Glen, new spars and new 30 gal long range tanks will sell a plane over the old stuff in the future. You can't make any money buying and selling ercoupes. I've been trying to do it for 35 years and haven't made a dime. The point is to make the planes better and safer planes for the 21 century. If we keep using old junk parts, thats what alot of ercoupes will always be. Old junk parts airplanes, and that keeps the price down on them and not safe. gene
Glen Ward wrote: > >New spars and 15 gal tanks would cost about $12,000. Thats not > >alot of money to have a good plane for the 21 century. You get the >money > back > >when you sell it. > This is just not true. Nobody is going to pay what some of these folks want > for these money-pits of theirs. Just look at the various on-line ad > services and see how long they are available. And those STC's may add > nothing to the value. STC's are known for that. After you pay for 60 hours > of labor to have the tanks and pumps switched the guy who comes to look at > it, his dad had one back "in the days" and he always liked to see that float > needle gauge in front of him as a baby and he can get one like that for > $7000 less down the road. All you are really doing is spending several > thousand to put even more gas in the pipe bombs on the wing leading edges. > I am not convinced this is better than putting it in the fuselage anyhow. > If you want a modern engine and tanks you need to buy a Cherokee. Those > Franklins are foreign stuff these days anyhow. Glen
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