From a collection of things I acquired in the last couple of weeks, this has me stumped. The collection is about 90% Beaufort / Beaufighter parts so I assume this is also the case but the number does not ring bells – 20031. There is a bracket mount supposed to be on the end that I saw on another one that made me think Beaufighter but I honestly do not know
The dimpling of the tubes is really quite something, doubt it could be done cheaply these days.
Any pointers much appreciated as always
Cheers
Ewan
By: Whitley_Project - 28th October 2012 at 14:40
Yes, i’ve seen something like this before. It screams American to me…
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 28th October 2012 at 12:55
Looks similar to a part of a Harvard exhaust which slips over the exhaust tube in the muffler.
TT
By: Bellarine - 28th October 2012 at 08:06
Should have mentioned these came from DAP (Department of Aircraft Production) that was responsible for manufacture of Beaufort / Beaufighters over here, hence the query. The place I recovered these from was from a gent who was a former engineer with DAP and had a very decent collection of bits n bobs….
These tubes may well be even unfinished for all I know
I know a couple of them are shorter and have obviously been cut at some point (his brother took a pair and cut them to make a pretty stunning set of legs for a coffee table !!). There were also a pile of shorter smaller tubes with an asbestos ring at one end – some were marked with a 72-xxxxx number and others had either Vultee or Northrop Grumman tags still attached…..
By: N.Wotherspoon - 28th October 2012 at 07:50
Looks like a piece of motor vehicle exhaust pipe someone has been working on to make a dummy barrel shroud for a Browning .50?
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