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P-40 message reposted to correct location - sorry
Posted by Will Fowler on Wed Sep 05, 2001 09:15:11 PM
In reply top Get your P-40 project to Miami and I'll ... posted by Chris Livingston on Wed Sep 05, 2001 12:05:49 PM
Hi Graham,
:
: We have spoken on a few occations, I support your comments
: , this type is really a wonderful warbird, it has all the
: lines of a classic and even better, most of the projects o
: n offer have excellent WW2 histories, they really are in m
: y opinion a much more interesting investment than say a ne
: w build P-51D (but I would not say no to one of those).
:
: Anyway, I am always on the look out for P-40 odds and sodd
: s (Tony, you know of anything?) I do think that a wise com
: ment was made to this posting and mentioned on others, the
: warbirds projects that are being sold need to be priced c
: orrectly, people are not like they used to be in the late
: 80's and early 90's, they will not pay silly money anymore
: for a pile of junk where most of it is only fit for the s
: crap pile with only a few castings or I.D plate is still u
: sable.
:
: There are a lot of options now open to people wanting to b
: uild or restore a warbird and I think its a good thing, a
: good case in question is the large number of P-39's and ot
: her rare warbird projects sitting on a German web site(and
: I am not picking on them, just using them as an example)
: that have not moved since they were posted, they are just
: priced at silly prices, the sellers do not think the publi
: c know how much it is going to cost to restore these birds
: , but people do now.
:
: Well its just my two penny's worth, the P-40 is a wonderfu
: l warbird.
:
: Regards,
:
: Will
: Hi Graham, good to hear from you,
:
: I can't explain, or understand, why more serious inquirers
: weren't interested in your P-40. I agree this airplane i
: s vastly underrated and that it contributed far more to th
: e war effort than the glamor gals. As a sport plane, it's
: more economical, or less uneconomical, than say a P-51 or
: Corsair.
:
: I might be able to help in my own small way. I am an A&P
: (UK = LAE, I think) and pilot, and I have a standing offer
: to anyone with a warbird project but who is short on skil
: ls: Get your single-engine, or possibly twin, project and
: all parts and materials to Miami, and provide us a worksho
: p with the necessary equipment, and I'll do all the work y
: ou want for no money, in return for a negotiable equity st
: ake in the finished product, and we both have equal rights
: to fly it, each at his own expense, after a checkout sati
: sfactory to the insurance company. I am particularly inte
: rested in Japanese projects.
:
: I'm a frequent visitor to the ClassicWings site and I see
: you have a number of fixer-uppers for sale, so if someone
: from South Florida approaches you, now you have somewhere
: to send them.
:
: Not only Graham, but any interested and qualified parties
: are welcome to contact me off board.