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Post by Bow_Tied on May 17, 2010 22:21:47 GMT -5
What do the wings mount to - is just through the outer skin or is there some inner (wood?) bracing that the screws also bite into? I am specifically interested in the early wings, 58-60.
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Post by franksshasta on May 18, 2010 19:09:50 GMT -5
If you are mounting the correct wings, there should be wood framing through the old holes that the screws will bite into.
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Post by Bow_Tied on May 18, 2010 20:46:15 GMT -5
Thanks frank.
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Post by vikx on May 30, 2010 10:58:10 GMT -5
There was no framing at all behind the wings in my 57 Shasta Deluxe...there is NOW.
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Post by Bow_Tied on May 30, 2010 11:00:53 GMT -5
There was no framing at all behind the wings in my 57 Shasta Deluxe...there is NOW. VK Thanks for the reply. Are you saying there was no wood originally and you added some or that the original wood was missing/deteriorated and you replaced it? |
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Post by vikx on May 31, 2010 2:17:24 GMT -5
There was no wood originally. I added cross braces in prep for attaching the Wings. One thing-sometimes there needs to be a "shim" between the skin and brace to keep the skin from sinking into the frame. It depends on the trailer.
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Post by vikx on May 31, 2010 2:22:53 GMT -5
This is a picture of the original wing holes... Attachments:
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Post by Bow_Tied on May 31, 2010 17:55:07 GMT -5
OK, discrepancy here? Your trailer had no wood backing to the wings and Frank's did. So does that mean there was a change in construction at some point? I guess I need to find some resto pics showing this area on a 59...
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Post by franksshasta on Jun 1, 2010 20:40:58 GMT -5
There may have been no wood framing that the wings mounted to on a 59. It probably took a few wings falling off to get some wood in there and by 62 they all had wood. Who knows. These things all are different.
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Post by Bow_Tied on Jun 6, 2010 10:20:19 GMT -5
I think there must have been a design change. The pics I can find for a 58:  and a 59:  don't seem to show any substructure for wing mounting. |
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Post by superstace on Jul 8, 2010 13:37:17 GMT -5
57s didn't have wings originally. I am thinking of adding some to my 57, and I will need to add some wood in that area if I do. Depending on how you mount them, maybe you could hit the wood that runs vertically along the back edge of the window......hmmm... The wings didn't appear until 58.
Stacy
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Post by staryn on Aug 19, 2010 22:25:45 GMT -5
Our '59 Airflyte did not have wood behind the wings. The screws just penetrated the aluminum skin.
Staryn.
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Post by joek on Aug 19, 2010 22:54:56 GMT -5
Yeah, my '61 didn't have any wood either. And I wasn't smart enough to add some when I had the chance. I'll be screwing mine on from the interior.
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Post by Bow_Tied on Aug 19, 2010 22:55:19 GMT -5
I appreciate the comments stace & Staryn
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Post by Bow_Tied on Mar 16, 2011 18:23:38 GMT -5
Yeah, my '61 didn't have any wood either. And I wasn't smart enough to add some when I had the chance. I'll be screwing mine on from the interior. Joe did you ever do this? How did it turn out? |
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