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You would be better off to purchase an airplane in that condition from the very start.

(Bill Warner's 152 and Wayne Westerman's 150 quickly come to mind!)


Personally, I would not want to be the owner of a "perfect" airplane and then try to sell it. I look back at selling 72G to John. I sold that airplane at what I thought a fair price. It was far from perfect. Though it had been a very dependable friend, never letting us down, I still made myself almost sick with worry that something catastrophic would go wrong as soon a John purchased it. I even called the FBO where John planned on spending the night just to make sure he arrived safely there. And it didn't end with that first flight home. For months after that I waited for the phone call informing me that the unthinkable had actually happened.
To have the "perfect" airplane. Knowing such. And thus asking a preminum price for it. GAWD!! I would probably end up in the hospital.