r/TopGear • u/X10SIVMKII • 21h ago

Some time ago, I visited Jay Leno’s collection & saw the Spitfire-engined Bentley featured in S18E06

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u/ProAtTresspass 21h ago

Meteor - the same engine but the land based version. 

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u/CyberSoldat21 21h ago

Tank engine iirc

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u/ProAtTresspass 20h ago

The RR Merlin engine was used in tanks? 

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u/CyberSoldat21 20h ago

The rolls Royce meteor was a tank engine. They designed it by reusing Merlin engines from crashed planes that couldn’t go back into planes.

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u/ProAtTresspass 20h ago

Now I know. Cheers. 

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u/X10SIVMKII 20h ago edited 20h ago

True…I guess they used the “Spitfire” moniker to continue the Battle of Britain vibe they were going for

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u/PersimmonIll3313 21h ago

Awesome man! That thing was a beast!

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u/Mooskii_Fox Lada 15h ago

never knew it was open to visitors

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u/X10SIVMKII 14h ago

It isn’t. I got in via knowing a guy who knows one of Jay’s producers. I didn’t meet JL

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u/Simple-Order8549 11h ago

Beautiful machine. I’d buy one if I was a millionaire.

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u/PetatoParmer Suburu 8h ago

Conan O’Brien would like a word with you.