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Originally Posted by recycled sixtie
I believe the Mustang had the same engine. Both the Mustang and Spitfire were very beautiful but the later Mustangs with the extended range to accompany the bombers were a huge breakthrough in WW2. If ever I had a choice of eras to live in WW2 would be up there. What an exciting time to experience but pretty dangerous.....
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The Mustang got the Merlin because the British had the idea and made the swap! Replaced the weaker Allison and thus the P-51B was born.
See: Mustang X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_variants
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'84 Carrera Cabriolet
Last edited by BE911SC; 05-29-2014 at 07:01 PM..
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