See? Now this is the kind of project I love to read about and would
like more information and photos of this Ercoupe restoration.
(I do think I saw your wife's ad on My Space; but no takers so far :>)
dan
On Dec 31, 2007, at 2:47 PM, Glen Davis wrote:
If old was bad:
Beech Staggerwings would not be selling for half a million dollars
Tony Bennett would not be performing in Las Vegas!
My Dad's 57 T-Bird would not be selling for 10 times the price it
sold for new in 57
My home, a Brownstone built in 1889 would not be my retirement nest
egg.....thank God!
Additionally...my 1946 Ercoupe has nearly completed it's
restoration. It may be old but it now has all digital engine
instruments, a computer for engine functions, a digital tachometer,
a color GPS, an electric artificial horizon that derives it's data
from an internal GPS and accelerometer http://
www.trutrakflightsystems.com/instruments.htm. I really like all
this high tech stuff but my favorite instrument in the panel is the
clock ....called a CDIA. It is a seven day, wind-up timepiece made
by Waltham in the mid 1940's under military contract. CDIA stands
for Civil Date Indicator, Aeronautical. CDIA clocks were the
standard of many WWII US Navy aircraft, Including the Grumman and
Eastern Aircraft TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, the
Consolidated PBY Catalina, Martin PBM Mariner and other famous
aircraft. Fitting the 3 1/8" large instrument aperture, it is a
sharp clock to give a modern panel that vintage feel. Produced by
the Waltham Watch Company, the CDIA is a 37size mechanical movement
powered by dual mainsprings. It is a variant of the rugged Waltham
automobile clock produced during the 20's and 30's.
Lastly, I'm 50 and my wife has not traded me in for two 25's....yet :)
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: ght
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] RE: Type Club
Ralph,
Since you offered an opinion that distresses me, I
will offer one too. Of course, it is your prerogative
to have whichever plane(s)suit you and that is not
what this is about.
My duties at work include computer tech support for my
department, responsibility for buying new hardware,
software, digital cameras, etc., so I am no stranger
to new technology and I do my best to keep current.
Nevertheless, not everything that is "old" is useless
and obsolete and not everything that is "new" is
necessarily the best solution for a need. Whether
we're talking about people or objects, I would really
like folks to stop the stereotypical thinking that old
is synonymous with bad and new is synonymous with
good.
I know, I know. Friends tell me I beating a dead horse
by saying such things. But I know far too many "old"
people who have always lived full out and will
continue to do so 'til they're buried. And I know far
too many "young" people who spend their days under the
control of one addiction or another, doing nothing
positive for themselves or anyone else, to think that
the year a person was born is the primary driving
force.
Spook
Glen
Glen Davis
917 297 1111
www.ishootpictures.com
www.ercoupepilot.com
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