chris mcmillin
Airman
Put simply, it's none of my business; if someone has the money, it's not for me to tell him how to spend it.
I notice that nobody says a word, when someone gets the data plate, from a Spitfire firewall, surrounds it with completely fresh-built parts, and calls it an original Spitfire Mark ..whatever.
Exactly. The days are over where the original metal is of usable nature if the airplane wasn't flyable already. it's going to be new-build for the structure whether a racer or a warbird.
Stiletto was a new build airplane (you know, the Color Tile one), Dago Red was a wreck as was Strega. Rare Bear, too. All of them could be warbirds in two years and a million dollars.
It's not an issue.
Chris...