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Re: BTW - Did any of you UK lot see Salvage Squad last nite?

Posted by Ron Henry on Tue Feb 05, 2002 04:20:31 PM

In reply top Re: BTW - Did any of you UK lot see Salvage Squad last nite? posted by simon king on Tue Feb 05, 2002 01:26:40 PM

: on that same diversification point,am I right in thinking
: that the Bristol Aircraft production lines were used to bu
: ild prefab houses after the war? Seems a really strange co
: nnection.
:
: A later Salvage Squad shows the rebuilding of a DH Moth bu
: t you have to wonder how much work has been done already -
: eg the car last night was entered for Concours but we did
: n't see the engine bay being stripped out for spraying of
: the engine bay etc etc.

It's my understanding that all?/most? of the little prefab bungalows were built immediately postwar by companies of the UK aircraft industry. Think that there was a good deal of aluminium sheet in their construction, and the companies didn't have much other business on their books once WW2 had ended. Bristol houses may not have been built at Bristol (Filton) - Bristol had a very large plant close to Weston-super-Mare airfield.

Like you I'm dubious about rebuilding a DH Moth in a few days - and what about appropriate worker licences and qualifications? The progs I've seen so far have not had me convinced that the team achieved the v high standard restorations in the stated timescales.

Signed

Mr Sceptical

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