its huge
Some moneys worth of cars there!! Wounder what the insurence premium is like a year on that place!!
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18-01-2008, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Rallyeslag
I've been past there, it's in Great Easton if i'm thinking of the right place, near Stansted yeah 
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That place is massive....
18-01-2008, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by puss
Small engine
...WW2 aircraft engine ... a legend in its own right and fitted to many aircraft including fighter and bombers (yes the Spitfire
) ...... a 27 litre (not a typo
) V12 ... good for a realiable 1000+ horsepower (in the '40s). Full power could not be selected by flight crew (in fighters) when taking off because the torque of the engine would flip the aircraft over
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Same engine as that guy has put in that Rover SD1?
No thinking about it, that's a Meteor, not sure of the difference.
No thinking about it, that's a Meteor, not sure of the difference.
the merlins could produce well over 2000bhp back in the day. they had overhead cams, 2 plugs per cylinder and 4 valves per cylinder too not bad for an engine designed in the 40's!!
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merlin in the spitefire didnt have fuel injection either.. where as the Me109 did so the spitfire starved of fuel during some nasty moves,anyway still beat the germans...
where as the Me109 did so the spitfire starved of fuel during some nasty moves,anyway still beat the germans...
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