Wanted" Carb Heat/Air box for A65 in 1946 7AC

[dwaynemccourt]

Looking for a reasonable deal on a serviceable air box and filter for a 7AC [/b]

[joea]

You see them from time to time on Ebay so keep an eye out there.

[brink]

Well this is 2018 and Aeronca Airboxes are just as allusive as ever. Univair with shipping close to$795.00 Wag-Aero about $200.00 cheaper. And back ordered now 6 months. Ordered part by part most back ordered buy piece by piece with shipping will run close to $825.00 tough little puppy to deal with, in middle town the air boxes were made in-house not many spares. At GD we called it production aircraft only. Bus Wagner made every part for the Aeronca Airbox and passed on the wisdom to Wag Aero, well they will make it, but falls a little short on shelve merchandise, back order! I think is the term.

[Paul Agaliotis]

Don't waste your with Wag-error. Go direct to Univair and it will be the last air box you buy, PMA'd items and perfect fit.
Paul

[brink]

This is a joke, but it will be a univair Air Box, Wag-Aero is subletting or sub contracting it to Univair still no production date, but that’s where it’s coming from. Kinda sounds like the two company’s are working together on part production.might be skittle butt, but nothing surprises me these days.

[Paul Agaliotis]

I think the majority of Wag stuff is Chinese. Never been completely satisfied with their stuff, but never been disappointed by Univair.
Paul

[Richard Murray]

Paul-

I had the opportunity to take a Rotax 2 cycle class at Leading Edge Airfoils (owned by Wag and in the same building)
We shared the rest room with Wag's manufacturing area. It was routine to see motor mounts or other metal parts being fabricated from raw material. We'd pass by bins of cut parts awaiting assembly. They are not a large company and everyone appeared busy with their individual task. If they have started outsourcing products to the Chinese you couldn't tell it. It looked like a factory out of the 40's

[williamc]

I think I have an original with original metal filter. Send me a message.
Bill

[Paul Agaliotis]

Richard,
I've used some of the aero-fabricators stuff and it's quality is pretty poor. Engine baffles crack after about 20hrs. made from some industrial grade of aluminum. Ordered a throttle cable that had the cotter pin hole drilled through the edge of the shaft, completely un-useable. Radios that have a non-functioning nav system, and the returned units being sold as new units. The list just gets longer. Buy from whoever you want to, but I stay as far away as I can from this company.
Paul