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Re: Deserving Warbird Wrecks

Posted by jcw on Sat Sep 08, 2001 11:38:20 AM

In reply top Deserving Warbird Wrecks posted by Graham Orphan on Sat Sep 08, 2001 10:59:15 AM

: graham,
i'm one with 30+ years of activity....you are correct... it dosn't need to be and should'nt be the preserve of the very wealthy but with their money it just drives the price up on the big projects to the point that the average individual can't buy in...case in point, the corsair in aukland 185K for a lot of patterns and scrap metal.. the center cection needs a NEW spar so just the spar replacement will cost 125K+ and then you still need 3000 -4000 hours of work just on the center section. the wings are a mess and require 3000-4000 hours each and the fus is cut up so bad from scrapping on the front half and a PNG corroded hulk back half that was stripped of a lot of the formers for the individuals other project that it is nothing more than a pattern. when you are done the investment is 800K+ and that does'nt include ANY of your labor... i'll be in touch on the p-40 ..we're looking real seriously at it...










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