GrummanDude
Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 926
Location: Auburn, CA
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 Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:56 pm Post subject: Traveler Project |
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I thought I posted this before, but I don't see it under sent emails and I don't remember seeing it come over as an email.
Here's the skinny.
Paul bought this plane a few years ago, flew it for about 10 months, and when he found out the engine had a bad cam, decided to do a restoration.
First, he sent the engine to LyCon. That was two years ago.
Second, he disassembled the plane to have it painted.
After it was painted, it sat until LyCon finished the engine. He just got the engine back; it's been ported and polished and painted to match the plane. It looks real good.
Since it's easier to take a plane apart than to put it together, he hung onto the project looking for someone to put it together. He contacted me a few weeks ago and then brought the plane to Auburn.
With fresh paint, the fuselage looks pretty good. Wings good too if small hail dents don't bother you.
Since he wanted to do this right, he bought a Power Flow Exhaust System and a LoPresti Nose Bowl. He also bought a Sensenich prop with 445 TTSN.
He has over $20,000 invested in the engine.
The PF exhaust system was $4400.
The LoPresti nose bowl was over $5000.
The Sensenich prop was $3000
Paint was also several thousand dollars.
I started putting the plane together. My first step was to hang the engine since it would be easier to move around with an engine balancing the plane. Then I removed all of the parts that were left inside. It was then that I found a fair amount of corrosion on the top of the center spar. The wings look pretty clean. When I told the owner, he opted to find another project and sell this one.
Good news, he bought the Tiger that was for sale in Virginia. It's a project too, but he can fly it.
The Traveler project will need:
- Interior
- Glass (windows and windshield)
- much of the wiring, FWF, 'should' be replaced.
- Avionics. Not much in the way of avionics.
He will offer the ADF, DME, and whatever else I remove from the Tiger if you're interested.
Paul wants $38,000 for the project. Or, he'll sell the ENGINE, PFS, PROP, and nose bowl separately, for what he has in them, and part out the Traveler. The ADF and DME are also available for sale.
Gary
AuCountry Aviation
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