Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 17 Msgs - 01/09/01

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Original Posted By: "walter evans"
I know that AS&Speciality and Wicks didn't have the market on Sitka!Their prices are highway robbery.I have been looking at Home Depot and Lowes and they have aninteresting selection. Their prices are always low but it takes alittle shopping around to find the select of the Select. I haveseveral contacts for Sitka Spruce, I have used Paxton Lumber in KansasCity and was satisfied with the price.NACA did a report back in the '30s regarding the alternatives to Sitkaand listed the results for all native woods(http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/reports/1931/naca-report-354). Also, I dida little playing around in the basement testing some species, just forkicks. I wrote a little page on my site:http://roberthaines.tripod.com. The White Pine I am refering to isEastern White Pine, much stronger than Ponderosa Pine which iscommonly called "white" pine, at least in my neighborhood. I have yetto test Douglas Fir, although I should.I called Don Pietenpol regarding plans. He has changed his mind aboutaccepting credit cards for payment so I'm on hold untill my nextpaycheck. Oh well.Robert HainesMurphysboro, IllinoisKolb SlingShot (in progress)Pober Super Ace (in progress)Pietenpol Air Camper (near future)1930 Model A restoration (after that)1 kid2 dogs3 cats1 wife (who actually isn't mad yet)________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Thought I'd throw my 7 cents in ( inflation ya know ) If you getyour exhaust pipe without the bends, most muffler shops will putany bends you need on it relatively cheap. With the corvair setup,I have to make some radical bends in the intake manifold. A neighborof mine owns a muffler shop and told me that would be no problem.Carl-----Original Message-----