Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
All,You will remember this post from a few days ago from Mike and Vic Groah.Knowing that Mike has certain =91skills=92 with Photoshop, and having nothingbetter to do today, I made the 4 =BD hour drive to their shop, just to see formyself if that cowl was deserving of Jack Phillip=92s kind remarks=85.and it is!Still with some work left to do, that cowl is ONE NICE FIT!! Vic claims thathe just beat the aluminum in to submission, but I learned the real secretfor their craftsmanship. To do a cowl like theirs, both the top and thebottom have to be curved. Living in a rural setting, they have a variety oftrees, poles and fence posts, from which to choose the most advantageousradius=85.and there=92s no denying the results.As threatened, upon entering their shop, they made me remove my glasses andput an eye patch over my good eye; but that didn=92t keep me from finding sometreasures on their workbench. Understanding Pietenpolers, they politelyturned their backs, pretending to be discussing the next step on the oilcooler cut out, allowing me the dignity of absconding some cool items undermy t-shirt, thereby saving face with the Pietenpol Community. I made offwith some neat, plastic spark plug wire number tabs (I always lose countafter 5), and a cool Pietenpol vinyl logo made in Mike=92s design (I maysecretly stick that on someone=92s RV at the next EAA meeting), and a VERYhandy used distributor shaft. Corvairists know that we use an old shaft tospin up the oil pressure before the first start. Then, in true rural California style, they took me to lunch, where theycontinued to grill me. I=92m pretty sure they were trying to figure out if myintentions with my Pietenpol are honorable!Thanks Mike & Vic!! I=92ll return the distributor shaft, soon=85.unless my oilpressure doesn=92t come up=85in which event, no telling how far I can huck thatthing from my back yard deck=85Gary BootheCool, CAPietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear20 ribs done
Pietenpol-List: Visit to the Groah's
RE: Pietenpol-List: Visit to the Groah's
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Tom,I can answer for Mike.both exhausts exit nicely at the bottom. You willbarely see it in the attached.Gary BootheCool, CAPietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear20 ribs done
Tom,I can answer for Mike.both exhausts exit nicely at the bottom. You willbarely see it in the attached.Gary BootheCool, CAPietenpolWW Corvair ConversionTail done, Fuselage on gear20 ribs done