A few months back I took a photo of a Spitfire Merlin engine rocker cover at The Ragged Cot pub in Minchinhampton, and very nice it was too.
Over the weekend I bought a Spitfire Griffon 65 rocker cover on eBay, intending to burnish it and turn it into a similar display.
The Griffon was a later Spitfire engine and much larger than the Merlin, being 37 litres compares to the Merlin's 27.
Perhaps not as iconic as the Merlin, the Griffon was nevertheless crucial in keeping the Spitfire ahead of German air technology and speed. I have to admit that the Merlin rocker box looks more retro and beefy, having a few more contours.
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Interesting video's (they enjoyably killed an hour of my otherwise boring working day :)
Aberrant apostrophe there, Steve
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