# Can Harrison Fords Ryan ST3KR be restored?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-harrison-fords-ryan-st3kr-be-restored/714381>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 6, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-harrison-fords-ryan-st3kr-be-restored/714381 "2015-03-06T21:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-harrison-fords-ryan-st3kr-be-restored/714381/41 "2015-08-06T22:50:53Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Unit cost when it was manufactured was $10,000.

Cool, thanks.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-harrison-fords-ryan-st3kr-be-restored/714381/42 "2015-08-07T01:12:21Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Since the maintenance manual did not require the jet to be inspected, I’m guessing it’s a part that never goes wrong – until it does.

I think you and I cannot imagine a jet that does not need inspecting. How many carbs have you rebuilt? 😉

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> Either that, or maintaining **carburettor** jets was so routine that it didn’t bear mentioning.

Ah, the British spelling, so you know how it could be “so routine that it didn’t bear mentioning.” American carburetors may not contain any leather, but the jets still need inspection and occasional replacement, and operating hours is not the only thing that can cut into their lives. Especially if the hours are low. That’s when varnish gets to be an issue.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-harrison-fords-ryan-st3kr-be-restored/714381/43 "2015-08-07T01:53:32Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Unit cost when it was manufactured was $10,000.
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> I posted in March that there were two for sale, at €65,000 and $67,500.

Look, no one will argue that I am a Miserable SOB.  
Or that, if Harrison Ford was five feet from me that he’d say “Fuck Off” so hard that his spittle would run down my face.

That said… I think he’s worth a Damn Site More to this world than that aircraft, and that maybe they should inspect them A Damn Site Better if we are going to be risking National Treasures inside of them.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-harrison-fords-ryan-st3kr-be-restored/714381/44 "2015-08-08T01:12:01Z")

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No, Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones. _National Treasure_ was Nicolas Cage. They aren’t really that hard to keep straight, usually, but in this case I can understand the confusion.

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