Taylorcraft for sale

[dflorian]

Our 1942 Taylorcraft has been in the family for over 70 years. Maybe 80 as far as I know. I got my first ten hours in it but it is time to find it a new home.
My uncle, Vernon Boyd, had a shop at Clover Field (Now Pearland Regional) for 50 years, and we have a lot of aviation parts and tools to liquidate. We need to find this airplane a new home. None of us are in a position to rebuild it and we want to see it go to someone who will appreciate it and get it flying again.
If you respond, please reach out by email as well so I don't miss your message.
-Denton Florian
[email protected]

[Hank Jarrett]

Do you have the NC number and or Serial Number? There are three Taylorcrafts in the database but not yours.

Hank

[dflorian]

I don't, but I'm working on it. The N number used to be N70B but it looks like that's been reassigned or something. It's not showing up anymore.

[Hank Jarrett]

N70B would have been a re-assigned N number and probably couldn't have been original. I also have a 42 and there are a lot of them in the database so if you can find the serial number I may be able to find the N number she had when she was first built. It would be great if that number was available again! The SN on my 42 was stamped into the back of the metal support the under the instrument panel for all the knobs (the side facing the engine). It should be a 4 digit number around/between 3000 and 3400.

[Bret L.]

This is such a great history! Using the aviationdb website, it appears 70B is sn#4132 and is a DC65 ? Best wishes and hoping to see your family Taylorcraft flying again soon!

[Hank Jarrett]

I don't have data on your specific plane but DO have several with close serial numbers. When I extrapolate between the ones I have from both directions to your serial number it appears your ORIGINAL NC number was NC-36391. NC-36388 SN 4129 was shown as a DF-65 and Taylorcraft Aviation Corp last owned her. 36397 SN 4138 is a DL-65 in Colorado and is probably the closest plane to yours that is flying (that I know of). If anyone else has a Tandem Taylorcraft close to NC-36391 please chime in! I know that NC-36418 is in the hangar right across from my 45 BC12-D in Suffolk VA!!!!! The owner is a first class guy and it is a shame we are on opposite coasts. When I see him I will ask if he is willing to link up with you. The IA who restored his plane is 3 hangars down from me and also knows a LOT about the Tandem birds.

Hank

By the way, NC-36391 is listed by the FAA as "de-registered". I would get with your A&P/IA and see if you can reserve that number. DO NOT say anything to them that would lead them to consider your plane as "destroyed" or "scrapped". She was de-registered, disassembled and stored! NOT destroyed! The FAA is getting really tight about restoring "destroyed" planes! POST PHOTOS so she can be seen as simply needing to be repaired and recovered.

[Jerry Miel]

I can probably confirm the N number with data that I have at my hangar. I have a pile of information that matches N numbers, SN, and military numbers. I will look it up and get back to you.

Jerry

[Jerry Miel]

Do you have any pictures of the airplane and parts? Do you have any Taylorcraft parts besides those for this airplane? I still need some parts for my 1941 L2 project.

Jerry Miel [email protected]

[slam555]

I'm also looking for parts but its for a 48 bd 12 d

[Jerry Miel]

I can confirm from my records that CN 4138 was originally assigned the number N36397 and was a model DL-65 indicating that it was a D model with a Lycoming 65 hp engine. It was a civilian airplane produced between the last military L2 (CN 4066 and the first military L2A (CN 4200). There is no evidence that it was impressed later on into a military airplane.

Jerry

[Jerry Miel]

Correction: I used the wrong serial number. Denton's plane is SN 4132 an DC65, originally N36391 later changed to N70B and currently unregistered. It has always been civilian, never military.

[TCUDustoff]

Hello Denton. I just sent you an e-mail, but I live in Galveston and my A&P and I would like to come see what you have. We could drive up and meet you there Friday or this weekend? Or any weekend. Just let us know! You can respond to the e-mail or DM me!

Note: Assuming everything is at Clover / Pearland (KLVJ?)

[Hank Jarrett]

I tracked down all of the Taylorcraft serial numbers from 4127 to 4140 and 70B "should have been" NC-36391 from the factory. All of the SNs and NC numbers are in order with 70B right in the middle!

Hank

Please let me know if you get the original number back from the FAA so I can update the database! History corrected!!

[TCUDustoff]

I did talk to Denton. The aircraft is in a building behind a bunch of other stuff they are going to be removing. Hopefully we can go see the aircraft in the next month. While I don't need another airplane, I will report back on condition and try and take some photos. If it is all there, which it sounds like it is, this would be an AMAZING restoration project for somebody.