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Originally posted by runyan99:
I hear that pristine restored Mustangs are worth around three million dollars, and are obviously a rare commodity. That made me wonder, is there a modern production prop plane that compares with the P-51 in terms of power and maneuverability? What plane could the modern pilot buy that comes close?

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The AP-51 from FlugWerk
Dear warbird enthusiast,

welcome to the newly styled Flug Werk Website. Along with the updated layout we like to fully introduce our new product line, namely the “AP-51 Palomino” structural kit. We dubbed the airframe kit “Palomino” in order to document it’s closeness to the P-51 Mustang, yet make it clearly discernable from the real P-51’s, so our new components do not end up on type certified Mustangs. This is a requirement by the FAA, which we happily fulfill.

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Using a bit of your scrounging talents, we figure that you can fulfill your dream and fly an all new, yet “exact to the bone”, WWII fighter for less than US $750.000,- net. That is half of what you presently pay for a modestly priced P-51 Mustang , with the reassurance of quality and safety from all new materials ( i.E.: no hidden inter granular corrosion in the main spar etc. )