Phil Smith Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) This lovely aircraft is for sale for $4.5M. The article contains useful images for reference as it appears to reflect very few modifications beyond a few in the cockpit to make it airworthy in the late 1970s. https://silodrome.com/unrestored-p-51d-mustang/ Edited January 20, 2022 by Phil Smith D.B. Andrus, Jack, Isar 30/07 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkd1966 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I can't remember the man's name at this time - but it was purchased a couple years ago and I understand it's getting a complete restoration by Midwest Aero Restorations in Danville, IL. who has turned out some beautiful Mustangs restorations over the years that are currently flying on the warbird circuit now such as "Happy Jack's Go Buggy", "Cripe's A Mighty", "Frances Dell", "Was That Too Fast", "Daddy's Girl" and several others... Mike and his crew do awesome work and there is no doubt that this bird will also be a real stunner when it's done... Mike Anthony in NZ and Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Quote Exactly how this warbird ended up being dry stored for over 30 years isn’t publicly known Yes it is. Connie Edwards owned it. R Palimaka and Oldbaldguy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Is it me or do those pictures look like something out of a flight sim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Very cool. The Connie Edwards ranch has produced some real gems. bet it’ll take another million to make this a flyer- cheers P Oldbaldguy and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 6 hours ago, John1 said: Is it me or do those pictures look like something out of a flight sim? That was my thought too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Rademaker Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Just think right feet WW II you could pick up a flyable Mustang for under $1,000.00, amazing. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, James Rademaker said: Just think right feet WW II you could pick up a flyable Mustang for under $1,000.00, amazing. Jim Actually for less than that. Hollywood stunt fliers Frank Tallman and Paul Mantz bought an entire airfield filled with war surplus aircraft of all types for next to nothing. They drained from all the airplanes and sold it and then when Korea cranked up, they sold the gunsights out of the fighters back to the government for more than their original investment. A few years ago, I was chatting with a friend and his wife at their little backyard strip and they told me that just after the war, my friend and two other guys scraped together something like $500 (it might even have been less) in hopes of getting a surplus T-6 at auction. Well, their bid was accepted except that the lot they won was three airplanes, not one. So they ended up with an airplane each for a couple of hundred bucks. They had to buy gas and oil to get home, but that same day he and his wife climbed into their new T-6 and flew it home from somewhere in the Carolinas, I think. I mean, if somebody can buy the Kitty Hawk or some other decommissioned carrier for less than a dollar these days, why not a flyable T-6 or even a tired Mustang for a couple of hundred back in the day? Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 And I thought my mustang was expensive...88 5.0 GT....LOL! Cheers...Ron Phil Smith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 When my dad was a young AC in SAC, B47s, he had a buddy that bought a surplus P51d for a song. he lost cooling over St Louis, roasted the big beautiful engine, and found that although it was cheap to buy, fixing it was a rich mans game. Oldbaldguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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