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WTB Stearman Model 75 or 76 Float Struts and Fittings

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WTB Stearman Model 75 or 76 Float Struts and Fittings

Require a set of float struts and attach fittings for a Boeing Stearman Model 75 or 76. Boeing fitted EDO 38-3430 floats to the Model 76 at the factory and an Agricultural Company named Bradley installed these same floats under a model 75 in Canada in the late 1950's for remote forestry work (albeit the Bradley struts were different). Hoping a set of either type is hiding somewhere in plain sight. Any leads appreciated.
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Re: WTB Stearman Model 75 or 76 Float Struts and Fittings

Reach out to John Pike at Big Sky Stearman. He knows Stearmans and floats.
Good luck, sounds like the seed of an awesome project.

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Found them! Barn finds are not a myth! Literally pulled out of a large barn in Maine. Just got back to the shop last night with them and gave their first bath in what appears to be several decades. EDO 38-3430 with full rigging. Manufactured 06/14/49. Need some extrusions replaced due to corrosion but in great shape for their age. Thankfully coated in float lacquer vice any urethane derivatives. Zane, you can delete this WTB post as I could not. Thanks
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Wholly cow! Congrats on the find. When I first saw this post I thought odds of that dream coming true are an order of magnitude less likely than winning a lottery.
Having said that I also think deleting a post with a 'Cat a spreader and floats for a cool old biplane all in one whack would be like deleting a piece of history. Pictures like that are just satisfying to view :)

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Thanks for the kind words Rob, up to Zane ref delete, I didn't want to plug up the works as we met the objective of request.
There is so much more to the story ref acquiring these floats and rigging. Wonderful folks we met with a true passion for aviation and history. I shall include their story as we progress and document this project.
How nice and observant to notice the spreaders! I am very partial to our Cat as she rolled out of Elmira the very same day as I was born! I feel a kindred spirit when we work together.
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