Pilot's will like this thread, Piper Cub restoration

[Musclerodz]

I have been wanting out of the airplane business for a couple years now. But when a family friend of 50+ asks you to do a restoration for him, you don't say no. We finished the annual inspection on his Piper Cherokee and flew it home to him. While there we picked up this J-3 Cub to redo. It had sat in this open hangar so long it had collapsed on it. It had belonged to his dad who delivered the Sunday paper by air to the farmers, talk about a paper route! Anyways, we had 4-5 guys taking it apart and it went from all together to sitting on the trailer in a little over an hour. I will update this thread as we go along to show what it takes to restore an antique airplane, something I have done for 20 years now.