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No dataplate...

Posted by Jim on Fri Oct 04, 2002 04:33:29 PM

In reply top This may be the same old can of worms but for me the worms.. posted by Karen on Fri Oct 04, 2002 11:30:44 AM


Without the dataplate, the prevailing attitude over at Roush could be that they've obtained a collection of P-51B parts only, which they can use to create "an example" of a P-51B rather than recreating the original. So to answer your question, my initial impression is that it will be a new Mustang incorporating some parts from an original example.

I think it's good that Roush is interested in talking with you and might be willing to bring the "spirit" of your uncle's plane back into the new one.


: are no longer hypothetical.....they just got personal!
:
: Hi All,
:
: I have learned that it is indeed Jack Roush who purcha
: sed the remains of Uncle Dean's Mustang. Here is what I kn
: ow......
:
: There is no dataplate. There is only a sworn affidavi
: t stating this is indeed 43-12252. There is no airframe, o
: r center fusilage, only pieces.
:
: I seriously doubt there is anything that in its prese
: nt condition could be considered airworthy. It has been me
: ntioned that they choose to melt down a piece of the wreck
: age and fashion it into a "new" part, made from original m
: aterial. (There was a whole lot of copper in that radiator
: !). This way something of the original material will be in
: cluded in the "new" plane.
:
: I have also been told, and I knew this already, that M
: r. Roush is free to rebuild this Mustang any way he choose
: s. As I am sure most of you already know my feelings on th
: is have been very strong all along, but since I am not the
: one writing the checks it really doesn't matter what I fe
: el.
:
: It is possible that 43-12252 will fly again as an oliv
: e drab, P-51B, but it is also possible that it will be "tr
: ansformed" into a Mustang which is more famous, and will g
: enerate more interest then my Uncle's humble story.
:
: So, my question is this...... What will 43-12252, be w
: hen she is completed? She can't be a restoration, there is
: n't enough left to restore.....So what will she be? A repl
: ica? A new Mustang with one historical artifact imbedded s
: omewhere in her frame?? I value your opinions on this!
: Karen
:
: One thing I found kind of eerie.....I have to find out
: when Mr. Roush purchased the remains of Dean's plane.....
: I'm thinking it was probably in January 2002, but anyway,
: the eerie thing.....Jack Roush purchased the remains of De
: an's plane, and then nearly died in the exact same way tha
: t Dean did!

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