Ed,
First, Welcome!
To address this issue, I personally look at it this way. You can paint up, soup up, and do all sorts of wonderful things to a VW Beattle. But, in the end, it is still only a VW Beattle. I see the Cessna 150 in the same light. I would advise that you listen to your friends and mechanic(s) Ed. Today you can purchase, maybe not a pretty 150, but airworthy one, for the low teens. And there are many really nice 150's out there to be had for mid teens to low 20's. I believe that $30,000 is definitely overpriced in my way of thinking.
Another thought. That new FWF really makes me suspicious. If it is a quality overhaul, why would somebody put that much money into an airplane just to turn around and sell it?
My thoughts..........
Bill
