This is a great story, when I determined I needed another fuselage due to the bent compression tube in N97954, a fellow ISC member contacted me stating he had a great replacement fuselage, but it was in Frankfort Germany.
Good thing is that he is a Captain for Lufthansa Cargo and he could ship the Fuselage for $175 USD.
It came over on an MD-11 and I picked it up with a U-Haul box truck.
Hello, My Name is Will and I own a 1946 Stinson 108-1 project and a lot of other Stinson parts!
This is an aileron from the OK parts stash, and I had to remove the razorback covering. I documented to capture where inspection plates were.
Hello, My Name is Will and I own a 1946 Stinson 108-1 project and a lot of other Stinson parts!
Hello, My Name is Will and I own a 1946 Stinson 108-1 project and a lot of other Stinson parts!
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.
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| As you can see, there is a significant bend in that tube. |
Hello, My Name is Will and I own a 1946 Stinson 108-1 project and a lot of other Stinson parts!
Hello, My Name is Will and I own a 1946 Stinson 108-1 project and a lot of other Stinson parts!
