Black for now. Yes, the light works. I’ve ordered a new center post light socket due to the missing wire insulation. 

I found that each of these two pulleys had a plat spot where the pulley had locked up and the cable flattened it out. I purchased two new pulleys. 

First photo shows the flat spot up close and the second shows the two new pulleys. 

I made some patterns today for the floor boards so I could do some adjustments from the originals so they would fit better.  The patterns look a lot better than the old panels.

While I’m waiting for that opening at the paint facility, I’ve been doing some spot sandblasting on the standoffs and the pulley brackets.

If I had to paint it today, here’s what it would be.  I like the polished prop, too.

The data plate was corroded so I cleaned it up and painted the back.  I also applied a coat of clear coat on the front.

On the original 108-2 models that came off the factory line in May of 1947, the registration numbers, or ‘N’ numbers, were 3″ letters on the vertical stab of the aircraft and in 12″ numbers under the left wing.  The original ‘N’ number was NC9391K, ‘C’ for standard.  That designation was dropped by the FAA in the late 40’s, so it was removed from the aircraft some time later and became just N9391K.  Someone also added 12″ registration numbers to the side of the fuselage at one point.  The original aircraft did not have those.

The photo below shows a 108-2, serial number 2382, from the factory.  This Stinson is just 9 numbers away from Grandpa’s (2391) and was delivered on April 18, 1947.  Grandpa’s was delivered on April 11, 1947.  Strange Grandpa’s was delivered earlier.  This Stinson has the original NC registration number on the tail and none on the side of the fuselage.  

At this point I want to take it back to the original off the factory floor scheme, so I plan to have it look just like the one above.

The firewall was a pain to clean.  Lots of rubber material that would clog the sander so I just used a wire brush on the end of my drill.  That sped things up.

Before:

After:

Long word for a small part.  Holds the parking brake cable in place.  I forgot to take a before photo so I’ve included a photo of it on the back on the firewall, just in front of the pilot’s right rudder pedal.  It’s blue in the photo.

Now.  I had the clamp plated with tin/zinc.  Looks brand new.

Clamp before plating:

Before:

Back:

Front:

For those who helped sand and disassemble you’ll remember we ran into some screws that looked like nails.  They are actually called drive screws and have an AN number….AN535.