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Airplane as a Teardrop - Take a look.

Postby grizz » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:26 pm

Ordered a complete new wiring loom for the truck tonight.

I have gone with EZ as Martin has gone that route, and he will be overseeing my rewiring, so if he has done one, a second one should be easier.

The EZ 21 wire/18 fuse kit was £144.00 delivered, and the Rebel kit, locally sourced is £159.00 so price of EZ is better, but I have also not heard one complaint yet.


I did order my EZ Wiring loom today, and less than an hour later got the message it had been dispatched.

Tonight was also the monthly hot rod and classic car gathering at Chatham dockside.

Loads of cars and a couple of quirky bits.

I was contacted last week by a member on Rods n Sods with a single electric cutout and pipe to sell.

So after looking at it and testing the close off valve, I bought it.

Now the trick will be to find or build another one.

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I did not take many photos tonight, but there was one very quirky attendee which I hope some of you will like.

This Citroen was one of about 100 build for over night, transcontinental newspaper deliveries. Most were driven into the ground or crashed as drivers fell asleep.

However the 1964 Piper Comanche plane that had been converted into a small sleeping caravan was what got my attention.

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Table and stools


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Sleeping space.

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Forward dash area.

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Self contained galley.

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Now I just need to find someone who can cut some ally on a CNC machine for me to the same spec as the one cutout valve.
Greetings from England.

Rian.


Hoping to get it all done in time.
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Re: Airplane as a Teardrop - Take a look.

Postby mezmo » Fri Jun 06, 2014 1:24 am

Hi Rian,

Here's the website about it. The whole website is interesting.

Home:
http://www.thejoyofcx.co.uk/index.php?page=home
Building the Comanche Caravan:
http://www.thejoyofcx.co.uk/index.php?p ... um&album=5
His writeup on it:
http://www.thejoyofcx.co.uk/index.php?p ... aerocamper

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Re: Airplane as a Teardrop - Take a look.

Postby grizz » Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:52 am

mezmo wrote:Hi Rian,

Here's the website about it. The whole website is interesting.

Home:
http://www.thejoyofcx.co.uk/index.php?page=home
Building the Comanche Caravan:
http://www.thejoyofcx.co.uk/index.php?p ... um&album=5
His writeup on it:
http://www.thejoyofcx.co.uk/index.php?p ... aerocamper

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo


Hey Norm !! Good to see you.

Thanks for posting the links.

I was racing to get to bed last night and see I screwed up with getting all the photos rotated from the phone.

I will try get a moment tonight to reload and repost correctly tonight.
Greetings from England.

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Re: Airplane as a Teardrop - Take a look.

Postby 48Rob » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:54 pm

Pretty cool, the plane and car! :thumbsup:

Always though a plane would make a cool playhouse for the kids...

Thanks for posting.

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