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Post by FlyingKiwi on Oct 14, 2019 10:54:16 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Oct 14, 2019 16:00:41 GMT 12
Its not an F4U canopy - its FG-1
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Oct 14, 2019 18:36:36 GMT 12
No windshield?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 14, 2019 23:20:27 GMT 12
I am informed this same canopy was sold a week or two ago on eBay Australia  |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Oct 15, 2019 17:49:46 GMT 12
Interesting. I wonder if the sale fell through? Seems like too much of a specialist item to be using for a scam.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 15, 2019 18:14:03 GMT 12
I should add it sold for AU$1800, now listed at NZ$5000
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jaybee
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Post by jaybee on Oct 16, 2019 3:05:19 GMT 12
It’s worth noting that shipping, taxes at the border, and currency conversion costs will make up a substantial part of that difference. Importing an item like that canopy is not cheap.
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Post by vultee43 on Oct 16, 2019 20:17:47 GMT 12
Why buy to sell straight away? Seems like a lot of effort.
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chook
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Post by chook on Oct 17, 2019 18:12:46 GMT 12
Hi there, the Canopy is mine and it is the one sold recently on eBay. Jaybee is correct that the sell price, shipping, MPI charges, Customs duty and then GST on top of everything does not make it a cheap item. The project I am slowly building is based around a -1A panel, deck, BP glass, Windscreen, reflector, gunsight etc which I aim to be a working display (gunsight wise). If the canopy did not have the swastikas I would have converted it to a -1A canopy, but discovering the markings I feel it should be preserved. In fact I'm in the process of researching who it it may have been attributed to and have a few good leads. I'm not expecting it to sell and it is unlikely I'd try and sell it again, probably end up in one of NZ Aviation museums in due course. WRT the quick listing, just thought I'd see if anyone liked it more than me and if so I had more resource to put into my primary project. Anyway I hope that clears up any speculation. All the best, this is a great forum.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 17, 2019 18:18:39 GMT 12
It would be great in the Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zeala..... oh right, MOTAT recently destroyed that....
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Post by vultee43 on Oct 17, 2019 23:44:28 GMT 12
Hope someone will buy and preserve it. Love to know more of the provenance
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