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As a civilian my father ferried B-24's to England via Canada just before the U.S. entered the war. When war broke out my father went to enlist and as soon as the recruiters saw his credentials they gave him a instant commission and made him a flight instructor.
A great/Robust plane.
I still believe the P-51 was based on the Curtiss XP-46.
I wonder if they will ever find or confirm the remains of the pilot of that wrecked P-40 they found in the desert...
I flip the diesel in my 003a every year.
I've always liked Power Service "Diesel Kleen", been using their products for over 30yrs ( I use to be in the fuel cleaning business ).
Great story
On the flip side
I once brought my Dodge M-37 to the Dodge dealership to look at a car and the salesman came out and said NICE JEEP! I told him it s not a Jeep but a Dodge, he said Oh! "So you painted it like a Jeep" I said No its a 3/4 ton Dodge military truck! He said "Oh! and you...
As already mentioned the smaller napa filter will work ( had one in my first deuce ) but heres a pic of the size difference between the two ( napa on the left ).
My 37 canvas top would just barely scuff the top of my garage door when I pulled it in, I also had to cropped the wood uprights so the cargo top was the same height as the cab top.
I always enjoy stopping in St Augustine when I make a run down to Florida. From there I like to swing by the military museum at Camp Blanding http://campblanding-museum.org/ which is about 1hr west of Augustine.
Looking REAL good, I like the yellow cad bolts but thats just me :mrgreen:
I know I mentioned it before, You'll be installing the front side cowl/fender welting soon and just a suggestion, I used wide head aluminum rivets spaced about 1 1/2" apart (see pic) to install mine and was very happy...
Here are pics of fording brackets that I had on my 37. I was told I had them on backwards but I like them like this as they kept the pipe from rubbing on my paint job. Last pic is the mount for the snorkel.
Get the NAPA one piece,viton tip solid needle valve #2-3516 https://www.napaonline.com/en/search/?text=23516 works great in the ETW1 though you will probably have to reset the float level a little.
Go on to E-bay and do a search for "CRL Sealant" and take your pick.
I myself used CRL 877 to seal my windshield to metal frame on my deuce ( 7 yrs ago ) but CRL 7708 might be exactly what your looking for.