A friend of mine is at a point of either aquiring a Hurricane, Spitfire or P51 replica and wants to travel around the UK with it. Can anybody here give advice on how the trailer should be set up with wing jigs etc etc. Pictures would be highly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance!!
By: Nimrod Mate - 20th May 2013 at 10:31
FireBex is your man, he has converted several trailers inc ones for Spitfires. He might even be looking at selling one or two but am not sure if he still has them.
By: J Boyle - 20th May 2013 at 00:39
From my experience with my vintage autos, you can also consider an enclosed trailer.
It’s advantages are simple, protection for the aircraft when travelling (perhaps less a concern in the UK where most trips don’t take longer than a day, whereas in the US, it takes days to drive anywhere…and another consideration is you could perhaps store the airframe in it when its not on display. It saves if from being in the garden or taking up your garage (both might be strong points with any partners).
In classic car magazines, I’ve seen nice lightweight glassfibre units in the UK.
By: viscount - 19th May 2013 at 21:17
I do hope that forum regular (an ‘old hand’ and far more numerous postee than myself) “Spifireman” does not mind me posting these two shots of his Spitfire 1 FSM taken last June at Newquay, as an initial response to this enquiry. While I was only interested in looking, I’m sure he can provide the details such as the trailer length, jigs, tie-downs, DVLA rules, assembly routine etc. The photos certainly show what is possible.
Spitfire 1, full scale model, N3290/AI:H, loaded on its transportation trailer and a frequent exhibit at events in the SW region.
Together with a few more found from a year earlier (June 2011):
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May 19, 2013 at 8:59 pm