Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

[magman]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Both Studebaker & Packard produced The General Electric designed

J-47 engine which was used on the F-86, B-47 & B-36.

[Robert Lees]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Interesting...so a tenuous link between Taylorcraft>Studebaker>F86 Sabre.

Can I therefore fit a J-47 on my Taylorcraft using a Field Approval?

[magman]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Field Approval? No problem as long as you can duplicate the "Test Rig"!

c att

Note 4 FEATHERED props!

[guns68]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Can I therefore fit a J-47 on my Taylorcraft using a Field Approval? [/QUOTE]

If you do, can I have any of the parts left behind on the runway?

[ricky]

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Hi hank,well come to think of it,the trim handle could have been from 40 champion ,as I belong to studebaker club,im going have to check out my
spare part from older studebaker have at home,Rick

[ricky]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Did you know that studebaker help build the wright clone engine,the duck,
b17,b25 uses those engine,data plate are still on the plane,the
alumiun overcast uses 4 studebaker plated engine

[magman]

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Ford built B-24's in quantity @ Willow Run.

Chevy built R-1830's & R-2800's as well.

Toyota?

[Forrest Barber]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Actually that was the Nash dealer on N. Arch where they got a lot of trim stuff plus the crank handles. They were used on other brands too. I have a very close copy fo the trunk latch fasteners sitting on my desk. WE are still looking for the ORIGINAL small ends of the trunk latches ; I have about 500 of the big ends.

[Marv]

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Our Nash dealership is long gone and the building was tore down . That address is now a medical building and i have no idea where any of the original Nash parts went. Marv

[jdoran]

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I have a F-19 built in 1978, not many Studebakers around then.

Using the same logic that they did in the old days, I would assume some of my parts were from a 70's era Ford, Chrysler, Hugo, etc. Maybe some research will show my plane has parts from a "K" car!!

[Hank Jarrett]

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Nash, not Studebaker? Dang! I have been looking at the wrong type cars all these years! I got the info back in the 70s from one of the old paint shop guys who worked for Taylorcraft just before and after WW-II (long since flown west).
Lots of cars (and planes) back then used the same small parts (many cars still do) so it wasn't surprising I found several of our knobs and handles on a Studebaker. Same ones were probably used on the Nash.
It's a little harder to use car parts on a certified plane after the FAA started taking control. Back then you could get away with a lot more. I doubt anyone will find any "K" car part on an airplane now. ;-)
Even the Ward Aero wind generator on one of the other threads is made from a lot of boat motor generator parts. I would bet a lot of those extra cases we have in stock were never on airplanes, even though they are identical down to the same stamped ID numbers (yes, impression stamped, but it is thick wall, non crack critical metal to confine and strengthen the magnetic field).
Hank

Got to start looking at Nash cars at the car shows now.

[mikeg]

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I will be going to the Studebaker dealership near me sometime this week, i hope. If any of you on the forum have Taylorcraft parts that you need that you think Studebaker made, you can send me a picture and i will check on availability at this time or see if they actualy are Studebaker parts. Thay still have a few cars and a stockroom full of parts. [email protected]

BTW, a T-Craft flying buddy of mine that lived in South Bend (since passed away) used Studebaker trim strips down the side of his '41 DeLuxe and it was a pretty close match.
Mikeg

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Any more info on the strips? What model and year Studebaker? Where did he get them?
Hank

[jdoran]

Re: Studebaker- Taylorcraft -Parts

Some chrome "curb feelers" would look good also.

[mikeg]

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You joke, but I came out to the airport to fly my "other" airplane (about 15 years ago) and found the airport operator had attached curb feelers to my Ercoupe 415C.
Mikeg