Ken Dahlberg's P-51B Shillelaugh returning to the air

[4RG.I.'S]

What would be the current cost of a new build P-51 fuselage or a set of wings?

That is a very open ended question, depends on many factors. A current fuselage/project example is for sale on Barnstormers, really a quite nice start for the price:

https://www.barnstormers.com/classified ... atid=23694

As far as a wing is just about $500K for the bare wing last I knew. The above project has a reservation in line though the price may have fluctuated.

[JimH]

What would be the current cost of a new build P-51 fuselage or a set of wings?

That is a very open ended question, depends on many factors. A current fuselage/project example is for sale on Barnstormers, really a quite nice start for the price:

https://www.barnstormers.com/classified ... atid=23694

As far as a wing is just about $500K for the bare wing last I knew. The above project has a reservation in line though the price may have fluctuated.

That’s the old Big Beautiful Doll that went in a few years ago in AZ. Used to be N51JV and lived here in Ohio during the 80’s and early 90’s, then on to Ed Shipley.

[marine air]

Thanks for the info. Many years ago, we had a Nashvillian named E.R. "Pony" Maples that wanted to build up a fuselage for his basement museum. THis was probably twenty years ago but the fuselage cost $150K and then he didn't stop there. I believe the wings cost $150K. He sourced many more items and when it went for sale I think they were asking $450K. Everything that was there was very nice but it was missing TONS of items. He eventually found a data plate for it and the project went to Germany.
I'm holding out hope to someday find a flyable or restorable FM-2 Wildcat. Plan B would be to build up a P-51 although by the time it was finished I would be too old to fly it.

[Chris Brame]

Oh, yeah, I remember Mr. Maples - he's the guy that discovered the Brewster Bermudas in Tullahoma, TN back around 1973 - one of my favorite stories and part of what got me interested in Warbirds in the first place.

[bdk]

So others don't have to look up which Mustang project is being offered for sale on Barnstormers...

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2016/02/n ... ident.html
http://www.avstop.com/february_2016/for ... _crash.htm
https://mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survi ... l/44-63634