Warren, the reason ercoupes are not worth much on the airplane market is people keep putting old junk parts on them. Old spar caps, old gas tanks, old mags, old carbs, old goodyear brakes. Half of the 6000 or so planes built are not around anymore because alot of owners have been putting junk on them for years and crashed them. 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. You know as well as anybody, gas is always leaking out of the old tanks, from the caps, leaky header tank, rotten wing tanks. holding water in the header tank, fuel pump quit. This is why most ercoupes out there have less than 3000 on them, their always breaking down or apart in some garage or hanger because they where crashed because of poor maintance. The point I'm trying to make to the group is by the time you rebuild alot of junk parts you can buy new for the same money. When my Alons need engines insted of spending $5000-$6000 for a rebuild, why not spend $9,000 for a new franklin, buy the new 3 blade prop for the $1,000. $10,000 right. Now I sell the old 90hp with the old prop to someone for $5,000-$6,000. So for $4,000-$5,000 I have new. Same with the tanks, by the time you buy new 9 gal for $550-950 each and a new header tank your pretty close to the same money. Why skimp on the brakes, clevelands are cheap so are the pads. I'm alot like you Warren, I don't have alot of money, just alot of dreams. gene
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Gene, Anyone ever tell you your full of it. With your big bucks new > Franklin's, 30 gallon tanks and three blades. Not every body has you kind of > dollars. Most of the real world has to make do with what we have. I for one > am happy for you, but now for the rest of us we need to be real to life. Our > airplane are fun but to costly. Yours, Warren
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