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Did all Bedrock planes have the Bedrock Lever Cap?

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Did all Bedrock planes have the Bedrock Lever Cap?

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Did all Bedrock planes have the Bedrock Lever Cap?

Jim-GA Jimeny

>I thought they did. Saw one that did not so figured it must have been replaced with a "standard" lever cap. Not that it should affect performance, I suppose.

Jim in GA

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Why do I always find my answer right after I post? *LINK*

Jim-GA Jimeny

>I went to Kaune's site and it was right there. Type 9 and 10 had the Stanley lever cap, even with tear drop on the Type 10. Sooo I suppose the one shown is for real!

Jim in GA


Bob Kaune's site on Bedrocks

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Todd Hughes

>Actually all bed rocks after type 7 [1923] used the same lever caps as the regular Stanley "Bailey" planes and were not marked Bed Rock. I do believe that the Bailey types didn't have the world stanley on them till 1925 though....Todd

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