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 Post subject: Found Corsair in a barn
PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:15 pm 
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Okay, actually only a wing, but it was a LEFT OUTER WING! Also it was an early one with 60 gallon internal tank and had the remnants of the red insignia surround.

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I put it in the paint hanger for now because the snow has just about sealed the barn at home till the spring thaw.

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This is the inboard section of the Brewster left outer panel in my barn at home (cold storage). The photo shows almost the entire stub of this wing. So the newly found outer is very much in need. Note that it is a very early salmon primer color.

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Please, more details - who, where, how much left, etc.?
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I see the tape on the wing says "FREE CORSAIR"... :shock: :?:

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See I told you guys there are still Corsairs to be found in barns! :lol:

Ya I see it says Free too! :shock: Is the shipping free as well? :twisted: :P :shock:

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Wasn't the XF4U the only one with the wing tanks? IIRC, it also had a small bomb bay in each wing.
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famvburg wrote:
Wasn't the XF4U the only one with the wing tanks? IIRC, it also had a small bomb bay in each wing.


Off the top of my head, Most if not all F4U-1 & 1A's had the wing fuel tanks. Deleted in the F4U-1D, FG-1D for USN, but British MK IV (FG-1D) still had them.
IIRC bomb bay was XF4U only.

The Marine Corps Museums and FAA Museums Corsairs still have wing tanks installed.

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Congratulations Lex! Excellent find!

One piece at a time my friend, one piece at a time.

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The reddish primer is interesting. Was that unique to Brewster built Corsairs or Brewster in general? I believe this is the first time I've seen that color primer.

Nice find btw and and I admire your preservation efforts. I spent some time with Ray Adams' Corsair so I know a little about what is involved.

Very little. :lol:
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PinecastleAAF wrote:
The reddish primer is interesting. Was that unique to Brewster built Corsairs or Brewster in general? I believe this is the first time I've seen that color primer.

Nice find btw and and I admire your preservation efforts. I spent some time with Ray Adams' Corsair so I know a little about what is involved.

Very little. :lol:


I don't believe that the salmon color was unique to Brewster. The outer wings were contracted out (to Briggs I believe) not Brewster. I have never seen them in salmon primer before though, so that's pretty interesting. I have always been curious about the unusual color, as I came across some NOS fuselage stations a few years back coated in the salmon primer.

Great find Lex. Would love to hear the details if you can share any.

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Neat find, Lex. This fellow didn't happen to have a Sea Wolf center section up in the hay mow, did he? I didn't think so... :angry:

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This is a good article on US interior and primer colors.
Included is "Salmon", which it is noted, was used by
Vought on the F4U.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2 ... urs_us.htm

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Bill,

Thanks for the link, great article, extremely well done. Any updates
on the Rat page coming soon?
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I have an F4U in my barn that's missing a left wing... That's where that thing went!

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What a find! This is somthing that we all dream about.

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