The International Cessna 170 Association

Wow, I am continually amazed at the breadth of knowledge on this forum. I do have the tooling to go with the lathe and I have a buyer for it I just wanted to make sure the deal we strike is a good deal for the both parties and it sounds like from what you all have said I think I can do that now. Tha...

Hi All, I have an off topic question that I thought with our diverse group here someone might be able to help me with. I have been task with selling some of our old equipment that we no longer have a need for and one of the items is a lathe. I cannot find any model number just a manufactures name Ro...

170C wrote:Bruce, I'll bet that GREEN Rust-Oleum primer would go on FAST

Yes, but would it come off just as fast???

Kyle Wolfe wrote:Bill - lookin' good!

Tell us more about those seats - they look like they'll be comfy and firm. Your work or a shop - and if so, who?

The seats I took down to Bare metal and painted the frames, I had the leather and took all of it to a local hot rod shop and had them sew them up.

johneeb wrote:Bill looks great! I do wonder why I cannot see your flap handle?

I never noticed that in that photo. It's there but it looks like it is in the flaps 10 position and it blends into the rudder peddles.

That is the plan for now Jim.

For the interior i used the tan wool headliner from Spruce, the seats I did in leather, and the cit is Airtex

Aryana wrote:Was 2" the size Cessna originally had on the tail?

BTW, the RED scheme looks great!

Thanks, trust me I thought long and hard on the color and decided that 88A needed every bit of help it could get in the speed department.

I thought when repainting an aircraft the part 43 regs state that you must conform to the visibility requirements much like your old aircraft paint job :?: Yes or No? Not sure about part 43 but part 45.29 1 iv gives the size requirements and that refers antiques to part 45.22 b and that says "...

Finally got the airplane painted. I am going to pick it up from the paint shop in the morning. These photos are the results of 7 years of work. When I bought the airplane in 06 I ended up having to have the engine majored and that was my paint fund. Slowly but surely I have gotten it where I am happ...

Awesome!

Spruce has them as well

I will turn the field switch on after the engine is running and open the field prior to shut down. If you don't have a raido switch make sure you have all of your electrical items off before you turn the field on and off.

Nice looking airplane, how about a photo of the panel.
Welcome to the club.

N2255D wrote:Try here for a new plate. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/categorie ... plate.html

I think the 48's fuel system is different so I am not sure that plate will work for the straight 170.