Indeed, the spar should never have been cut. A little knowledge on the part of the recovery team could have gone a long way to keeping it flyable. The frightening part is that it was welded back together by the restorers and flown for a number of years before it was discovered, and grounded for good. If we are talking about the same aircraft, Shinpachi-san, that is the one that sat in the hangar in Camarillo for years before being sold to the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island. At least it is back in one piece and displayed nicely. It sat in 2 pieces for years in Camarillo.