Fuselage Year

[Wayne]

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I noticed mine has serial numbers on the throtle plate and the door hinge.

[Armstrong]

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Wayne ,did they match? I will clean off some of the old paint and see,I am going to laugh if they are all different!
Rob

[Wayne]

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Mine do match there but the data plate is not the same. I guess that says the fuselage was switched at some point or repaired.

[Armstrong]

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So when my taylocraft came out of the factory all the serial #s( wing ,fuse or door) matched my paper work serial #6881(log book)? My data plate is blank.
Thanks, Rob

[crispy critter]

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Yes Wayne,Al is Forrest's dad.

[Ragwing nut]

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Wayne,
Check the S/N on the fuslage and post for us. The doors are most certainly prewar.In fact those doors are the rolled steel frame doors were most commenly used on the A models and some of the pre-war B's(I think). Someone may have replaced the fuslage sometime in the past or anything,but those doors are definitely very pre-war.

'45 "B" models used prewar doors and have post war tail and trim systems. Was not used at any other time in production. '45's are a bastard child of all of them using parts from both prewar and postwar airplanes. I think I will make a post on all the differences I have found in the "B" models from 20 years working on them and parting them out.

Mike

[Ragwing nut]

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So when my taylocraft came out of the factory all the serial #s( wing ,fuse or door) matched my paper work serial #6881(log book)? My data plate is blank.
Thanks, Rob

Wings did not necessarily match, but should be very close. Paperwork should match fuse unless it has been changed. I have found this to be true for the most part. If they are only off by a few numbers, which I have not seen yet, then I would still consider the paperwork original to the airframe.

Mike

[Ragwing nut]

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Mine do match there but the data plate is not the same. I guess that says the fuselage was switched at some point or repaired.

If your wing ribs are built up, then I would guess the airplane is all original and someone added paperwork to make an airplane. 15 rib built up style wings were only used on 2 airplanes. '41-'42 DeLuxe's and '45 BC-12D. There is a difference is those as well. Prewar leading edge and trailing edge on the DeLuxe, postwar leading and trailing edge on the '45.

Mike

[Armstrong]

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Wings did not necessarily match, but should be very close. Paperwork should match fuse unless it has been changed. I have found this to be true for the most part. If they are only off by a few numbers, which I have not seen yet, then I would still consider the paperwork original to the airframe.

Mike

Mike, my paper work says 6881, and my wings say 6901.
Thats 20 away, do you think that is close enough to have put on by the factory?

I have very thick paint on my throttle plate, so I am going to have to strip it to see if there is a serial#. Can anyone tell me where on the plate(center ,left ,right) the # might be?

While Al Barber was working on the plane, someone named E.B.Taylor was flying it. Is he any relation to the Talorcraft folk?

Thanks for the help. It is very satisfying to find out the history of my Taylorcraft Rob

[3Dreaming]

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If your wing ribs are built up, then I would guess the airplane is all original and someone added paperwork to make an airplane. 15 rib built up style wings were only used on 2 airplanes. '41-'42 DeLuxe's and '45 BC-12D. There is a difference is those as well. Prewar leading edge and trailing edge on the DeLuxe, postwar leading and trailing edge on the '45.

Mike

My 1941 BL55 from the factory had 15 rib wings with only a 1150 gross weight. Tom

[Ragwing nut]

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Mike, my paper work says 6881, and my wings say 6901.
Thats 20 away, do you think that is close enough to have put on by the factory?

I have very thick paint on my throttle plate, so I am going to have to strip it to see if there is a serial#. Can anyone tell me where on the plate(center ,left ,right) the # might be?

While Al Barber was working on the plane, someone named E.B.Taylor was flying it. Is he any relation to the Talorcraft folk?

Thanks for the help. It is very satisfying to find out the history of my Taylorcraft Rob

That would be close enough to believe it to be original paperwork to me.

Mike

[Ragwing nut]

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My 1941 BL55 from the factory had 15 rib wings with only a 1150 gross weight. Tom

Unless the serial tag on the wing matched the fuse, I would think they had been changed. Increasing the rib count from 13 to 15 was one of the changes when the gross weight was increased to 1200 lbs. The only prewar model to have 1200 lb gross was the Deluxe that I know of. I don't know how many projects we picked up over the years that had mis matched wings. I can't argue yours didn't come out that way without the serial tag. They could have very easily grabbed a set of Deluxe wings and installed them at the factory.

Mike

[Dano"T"]

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What about a 1941 BL12-65 or BC12-65....doesn't the "12" in that stand for 1200lb gross? If you read TC A696 I think it calls it out that way....I'm not positive though.

[Armstrong]

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I noticed mine has serial numbers on the throtle plate and the door hinge.

Wayne, I cleaned off the back( it is the back right) of my throttle plate and cant see any #'s just a small round stamp that says TAC. Do you remember where yours are located. I just want to make sure I dont miss them. Its kinda hard to see under there with a flash light.
Thanks Rob

[Wayne]

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I can't remember exactly where mine was and I won't be able to look at it until the weekend. I will let you know unless I can find it in a picture.