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What is your starting point?

Posted by bdk on Thu Sep 18, 2003 03:16:28 PM

In reply top "Easiest"/Hardest restoration posted by Chris Martin on Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:44:14 AM

A Mustang is easy to restore because so many parts are available and there is lots of information out there.

A 109 airframe isn't that hard to restore (from an engineering/manufacturing standpoint) except that sourcing the parts you need for the restoration can be very difficult (i.e. the engine, tires, hydraulic cylinders, etc.). There just aren't many spares about. Look at the 262 project which is building an even rarer aircraft. Nobody would make a new gear leg for a Mustang because you could buy a new one for much less money.

Bottom line, it all depends on what you are starting with.

As soon as the only Mustangs available to restore are those dug up from a bog in Russia, then they will be as difficult to restore as a 109.

By the way, a T-6 is probably more difficult to restore than a Mustang, given that they are both in the same condition when you start. Of course the cost is quite different!

Brandon

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