A really nice coupe based on the same field where I keep mine recent sold just shy of 38k
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2010, at 1:52 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: I will easily have than much invested in mine when I'm finished. While I hope he gets that, it's still well above market value. Projects are like that. I've been building and restoring cars for the past 10 years, and never got anything close to what I had invseted when I was ready to sell. Unless you have an original, numbers-matching rare production car that is restored to original, you are going to take a loss. No different here! Dave --- In [email protected], "willswar" <b...@...> wrote: > > > > > Mine will likely end up costing me that much by the time I am finished. I had > been looking at "new and shiny" but decided, instead, this Spring to keep my > 'Coupe. I am planning to have the wings recovered and have begun making > arrangements with my A&P - for this coming fall. When that is complete I will > have about $30-32K in the plane. That will leave me $18-20K to upgrade the > engine to "Dream Machine" specs in the following year. Then I will have a > quality, good looking, "certificated" LSA-eligible aircraft that should last > me the rest of my (flying) life. > > My 'Coupe already gets compliments just about wherever I go; and it certainly > is fun to fly. I can also fly on days where the winds, or crosswinds, keep > most new LSA fleet on the ground. If I were to switch to a brand new LSA I > would also get a "payment book" - which I have been able to avoid thus far. > If I get the need for "new and shiny" I can rent (at $100/hour wet) a variety > of new LSA planes near here. For the difference in payment book or not - I > can keep the 'Coupe AND fly a new LSA for a few hours a month - and still be > ahead. > > Can ya tell I love my Ercoupe? > > Check it out at http://www.TakeoffsAreOptional.com >
