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I gave the fuselage a good looking over and took a few pictures. I think that I’m going to have to cut the fabric off of the fuselage, blast and re-prime it all. The metal looks pretty good where I can see it but there are enough places where there is corrosion that I think it’d be smart to clean it up and make it like new.

I also need to make a couple of modifications. I’m not going to fit in the seat with a parachute so I need to adjust that geometry somehow and there is only one lap belt mount. I intend to do some pretty serious aerobatics in this airplane so redundant lap belt is a requirement.

I hate to peel the fabric off because it is in really good shape. It’s got to be done.

So here are some pictures of the project. It took most of a day to go through the hangar and retrieve all of the airplane parts. It seems that it’s mostly complete right down to the brake pads.

2015-11-23 18.31.26 — The fuselage is complete and covered. The tires even hold air. The engine has seen better days.

2015-11-23 18.31.51 — The wings were all covered in bed sheets. This is the top wing.

2015-11-23 18.31.44 — These are the bottom wings. The ailerons have already been installed. Those push/pull tubes look perfect on the inside and terrible on the outside. It shows that the covering did wonders for keeping these wings in good shape over the years.

2015-11-23 18.32.00 — These are the wheel pants and some of the covers.

2015-11-23 18.31.37 — There were boxes and boxes of parts.

2015-11-23 18.32.35 — A beautiful wooden propeller made right down the road in Brookshire. Lovingly wrapped in panty hose.