BEARCAT SCOOP
Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:55 pm
Anyone seen one of these before?
Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:04 am
Whatever it was, it must have caused excessive fuel consumption... 
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=50171&key=0
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=50171&key=0
Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:28 am
It didn't cause excessive fuel consumption - just trying to gain more ram air for racing.
Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:46 am
Looks like it came from a T6...
Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:10 am
Or a camero
Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:18 am
"camero" you got to be a FORD GUY 
Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:30 am
I am a Dodge and Ford guy. 
Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:34 am
Man, I had a 71 GTX with the Six Pack motor in 1979 that I sold for 2000 bucks
Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:36 am
Oh man. You can buy the hood for that much now. 
Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:44 am
My mistake. I thought he was only trying to ruin the looks of the aircraft.Scotty G wrote:It didn't cause excessive fuel consumption - just trying to gain more ram air for racing.
Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:43 pm
I wouldn't complain, in 1979 $2000 was top buck for that GTX........
Now, the Hemi I blew up in the 69 Charger and replaced with a 440 was another story. I bought the car for $1200. Got the replacement engine a few weeks later for $300 . They offered me $50 for the hemi in trade. I put the junked Hemi in a shed on the farm. I sold the non running engine with a hole in the block in the late 1990 for $6500. Now that is scary.....
Of course now, those cars are worth a "lot" (I think supply finally caught up with demand and the new "tribute cars" and the prices are coming back down as fast as they went up).....
Mark H
Now, the Hemi I blew up in the 69 Charger and replaced with a 440 was another story. I bought the car for $1200. Got the replacement engine a few weeks later for $300 . They offered me $50 for the hemi in trade. I put the junked Hemi in a shed on the farm. I sold the non running engine with a hole in the block in the late 1990 for $6500. Now that is scary.....
Of course now, those cars are worth a "lot" (I think supply finally caught up with demand and the new "tribute cars" and the prices are coming back down as fast as they went up).....
Mark H
Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:52 pm
Mark, I guess that's how some Warbird owners feel too.I am sure a lot of them who sold them in the 70's are saying the same thing. $$$$ 
Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:29 pm
Last time I saw the remains of that a/c was in the late Elmer Ward's hangar at Chino over a decade ago.
T J
T J
Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:05 pm
Maybe if he didn't have the scoop he would'a seen the ditches? Seriously though, I don't think I'd want to try land an F8F off-field.bdk wrote:My mistake. I thought he was only trying to ruin the looks of the aircraft.Scotty G wrote:It didn't cause excessive fuel consumption - just trying to gain more ram air for racing.
Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:54 pm
skybolt2003 wrote:Maybe if he didn't have the scoop he would'a seen the ditches? Seriously though, I don't think I'd want to try land an F8F off-field.bdk wrote:My mistake. I thought he was only trying to ruin the looks of the aircraft.Scotty G wrote:It didn't cause excessive fuel consumption - just trying to gain more ram air for racing.
I seem to recall that Sliker ran out of fuel as he tried to land. He then tried to bounce the a/c from the embankment up onto the runway, but ended up knocking his gear straight into it. He flipped upside down and cartwheeled down the runway.
T J