Spitfire XVI rebuilds

I only ever saw one photo of TE384 after rebuild in one of the mags. Are there any others kicking about?

I will dig around and see if I can find anything in my old stuff. Should at least find some video and could edit it and make available at some stage.

TE384 in 1957
John

I only ever saw one photo of TE384 after rebuild in one of the mags. Are there any others kicking about?

TE 384

Hi, I was very pleased to have read this. I was living in Australia from 1978-1992 and I was instrumental in getting the Spitfire ( TE384) from Hockey Treloar up on a truck, along with a Dart powered Mustang P51-D, to Toowoomba.
I knew Barry Hempel from being a regular user of his aircraft and flatted with a mutual friend of Hockey Treloar, Bill Smith, who had been responsible for looking after Hockey’s Spit, Mustang and Walrus. ( The Walrus was in flying condition and now on display at Hendon. It was originally swapped by Hockey Treloar for TE 384. An amusing sidenote is, that the Walrus was painted in camouflage colours before leaving Australia and the only reference that Bill Smith had to go by was his son, Peter’s, Matchbox toy of a Walrus. THe Walrus was then painted in the same layout!)
I have video footage of the arrival and unpacking of the Merlin in all its protective grease and spares, plus the wings and fuselage.

Spitfire Mk XVI TB252 ex Leuchars gate guardian

Are there any currently undergoing restoration? I can only think of RW382 at the moment….

TB252 is currently under restoration at Ardmore in New Zealand. Engine restoration was handled by Reynard Racing and is now with the airframe. Log on to AVSPECS to see some photos though these are at least a year old.

regards

David

SL542 Canada, TB252 NZ plus TD135 Belg and TE384 US, long term restorations.

Mark

Oh yeah, can’t believe I forgot that one! :rolleyes:

BBMF TE311