P-51D Yankee Trader for sale ($1.1 Mil)

snj-5 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:15 pm

Got nothing to do with it, just stumbled upon the listing:

http://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?ID=705499

Bela P. Havasreti

eallen · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:31 pm

Thanks for posting...interesting! Can anyone make out the N #? Or have any other info? Tried to look it up on a few sites with NO luck...

snj-5 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:41 pm

Looks alot like 44-37254, N6328T (formerly "Buster"):

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/?survivors/serial/44-73254

Bela P. Havasreti

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11336

The markings, owners name and location all seem to match up.

dc8jet · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:30 am

Checking Buster's N number it shows it registered to the fellow who is selling it so yes it's the same airplane.

John Kerr · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:51 am

Could someone out there post some better picutres of this mustang in Yankee Trader markings? Thanks in advance.

K5DH · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:31 am

I can't believe I'm writing this, but... $1.1M seems like a bargain for a Mustang these days. :shock:

JimH · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:17 am

it will make a nice project.

Saville · **Joined:** Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:45 am **Posts:** 520

k5dh wrote:

I can't believe I'm writing this, but... $1.1M seems like a bargain for a Mustang these days. :shock:

Well.....it's blue not green and.........

.........no shark's mouth

Glenn Wegman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:48 am

I believe it has been for sale for four or five years.

Saville · **Joined:** Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:45 am **Posts:** 520

JimH wrote:

it will make a nice project.

Project? Not much info in the ad...what sort of work does it need? I wonder when it was last flown.

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:56 am

Don called it "Damnfino" for a long time. IIRC, after he got it put together people would ask "what are you going to name it", Don would say damnfino!

Red Tail · **Joined:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:56 pm **Posts:** 138

Saville wrote:

JimH wrote:

it will make a nice project.

Project? Not much info in the ad...what sort of work does it need? I wonder when it was last flown.

What Glenn said.

I don't believe this airplane has flow for handful of years. Like any other warbird that has never been gone through top to bottom, it's hard to say what it needs but I'd guess nothing about another 1.5 million won't fix. Another airplane similar to this sold about a year ago in the same price range. It's now well into its rebuild. Some of the surprises being uncovered were never suspected. 70 plus years is a long time for anything to survive, especially an instrument of war...that has seen war!

John

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2685

Red Tail wrote:

Saville wrote:

JimH wrote:

it will make a nice project.

Project? Not much info in the ad...what sort of work does it need? I wonder when it was last flown.

What Glenn said.

I don't believe this airplane has flow for handful of years. Like any other warbird that has never been gone through top to bottom, it's hard to say what it needs but I'd guess nothing about another 1.5 million won't fix. Another airplane similar to this sold about a year ago in the same price range. It's now well into its rebuild. Some of the surprises being uncovered were never suspected. 70 plus years is a long time for anything to survive, especially an instrument of war...that has seen war!

John

Not disagrreing with what you said or that it's not time for another rebuild, but Mustangs-Mustangs indicates this was a data plate rebuild sometime in the 70's.

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:53 pm

IIRC, Don put the aircraft together from parts in the early 70s I wanna say 1974.

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