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tandc49 said

Don't know why those pics doubled up, tried to load different ones. I'll try again.
Those clairanets are really wall sconces for my musician sister for Christmas. The Walnut Bases are dryong. No instruments were harmed in the making...

The Bonneville Streamliner started life as a vacuum by the Hughes Aircraft Co. Cast Aluminum. "Ruby's Rickshaw" was the name on a B-24 during WW2. One of the Jolly Rogers in the Pacific. That is the original 'Nose Art' drawing used on the plane. My neighbor's dad was the Flight Engineer on it and they named it after his wife. When my buddy passed away a few years ago, he left it to me along with some other stuff of his dad during the war.

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I know this is an old post, but I would like to chat about Ruby's Ricksha for a project that I am working on. Sent a pm.

Here are some cool things in my garage. I got the Stewart Warner clock from my Dad's basement and it still works. I got the P-38 (60" wingspan") from my uncle who passed away. I repainted it in the 459th Fighter Squadron markings. The red piece is the dive brake from an SBD Dauntless, with original red paint. The prewar DC-2 photo (60" wide) was left out on the curb and my wife told me about it when she got home. I asked WHY she didn't grab it. She didn't remember where exactly it was, only the general neighborhood, so my son and I drove around for an hour until we finally found it. It was curled up from bad water damage, but I fixed it.