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  1. 10-08-2017, 09:02 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1066 View Post
    Bit like rebuilding a Spitfire to flying condition when all you have to start with is a rusty tail wheel dredged up in a fishing net.
    Isn't that pretty much what Guy Martin's team did with the Spitfire they built?
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    Quote Originally Posted by harry mac View Post
    Isn't that pretty much what Guy Martin's team did with the Spitfire they built?
    You mean the Duxford team that Guy Martin visited with a film crew ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by harry mac View Post
    Isn't that pretty much what Guy Martin's team did with the Spitfire they built?
    Yes, I don't think there would have been anything usable other than the ID plate and some other small token to be able to claim it was a "restoration" rather than a new plane built from scratch.
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