Hello - this is my first post at Ercoupe Tech - hope this hasn't been answered already and I just didn't find it in the Search postings.
Here is the question. I've been looking to find a coupe project to restore for awhile, and I've noticed that about 50% of the ercoupes I have looked at, either in person or in photographs, display a minor buckling of the fuselage skin just forward and above the leading edge of the wing roots. Is this evidence of abuse or a hard landing? Maybe came down too hard on the nosewheel? Has anyone else noticed these buckles on a coupe? I'm fairly new to aircraft, but I've owned and flown a '46 Luscombe 8A for about 3 years now. thanks, much chris b.
