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T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 1 http://rides.webshots.com/album/140032737wPCKAE
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 2 http://rides.webshots.com/album/68303251sUfWYF
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 3 http://rides.webshots.com/album/244637426kDNsQH
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 4 http://rides.webshots.com/album/335004114hdEFqt
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 5 http://rides.webshots.com/album/424101971smbQNT
T-6/SNJ/Harvard project part 6 http://rides.webshots.com/album/556931548OUuxEV

Part 5 is revised, part 6 is new and current! :D

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Many thanks! Great to see how things are going, and well done.

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Looking Great Brandon!

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Lookin' good Brandon. Good find on the crack in the tubing behind the firewall. That's why we restore 'em. ;-)

Nice work.

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Yep - quite :) - when we started work on our T-6G we began by x-raying the birdcage - its amazing how the lanolin kept the tubes clear of corrosion even after 60 + years - we then did the same thing on the other T-6 and two Harvards we are restoring for other people... not expensive and in fact no requirement to x-ray but it does give you peace of mind...

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It's really coming along nice. :D
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What model Harvard is it?

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Looks Great! Can't wait to see her flying!
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Stoney wrote:
What model Harvard is it?
The data plate says it is an SNJ-4 :wink:


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Thanks everyone! Like Gary says, "I don't know everything," so if you have any recommendations or comments spit 'em up! :wink:
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if you have any recommendations or comments spit 'em up! :wink:



SELL, SELL, SELL!!! Get rid of it before you lose the wife, house, and anything else that is dear to you. I know a little short, fat guy in Midland, TX that will take it off your hands reeeeeaaal cheap. ;-)

Okay, it was worth a shot. Just keep up the great work. And keep us posted on the progress please.

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SELL, SELL, SELL!!! Get rid of it before you lose the wife, house, and anything else that is dear to you. I know a little short, fat guy in Midland, TX that will take it off your hands reeeeeaaal cheap. ;-)

Okay, it was worth a shot. Just keep up the great work. And keep us posted on the progress please.

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Nice try, Gary. Brandon, I know a great gal in RI who's looking for one!!!!
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Looks great Brandon!

How are you going to re-finish the fuselage tubular? pull whatever you
can off and prime/paint it?

I forget who else once told me that was their plan with their T-6 (take
as many brackets & stuff off as you can) but after doing that, the
project in question turned into a 10+ year deal (funny how that can
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How are you going to re-finish the fuselage tubular? pull whatever you can off and prime/paint it?

I forget who else once told me that was their plan with their T-6 (take
as many brackets & stuff off as you can) but after doing that, the
project in question turned into a 10+ year deal (funny how that can
happen!).
Thanks Bela!

I plan to chemically strip what I can on the fuselage and center section wing. The center section wing will be etched, alodined, and epoxy primed, then spray bombed epoxy white. If you do it carefully and do a panel at a time it will look great. Any surface rust on the frame will be abraded away and the entire stripped frame will be phosphoric acid etched and epoxy primed. I will then color coat the fuselage tubular with spray bomb zinc chromate followed by spray bomb clear. I've tried a few areas and it is cheap and easy and reasonably durable. It is also easily touched up.

I'ver probably added about 6 months to the project by detailing the cockpit, but things like instruments, radios, hoses, and wiring, not to mention hydraulics would have had to have been done anyway.
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Its has Harvard throttle quadrants and many Harvard parts

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