Doc is Home!

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 11/13/2018 at 11:57 • Filed to: None

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TheRealBicycleBuck > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 11:59

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AWESOME!!! I’m feeling very jealous right now.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 11:59

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Lies. This is Doc’s house.

But seriously, this is awesome. Thanks for the pics.

Your boy, BJR > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 12:04

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This is NSFW

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 12:08

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Beautiful

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 12:18

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What a beautiful machine (and confines).

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 12:38

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That is awesome I really admire the dedication to keep those old war birds in the air. 

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 11/13/2018 at 12:40

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It feels so much better than the KC-135 hangar it was in. Not just because it’s (way) nicer, but because it’s the right scale. It felt tiny over there, here it’s feels  big and powerful like it should.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 11/13/2018 at 12:57

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The amount of effort and man hours involved in the restoration and maintenance are truly staggering. Spare parts rarely exist and the stories about finding pieces and/or documents are unreal.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 13:08

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I know some people who work with the CAF in Georgia the parts acquisition stories are legendary. 2 years tracking down a part that ended up being in someone’s basement or found at an estate sale. 

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 11/13/2018 at 14:17

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The tail turret on Doc was being used as a doghouse in some dudes backyard in Colorado. He saw that they didn’t have one, so he called the guy in charge of the restoration. They drove from Wichita to Colorado that same  night to go get it.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 15:35

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That is an awesome story 

MrDakka > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/13/2018 at 15:44

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So who ends up cleaning and polishing all that metal to a mirror finish?

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > MrDakka 11/13/2018 at 16:12

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Volunteers with big buffers.

ttyymmnn > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 11/13/2018 at 16:51

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Similar stories about the restoration of the only (soon to be) airworthy F-82 Twin Mustang:

Reilly’s team, based in Douglas, Georgia, was able to make good progress because of some staggering good luck, like stumbling upon a left-hand turning Merlin engine (the XP-82’s two propellers are counter-rotating) in Mexico City, and finding a fuselage piece owned by a guy who would only give it up in trade—for a nearly impossible-to-find windshield that Reilly just happened to have.

The whole tale of the restoration can be found here , and it’s quite a read. With lots of NSFW pictures.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/15/2018 at 14:11

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thats amazing, hopefully they got puppy a new house though haha