Two Stearman books by Martin Bowman have pics of wartime examples.

Alternatively you could contact The Arnold Scheme at Leigh on Sea, they have a number of members who did their primary training on Stearmans in the US and Canada from 1942 onwards, they are always happy to talk about their experiences… They have my utmost respect!

No. The bodywork was all polished aluminium with a black chassis, the bonnet was very long (obviously!!) without any sides so that the engine was ‘on show’. The exhaust pipes were attached at a pair of manifolds and travelled the length of the vehicle like two drain pipes (no silencers). It had two side by side seats and a manual gearbox. If you ‘search’ Chailey you may find something, there was definitely a website about the show.
Incidentally I read a newspaper report in the early eighties on the John Dodd car: he was taken to court by RR for using their ‘flying lady’ on the bonnet, they argued that they never had a hand in building the car. He mated the engine to an american automatic gearbox, as his business was in the overhaul of such items. He was pursued by the police in croydon for exceeding the speed limit, was apprehended and went to court, the police statement said that when they blocked the road to stop him ‘Mr Dodd turned round and just disappeared’. It was also reported that he took the vehicle to Germany where he allegedly drove so fast down an autobahn that a ferrari driver going 160mph said he only had time to see the flying lady as the car whistled past him doing an estimated 200mph.

Little Walden Tower was restored in the Eighties by an architect by the name of Roger Lynn, it was used for his offices, the fence was erected at that time for security purposes. About 1990 I did some work for Roger and was invited in, the only artefacts he showed me were some pictures, I didn’t see any museum pieces, I think if he had some he would have mentioned it. A few years ago Roger moved on and the building was sold, now it is a private residence, I don’t know the new owners although I have seen them coming and going. The building and the site in general is in excellent order with the Maycrete fire/ambulance building still standing. I do anticipate meeting the new owners at some point and I also have permission from the farmer (before ploughing!!) to land on the field adjacent to the B1052, in front of the tower. If I can glean any more info I will share it.
As an aside, another friend of mine ran an engineering business in one of the buildings in the technical site east of the tower, on the wall was the mission board, to my knowledge it is still there. I hope this is of some help. DB