Originally Posted by
LOMCEVAK
The airframe was rebuilt to an airworthy standard but the engine was never stripped and overhauled. The original propellor, which had been damaged but was flown on a concession for a couple of years, was refitted and the original fuel tank, which had developed a leak, was also refitted.
Err......nope.
The DB605 was fully stripped, overhauled and rebuilt by the team at RR Filton, and the prop was overhauled by Hoffman in Germany, and the original and perished fuel cell was replaced by a new build one, all before its first post restoration flight by Reg Hallam in 1991.