Good find. Great planes. Hope the spars check out.
On Wed, Dec 28, 2022, 3:49 PM OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> That O-235 should make it a nice aircraft! The only "Champ" I've flown was
> a 7KCAB - AEIO-320. We used it to tow gliders back in the day - seldom flew
> right-side-up to and from the
That O-235 should make it a nice aircraft! The only "Champ" I've flown was
a 7KCAB - AEIO-320. We used it to tow gliders back in the day - seldom flew
right-side-up to and from the airport with the gliders :-)
On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:27 PM G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Last covered in
Last covered in Ceconite, and has zero defects that tell me it is failing.
Next step, once the FAA registration is cleared, and I own the "N" number,
is to do a very complete annual inspection, with all AD compliance brought
up to date, along with a wing spar inspection [it has the wood spars it
The Champ has been stored inside the whole time, never saw the light of
day, and it's Arizona, so very dry, little moisture in the air to make
rust. I pulled the prop through, has decent compression, even though the
cylinders are likely bone dry of oil. I'll pull the plugs and pre-oil the
I've seen engines that have been sitting for 20+ years started and flown
away - I guess the wear from a flew flights with rusty cam and cylinders
won't make it fall from the sky, and you'd be replacing them anyway during
an overhaul.
What fabric does it have? If Ceconite or other dacron, I wonder
Don,
Thanks on the Champ. It is a true barn find, well hanger find, actually.
It comes with a full set of engine and airframe log books from the day it
left the factory in 1946, which is incredible. In digging through the
current history today I discovered it has been setting in the hanger where
Cool looking Champ!
On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 7:09 PM G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Kaleb,
> Thanks for asking. It is being converted into a deluxe motor coach. The
> chassis is the same one you see used all over Europe. When they were
> imported into the USA, they had to use American made engine
I see no pic links, sadly.
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> On Dec 26, 2022, at 6:09 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Kaleb,
> Thanks for asking. It is being converted into a deluxe motor coach. The
> chassis is the same one you see used all over Europe. When they were
> imported into the USA,
What the heck do you do with a double decker bus?
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> On Dec 26, 2022, at 2:52 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Correct. The older Prevost all used the Detroit 8V92 engine, which means it
> was 8 cylinders, V configuration, and 92 cubic inches per cylinder.
> The early
Detroit Diesel is a very common engine on those older buses. A/k/a the
Screamin' Jimmy. Two stroke diesels. The EPA put them out of business as they
did air-cooled Porches and VWs.
On Mon, Dec 26, 2022, at 15:23, RICK HAWKINS via Mercedes wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I think the Prevost is lovely BUT
Correct. The older Prevost all used the Detroit 8V92 engine, which means it
was 8 cylinders, V configuration, and 92 cubic inches per cylinder.
The early engines used strictly mechanical injection and timing, and in
their day there were very skilled mechanics who could make them sing a very
happy
Yeah I figured as much, I recall those old diesels were 2-stroke and
blew smoke like a locomotive. I was thinking it would be a cheap
accommodation if I was building a house or something, fix it up a bit to
live in then sell it at some point. Fantasies...
--R
On 12/26/22 3:23 PM, RICK
Folks,
I think the Prevost is lovely BUT one of my bus company owning friends says
that the old Prevost have an environmentally nasty engine … maybe a two stroke
diesel
Dirty by diesel standards!
I’ll stick with my isuzu chassis 1994 Safari Trek … but I pulled the valve body
on the
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