Rick,
I've heard many stories like the one you described. Talked to one guy who bought a P-51 Surplus in the crate for a couple thousand! Brand new, zero time! To think that they were once sold for less than the scrap metal value! Clearly I was born just a little too late
Mostly though it was guys like you who almost got one, two thousand dollars was still a lot of money back then. Then the supply dried up and someone said....Wait these things are worth a fortune. Just like you said overnight - Boom! a million dollars is just the entry fee. Still I have a dream
