Lockheed T33 well some of it

[SETOYOTA]

Have no idea what I'm going to do with it but I think it's really cool

 

[FloridaAKM]

At least it wasn't demilled. Now you get to think of what you are going to do with it!

 

[TsgtB]

"not demilled"....?
So, it still has a live ejection seat.... ?
We had to blow a few of those in Iraq (before they were used against us).

 

[FloridaAKM]

Not demilled as in crushed flat or ground up in a metal shear. Now you can't even get a wing fuel tank for a display item intact!

 

[Jericho]

Hummm , Lake'ster perhaps

 

[AZDeuce]

Clean it up, mount it on a trailer and take it to airshows and charge a couple bucks to have your photo taken in it, would look impressive behind a deuce or 5-ton...of course if your well off you might be able to restore it. A good source of warbird stuff is WIX, warbird information exchange.

 

[SETOYOTA]

"not demilled"....?
So, it still has a live ejection seat.... ?
We had to blow a few of those in Iraq (before they were used against us).

blow up what? Ejection seat or T33.

It still has both seats. Not functional

 

[TsgtB]

We had to blow the seats in a few Iraqi birds that were still live, where they were dragged out to the end of the airfield.
I'm not sure about the T33, but it may have or had an explosive charge to blow the canopy also.

 

[M813rc]

I'd be happy to just clean it up and sit in it!

Cool acquisition.

Cheers

 

[Tracer]

Lot's of T-33s still in service around the world. There are several bone yards around Davis-Monthan in Arizona that should have enough parts for you to make a nice static display. Might look great in your front yard.

 

[rchalmers3]

Custom rat rod body? Or a trailer, as previously suggested.

Rick

 

[hndrsonj]

I have seen a lot of fuselage sections cleaned up and painted then mounted on car trailers for kids photo ops at airshows. They usually charge quite a bit.

 

[SETOYOTA]

I would never charge kids for a pic. I've seen guys do it with there MVs as well. I would like to find the back half and wings. But who knows if possible. There were only around 5600 built . The front fuselage was not cut This is where the aircraft is split to remove the engine.

i plan to display at my house in some way. I may hang it from the main beam in my shop. Think it only weighs about 2500 lbs as is.

may do something with my MUTT display

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

I like the idea of scabbing it onto a Deuce frame and drivetrain and making it roadworthy.

 

[SETOYOTA]

I'm going more in the direction of preservation

 

[Landbarger]

What does it look like in terms of completeness inside the cockpit?

 

[SETOYOTA]

Update to old thread. I have been doing a little work on my T33. its Turning out well

 

[SETOYOTA]

One more. Made all the stencils myself.

 

[sigo]

Nice work. Very cool just to have that around the shop. Is the cockpit complete?

 

[SETOYOTA]

It has both ejection seats, control stick and pedals. 20 % of gauges Every thing else is pretty much gone