First off , I think Ercoupes are interesting airplanes. That being said , when I see $39,000 and Ercoupe in the same sentence , I have to wonder.
Especially when the attached post implies that is WITHOUT good paint ,decent interior , and modern radios. Anyone willing to buy a 'coupe for that price and in that state of repair would probably be better off riding in a bus. Aside from the fact you can get an IFR Cherokee for that money . I do enjoy this list ( refer to previous posts of today regarding intelligent , well thought out posts concerning bolt torques and modern radio gear electric current requirements ). However , it is a kick reading such pie in the sky . IMHO . ---------- > From: V. Childs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bill & Franklins > Date: Friday, November 12, 1999 7:23 AM > > Bill, the $9,000 price was at Oshgosh three four years ago. I had six > ercoupes at that time and they just started making them. I was thinking > of putting the 125 Franklins, the 15 gal tanks, cleveland brakes, > extended baggage compartment in the planes and reselling them as a newer > plane. I was going to let the new owners do the paint, interior and > radios. I was going to sell them for 39,000 at that time. When the wing > AD came out I put a hold on it. I wanted to see how bad the AD would be > on sales. I thought the paper work on the Franklins would have been > done by now and I wanted to see 25 or so of them in planes to see how > they worked out. So I have been waiting. I wanted to use new > engines but I may do the same thing but use the 100 hp cont. if the > Franklins get to high and costly. If I do it I would also put in the > new spars, so the cost starts to get high again, but I'll wait till the > wing AD dies down a bit and go from there. gene >
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