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 September 1, 2025September 3, 2025 Uncategorized

Labor Day Weekend

A rainy weekend but great temps.

Replaced the old hard line oil pressure line with a more modern hose. For my poor memory, I’m putting the hose and fitting part numbers below. The hose is 27″ in length. Cost for me to make the hose: $28.00 in parts. The ‘original’ hose was a solid line from the instrument, through the firewall, and connected to a rubber hose. I put in a firewall connector and connected each end of the two lines to this connector. This should keep any vibration issues with the hard line and the firewall feedthrough having no prior support, at a minimum.

Description	Tubing Size	Hose ID	Max PSI	Wgt/Ft	Part No.
Aeroquip 303 Hose	1/4	3/16	3000	.132	303-4

Description	Tube	Thread	Part No.
Aeroquip 491 Hose Fitting	1/4	7/16-20	491-4

Spark plug leads arranging.

Measuring the datum line for the main wheels, airplane leveled, datum line being the leading edge of the wing. This shows it around 1” forward of the datum point as it shows on the original weight and balance sheet and the Type Certificate Data Sheet.

Installing the air filter duct assembly.

This one. Thank goodness I have one as they are $285.96 new.

One thought on “Labor Day Weekend”

Definitely some nice temperatures to be working on it! Looking good !!

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jm19777e56c2210f , September 1, 2025 at 9:06 pm
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