William, It is for sale and therefore out in the open to be evaluated; that is what people do in order to buy it. I don't want to sound antagonistic, but if it is such a chariot, why are you selling it?
The original retracts are known for problems, are a bad design to try to retract them on climbout, while maintaining aircraft control, and any paint job that is $300 is an Earl Schibe/Maco special, that will be thin, heavy, low quality paint that will not last. Several KR netters have reported prices for their prep work prior to painting where they have invested more than that, and they furnished their own labor! If I am not mistaken Larry Flesner reported spending nearly that much on super fill and primer alone. I am sure that you are very proud of your airplane, and you have put into it alot of hard work. But aircraft, specifically homebuilts are not like used cars, that start at a base price because everything appears to work. Several netters including myself have bought new 0 time airframes complete for what you are asking for an older airplane that does not have some of the later refinements and improvements. I am sure that at some point there will be someone who agrees with your assessment of its value. Dan Heath stated what he thought an appropriate value of it was and I merely agreed with him, and stated why. I did not intend on offending you, nor insulting you. But your reaction does leave something to be desired to sway my opinion in your direction. However, as always this is my opinion, and I stand corrected by anyone who performs an inspection in person and finds me to be wrong... Colin Rainey KR2(td) crain...@cfl.rr.com Sanford, Florida FLY SAFE!!!!
