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P-40 information plate

Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:58 am

Its right here on the mask:

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It should be P-40C. Does anyone have a pic, where you can read the text, or maybe just knows what's written there?

Re: P-40 information plate

Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:51 am

Should be oil service data.

Re: P-40 information plate

Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:53 am

The label you see is right next to the coolant access panel, and the label simply read "PRESTONE", as shown here on the Flying Heritage P-40C:
https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf1.myportfolio ... 7637877542
https://scontent.ffcm1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=5D7AA075

The Lewis Air Legends P-40C has the same label recreated as well: http://warbirds-eaa.net/wp-content/uplo ... 87dff9.jpg

Similar "Prestone" labels were applied to other Allison-engined aircraft early in the war as well, such as P-39's and P-38's (and at least in the case of the P-39, this label was later changed to just a stencil that read "Coolant").

Re: P-40 information plate

Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:06 am

Solved in less than two hours. Well done!

Re: P-40 information plate

Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:26 am

Here's the similar label on the P-38F "Glacier Girl" and P-38F "White 33":
http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/3 ... TFZh6rc%3D
https://farm9.static.flickr.com/8354/28 ... c398_b.jpg

"Prestone" was really being used as a synonym for the word "coolant", and when you look in some of the old manuals around that time, instead of "coolant lines", "coolant drains", "coolant filters", etc., it was all marked as being "Prestone lines", drains, filters, etc.

Re: P-40 information plate

Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:16 pm

Thank You very much John! Much obliged. Excellent information.

Re: P-40 information plate

Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:45 pm

'Prestone' was one of the first antifreeze liquids available in the 1930s... it became a generic name for the substance. See 'Xerox', 'Kleenex', 'Jello', etc. Of course still a major brand name.
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