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11-28-2007, 07:21 AM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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Anyone looking for a restoration project? I just found a Corsair for sale on Barnstormers. Here's a snippet:
FG-1D CORSAIR $525,000 FG-1D Incomplete Corsair project for sale. No spares included. Posted November 12, 2007
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Pictures show the tailcone and a wing are not included. I've emailed Brian for some more information and will post his replies. | 
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11-28-2007, 07:38 AM
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#2 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | "Incomplete project". With an FG-1D, that could spell big bucks to get flying again. Although that's true with any warbird as an "incomplete project"
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11-28-2007, 08:08 AM
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#4 | | Older Than Dirt
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Country: | A half a million dollars to buy it, and probably another million (plus)
to get it flyable. And to think, right after WW-II, you could have
bought it for 10 to 15 thousand.
Charles
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11-28-2007, 08:14 AM
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Country: | Yes, and what a shame too.
I just received more information by someone who visited it to potentially buy.
Here's a part of the email:
"It’s a very interesting project but missing many critical components including the outer wing panels and wing fold mechanism which were removed with a gas cutting torch. The remains of the airframe was used by a Midwest company to test storm windows. They welded a steel framework between the gear legs and mounted to it a test window. The Corsair engine was then started and water hosed into the prop arc. The combination of wind and water made for a very effective test platform for simulating the effects of hurricanes and tornados on new storm windows." | |
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11-28-2007, 09:33 AM
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#6 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Geez, a noble warbird relegated to testing storm windows...
Sounds like an ambitious project at best. With the wing fold mechanism removed with a cutting torch, and outer wing panels missing altogether, it's a tall order to get it flying again. But Corsairs are so cool.
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11-28-2007, 09:36 AM
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Country: | Hope someone with a lot of cash can get that bird where she belongs... in the air.
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