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this isn't a professional opinion but...

Posted by JimH on Sun Dec 21, 2003 09:53:42 PM

In reply top Re: Composit parts/attn Gary posted by Rob Rohr on Sun Dec 21, 2003 09:11:52 PM

I wouldn't get in the thing...that big ole' Pratt and Whitney thumping away out there...what kind of fatigue life could you expect?...maybe for a 3/4 scale with one of those russian radials... The Mustang that became Ed Shipley's "Big Beautiful Doll" used to be based at Middlefield Ohio. I spent many hours photographing and drooling on the a/c in my youth. I distinctly remember the fiberglass sections of the scoop... and the shoddy craftsmanship. There is just something very detracting about having fiberglass parts on a "stock restoration" not that it's not a good idea..I just don't think it would fly. just my .02

jimh

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