Fairchild Club Forum

Good morning all from Australia. I have just joined this forum although I have held membership of the Antique Aircraft Associations of Australia and the USA for some 20 years. My wife and I own a Fairchild F24W-41A, built in 1943 with USAAF serial number 43-14892. She served in the ATA in the UK during WW II as HB619 and was shipped to Australia in 1952, becoming VH-BLB. After passing through various owners we bought her in October 2000.
The Warner engine is presently undergoing a complete overhaul and along with that we are doing a cabin refurbishment and probably (funds permitting) an exterior repaint.
My question is: I believe the instrument panel is reasonably original except for some basic avionics, however the engine control knobs are rather dilapidated and I am wondering whether it is possible to procure some newish (not necessarily 'modern') cables complete with 'authentic' knobs from the US. The ones I'm after are the throttle, mixture, carb heat and advance/retard cables. I'm also after 2 'authentic' control column screw-on knobs.
I've enclosed a photo of the present setup along with an action shot of the aircraft.
Thank you for any assistence you can provide.
Cheers

Mahoney

Hi Mahoney
I used these knobs - only problem is they are black. Otherwise the dimensions are the same.
https://www.kaiserwillys.com/transmissi ... ansmission
Hope this helps
Frank Cox
Argus HB751

Thanks Frank. They are probably what I need for the control column, but I think our FAA equivalent here in Australia would need either different coloured knobs for mixture, carb heat and advance/retard knobs; or some sort of labelling on the knob itself. I'll try around the automotive shops locally and see if I can find a Willy's equivalent though.
I wonder if our Fairchildren ever flew together in the UK as HB619 and HB751?
Cheers

Mahoney