Warbird Information Exchange

It sure is a kick to use the old WWII equipment for what it was originally intended.

Today we used the Army Air Force C-2 Wrecker truck to lift a wrecked Beechcraft C-45G to put it on the trailer so we can take it to its new owner.







The other day we used it to lift a Martin Turret



Gotta love Ground Support Equipment!

These Wreckers were at pretty much every Army Air Base both here in the states and in all of the theatres. Here is a page showing the Wrecker in service

http://www.twinbeech.com/federalc2wrecker.htm

Here is a web page about our specific truck:

http://www.twinbeech.com/SFAMc2.htm

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Taigh Ramey
Vintage Aircraft, Stockton, California
http://www.twinbeech.com
'KEEP ‘EM FLYING…FOR HISTORY!'

Now that is cool!
Where did you find that one? Was there much involved in rebuilding it? Photos would be nice....

Bravo! Glad she went to such a good home. Keep em flying and keep em rolling.

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Always looking for WW2 Half-Tracks and Parts.

Love to see these big trucks.

In my area, we used these things :

Here's mine.

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Always looking for WW2 Half-Tracks and Parts.

Taigh;
Neat presentation! Being an old technical instructor, I enjoy reading how to separate the wheat from the chaff on stuff most people just walk past without a second thought. As far as the auxillary inertia starter crank, it doesn't look that complex, can't you fab one up? Or, modify a MAKITA type drill to wind that puppy up without all the grunting and sweating-


ChrisDNT;
Looks like a government job and the shovel unloader didn't show up so no one can get anything accomplished without crossing a union job classification (kind of like never hit a telephone pole on a weekend, you can't afford the cost). are the cab doors fabric on frame or minimalist pressed steel sheet?

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-