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spanish 109e for sale

whilst browsing ebay i came acroos a company called aero locker advertising a very early 109e C4E-88 for sale, £250,000 to you, it’s a survivor that i’ve never heard of before, anyone know any more,

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By: italian harvard - 15th October 2005 at 17:38

Yes, I was thinkin about the P-39 now flyin at DX..
u think that it is worth that amount of money, provided u have an extra £750k to take it back to the air 😉

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By: Melvyn Hiscock - 14th October 2005 at 22:01

burn damage uh? Not an easy restoration project, that’s for sure..

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still a lot more structure than a lot of other aircraft that are now flying!

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By: italian harvard - 14th October 2005 at 22:00

burn damage uh? Not an easy restoration project, that’s for sure..

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By: Melvyn Hiscock - 14th October 2005 at 21:17

as Daz noticed it’s more likely a bunch of 109 pieces packed up together.. a 😀

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No, it was failry substantial with both wings and a fuselage but with burn damage on the fuselage.

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By: italian harvard - 14th October 2005 at 16:09

as Daz noticed it’s more likely a bunch of 109 pieces packed up together.. I guess 250 grand is a bit pricey though.. I wonder what’s the engine status..
The “quantity” window is too much fun, they prolly have others for sale, surely found in China 😀

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By: David Burke - 14th October 2005 at 15:28

The Helldiver cockpit used to be sat on the ground next to Rob’s Venom at Weald for a great many years.

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By: one0nine - 14th October 2005 at 14:34

Will they take a check? 😀 (Oh, don’t I wish…)

It would be nice to see it restored in proper Spanish Civil War markings as 6 o 88; dollars to donuts that it gets redone as Galland’s machine, though. 🙁 Plus, those DB605’s aren’t going to do much good on the Emil; it used the 601.

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By: Melvyn Hiscock - 14th October 2005 at 13:32

I have some pics of this from when it was stored at the back of Hammonds Garden Centre in Stubbington in about 1984. It is an ex-fire dump machine but not beyond restoration. It was exhibited at Tangmere for some time.

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By: DazDaMan - 14th October 2005 at 13:15

Nobody’s noticed that looks more like a F- or G-model cowling then?

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By: paulmcmillan - 14th October 2005 at 13:08

The serial matches the Robs Lamplough one (from WWD Vol 4)

Bf 109E-1 (to Legion Condor as 6•88, then to Spanish AF as C.4E-88)

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 14th October 2005 at 13:03

Spotted this the other day – Pics here

http://www.aerolocker.com/Default.aspx?CatalogItemID=116&CatalogID=2&psnavcmd=CatalogItemDetails&tabid=1311

Also ME108 and bizarrelyn Curtiss Helldiver cockpit for sale – no pics of the latter sadly.

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By: jbs - 14th October 2005 at 13:02

I believe that C4E-88 is a Spanish AF identity, so would this make it a Buchon

This is not my field so I’m only thinking out loud

EDIT – Ignore this message, after looking at the webpage below I can see I’m wrong

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By: SINE MORA - 14th October 2005 at 12:54

i thoght robs was a merlin engined job, this is a real DB601 engined number, comes complete with new prop and two spare DB605’s

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By: David Burke - 14th October 2005 at 12:50

Sounds like Rob Lamplough’s machine.

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