Stinson Station Wagon, NC9391K Restoration

Stinson Station Wagon, NC9391K Restoration

The restoration of a 1947 Stinson Station Wagon owned by our grandfather, Fritz Womack.

Fritz with the Stinson in 1967

Stored in the hangar for over 40 years.

Loading it up to take it home

Arrived at home.

Family members helping to strip the fuselage bare.

Sandblasting the fuselage in the back yard.

Primer applied

Waiting for paint to dry

Ready to take it home.

Priming the rudder

Paint applied to the rudder

Elevator half cleaned and ready for primer

Primer applied

Paint applied

Before and After floor

Owner produced replacement flooring.

Floor fitting

Floor heating vent

Cleaned and ready for Primer

Fitting the door

Painted door

Elevator feedthrough

Going back together.

trammeling the wing

Panel before….

Original wiring harness

New wiring harness

Instrument panel

Wiping down the wing

After rib stitching, first coat of filler.

Paint applied

Registration number on the bottom

Door panel fitting

Door knob fitted

Tail wheel

External door handle

Door fitting

Bottom cowl painted

Cousin Doug stopped by to check progress

Loaded up for trip to the hangar

Hangar arrival

Wings on at the hangar.

Rudder and elevators installed

Fueling up to check for leaks…no leaks.

Pushed out of the hangar to clean the hangar

View from the top.

Posted on October 4, 2020 Uncategorized

Wingtip

Removed the wingtip and cleaned out the bird nest. Removed some corrosion from the rib and applied some zinc primer.

I didn’t get a photo of the rusted PK screws holding on the wingtip. They were tough to remove.

Wingtip

Nest inside.

Some corrosion present on the rib.

Wingtip rib cleaned and chromated. The bend comes out when you install the tip.

4 thoughts on “Wingtip”

Weird how a bird nest can appear way out at the wing tip, unless a position light was missing I guess. Any signs of mice activity involved? That could be nasty, hopefully the rest of the interior was okay as far as corrosion is concerned.

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Ed Fluckey , October 4, 2020 at 10:09 pm
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- No mice. So far minimal surface corrosion on the a few bottom ribs where the P-K screws held on the fabric. So I will apply some corrosion resistant there before covering them back up.
  
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  jeffrey892 , October 5, 2020 at 9:33 am
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Have you counted the B-Nests ???? HA! HA! Aunt Carolyn

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carolyn , October 5, 2020 at 8:38 am
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- So far I found 7 mud dauber nests and one clothes pin! No dead animals or their droppings.
  
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  jeffrey892 , October 5, 2020 at 9:34 am
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