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Title: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: . on March 03, 2008, 22:53:01 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=&item=380002382354
 :o
(P.S. I restore WWI and II military aircraft, so maybe this is only exciting to me ?)


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: Fastbrit on March 03, 2008, 22:58:13 pm
 :o :o :o :o

Quote: "I would estimate its weight at approx 4000 pounds."

Hello? Is that UPS? I have a small package for you...

I'd love to have that as a conversation piece. Great find!


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: speedwell on March 03, 2008, 23:29:10 pm
:o :o :o :o

Quote: "I would estimate its weight at approx 4000 pounds."

Hello? Is that UPS? I have a small package for you...

I'd love to have that as a conversation piece. Great find!
too funny keith   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: Fritter on March 04, 2008, 03:09:37 am
Will it fit in the engine bay of a '67 Bug?  :D


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: stealth67vw on March 04, 2008, 04:47:01 am
what is the power of that critter? 

"This is th 63A version that produces approx 4000 horsepower"


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: Fritter on March 04, 2008, 05:21:14 am
Will it fit in a USPS "flat rate" box? 

A few weekends ago, a friend of mine and I were looking at his blasting cabinet.  He had just bought some glass beads, maybe a 25 or 30 pound bag.  He said the guy he bought it from stuffed it in a USPS flat rate box to ship it.  Now that's ingenuity.  :D


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: . on March 04, 2008, 21:24:41 pm
I wonder how many stamps I would have to put on it to mail it ?
 ???


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: louisb on March 04, 2008, 21:27:06 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=&item=380002382354
 :o
(P.S. I restore WWI and II military aircraft, so maybe this is only exciting to me ?)

What type of planes have you restored? Is this for a museum, business or personal?

--louis


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: . on March 05, 2008, 00:15:37 am
Currently working on a B-26 and two SBD-5's.
It started as the restoration of a gentleman's personal collection, but has since blossomed into a small museum.


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: javabug on March 05, 2008, 02:43:31 am
So you buying it, or what???


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: Zach Gomulka on March 05, 2008, 19:22:48 pm
My boss and I were just talking about these engines/aircraft last week. The Convair B-36 Peacemaker used six (yes 6!) of these 28 cylinder engines along with four (yes 4!) General Electric J-47 jet engines!!  :o Talk about horsepower!!!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker.jpg)


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: speedwell on March 05, 2008, 19:45:39 pm
i 'love warplane when i was young i made some scale model  ;D


Title: Re: Never know what you'll find on e-bay !?
Post by: Rick Meredith on March 05, 2008, 19:47:26 pm
Will it fit in the engine bay of a '67 Bug?  :D

You might need to run standoffs to clear it  ;D