Grumman ebay special

Dan K · **Posted:** Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:24 pm

Have any names left on your Christmas shopping list?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cessna-P ... dZViewItem

Jim MacDonald · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:15 am

Not that I would pick on our beloved Col. Rohr. Buuuuuttttttt, the person who wrote the ad has almost the same unique writing style as Rob.

Mac

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:59 pm

the zero feedback rating of the seller really instills alot of confidence for me to bid & win & shell out those kind of $$$$ bones for the auction :shock:

yeesh!!! pretty ballzy in my book!!

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:27 pm

Interesting too is the lack of a reserve minimum on this plane.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:52 pm

Ya, but the high bidders rating is 0 to so it evens out.
Actually a 0 because you're new is better than 0 because you're
a deadbeat!

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:17 pm

Make a note to check back around lunchtime tomorrow. Ends at 12:06 PST.

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:00 pm

Jack Cook wrote:

Ya, but the high bidders rating is 0 to so it evens out.
Actually a 0 because you're new is better than 0 because you're
a deadbeat!

Did you notice the name? Help-it-go :roll:

N3Njeff · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:02 pm

A bunch of these were just surplused through GSA in the last few months. This A/C was one of them. I dont remember any being that complete, most had engines hung on them that were cores to keep the nose on the ground. I dont remember this particular A/C but I believe most of them went on the cheap side.

Dan K · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:34 pm

And we've got ourselves a new Stoof owner!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cessna-P ... dZViewItem

spookyboss · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:59 am

He is going to have ALOT of work ahead of him, First thing he is going to need to find brakes for it, that will be a chunk of change plus the work to make it fly, I heard that this was one of the "hanger gueens" parts robbed off it to keep others flying. Good Luck to him, when he is done he will have a Fun twin warbird he can go to shows with a bunch of friends !!!

N3Njeff · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:25 am

Are the S2F's still sitting across the street from the St.Augustine airport???? I remember those were pretty gutted too. But Grumman still had a lot of parts laying around inside their compound.

wendovertom · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:59 pm

This is a question brought up by Jim on another thread related to the stoof - what do you think the interest in this kind of warbird might be from a air show community?

Would you want a ride in a C-1 Trader? What would you be willing to pay for a ride?

I had thought about this a bit - if you got it all working right it might make a cool "demo" of sorts - start in front of the crowd with wings folded, unfold and taxi, do a STOL and then a few photo passes followed by a carrier style landing (sort of :wink:

) then taxi back.

Could it work, would the masses be interested? it would have to somehow to justify the $$

Thinking,

Tom P.

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:03 pm

You could offer rides to Airshows with it, that could help cover costs plus whatever an airshow would give you for showing up.

Then again there might be a law or two preventing that.

I was impressed by a S-2 demo at the Indianapolis Airshow a few years ago.

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:58 pm

the seller will need a pretty big box & about a trillion square feet of styrofoam popcorn. uhh ohh.... i heard the ups pilots may go on strike for the holidays..... what a co inkadink for timing!!!

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