If you mean the Glen Close movie, if I remember correctly the car was a
Panther. These were available with Jaguar V12s installed.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Blue" <dablue@worldnet.att.net>
To: <RootesRooter@aol.com>; <awmcgregor@shaw.ca>; <wiencek@anl.gov>
Cc: <dstevens@online.fr>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: Engine Swaps in Countries Other than the USA
> Speaking of Merlins:
> Has anyone noticed that in the original "101 Dalmations" by Disney,
Cruella
> drove a wicked sports car (English, of course) that sounded exactly like a
> Merlin. In the chase scene she ran off the road (woman driver, after all)
> into a creek and the hood went flying, revealing a V12! The sound of an
> idling Merlin has to be the sweetest sound ever created by Mankind.
Brings
> gooseflesh just thinking about it.
> Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RootesRooter@aol.com>
> To: <awmcgregor@shaw.ca>; <wiencek@anl.gov>
> Cc: <dstevens@online.fr>; <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Engine Swaps in Countries Other than the USA
>
>
> > In a message dated 9/11/02 6:43:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > awmcgregor@shaw.ca writes:
> >
> > > Moral of thesec stories? How do I get an Allison engine into an
Alpine?
> > >
> > > Al
> >
> >
> > Better yet a Rolls-Merlin.
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