For the past 3 issues "Hemming's Classic Car" has been running articles on the US auto industry in WWII. The lates article is on Packard's contributions. Apparently Packard completed 55,000+ Merlins during the war. Any figures on R-R's output available? The marine engines also get some space in the article as do the old Packard dies. There was a reason those old Soviet limos looked like old Packards.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.