| 1940 Piper J-3 Cub restored by John Norman |
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| On 24 January 2010, John Norman bought a Piper Cub project. |
| ~ Project Fuselage ~ |
| ~ Another view of the Project Fuselage ~ |
| ~ Project Fuselage positioned above the Project Wings, and Struts to the right above ~ |
| As John has done with all his other projects in the past, this will be another 'ground up' restoration. |
| He begins with a detailed inspection of the fuselage tubing, making appropriate repairs where they are needed. |
| He then primes the entire fuselage … |
| and attaches the wooden stringers where they are needed on the fuselage. … |
| He restored the original instrument panel, installed the control sticks, the seat and made a new canvas Stow bin that is located behind the rear seat. |
| He has collected instruments for the restored instrument panel. |
| John cut out a new set of floorboards. |
| And John installed the Tail Wheel on the fuselage. |
| In less than one month, on a dry, sunny day, John moves the Cub outside. |
| With the new floorboards installed … |
| John begins to put the fabric on the interior fuselage. |
| The next day he is able to apply the silver on the fabric he installed. |
| On 21 March 2010 John gets the fabric on the exterior of the aircraft. |
| A week later, John is able to dope the fabric … |
| and later the same day, he is able to get the silver on. |
| In May, John gets the interior painted the classic Cub Yellow. |
| The instrument panel is black and instruments installed … |
| … and the paint goes on the exterior as well. |
| No Cub is complete when painted the classic Cub Yellow, until it gets the black “Thunderbolt” … |
| … or the Cub decal on the tail! |
| John stopped on the cub for about a year, but by February of 2011, it had a new engine in place. |
| John purchased a new windshield for the cub and has it just sitting in place for now. |
| Later in the year John ordered the wood he needed to make new wing spars for the Cub. |
| For the time being, the Cub is keeping good company in the shop with John’s ‘Rat Rod’ and The Hawker Hurricane AM 274. |
| John will sell this little Cub in its current condition for $19,000.00 |