Bought a 1948 ragwing 170 when I was 19 years old for $4500 which was more money than I’d ever seen before. Helped a friend build a lodge for a few gifts he bought me.. Last flight with the Goodyear brakes, landed on what was runway 33 at Merrill, and the right brake was so bad I had to do a left 270 to exit the runway.. Tower though that was pretty funny! Last flight before we finally overhauled the engine, had to use the primer to keep it running on takeoff from the gravel bar by the lodge. Can’t remember the name of the guy that ran the shop at Sea Airmotive, but when I dropped the accessories off for overhaul he looked the carb over for about 30 seconds, looked at me and threw it in a garbage can! But god I loved that airplane!