Must be straight, super-clean, never on floats and low time. Private, no hassle buyer, but I will not participate in an auction or consider an airplane where the seller has not set a price.

Thx.


Steve

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Well Capt Kerosene, how about you provide us with a link to the nicest one you've looked at so far, and rejected.
That way we know how not to waste your time.

Signed, The Commodore

I've inquired about two. One was a "make offer" plane and I have no desire to deal with that again. If a plane is for sale then set a price. The other was N104TR and it was discovered that the plane had spent 10 years on floats after the seller's rep had (innocently) represented it as a never on floats airplane. I sold N3SM about two years ago and am ready to buy again. I know what I want. What I am willing to accept is bad paint, high time engine, poor radios, bad glass and well documented and repaired damage history. To each his own.

Steve

Well now we know what you are looking for…
I'll keep a look out for you.
I do know that Seaplanes North, formerly Floats Alaska on Lake Hood, does about two 550 Conversions on 180/185's a month.
Most will have likely been on floats, but they would be a good resource.

Good luck.

Mark

Hey Steve
Glad to see you have decided to come back. An early 180 with IO550 sure would be a rocket,but hard to find. You probly want newer anyways. I'll keep an eye out too. Hope ya find one soon, there is a busy fun season ahead of us.
If you are willing to take bad paint/windows/engine/ radios etc, why not find a good clean early carcass and build it up with the things you want.

Having said that, I know it is generally cheaper to find one done that someone has lost interest in.
Gary

My friend has the airplane you are looking for.
I sent you a PM.

I just looked at this one - not an IO-550 but instead teh IO-520, which is the 300hp airplanes stc. Only a few hundred hours on the engine, exterior is very nice - interior is fair. Low time airframe, clean - supposedly never on floats. Std tanks.

Not the plane for me - sounds like what you are looking for however...

http://www.barnstormers.com/classified_874532_1959+Cessna+180B.html

Some nice planes out there but nothing that meets my specs. Thanks for trying.

Steve