SNJ-5 BuNo 52006/N52006 up for auction 9/12-9/17

[bdk]

$61,600 + $9,240 buyers premium + $5,852 = $76,692 for a project. Need a complete going over and yes, there is corrosion. $300k ground up resto?

Maybe it will be on Barnstormers in a couple of months with a $120K asking price?

[marine air]

To me it was worth $30 to $35k. We were looking at T-6’s back in 1990 and found out something interesting. They’re such a tough , rugged air raft that very few have been properly gone through and fully restored. Cosmetic restoration and repairs as necessary. Hopefully by now most of them have been fully and properly restored. The one in these pics looked like it needs a 100% restoration.

[marine air]

To me it was worth $30 to $35k. We were looking at T-6’s back in 1990 and found out something interesting. They’re such a tough , rugged air raft that very few have been properly gone through and fully restored. Cosmetic restoration and repairs as necessary. Hopefully by now most of them have been fully and properly restored. The one in these pics looked like it needs a 100% restoration.

[Jim MacDonald]

I was just going through & deleting old bookmarks & came across the original auction site bookmark for this SNJ. Does anyone know what has become of her over the last seven years?

Thanks,

Mac

[mike furline]

I know an old thread.

https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDo ... rial=26766

Here's a photo from 1974. Doesn't the wind screen look a bit extended forward over a stock one?
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/465830/N52006

[Xrayist]

Please excuse what may be a very naive question, but what happens if you do not have any logbooks for an aircraft? Thanks in advance.

[Cvairwerks]

Please excuse what may be a very naive question, but what happens if you do not have any logbooks for an aircraft? Thanks in advance.

It complicates things a bit. Without the books, the first time it gets an annual inspection prior to returning to flight, the IA must go through and verify by part number and serial number, what traceable parts are installed and then he must run through the AD list for each item and see if it's covered. If it is, then the AD must be accomplished and logged. If it's not required, then the information is recorded as well in the new logs. This also has to be done for the airframe itself. Bear in mind that you are paying lots of bucks for this research, on top of maybe needing to send out the item to have the work accomplished. There will also be items that have time compliance requirements and with no documented times available, most IA's will require them to be sent out as well.

As for times, they can be estimated if there are recording tachs or Hobbs meters installed.

Depending on the aircraft and it's complexity, buying a project with no books can add 10's of thousands of dollars to getting it back into the air.

[Xrayist]

Cvairwerks:
Very much appreciate your response to my question. Very informative and answered my question perfectly. Thanks again!

[Jim MacDonald]

Looks like this plane has fallen through the cracks or possibly went overseas? I couldn't find anything current on it doing a Google search.

Mac