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1944 American Champion P-51D MustangSingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Offered for sale at $1,600,000 is a 1944 North American P-51D Mustang project, registration N5483V, serial number 44-73158, located in Redondo Beach, California. The seller describes it as the best and most complete North American P-51D project in the world, with all parts acquired by the current owner over the past 20 years, many of them New Old Stock. The restoration work completed to date is stated to be to the same quality as the Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft restored XP-82 Twin Mustang, which won the 2019 Grand Champion Warbird awards and two Golden Wrench Awards at Sun 'N Fun 2019 and EAA Airventure (Oshkosh 2019). The aircraft is being...

Year
1944
Make
American Champion
Series
P-51 Mustang
Model
P-51D Mustang
Tail #
N5483V
Serial #
44-73158N

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Specifications

Category
Single-Engine Piston
Intended Use
Classic / Antique, Military / Warbird, Recreational
Flight Rules
VFR

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time
10 hrs
Engine 1 Time
(SMOH)
Prop 1 Time
(SPOH)
Prop 2 Time
(SPOH)

Additional Equipment

Oxygen System

Original Oxygen Bottles (2x) - Two

Weapons System

50 Caliber Machine Guns (6x) - Six Replica With New Ammo And Correct Date On Shells

Exhaust System

Exhaust Stacks (12x) - new inner and outer new

Cooling System

Coolant Tubes - New door actuator, New New

Brakes

P-51 Brakes - Overhauled,

Fuel Cells

Fuel Cells (2x) - original

Bomb Shackles

Bomb Shackles (2x)

Drop Tanks

Drop Tanks (2x) - to be overhauled

Fuel Door Actuator

Oil Door Actuator - New

Oil Tank

Oil Tank - New Overhauled

Flight Controls

Elevators (2x) - Overhauled, Overhauled, New, Overhauled Covered In Stits

Windshield

Windshield - New

Throttle Quadrant

Throttle Quadrant - Overhauled

Gear And Flap Handles

Gear And Flap Handles - Overhauled

Canopy Crank And Chain

Canopy Crank And Chain - Overhauled

Instrument Panel

Instrument Panel - Complete With Overhauled

Hydraulics

Hydraulics - All NOS Or Overhauled

Wing Tip Extensions

Wing Tip Extensions - New

Aircraft Manuals

P-51 Manuals - Complete Set Of

Airframe Components

Fuselage - New New Longerons And All New Skins, Odeagaard Overhauled, Overhauled, Overhauled, Overhauled, Overhauled, Complete Set Of New, Overhauled

Armament

Six 50 caliber replica machine guns w/ new ammo and correct date on shells

Fuel System

2x original fuel cells

Oxygen Bottles

Two original oxygen bottles

Machine Guns

Six 50 caliber replica machine guns with new ammo and correct date on shells

Coolant Tubes

New coolant tubes

Radiator

New Martin radiator

Manuals

Complete set of P-51 manuals

Wing Kit

Odeagaard - wing kit needs to be built up

Engine & Propeller

Engine Type
Piston
Engine Count
1
Engine Make
Packard
Engine Model
V-1650-7
Propeller Model
Hamilton Standard 24D50

Asking Price

$1,600,000

Aircraft Location

Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Listing Details

Used
For Sale

Price History

Jul 31, 2026: $1,600,000 - trade-a-plane

May 1, 2026: $1,600,000(-$3,900,000) - controller

Oct 6, 2025: $5,500,000 - trade-a-plane

+2 more price changes

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First Seen: Aug 25, 2025

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