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Warbird Prices: Historic or Intrinsic Value?

Posted by Ray Crawford on Thu Oct 24, 2002 04:17:05 PM

After following the very interesting thread on new build Spitfires, I started wondering which is a greater motivator to purchase a warbird.

If money were no object, would you be inclined to buy a warbird because of the history behind a particular example or simply because you appreciate a sophisticated piece of high performance engineering for what it is?
If you were considering buying a "restored" ME109 or Hurricane, would the fact that only a handful of parts were really original ruin your enthusiasm and interest in this aircraft?


Ray

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