Lotsacubes

Figured P&W did some thing. I’ve heard of drain kits for the lower jugs on some. But probably many 2800 aircraft it’s hard to reach the prop. My aircraft has the baby brother to the mighty 2800.... R-985 Wasp Jr. We try to spin with hydro and pop a jug or bend a rod. Love following Tom. Please keep us informed. Cheers

K2

Tom;
Thought of you and your project when I inspected this one tucked away in the old Tillamook Air Museum Blimp Hanger last fall. It will be great to see your old bird flying again. You guys are doing a magnificent job!! Please keep us updated on the progress..

Ol Blue

I know not Corvette related but how can one resist wanting one of these.
Gary

Kristin Hewlett Frost, Indianapolis has this listed on Facebook Marketplace
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...essenger_share

This is a right hand engine out of a 1942 P-38 Lightning. The photo is a STOCK photo...this engine will need to be re-built.

DZAUTO

And neither is our A26 restoration project.
And again, I'm absolutely amazed that SUDDENLY people here are interested in it, especially after I have mentioned it several times over the years. I don't get it.

By the way, another piece of historical machinery is now back in full operation. The Union Pacific Big Boy, which they pulled out of the Los Angeles railroad museum several years ago is now under full steam. I FULLY agree that these are obsolete relics, but it is great that some are finally being saved and brought back to life.


And speaking of relics, does anyone here know how to use one of these? My 16yr old granddaughter was totally baffled.












Or how about one of these to change your own tires, or fix a flat? TOOOOOOOOOOOOO MANY basic skills have been lost or forgotten.









Anyone know how to use one of these to dial in your dinosaur age Corvette?

mrg

I'm another whose been interested in the A26 project. Planes, trains, and automobiles.........always great to see these icons of history come back to life.
Tom, thanks for your efforts in posting updates and videos on the A26.

Phone booth? .. How common they were back in the day. I know of only ONE full stand up working green phone booth in the area. It's worth a drive by just to see it!

John

DZAUTO

ALL 21 of the old phones in our house work. BUT, unfortunately, 2-3yrs ago, the phone company changed their system to some kind of new digital/electronic system, and I can no longer dial on any of the rotary dial phones. Although they work just as an extension.
A few months ago, I saw a telephone adapter on Ebay that can be attached to the telephone cord which will permit rotary dial phones to function with the modern telephone systems------------------------but each adapter is over $50ea!!!!
By the way, when someone calls our house, the pay phone sounds like a fire alarm.

tuxnharley

Many of us have followed your A-26 post for years, enjoyed them,and posted favorable comments..
Keep up the good work!

Pop Chevy

I been following you A-26 build for years ,be great to see it finally take off. Also you got a newer version of the Sun Scope than what I used to use in school, loved that machine. I finally sold my tire changer(shoulda kept it). Yep I remember party lines too.

JohnZ

If you're referring to the old wall phone to the right of the phone booth, we had the full-size tall version of that (with the hand crank to summon "Julia") to make a call; that was in our Mullett Lake, Michigan summer cottage in the late 40's-early 50's; we were in the Cheboygan exchange, and our phone number (party line) was 329J. "Julia" retired about the time the revolutionary new "dial phone" appeared.

DZAUTO

John,
This one came from my step-grandparents (if that is a real word) home. It was out in their dilapidated garage, awaiting its turn to be tossed. It now works like brand new.
It is inside the entry hall to out home. I have a 4prong connector on it, to plug into a 4prong telephone outlet just below the phone. But we keep it unplugged.

Early66L72

amazing. old things still work.. try and get the NEW stuff to last that long..

roadster65

Nice project Tom, pleasing to see an ol' Warbird being resurrected. Mentor of mine flew Spitfires in period, then went on the design and build race cars, winning the F1 Championship four times and the Indy 500 twice, and a plethora of other International motor racing Championships around the world. - GV

vetteman64

Love radial engine aircraft, especially the P's and B's of the WWII era. My favorite is the P-61 Black Widow. If you were near I would volunteer and do whatever I can. Besides a love of muscle cars and road racers, I was in the Navy Ground Support Equipment field, aircraft carriers and Naval Air Stations.
I keep marking my calendar for the Planes of Fame event at Chino CA, which has plenty of aircraft over 2 days (missed it again just this weekend). Every year a B-17, B-24 and P-51 come to airfields in the SF Bay Area. Would like to see more variety. Pacific Coast Dream Machines event at Half Moon Bay has more if the weather is good.
C Ya, Joseph Rock
Frankenstein 59