Cessna340:
That my friend is a Fleet, built by Reuben Fleet which later turned into Consolidated, then Convair, then General Dynamics. It had a 5 cylinder Kinner up front and a peculiar "rod and ring" landing gear cross struts where one had a ring and the other passed straight through. If you look crefully you can just see it. The vertical fin and rudder were not of this shape to start and a lot of mods were done to give it more rudder authority. I have seen one practically fly sideways with all that rudder. I hustled a ride in one once at an antique airshow in Vancouver, WA. years ago, boy was that a lot of fun!
Dan
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