What model is this?

[dedrekon]

I have a fuselage and I'm not sure what model it is.....it's slightly different than my BC12Ds. Here's a photo (hopefully) of the top front of the fuselage. It has several more tubes in this area, plus the there's a small box welded on the inside of each side of the fuselage about half way back.
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[midniteflyer52]

Re: What model is this?

Hi,
It's hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like a pre-war B model fuselage. I believe that the extra tubing in the windshield area was to accomadate the four piece windshield. Can you get a S/N from the door hinges? That will help date it. I have no idea what the boxes might have been for. Flares maybe? Any more pics?

Glen Brodeur
Putnam, CT

[jgerard]

Re: What model is this?

is that the one that just sold on ebay?

Jason
N43643

[Forrest Barber]

Re: What model is this?

Early B is correct , check ser# if door hinges still there. Extra tubes probably for an experimential of some type , maybe going to use for a clip wing with BIG engine , more pics maybe?

[VictorBravo]

Re: What model is this?

There was a basket case haning from rafters here in Los Angeles that sold 6 months ago. It had some extra diagonal tubes welded in the fuselage frame, but not for aerobatics. Some idiot wanted to make a heavy duty bushplane out of it, with wet wing fuel tanks, etc. etc. It may have wound up in Oregon.

[dedrekon]

Re: What model is this?

I'm sure there's been nothing done to this, I'm just not very familiar with the "old" ones. I do know where it's been for at least the last 7-8 years. Thanks for all the info!