[ARC5] Inflicting Your Collection on Relatives

[J. Forster]

I don't really know, but suspect if it'd just been put away and stored dry
until now, it'd easily be worth 20,000 pounds.

-John

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> At the conclusion of WW-II my cousin, Ivan Kingston, bought the front end
> of a Spitfire for Twenty Pounds.  (The DoD only sold half aircraft, never
> the full deal.)  He took the "thing" home and set the Rolls-Royce Merlin
> Engine up on the workbench in his workshop.  He supplied oil, a 5 gallon
> drum of fuel and turned the engine over.
>
> It ran beautifully for a few minutes - and stopped.  It took some time for
> Ivan to figure the 5 gallons of fuel had all gone.  Idling, a Spit
> consumes around 90 gallons per hour.
>
> The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine ended up on the scrap heap.  I remember
> looking at the various bits lying on the ground in the early 70s and
> thinking - crikey!
>
> Pity, that.  Perhaps history IS a reason for keeping some of the older
> gear working.
>
>
> Les
> formerly VK2BCU.
>
>
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment."
>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Inflicting Your Collection on Relatives
>> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:02:44 -0400
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 26, 2010, at 1:57 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
>>
>> ... "Oh, I don't think we will have any trouble getting rid of this
>> piece of equipment."
>> >
>> > He was right.  The hangar held a perfectly preserved Lockheed
>> > P-38  Lightning.
>>
>>
>> I know of a P-51 that was sold about 10 years ago for some 1.5 million
>> dollars.  I wonder if the P-38 would be now in that same price range.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>
>> Roy Morgan
>> k1lky at earthlink.net
>> K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!
>>
>>
>>
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