[ARC5] Right angle phone jack for aircraft restoration

[Roy Morgan]

Jim,

Thank you for your message about the phone plug.  I think that what you have is exactly the thing that the aircraft restorer was looking for.  It appears that he’s got at least one such phone plug from Playthings of the Past, but I’d bet he’d be most happy to have another one or two.  He’s a world class WW-II aircraft restorer and is particularly fastidious about authenticity.  I enclose below my Morgans Law of Inverse Perversity and related truths for you consideration in situations like this.

The fellow who posted the message on this list was:

Taigh Ramey
Vintage Aircraft Inc.
7432 C.E.Dixon Street
Stockton, California 95206
(209) 982-0273
(209) 982-4832 Fax
www.twinbeech.com
KEEP 'EM FLYING...FOR HISTORY!
taigh at twinbeech.com


The fellow who owns and has been restoring the Stinson L-5 aircraft is:

Bill Barclay
dude at westpacrestorations.com
"Here at WestPac Restorations Inc we try very hard where and when appropriate to build accurate WWII era fighters true in every detail possible and still fly in the modern airspace system."


I hope this makes the connections among all the folks involved.

Roy



Morgan's Law of Inverse Perversity:

If you have no spare for a critical part or tube, that part will fail at the most inopportune time.  (or get lost)
If you do have a spare, or spares, the original one will never fail and you'll never use the spare.

Troubleshooting Corollary:

If you have no information on an obscure failure mode, that failure will happen to you at the most inopportune time.  
If you do have complete, detailed information, the system will never fail in that way.

Tool Corollary, inspired by Barney:

If a job requires a special tool, and you have one handy, you'll almost never need to use it.
If you can't find the tool, and you buy or make a new one, the old one will show up soon. Then you'll have two.

Brad Thompson’s corollary for unfindable parts:
At the time when it's needed, a replacement component will
be nowhere to be found.

Murphy's law for electronic technicians: The suspect part(s) that will probably have to be replaced will be in the most inaccessible location on the chassis.

Jim ~ N5MSJ


Morgan’s Law of Memory:

As we get older, we gain more wisdom.
The wisdom pushes out the memory.


On Aug 12, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Jim Sinclair <sinclair at mc.net> wrote:

> All,
> A couple of weeks ago there was a post asking if anyone had a right angle phone jack. This was for an aircraft restoration and I have since deleted the message. I was looking through a box from my Dad's old collection and found two jacks that appear similar to what was in the photo. They are the standard black plastic normal for WW2 connectors, they are a bit over one inch in diameter and 1/4 inch thick. On a flat side of the jack there are three holes for wire leads. The underside is embossed with the name CARTER and "made in USA" and "Pat. Pending". Under the Carter is either a 13 or 7. The metal Jack is not brass,but shiny metal and has the more pointed end rather than round as on the normal PL-55 straight Jack. It appears to be the same size and length of a PL-55 Jack. 
> If the above description sounds like a match, I would be happy to send photos. Please contact me at sinclair@ mc.net if interested.
> Regards,
> Jim son of W6FKQ
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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Roy Morgan
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