Howard Hughes B23 Dragon

[Muzikman7]

I thought they scraped this plane a long time ago too cool. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Douglas-B-23-Dragon-Howard-Hughes-Airplane_W0QQitemZ180482401236QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Aircraft?hash=item2a0596e3d4

[Pilgrim]

Dang.  I guess that anything really CAN show up on Ebay!

[birdie]

beautiful. Makes me want to fly again. All it takes is money!!

[Denis]

Check out that rad couch in that plane!

The craziest thing I've ever seen on eBay was a Russian submarine. I bet shipping was a bitch.

[rahock]

This has nothing to do with ebay, but many years ago I had a Korean War vintage 4X4 Army Truck. When I was shopping for parts I dug up some outlets for Army surplus equipment that blew my mind. You could buy Ducks, armored cars , half tracks, tank retrievers which are basicly a tank tow truck with multiple winches and able to pull ungodly weights from ungodly distances. They had all kinds of things that  I had no idea were available to the general public , and prices were pretty reasonable too.
Rick

[Denis]

Rick, was it a Dodge M-37, M-43 or the Jeep model?
When I was a kid in Missouri I once saw a Sherman tank at a military surplus lot. WANT!

[Basshappi]

That is very cool! I love airplanes, my father was a pilot and I spent alot of my childhood flying around in all types of aircraft.

[gweimer]

You Chicago guys may remember the guy in Arlington Hts. that had the nose section of a 747 in his backyard.  Nobody could figure out how he got it there, and the city ended up ordering him to remove it.

[rahock]

Rick, was it a Dodge M-37, M-43 or the Jeep model?
When I was a kid in Missouri I once saw a Sherman tank at a military surplus lot. WANT!

Dodge M-37, 6 cylinder flathead that ran on 68 octane and up fuel, 586 gear front and rear, complete with fording kit. It was a kick .
The military does do some things that make civilian use a little difficult though, like the 24 volt electrical system .
Rick

[Denis]

Dodge M-37, 6 cylinder flathead that ran on 68 octane and up fuel, 586 gear front and rear, complete with fording kit. It was a kick .
The military does do some things that make civilian use a little difficult though, like the 24 volt electrical system .
Rick

Bah, you can wire two 12 volt batteries together and you're good. M-37s are awesome and still quite a deal if you can handle the fact they are military trucks with NO frills. They rock, and that flat six with 5.86s combined with those big giant self cleaning tired is awesome!

[godofthunder]

Wow that is so cool ! I search ebay  for aircraft from time to time, missed that one. Man would it be nice to have money.

[rahock]

Bah, you can wire two 12 volt batteries together and you're good. M-37s are awesome and still quite a deal if you can handle the fact they are military trucks with NO frills. They rock, and that flat six with 5.86s combined with those big giant self cleaning tired is awesome!

Yep, you just wire 2 12 volts together, that part is simple. But stuff like heater motors at 24 volt are really expensive and any electrical componant for a 24 volt is tough to find. Believe me , when you own one you find out a lot of things that you never thought of. However, a lot of guys put aircraft landing lights on their 12 volt vehicles and they are bright as hell. They are actually a 24 volt light and when you run them on 24 volts...... LOOK OUT . It's like having a freakin' laser death ray when you flip them on .
Rick

[Highlander]

I still have a "Connie" starboard wing tip light I used to have on my bench at BA that I used to signify that I was "in"... 115VAC it might take a lot more spares to build a whole one... 

What voltage to US trucks run on...? UK/Euro is pretty much all 24VDC... probably be able to source cheaper parts that way...?