flybynite
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Eagan, Minnesota
I am starting this thread about my PA-12 rebuild for a couple of reasons. One is to share information. Another reason is to provide motivation for myself to get moving. I figure if you are pestering me and cajoling me to make forward progress, I just might.
An acquaintance told me about the -12 in a hangar in southern Minnesota a number of years ago. I knew little to nothing about Cubs, but was already a member here at SC.org. Or at least I lurked here a lot. I arranged to take a look at it and here is what I saw:
I had an IA take a look at it as sort of a prebuy, and he assured me it was a fine aircraft, nice and straight and any issues it had would be easily corrected. A few of the problems were lack of logs, the engine was not installed, the aircraft was out of annual, no certificate of airworthiness, no documentation of any of the repairs that had been accomplished ..... No Worries!!
I had a contract drawn up to cover the missing items to be provided prior to sale and an expected date of completion. Money exchanged hands.
The time allocated to correct the issues passed with no progress. The money previously exchanged was no longer available, so I collected the plane and brought it home. There is at least one other member here who was also interested in the airplane. I met him a year ago by chance and told him that I saved him from a major headache.
Well, a few .Org calendars have graced the walls since then and I have come up with a list of things to be corrected and modifications to be completed prior to returning the -12 to the skies above Minnesota.
I have completed a lot of the work already and will catalog that and, hopefully, continue making progress toward completion.
Wayne
An acquaintance told me about the -12 in a hangar in southern Minnesota a number of years ago. I knew little to nothing about Cubs, but was already a member here at SC.org. Or at least I lurked here a lot. I arranged to take a look at it and here is what I saw:
I had an IA take a look at it as sort of a prebuy, and he assured me it was a fine aircraft, nice and straight and any issues it had would be easily corrected. A few of the problems were lack of logs, the engine was not installed, the aircraft was out of annual, no certificate of airworthiness, no documentation of any of the repairs that had been accomplished ..... No Worries!!
I had a contract drawn up to cover the missing items to be provided prior to sale and an expected date of completion. Money exchanged hands.
The time allocated to correct the issues passed with no progress. The money previously exchanged was no longer available, so I collected the plane and brought it home. There is at least one other member here who was also interested in the airplane. I met him a year ago by chance and told him that I saved him from a major headache.
Well, a few .Org calendars have graced the walls since then and I have come up with a list of things to be corrected and modifications to be completed prior to returning the -12 to the skies above Minnesota.
I have completed a lot of the work already and will catalog that and, hopefully, continue making progress toward completion.
Wayne