Prop ID if ya'll don't mind. :)

[DCat22]

Howdy!

My better half saw and liked this prop at a local antique shop we frequent quite a bit...pictures that she took are below. (She said there were not markings on the side of the hub, but I don't have pics there.) The label just said "6ft propeller, 1943(?)" Not a whole lot else to go on, from what little I know...

Any thoughts or help appreciated. (And they were selling it for about $465...I'm guessing they would go to around $300 though... Personally, I like some other props I've seen displayed by the folks around here, but thought I should check on it.)

Thanks much!

[Dave]

If you haven't bought it yet, I'd leave it there. The hub has been mutilated for a clock, and you can't tell whether the finish has been removed or not. There are much better props available like that but that will retain their value. Even eBay may yield a better choice.

[DCat22]

Thanks Dave! I was wondering about the shape of the inside of the hub...makes more sense now.

Have not purchased -- I had told her I'd find out more about it, but I know some better sources if we really want a prop.

[D.Hicklin]

mutilated props

Just a few words about the sad situations of the props that have been butchered to accomodate a clock. They are practically worth nothing in that condition. How ever, I am one of the few that will consider paying $50.00 for props such as the one you see in the pictures posted on this thread, through a friends machine shop, we have a way of making a new plug to replace the material that has been cut out, it will never be airworthy, but it really helps to cure that " butchered " look that happens when amatures do this to older props.

Sincerely,
Dennis Hicklin