Cost of Repairs to sitting 182

Chad Vancil said:
This isn’t a money thing. Either way I go I’m not going to do a loan. It’s a is it worth my time question. Really I’m asking if I dump 30-40k in this would I end up with a nicer plane. Or buy a 50k plane and put 10-15k in it. Just trying to look at both ways to get the best bang for my buck.
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In my opinion that is subjective to the airframe you're starting with. The better deal could easily go either way.

But that said, if you start with a good airframe and you do a total refurbishment I'd favor the refurbished one over the other one. You'll know the condition of every system and component from the outset and it should give you years of trouble free operation. The downside is that the refurbishment is going to take a significant amount of time up front.
 
You can never build an aircraft cheaper than you can buy on, but you can build the one you want, and take your time spending the money.
Research the selling prices of 182s and see if you can do it cheaper than that.
 
What kind of relationship do you have with your A&P?
Will this be a "drop the basket full of parts off at his/her shop and write a check" or a "pay him/her to drop by every once and a while to check my work (and be "available" while you are working)" kind of deal?
 
Several years ago there was a Doctor in Fl. that loved his 182 so much, he went to the FSDO and asked them how much he could buy in parts from Cessna and how much to build himself to have a homebuilt 182, he was persistant and had it at an airshow, it looked just like a Cessna 182, he called it a "Mylane",
that was a lot of work, sort of like Bill Pancake loves Aeroncas so much he has built a homebuilt just like the original
 
Gary Austin said:
Several years ago there was a Doctor in Fl. that loved his 182 so much, he went to the FSDO and asked them how much he could buy in parts from Cessna and how much to build himself to have a homebuilt 182, he was persistant and had it at an airshow, it looked just like a Cessna 182, he called it a "Mylane",
that was a lot of work, sort of like Bill Pancake loves Aeroncas so much he has built a homebuilt just like the original
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Wonder where he got a data tag?
 
Jeff Oslick said:
Buy a left-side door frame from a salvage yard....
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It's best to buy the whole fuselage, but anyway the data tag is just riveted on but bucking the back side is near impossible if it isn't done at the time of assembly.
 
Former student of mine bought a completely rebuilt M235 Maule that had the data plate as the only original part. Rebuilt by Maule in Moultrie.
 
I've done the same with a PA-12. The only re-used part was the data tag. To do it with a Cessna would be way beyond the abilities of the average owner and even the average mechanic. Good aluminum airplane sheet metal guys are hard to find.
 
Stewartb said:
I've done the same with a PA-12. The only re-used part was the data tag. To do it with a Cessna would be way beyond the abilities of the average owner and even the average mechanic. Good aluminum airplane sheet metal guys are hard to find.
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Do you recall when the PA-28 ran away and chewed up a 170-B? shredded the 170?
that 170- is flying again.
It ain't that it can't be done, its just a matter of how much money you want to spend.
 
Stewartb said:
I've done the same with a PA-12. The only re-used part was the data tag. To do it with a Cessna would be way beyond the abilities of the average owner and even the average mechanic. Good aluminum airplane sheet metal guys are hard to find.
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We have a friend that does that with PA-18s, he starts with a new fuselage, buys all new parts from Univair, to build a new cub.
 

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