Cylinder 5 and 6 front baffles

[hilltop170]

Gary-
Well, that's kinda true, but, when everything in the old panel is completely worn out and either has to be rebuilt or thrown away, the decision to go new with everything is easier. I knew I wanted some digital stuff and thought the mix of needles and numbers wouldn't look as good as all numbers, so that's what was done. Plus, the digital stuff appears to be more accurate. I would do it again if it was to be done over. The stall warning is original!

You are correct about the classical music though, C&W is much more to my liking!

[hilltop170]

BTW Richard, that scoop for the heat air intake is nice looking but not stock.

Bruce-
I still have the original baffles and scoops in a box.

I know the scoop is not stock ie Cessna did not make it. What I was saying, incorrectly, was that A models didn't have scoops. I should have double checked before I made that statement.

My A model, which is a '49 and like the '48 did not have them. But Cessna did start installing them sometime in the A model run. The IPC is no help when they started. Another minor detail of the Cessna production run to track down.

Another possibility is when the O-300D was installed from a 1956 C-172, they might have taken the baffles from it and used them? By 1956, the 172 should have probably had a pressure cowl but the front baffles might be the same?

[n2582d]

Richard,
Just razzing you about the panel and ADF freq.! I think it looks great. As does the front baffling. It looks like your front baffling is a melding of the original baffles and the 1959-60 C-172 baffling. I too would like retain the original airbox baffling but would like to update the front baffling and inter-cylinder baffling. I wonder how difficult it would be to update the inter-cylinder baffling at the same time to match what Rusty has. The original inter-cylinder baffling seems rinky-dink to me.

'56-'60 C-172 Baffling.jpg

1961-1965 C-172 Baffling.jpg

[Bruce Fenstermacher]

Another possibility is when the O-300D was installed from a 1956 C-172, they might have taken the baffles from it and used them?

Don't think so Richard as later inlets were in a different position than yours (at least the right one) is. Yours look to be in the proper A model position. BTW the '52 B model also had 2" scat and scoops but they were in a different spot.