well due to issues with transferring my PA12 into Owner maintenance here Canada and the ole girl soon needing some new Fabric if I cant get the transfer finally done so I can do the fabric myself I might do something I hate to do but it makes the most financial sense considering my situation with wanting to build a plane and owning a plane that needs a lot of money spent to do the fabric under certified regulations. my 12 has A LOT of new and otherwise good parts that could go towards my build seeing a 12 and 14 share almost everything. so I'm thinking about scrapping the 12 basically to build either a home built pa12 or a 14/2+2 fuselage from scratch. if i stay with the 12 I can reuse my EDO2000's and my 400HR O320, 14 will involve either added a compartment to the 2000's (if you can even do it) or selling and buying another set and selling the O320 and getting a O360 engine. both options would reuse the wings after some changes (longer flaps mostly) ,plus in 4 years my current 12 has gotten new radio, new elt, new intercom, airframe alaska struts , garmin area 500 with airgizmo mount in panel, skytech starter , B&C oil filter adapter, new oil press and temp gauges, atlee +3 gear with safety cable's, long step and axe, wag aero fuel tanks and I'm sure I'm forgetting some other things but I'd get to reuse all that stuff plus all the small stuff that add's up cost very quickly like fuel valve's , windshield, pulleys etc etc.
Like I said I hate to scrap a good plane but If I sell it with 30 YR fabric i will loose my shirt and if I get the fabric done while being certified and then sell it I'll be out around the same money if not more It seems. from the rough math I've done today it seems like the my bank account will take the least hit with me getting the plane I want by building a homebuilt using the expensive parts I already own. But I sometimes do stupid things so if someone sees any obvious reason why I would be an idiot for doing this please point any flaws, I personally like criticism its a good way to learn when your wrong.
Thanks in advance,
Joey