Warbird Information Exchange

I can't spend a penny more than $5,000 on a used cylinder even if he thinks it could be a B-17.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage ... BE&vxp=mtr

The piston is here if you have an extra $1,000.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage ... KC&vxp=mtr

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Dibs on the piston!

Just out of curiosity, wonder what such items are worth? I mean, what they might really be worth? Sometimes eBay "sellers" get a little, um, "optimistic".

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Cheers,
Kurt Maurer
League City, Texas

PIC, Ford 6600 pulling Rhino batwing up and down the runway

If it's non serviceable I doubt he'd get more than $50-100 for either. I've got a few pistons and cylinders around - I have a cylinder off Miss Mitchell and a piston from Red Tail and I think I gave about $100 for each.

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I might be inclined to ask the seller to show me some documentation on these parts.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-WORLD-WAR- ... 2220446475

The part numbers are visible in the photos. What exactly are we looking at here?

I agree, $50 and the seller should throw in a free lamp shade.

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"They done it, they done it, damned if they ain't flew." December 17, 1903

Over on the FlyPast forum in the UK, everyone sells stuff that came of a 617 Sq (Dambusters) Lancaster.
If someone is hawking B-17 parts (yes, the B-17 was the only aircraft to use Wrights ) , I'm sure they came off the Memphis Belle.

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I figure if you wanted my opinion on items unrelated to this forum, you'd ask for it.

That's along the lines of what I was thinking....

Um, this is a "buy it now" sale - there is no bidding going on here - just plunk your money down. Although I have to agree with Doranine and coastiejohn - $5K seems a bit steep - but then I am not a serious parts guy either.

Tom P.

I got some Richtofen hair to sell you......

Walk into any hangar that does work on warbirds, I'm sure they'd love to sell you a cylinder for half that!

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.
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I figure if you wanted my opinion on items unrelated to this forum, you'd ask for it.

That is what I was thinking

Tom P.

One thing about EBay you can do is contact the seller and make an offer of what you think it may worth.

They are all antiques and I bet you can get a yellow-tagged/overhauled cylinder and piston for under $2500.

Granted, our shop is GA and not radials, but our going rate for a BER cylinder of any sort is "Yeah, sure, take it"

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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.