DISCLAIMER: No, I am not thinking of buying this.
Cessna 150 project
Obviously, there’s no way to tell just by looking at pictures on an Internet ad. But give it a try. It looks like the only damage is to the wings, and it comes with a spare set. Excluding the engine and prop, what’s a ballpark figure for such a project? ISTM that you’d have to pretty much get it free to make it worth it.
Again, I’m just curious. But I know how people assume around here. I wouldn’t buy a Cessna 150. Not that there’s anything wrong with them; they’re just not for me. If I were to buy a Cessna 150, I’d get a later model with the wider cockpit. Really, I’d buy a 152.
Eesh… Take a big number and triple it.
That will just barely cover an engine overhaul. Since they don’t say how many hours are on the engine, you pretty well have to assume it’s at zero hours TBO (time before overhaul) and an overhaul is required. Plan on $15,000 or so for a basic overhaul or about $25,000 for a reman. That’s just to have a flyable engine.
$3800 is fairly close to free, I suppose. The instruments appear to be there, at least. Ballpark rectally-sourced estimate to get this wreck assembled, certified and flyable is $50-70,000.
My ex was a tin-kicker (aviation insurance adjuster) and he’d probably walk away from this very quickly.
ETA: Yeah, a 152 would be a better pick. Unless you absolutely love 150s, this might be better used as the basis for an amusement park ride or munge the inner workings of some USB joysticks into it and make a very realistic flight simulator.
$50,000 to $70,000 sounds a bit high, considering you can buy one that flies for $15,000 to $25,000. It doesn’t look like it comes with an engine or a prop. A (very) quick look shows an O-235 with <300 hours on it for $7,000.
As I said, I’m not buying anything. And if I were to, I’d be looking at a 172. But I see a lot of ‘projects’ and they’ve made me curious if it’s really worth (it to someone) getting a ‘project’ when there are flyable examples everywhere.
I’m not much into general aviation (I’m a weirdo that loves commercial planes…the more people packed in there, the better, because the human factors and safety aspects become more interesting to me…weirdo, I told you!) but I assume project planes are like project classic cars - you get an old frame and machine, build, attach a fortune’s worth of stuff to it to make it “new” again not because it’s a better value than buying new, but because you can, and because you want to.
Yeah, it’s specified as ‘firewall back’. Which means you’d need everything from the firewall fwd. A new engine would run you 25-30K. Though, you can find a used one cheaper.
Also, it says it comes with repairable wings. So, that’s another big question mark.