Replacing wings

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BoisePhil
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Replacing wings

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Hello all...

I’m looking at a 1956 170B to purchase and due to a “mouse in the wing” issue, the wings were replaced...with B model, supposedly corrision-free, no damage wings from an earlier year. Does anyone see a problem with that as long as the work was all done correctly?

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Re: Replacing wings

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No issue seen from a guy who owned an A model with L-19 wings installed.
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Re: Replacing wings

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Bruce wrote
No issue seen from a guy who owned an A model with L-19 wings installed.
Am I wrong in that somehow that didn't come out right ? :D I'll add no issue from a guy with 175 wings. Anyone with 170 B wings, anyone ?
On the less than positive side, mice really like to live above the doors inside the cabin and if there's enough of them they will set up a city hall inside of the speaker housing.
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Re: Replacing wings

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c170b53 wrote:Bruce wrote
No issue seen from a guy who owned an A model with L-19 wings installed.
Am I wrong in that somehow that didn't come out right ? :D I'll add no issue from a guy with 175 wings. Anyone with 170 B wings, anyone ?
On the less than positive side, mice really like to live above the doors inside the cabin and if there's enough of them they will set up a city hall inside of the speaker housing.
Sooo... does that make a political position of "Speaker of the Mouse?" :lol:
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Re: Replacing wings

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Thanks for the responses! I found one with original wings!

Phil
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