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Eliacim Cortes: What was your purchase price ? If the price is right then a project is not to bad. However if you are paying top price, then you want something that only requires mimimual repair. I am finding that now that the LSA is in place, many think that they now have an aircraft worth much more than they are. Remember this is a 60 yr old aircraft, and as such, you will have problems. Nothing is new. A totally restored 415 C everything done, not just skimming over and saying it has been restored but a complete restortation, including engine, instruments, Interior,wings, cables, hinges. Complete apart and replaced to new condition. ThenI think you have an aircraft worth top price. The rest are as someone said, projects and should be priced accordingly. Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wood, Percy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Darick Gundy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:13 AM Subject: RE: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Unworthy coupes > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Percy explains it perfectly. > I have had to spend some time and money on the 415C I bought 5 months ago, so > yes, it is a kind of on going "project". > However, in that time I have logged more than 25 hours of dual time, and more > than 10 hours solo, and I am planning to do my sport pilot check ride by mid > January. > A brand new sport plane costs like a minumum of $ 70,000 (which I can't > afford), so I am still well ahead and have no regrets whatsoever. > > Eliacim Cortes > N87071 > > > > > > Quoting "Wood, Percy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > They are, Derick, very old airplanes. Even the "airworthy" ones are a > > project. Especially since so many mechanics do not know their > > idosyncrocities. > > Percy in NM, USA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darick Gundy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 5:12 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Unworthy coupes > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Just a general comment, > > Someone has been looking for an Ercoupe to buy and has evidently run > > into many that may be not airworthy-see comments below. As someone who is > > close to making a purchase, I was disappointed to hear this as I'm sure many > > others were. Have others had this same experience? > > > > A buyers experience... > > "....as I was told I ought to expect in the first place--that a lot of > > Ercoupes are not worth having, at least not unless someone is willing to > > take on what amounts to (even if not advertised as) a project." > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > > == > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the > > archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > > > ============================================================================ == > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
