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I have aquired a perfect 1976 F-19 airframe that is 100% complete except the cowl,nose bowl,and engine mount. This is the lowest time t-craft you will ever find and in the best unrestored condition of any other out there. It has 129 hours TT! I got it to use the fuslage on Crispy but after talking to a few people and looking at it's condition I am having mixed feelings about parting it out. There is NO logs,NO registration,NO awc,and NO data tag. The airplane was deregistered in 1976(when it was new) and sent to Canada. It set inside the entire time and was never re-registered. The airplane then found it's way back to the states where it has been in dry storage since it's return. The N# is still available and I do have all the factory and 337's on micro fish from the time it left the factory until it disappeared across the border.It is a little dusty and dirty on the outside but the paint and fabric are still perfect,the inside structure is as clean as it was the day it rolled out the factory doors. The inside of the wings look as it they have never seen the outside world.There is NO rust,NO damage,and NO papers except for what's mentioned above. This airplane still has all the knobs,switches,cables,right side brakes from the factory,struts(which where inspected in nov and are perfect...AD complied with papers to prove it),cleveland mechanical brakes that still have the factory inspection sticker on the back side of them. The doors,boot cowl,fairings,etc are 100% perfect. The seat sling is perfect,the seat is cushions are MIA. The exterior of this airplane is dusty and dirty,needs washed and waxed,otherwise you could bolt this thing together,install a firewall forward and fly it anywhere you want(on a ferry permit of course).To make it legal you would have to get a comformaty inspection done and go through the process of having the Feds put it back on the registry but structurally it is perfect.
I will be away from a computer for a day or so after tonight while my wife has another surgery so please take this time to way in your opinions,offers,and ideas about what you think I should do with it. I don't personally have time to fix it so I would either need to sell it for what I have have in it(which ain't a bargin!),trade it to the parts I need or a project that will be good to part out(the fuslage must be a PERFECT,unmolested,never damaged,NO rust ever POST war BC12D with a perfect boot cowl),or part it out. If I part it out then the fuslage,gear legs,boot cowl,doors,and panel will NOT go. If I part it out the parts will not be bargins...they will be reasonable and well worth what you will pay for them.
I will look forward to seeing all your comments,
Thank you,
Kevin
PS. If anyone would rather call me tomorrow and talk to me about it please feel free. I will be stuck by myself in a hospital waiting room most of the day with nothing else to do...might be nice to talk airplanes a little and take my mind off things.LOL (606)434-4065
I have aquired a perfect 1976 F-19 airframe that is 100% complete except the cowl,nose bowl,and engine mount. This is the lowest time t-craft you will ever find and in the best unrestored condition of any other out there. It has 129 hours TT! I got it to use the fuslage on Crispy but after talking to a few people and looking at it's condition I am having mixed feelings about parting it out. There is NO logs,NO registration,NO awc,and NO data tag. The airplane was deregistered in 1976(when it was new) and sent to Canada. It set inside the entire time and was never re-registered. The airplane then found it's way back to the states where it has been in dry storage since it's return. The N# is still available and I do have all the factory and 337's on micro fish from the time it left the factory until it disappeared across the border.It is a little dusty and dirty on the outside but the paint and fabric are still perfect,the inside structure is as clean as it was the day it rolled out the factory doors. The inside of the wings look as it they have never seen the outside world.There is NO rust,NO damage,and NO papers except for what's mentioned above. This airplane still has all the knobs,switches,cables,right side brakes from the factory,struts(which where inspected in nov and are perfect...AD complied with papers to prove it),cleveland mechanical brakes that still have the factory inspection sticker on the back side of them. The doors,boot cowl,fairings,etc are 100% perfect. The seat sling is perfect,the seat is cushions are MIA. The exterior of this airplane is dusty and dirty,needs washed and waxed,otherwise you could bolt this thing together,install a firewall forward and fly it anywhere you want(on a ferry permit of course).To make it legal you would have to get a comformaty inspection done and go through the process of having the Feds put it back on the registry but structurally it is perfect.
I will be away from a computer for a day or so after tonight while my wife has another surgery so please take this time to way in your opinions,offers,and ideas about what you think I should do with it. I don't personally have time to fix it so I would either need to sell it for what I have have in it(which ain't a bargin!),trade it to the parts I need or a project that will be good to part out(the fuslage must be a PERFECT,unmolested,never damaged,NO rust ever POST war BC12D with a perfect boot cowl),or part it out. If I part it out then the fuslage,gear legs,boot cowl,doors,and panel will NOT go. If I part it out the parts will not be bargins...they will be reasonable and well worth what you will pay for them.
I will look forward to seeing all your comments,
Thank you,
Kevin
PS. If anyone would rather call me tomorrow and talk to me about it please feel free. I will be stuck by myself in a hospital waiting room most of the day with nothing else to do...might be nice to talk airplanes a little and take my mind off things.LOL (606)434-4065
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