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Carl,

Will you build me my next 150....

I want one with a shiny firewall too.

I may be building it for you now, Wayne!

I love "Ol' Paint", and I will enjoy flying her again, at least for awhile. But, It has become painfully clear that in order to finance my flying addiction (which includes rebuilding and modifying 150's/152's) and get my NEXT project airborne (the tailwheel conversion of 7909Z), I must relinquish possession of my pride and joy! Hopefully, at some point, I will have one to fly, and one to rebuild, most of the time. I still have N714LY "Wilma", a 1977 150M, waiting in the wings for her turn.

A trade is certainly within the realm of possibilities!

C'mon fellas...have a heart <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
It would be fun to meet the owner, see and fly the airplane. The price would seem to indicate a strong emotional attachment (as well as a financial one) to this nicely equipped 150. It's possible that if he had been a member of this club, participated in the forum, attended CWI, etc. he might not be selling(?) Hopefully the new owner will be, or become, a member.

Ok, but does that mean I can ask $43,000 for Gremlin, after all that's how much we've spent on her in the past 2 years... oh wait! I'll bump it up to $48,000 because of all the fuel I've burned!!

The airplane may well be perfect ..... but is it worth anything near his asking price? He seems to be the only one that thinks so!

I'm with Carl - it may well be perfect, I hope he gets what he's asking - That just means that Halffast is worth alot more than I thought... Somewhere there is a guy with a fist full of cash saying - $76,000.00 what shall I do with it? Hmmmm - Instead of buying a Grumman tiger, or a Maule (Comperable in operating costs to a 150/160) I think I'll blow the wad on the Baddest 150 I can find... I hope he finds this one... I must say the plane is impressive, and if I had the money and we could agree on a price, I'd own it.. I just don't think he wants to sell it as bad as I want to buy it.

Dave

What's with the "no tire kickers" bit in the ad? You can't even look at the plane unless you're going to buy it? Good luck selling your $76,000 C-150, pal.

Steve,
Attached is the modified picture of 150WW taken at Clinton a couple of years ago. I reduced the resolution on the original down to VGA so it may not work that well for wallpaper.

Carl,
Those are some really fun pictures.

Makes me feel a lot better about all the money I spent on 152MM. Like someone else said, look at all the planes in the $75,000.00 range. You could buy a heckofa nice Glasair or maybe even an older Lancair, RV, etc. I sold my 68 182 for 75K and it was very a very nice low time plane.

Hi Jeff,

Its interesting to hear that I'm not the only one willing to admit having more $$ invested in my plane.

I understand with an unexpected overhaul or engine change, or a new paint job and all the extras that entail, or a new panel or interior, that a $20k C150 can easily have over $40k into it.

I know that plenty of $20k C150s exist for sale, but not in the condition that most want their plane to be in. Even if you are an A&P, your time is worth money, so its not even free labor to yourself.

I'm not defending the subject plane, but I am saying you get what you pay for when buying anything cheap. When I post my final annual bill, it'll show that I was willing to do things an owner who was "buying, flying, and selling" for time building would never do.

For example, I had my fuel selector valve services because it was soo hard to move, that I was concerned that I or someone else would break the valve forcing it to move some day. I also serviced the gascolater, because on draining fuel, I felt that it took too long to close, and could potentially leak in flight causing me to not have the fuel in my tanks I thought it did.

My mindset is different from the "I'll buy it until it needs something and sell it to someone else" That poor C150 might not get the proper servicing it deserves or put someone(s) at un-needed risk of injury.

Happy New Years!

PS.. to much caffiene tonite...