Two Curtiss P-40N Projects – COMPLETE PACKAGE
This is a great opportunity to complete a P-40. Significant structural work has already been completed for Project #1. Project #2 includes many New Old Stock (NOS) parts, as well as parts recovered to be used as patterns.
The descriptions and photos are meant to give a broad overview of the material being offered. The condition and quantities are not guaranteed. Buyers are urged to make their own evaluation of the projects and parts offered. Paperwork includes all receipts, metal spec sheets, heat treatment sheets, release notes etc. that are with the projects.
Project 1: Curtiss P-40N-5 Warhawk 42-105472 Spooky (White 17)
History: Pacific War veteran – 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group. Unique combat history, 3 Japanese Kill flags. Extensive noted history supplied.
Pilot: Lt James O’Neil, 3 kills
Rebuild Status: Restored Fuselage from firewall to rudder.
Includes many original parts comprising original wreckage broken/damaged fuselage pieces, rear fuselage section with horizontal stabilizer; all with original paint and many parts in situ. Three Japanese kill flags visible on cockpit side wall.
Fuselage side windscreen piece with pilot’s name still visible.
Right hand fuselage side piece with crew chief’s name still visible.
Complete, original engine mounts, original side cowls.
Original set of wings with some damage and corrosion, but reasonably complete with undercarriage. Right hand wing damaged at trailing edge.
Project Number 2: Curtiss P-40N-5 Warhawk 42-105744 Flo-II (Yellow 63)
History: Pacific War veteran – 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group. Unique combat history.
Pilot: Lt Charles A. Peterson (3 kills?) Spring 1944 – promoted to Major and became 8th FS Commanding Officer
Rebuild Status: Fuselage ready to go into jig.
Includes many original parts, comprising original wreckage broken/damaged fuselage pieces, rear fuselage with tail, all with original paint and many parts in situ.
Fuselage side windscreen piece with pilot’s name still visible.
Miscellaneous:
Parts Kit
Many NOS parts such as trim wheel control, radiator shutter control, control column, pilot’s armor plating, bracketry and radio rack supports.
3 x sets Undercarriage Legs, Tail wheel Leg, Windscreen’s, Canopy’s, etc.
All new fuselage electrical boxes, main electrical box, external power receptacle box, lower cockpit electrical switch panel box.
Powerplant Section: Allison V1710 Engine with new engine cowl front bulkhead, original restored exhaust shrouds, steel engine mounts and trusses, cowl flaps.
Hamilton Standard Propeller and Hub .
SCR-274 Command Radios, IFF Transceiver, Antenna and Base.
Tooling for some parts.
Undercarriage legs, tailwheel leg, windscreen, canopy, original set of wings some damage and corrosion but reasonably complete.
New-build fuselage frames for stations: 1, 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15A, 16, 17 and 18
Beautifully built frames made to spec using drawings and multiple genuine parts as patterns, most assembled and primed with doublers, bracketry and radio rack supports.
New Firewall with all parts, front armor plate, armor plate behind pilots seat, rudder pedal assembly, cockpit panels and component support plates, hydraulic pump support, battery tray, tail wheel mount support box, all doublers and access panels.
Complete new upper longerons with all brackets, canopy tracks, doublers, primed. (Upper longerons to convert to two seater can be supplied)
Complete new lower longerons with brackets. New build fin kit.
Complete new fuselage stringer kit, including heavy tank bay stringers, new set stringer tie off brackets (44 of).
Richard Mallory Allnutt's aviation passion ignited at the 1974 Farnborough Airshow. Raised in 1970s Britain, he was immersed in WWII aviation lore. Moving to Washington DC, he frequented the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, meeting aviation legends.
After grad school, Richard worked for Lockheed-Martin but stayed devoted to aviation, volunteering at museums and honing his photography skills. In 2013, he became the founding editor of Warbirds News, now Vintage Aviation News. With around 800 articles written, he focuses on supporting grassroots aviation groups.
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