Anymore P-40c/b long nose's?

[Warbird Kid]

Just thinking, with Rod Lewis' newly finished Pearl Harbor P-40C, that now makes three early P-40C long noses actively flying:

TFC
FHC
Rod Lewis'

And of course TFC's Hawk 75A should get a very honorable mention in there. So with this one done now, are there any more that are in restoration, can be a candidate for future restoration or have yet to be recovered? I like many of you here I'm sure love the early P-40 and it would be nice to see more in the air. New-built or original aircraft restored.

[Jerry O'Neill]

There's a P-40C at the Naval Museum in Pensacola.
Jerry

[Rob Mears]

Yeah I was thinking, that's four. How many of the early birds were pulled out of Russia in total?

[JDK]

The Warbird Directory lists 10 P-40B/C identities. That includes wrecks and static display, but does not include 'lost' and is therefore current (to three years ago).

[wacopilot]

Hello, I was part of the CWHA, we were the group that started the restoration of "297", the P-40 that now belongs to TFC. When TFC took over the project, we also gave them the wrecage from 2 other P-40s that came from the Sierras, in addition to the fusalage tooling and fixtures. At that time, 10 years ago or so, finding long nose Allisons was the biggest problem.

[wacopilot]

And not to stir the pot, but the P-40 at the Navy museum if a replica and far from being airworthy.

[avenger2504]

There's another Hawk 75 being restored to fly here in New Zealand. Isn't the main issue with the long nose early P40 the rarity of the engine?

[Steve Nelson]

I once bumped into a guy who claimed to have helped restore the P-40 at the Naval Aviation Museum. He claimed that they used P-40N wings..can anyone confirm? They look like B/C wings to my untrained eye..if they're N wings, they've been considerably modified.

SN

[wacopilot]

From what I recall the Pensicola P40 is cobbled together from parts and not may of them were from B or C's. Its really not a restoration as much as static dispaly recreation.