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Re: Quite clearly lots of people do want to talk about it!

Posted by Paul on Mon Jun 17, 2002 04:24:56 PM

In reply top Re: Quite clearly lots of people do want to talk about it! posted by Tim Savage on Mon Jun 17, 2002 04:30:10 PM

:
: : Strange as it may seem I agree with you!
:
: I never that otherwise :)
:
: :I will ask you a
: : question then - if someone comes along and builds a Harp
: oo
: : n from total scratch and says it is the same as yours (w
: hi
: : ch clearly has not been built from scratch) you would ag
: re
: : e with them?
:
: Nope, that would be a replica. (Not that anyone would be t
: hat insane :)) As I said in the previous message, new buil
: d airplanes are replicas, but if an airplane is built out
: of partially old parts and (and I really don't care how ma
: ny or what percent) and some new and has a dataplate, its
: the real thing.
:
: : I have said many times we must accept that major structu
: re
: : has to be replaced if we are going to keep warbirds air
: wo
: : rthy. In some cases manufacturers spares are available (
: T-
: : 6 as an example, plus Hunters, F-86s etc).
: :
: : All I have said I DISAGREE with is someone building some
: th
: : ing from zero and then representing it as a far more his
: to
: : rical piece with provenance than it really is.
:
: I also agree with that. I also don't really see anyone doi
: ng that. I get around a lot, and know a lot of people in
: this business, and I can't put my finger on anyone trying
: to represent a new build airplane as the real thing Maybe
: it just goes unsaid because most people know that a new M
: ustang or Spitfire restoration these days is generally bui
: lt of new metal.
:
: : It is fact though that photographs of a restoration, ori
: gi
: : nal documents etc etc are often presented by entrants to
: t
: : he EAA Warbird awards.
:
: Yep, and the last few years have demonstrated that more an
: more of the structure is being replaced in each new resto
: ration, for safety and longevity issues.
: :
: : regards
: :
: :
: : Paul


Okay I'll break a WIX rule here. My new book Mustang Survivors (to be published shortly by Midland Publishing) has a Chapter on Mustang restoration which a few visitors to this site may find of interest.

Cheers for now


Paul

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