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[Shawrco]

Thanks for all the inputs gents. I'll be talking to the seller tomorrow, but I doubt I'll get a chance to inspect before the auction is over. I have looked on Trade-a-plane, Barnstormers, etc. I appreciate the willingness to discuss and school a new subscriber.
Joe B.
Middle Georgia

[Shawrco]

Nose bowel & spinner could be massaged back into form with no bondo. One will need several tubes of elbow grease for this process. It had a new oil cooler scoop when it was painted blue with the spinner.

The before looks nice! Tried to send you PM but your inbox is full.

[51-pa22]

Didn’t know mailbox was full.....cleaned it up a bit thanks for the update

[Shawrco]

Hello All,
This is a very old thread... but, I joined this forum because I'm looking at this aircraft on ebay right now, and it's a good way to say Hello!.

Joe B
Middle Georgia (near EAA chapter 3

The EAA chapter should be 38, not sure how that emoji got in there!

[51-pa22]

The number 8 followed by a ) forms a smilie when you have smilies enabled

[Shawrco]

So, I just read through Mr. Pierce's "So You Think You Want to Own a Short Wing Piper? The Pre-Purchase Inspection" sticky... probably should have started there! I'm one of those who probably looks more at the "bargain" side of things, and in the case of airplanes, especially vintage aircraft, know little or nothing. Now I've restored a few first generation Camaros back in the day (so I know about finding surprises and scrounging parts) and have been helping an A&P friend work on a clients '59 Comanche lately, but know nothing about metal frame and fabric covered aircraft. I spoke with the current owner yesterday and got "some" clarification on the eBay ad. One of the instructors at the tech school has offered to help with the rebuild and he's got a reputation for being a "fabric guy". I've set my max bid price so we'll see what happens when the music stops! I hope my bargain hunter nature doesn't end up costing me more in the long run. Thanks for all the interest and advice.

[Gilbert Pierce]

Fabric workin my opinion is easy. Complying with SB819 and making airframe and sheet metal repairs is more difficult.

[SMO22]

I hope my bargain hunter nature doesn't end up costing me more in the long run.

We all have our opinions of bargains, my opinion is 6k is not a bargain for a wrecked Tri Pacer. My guess is you will pay 6 for it, another 1000 at least to get it home, hangar fees for 2 years to fix it another 4k, and 10k to get it in annual..

For less than 20k you can get a flying plane, Colts are around 15, one on barnstormer now for 13k

[Shawrco]

We all have our opinions of bargains, my opinion is 6k is not a bargain for a wrecked Tri Pacer. My guess is you will pay 6 for it, another 1000 at least to get it home, hangar fees for 2 years to fix it another 4k, and 10k to get it in annual..

For less than 20k you can get a flying plane, Colts are around 15, one on barnstormer now for 13k

Well, the bidding passed my "bargain" threshold this evening so I'm out of the game. Regarding the expensed listed above, I do place some value on the learning/doing part of the project, it's not just $. Last annual for 8002C was in 2016. I'll admit I don't know much about inspecting PA22s, so $10k to get annual caught up is a choker! I think I'll go fly the Warriors at local Air Force Aero Club for PPC then start looking again. Thanks to all who contributed to my short course in short wing pipers. I searched but never came up with anything about how tall people fit in a PA22 - I'm 6'3" and on the + side of the FAA standard size person, so a Colt probably isn't in my future

[51-pa22]

The 6’2” +200 in not a deal killer for a nice PA22
Several of the folks here will attest to that. especially in the flat lands of the expanded Mississippi valley.
Just take your time, look, learn and have a knowalagable person from the ShortWing Pipers give it a prebuy inspection.
It will be cheap money spent. Think about it, if you spend (just spit balling here) $1000 for a rag wing piper specialist give you a report saving you $4000 in repairs before it will pass its next annual and has $5000 worth if instruments that are good only for home builds. That day long look would be very reasonable. Then again depending upon the inspector and the aircraft it migh just be ready to pass an annual right then and there for an oil change and set of spark plugs and a tank of fuel. It all depends and you will find very good flying candidates from $10k to $25k
I am partial to the back door and the kiddie seat in the back.

Enjoy