<sigh> always a day late and a dollar short

[Timbeck2]

I replaced my Chrysler alternator with a Plane Power alternator early last year. Today, I read in Piper magazine that through March 31, you can send them your old Chrysler and they'll give you $150.

That thing sat in my hangar for 6 months before I finally threw it away. I still have the old starter..

 

[Mason]

Timing is everthing.

 

[Acrodustertoo]

Go steal one and get your Hun-Fidy!

 

[Zeldman]

<sigh> always a day late and a dollar short

Seems like the story of my life....

 

[mscard88]

I replaced my Chrysler alternator with a Plane Power alternator early last year. Today, I read in Piper magazine that through March 31, you can send them your old Chrysler and they'll give you $150.

That thing sat in my hangar for 6 months before I finally threw it away. I still have the old starter..

Suggest you hold on to the starter Tim.

 

[Timbeck2]

The starter works just fine. I just took it out because I wanted something lighter and more powerful. I doubt anyone would ever need it but I guarantee that when I get rid of it, someone will need it or there will be some offer like the alternator. The stars were all scattered when I was born.

 

[frfly172]

I know how you feel ,did my ADSB update just before the rebate.

 

[N659HB]

And I thought I was the only one with poor timing. We should start a club.

 

[Shepherd]

I have a generator for a P-51, and a fuel boost pump for a B-25 in my garage, because you just never know.

 

[N3368K]

Timing is everthing.

It is for magnetos. Alternators, not so much.

 

[MauleSkinner]

I have a generator for a P-51, and a fuel boost pump for a B-25 in my garage, because you just never know.

I grew up using B-24 fuel pumps...they pump diesel fuel into tractors at a pretty decent rate.

 

[Shepherd]

I grew up using B-24 fuel pumps...they pump diesel fuel into tractors at a pretty decent rate.

Imagine what those pumps are worth now.

 

[N3368K]

Imagine what those pumps are worth now.

Given there are two operable B-24s, I'm guessing somewhere between worthless and worth less than you think.

 

[Shepherd]

Given there are two operable B-24s, I'm guessing somewhere between worthless and worth less than you think.

Ahhhh. Here is where my useless education comes in handy.
The B-24 type fuel pumps were used in at least a dozen other aircraft, some of which are still flying. I don't think there are any operating old parts that aren't worth more today than they were new.
Case in point: I recently sold the red and green wing light covers from a B-17D for $400.00. I had taken them off a wreck I found in the bush at Eglin AFB back in 1971.
Within hours of my post, 3 different people contacted me asking if I was interested in selling my generator and fuel boost pump (Both are brand new, still in their original shipping containers). The amounts they were offering surprised me.

 

[N3368K]

I understand. My dad was a packrat. When he converted Stearmans to dusters in the 40/50s, he never threw anything away. Also, he lived in SE Missouri, near Walnut Ridge, AR where there was a huge aircraft scrap yard (where the B-24 he flew in Europe was scrapped, much to his disgust) and he picked up loads of aircraft parts. He then proceeded to cropduster/spray until the early 80s all the while restoring antique airplanes in the off season. Even when he got rid of his Stearmans in 1959/60, he kept all his excess stuff...engines, props, controls surfaces and more. We ended up restoring a number of Stearmans for customers, all of which we converted back from dusters to stock. His parts hoard was worth real money.

Even after dad passed in 2000, we sold a bunch of stuff for silly amounts of money.