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At 8:57am on March 17, 2010, Andy Gelston said…: You're very fortunate. My Collegiate was cobbled together by a couple that sort of knew what they were doing. The result was very pretty, and it received a lot of press covereage in the mid-80's, but it was hardly original.
I've been able to replace the instrument panel with one that meets the factory print and removed a lot of other items and mods thatmay be a homebuilder's dream but are an antiquer's nightmare.
I'd like to get a better look at your wheelpants someday, take some profile photos with a tape measure in the picture, so I can compare them myself to the Taylorcraft wheelpants, and see if they really are the same.
Soft landings,
Andy, in Vermont

At 7:16pm on March 15, 2010, Andy Gelston said…: Hey are those the original wheel pants on your Collegiate?

At 9:56pm on December 4, 2009, Tom Porterfield said…: Chris,
Welcome to our Porterfield Club. Looks like we might eventually get everyone interested in Porterfields from Upland to join. Make sure you post some more photos of your CP-65. It looks real nice with the wheel pants.
Tom Porterfield