N97954 Stinson Control Column Rebuild

Well shoot! Bad news

So after stripping the fuselage, my plan was to take the fuselage to Legend Cub in Sulfur Springs Tx and have them paint the fuselage. 

We loaded the fuselage on a trailer, and hauled it out to them, but when we were unloading it, Darin the owner of Legend, noticed that the compression tube above the windshield was bent. 

I assume it was compressed during a ground loop or something like that, but the consensus was that we would need a fuselage Jig to fix it. 

I started looking for a replacement fuselage. 

As you can see, there is a significant bend in that tube.

Original 3200 tailwheel