I wonder how much of this one is original. Everything except the wings, fuselage, tail, engine, landing gear and accessories?
I once knew a guy who worked for an aircraft restoration company. As I understood it, in the case of valuable warbirds, they might declare a bakelite knob salvageable and manufacture an entire aircraft around the knob and market the finished product as a restored warbird along with accompanying price premium.
The data plate is original.
I once knew a guy who worked for an aircraft restoration company. As I understood it, in the case of valuable warbirds, they might retrieve what they could from a jungle, bog,etc, examine the pieces and declare a bakelite knob salvageable. They had drawings for everything and would manufacture an entire aircraft around the knob and market the finished product as a restored warbird along with accompanying price premium.
That may have been a bit of an exaggeration on his part... or not.
I once knew a guy who worked for an aircraft restoration company. As I understood it, in the case of valuable warbirds, they might retrieve what they could from a jungle, bog,etc, examine the pieces and declare a bakelite knob salvageable. They had drawings for everything and would manufacture an entire aircraft around the knob and market the finished product as a restored warbird along with accompanying price premium.
That may have been a bit of an exaggeration on his part... or not.
I once knew a guy who worked for an aircraft restoration company. As I understood it, in the case of valuable warbirds, they might retrieve what they could from a jungle, bog,etc, examine the pieces and declare a bakelite knob salvageable. They had drawings for everything and would manufacture an entire aircraft around the knob and market the finished product as a restored warbird along with accompanying price premium.
That may have been a bit of an exaggeration on his part... or not.