Wanna buy a Warbird? C-119s and C-123 up for auction in CA

[Brad]

Well that takes me out of the bidding.

Any other Wix members still able to save these aircraft.
I can offer local help on recovery, also local storage space.

Laterrrrrr
Avn-Tech

Sorry you lost out on the bidding. Maybe this will leave you the free time to finally complete and deliver the fiberglass P-40 replica you still owe me for Gary Austin's estate from back in 2009.

[Avn-Tech]

Group,

Bidding just closed on the aircraft:

C-119 sold for $10,400.00
C-123 sold for $6,100.00

Both went for more money then I had to spend.
Hopefully they will be displayed somewhere.

Laterrrrr
Avn-tech

[fiftycal]

thats very cheap, probably been bought by a scrapper, they will easy double their money on that, pity that so many sh*t talkers on these types of sites as opposed to money where mouth is, i guess its easier to run down aircraft that others own than fix them up

[Chris Brame]

So, how far above scrap value would that be? Or is that what they're worth for parts?

They added a bunch of UH-60s starting at $200 grand a pop - wonder if we'll see one on the Warbird circuit someday.

[flightsimer]

Will try to confirm information on the C-123 tomorrow.

[JohnB]

thats very cheap, probably been bought by a scrapper..

Can anyone confirm that?
I don't have my books handy to look up the empty weight of either, but does anyone know what a stripped 737 goes for and whether or not a pro scrap firm would bother with those two?

[fiftycal]

alloy is around 0.70c us/lb x 29,000lb -4000lb for engines = $17500 + whatever they get for engines and panel

[fiftycal]

thats very cheap, probably been bought by a scrapper..

Can anyone confirm that?
I don't have my books handy to look up the empty weight of either, but does anyone know what a stripped 737 goes for and whether or not a pro scrap firm would bother with those two?

airliners are only good for matchbox cars, they use a bad kind of alloy i think, high in silicon