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I have found a coupe that needs some TLC (wing
spar corrosion). I'm not sure what a good price would be so here are some
of the details maybe someone could get me in the ball park with what might be a
fair price.
Year - 1946 (C Model) / Acft Serial # 1410 / Engine - C75 W/465 hr SMOH / Bubble windshield / No pedals /
Metal Prop / Gyro panel / Val 720 com / Metal
wings / incomplete logs / Missing 337s.
I went to look at this airplane with the thought
of buying it, the guy was asking $12,500. He happened to have the Rt wing
fuel tank out so I took a good look up the leading edge of the spar and found a
lot of white powder so I knew it had some corrosion. Then I looked at the
top cap near the wing attach fitting and there it was. I have never seen
corrosion like this before, the top cap was completely rotted through, in
fact it looked just like a piece of rotten wood. The owner didn't know
it was like that and you should have seen his face when I pointed it out to
him. I haven't seen the left wing but I wouldn't be surprised if it
looks the same, and I don't know the condition of the center wing except that I
didn't see anything alarming on the Rt side. I did notice more corrosion on the
landing gear but that was all that I could see. The engine looks really
good and he has all the paper work on the rebuild. He asked me to make him
an offer, I declined to make one at that time, I want to get more
info. I was thinking that $5,000 - $6,000 would be fair. Feel
free to comment. Thanks.
Mavin Jones
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