An Art Deco treat, Swifter. Oh for unlimited cash!

LOL – I know what you mean Ian. I have many records of actual sales over the last 10 years. Prices vary tremendously for this yoke (sans cap) — from $760us to $3700 !! If this combo sells for less than $1800 the buyer will have gotten a fairly good buy. 😮

I have just purchased a vintage B8 grip (via the e-vil medium, as you do), that was made by ‘ phaostron’, for me at least unknown company but, a little light ‘googling’ led to this: http://www.phaostron.com/replacement.html Could be an alley worth trying for the triggers? Martyn

Thanks for the trigger lead Martyn. Will check it out…

Pinkie P-38 Yoke

Hello Swifter, the P38 yoke was a serious acquisition! What did it look like under the paint and did it still have the ‘bomb’ button attached? I fear there are a lot more grips around than triggers.

Hi Ian:

That’s a hellofa trip for your sight control grip; a little like flying from New York to Philadelphia via London! :confused:

As is turned out, “Pinkie” had a coat of white paint beneath the pink. I had to use a fairly strong paint stripper, very carefully, to minimize chemical reaction with the grips and original hard rubber coating. The modified Guardian B5 grips used on a P-38 yoke have the same cross-hatch pattern on the sides that all such grips have. The one disappointment was that I simply couldn’t get all the paint of the cross-hatch valleys. And that small bit of remaining paint has a red (not pink) tinge to it. And that’s OK….looks kinda neat.

I think this yoke came from an operational aircraft as the grips had some surface wear to them. But the hard rubber coating was in surprisingly good shape with no cracking/splitting anywhere. There is only one small area, on the back of the right stalk, where a very small piece of coating is missing. It’s so minor I’m not going to repair it. The “BOMBS” button is still there and operational but only the OMB letters are discernible anymore. Overall, this yoke is now in nice shape and just needs triggers.

I think you’re absolutely right about there being far more grips out there than triggers. So my goal is to find a couple of clapped-out ugly grips that still have triggers….and that can be bought cheaply; you know, once hell freezes over. :dev2:

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Bit of Help

Gentlemen:

Yesterday I completed (as far as I can for now) the refurbishment of a late model P-38(J or later) yoke I bought about a month ago on Ebay. Yes, it’s the pink one noted on this thread. It came out nicely but I need a couple of Guardian B5 or B6 type triggers to complete the restoration. Yeah, I know it’s a long shot, but…..do any of you know of a source for just the triggers? I’ve already tried a couple of stateside places – no luck. I know I could buy and cannibalize a couple of grips….but I’m trying to avoid that route. I’ll follow up on any recommendations.

Thank you all…and I hope each of you has grand plans for New Year’s Eve with family and/or friends and has a fine 2016 !

Swifter

Relative to shipping old yokes/grips from the US to England and continental Europe: If you find an item you want to buy from a US site and the seller doesn’t want to ship overseas….I’d be happy to ship the item to you. The obvious logistic of getting the item to me so I can ship to you would have to be overcome….but that’s minor. Just thought I’d offer. I live in the middle of the country and am an avid yoke collector.

And it’s serendipitous that this is post #1049. One of the most classic yoke designs belongs to one of the most classic aircraft designs…the 1049 Connie!

Take care all:

Nick

Gentlemen:

Just wondering whether one of the members of this forum might have a VC-10 yoke they would be interested in parting with?

Thank you:

Nick

Is that a newly cast trim switch on the left handle or one from the spares box? Nice to represent such an unusual aircraft, and odd where these things turn up!

Good catch Ian. I knew that a friend and fellow collector of control wheels in California had a C-124 yoke in his collection. So I sent him some photos of mine. Unbeknownst to me, he had a spare, used C-124 MIC/IC switch. One day not long ago I opened a package in the mail and there was this switch! A very gracious gesture. I believe the use of this switch assembly is unique to the later C-124s. Had “Tom” not been so kind I would have had to fabricate the switch head.

After

This C-124C yoke (earlier versions of the aircraft used the same yoke as the DC-4/DC-6) is the only one I’ve ever encountered on Ebay over the last 10 years. The goal with the refurbishment was to re-coat areas of the yoke that needed it (about 40% of it’s surface area), but to not over restore it. I wanted it to look it has seen use. So here are the “After” shots:

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