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JoeB:
Nice find Louis, looks like you found a diamond in the rough!  Appears to be in pretty good shape, keep the updates coming!

Keith U.:
I set fuselage on several layers of padding on a trailer, then strapped it down around motor mount and tail, rode about 150 miles that way.  Wings were in a rack, leading edge down, sorry lost a hard drive early during the rebuild so I don’t have a picture of the trailer full of pieces, looked like Sanford and Sons junk wagon.  Good luck with the rebuild, by the photos it looks complete, that’s half of the battle.

Louis Hudgin:
I got the wings moved safely today despite the 30 kt winds. Will move the fuselage tomorrow. I built a crude cradle using the spar carry through to keep the belly off the trailer. My trailer is only 10 ft long so the tail will hang off the back a little but have plenty of support and cushions. I lifted it off the ground and supported it on saw horses as the manual explains to pull the wings. Before I began removing the wings I climbed on it to retract the gear and heard a loud POP. I probably didn't have the tail high enough and might have broke a rib. I found some other minor broken wood but overall it looks pretty good so far. It's pretty complete except I didn't find a tailcone/fairing. I think without a nav light, its just a flat piece bent around from side to side, am I right?

  Question, Can a C-75 be easily uprated to a C-85? I was surprised to find that all 4 cylinders still had compression after all these years.

Louis

JoeB:
Sounds like progress!
The ‘tail one/fairing’ isn’t a big deal, everything on a Cadet is pretty easily fabricated.

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