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Good call! The REAL old ones has stainless tanks, but I don't know when that stopped. I also forgot about the 8 gallon capacity, but I thought that was increased before the spar change too! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Bullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Coupers Tech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Purchase Questions > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > At 07:29 PM 2/21/01 -0800, Paul Tanzar wrote: > >I'm still looking for the right 'Coupe. I have two > >questions: > >1) I read somewhere, I think Aviation Consumer's Used > >Aircraft Guide, to not consider purchasing any serial > >numbers earlier than 813 due to some mods that were > >made. The only one I recall is regarding the main > >landing gear, but that was not the only reason they > >cited. > > The other thing is the fuel tanks, which are steel, on the > old ones. Each holds a gallon less fuel. The aluminum > ones are tough to get, the steel ones are even harder. > On the other hand, that can be an excuse for going to > the conversion 30-gallon-no-header. But that costs. > > I've also heard that converting to a 415D is somewhat > more dicey because the pre-813 planes have those > extra differences that a late 415C or 415CD will not > have from a 415D. > > >2) What do you folks think about wood props? > > They're cheaper, quieter, smoother, and somewhat safer. They also > tolerate > being outdoors very poorly. > > I don't think I'd eliminate a pre-813 plane just because it was > earlier. But I'd sure try and get educated on what the differences > were (as you're doing) and make sure that the rarer pieces like > the gear and tanks were in A1 shape and apt to last many more > years. > > Greg > > > --------------------------------- > to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 > > > --------------------------------- to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
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