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Offline G0ALY

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Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« on: July 25, 2015, 03:45:52 PM »
I’ve been buying old airplane parts to hang in my garage.  I came home from an estate sale with the center item today.  It’s the valve cover from a Rolls Royce Griffon engine.


After the sale, I was told that this cover came from an engine that was in one of the “Miss Budweiser” hydroplane racing boats.

CHEERS!
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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2015, 04:07:36 PM »
Props would make a nice ceiling fan. 

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Offline G0ALY

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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2015, 04:29:00 PM »
Quote from: 100Coogn on July 25, 2015, 04:07:36 PM
Props would make a nice ceiling fan. 

Coogan

I already made one!
The Rolls Royce valve cover is now where the cane was hanging in the bottom of this photo. I used Stearman tail wheels in the light fixtures...



And made a table from this T-6 wheel.



There are several other neat parts in the garage that are not in the photos, including the Sikorsky SeaKing horizontal stabilizer, and 2 DC3 cowlings that my daughter painted nose art on.

CHEERS!
« Last Edit: July 25, 2015, 04:43:42 PM by G0ALY »
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Offline 100Coogn

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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2015, 04:37:21 PM »
Quote from: G0ALY on July 25, 2015, 04:29:00 PM
Already have one!
The Rolls Royce valve cover is now where the cane was hanging in the bottom of this photo.
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I also used Stearman tail wheels in the light fixtures.

CHEERS!

Love it!   :cheers:

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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2015, 06:44:26 PM »
As I never like chrome, I always drool on the patina of a reasonably maintained aged valve cover.
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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2015, 09:01:52 PM »
Rolls Royce valve cover will make a nice urinal trough in your garage.
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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2015, 10:07:35 PM »
Goaly.  My hero!

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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2015, 10:56:40 PM »
How many more auctions till you can make you own airplane " Man in Black sings one piece at a time "
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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2015, 06:05:40 AM »
Quote from: G0ALY on July 25, 2015, 04:29:00 PM
I already made one!
The Rolls Royce valve cover is now where the cane was hanging in the bottom of this photo. I used Stearman tail wheels in the light fixtures...

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That's some serious cool factor there!
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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2015, 01:32:11 AM »
Quote from: SFRT - Frenchy on July 25, 2015, 06:44:26 PM
As I never like chrome, I always drool on the patina of a reasonably maintained aged valve cover.

I have reorted you :old:

For your depravity.

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Re: Another airplane part purchased at auction... (Rolls Royce!)
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2015, 04:46:06 AM »
Quote from: G0ALY on July 25, 2015, 03:45:52 PM
After the sale, I was told that this cover came from an engine that was in one of the “Miss Budweiser” hydroplane racing boats.

CHEERS!



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