Where I grew up there is alot of farmland and alot of the farmers make a runway on their land and fly small planes.
Had a friend that bought 3 Piper Cubs (2 crashed) and one that had alot part salvaged off it. Took him 6 months to strip all the usable bits he needed to make one. I saw the pile of parts that he had accumulated and in my mind was saying "ain't no way thats ever gonna fly again". Took him 3 years but he finally pieced one together and it must've passed inspection as he flew it for a number of years after that. Ironically, he sold it and purchased a nearly new plane and died in a crash a few months later. The investigation ruled that it was due to a mechanical malfunction. The one he pieced together is still flying to this day.
Guess if your passionate enough about it you can make just about anything happen.
LTM,
Don