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Dennis Kirby
Joined: 05 Dec 2013
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Location: Albuquerque, NM
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 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:50 am Post subject: Cheap Mark-3 For Sale |
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Kolb Friends -
Back in February 2014, I posted a message about a tired old Mark-3 I discovered sitting in a hangar in Truth-or-Consequences, New Mexico. I provided a few details about the plane, and how it was never registered. The owner was hoping to sell it for about $5000. Apparently, it did not generate much interest.
Well, I just spoke to a Rotax-mechanic friend of mine who recently went down to see the airplane and meet with the owner. Seems the owner is REALLY anxious to sell this hangar queen, and will accept $2000 for the aircraft. Probably even less.
As I said before, it appears to be well-built and complete. It's probably worth the price just for the wings. Anyway - I felt it was my duty to inform this List, just in case anyone might still be interested.
If interested, contact him at 575-447-1183.
Dennis Kirby
Sandia Park, NM
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On a recent visit to lonely airport in southern New Mexico this past weekend, the airport manager had lots of questions about my Mark-3, which I had just flown in. He told me there was one like it parked in a hangar there, which the owner wanted to sell. I told him I'd be happy to take a look at it.
He rolled open the hangar door, and there sat a sad, dusty, early-model Mark-3 with two flat tires. The airport guy told me the owner was old and ailing, and it had not flown it in six years. I inspected it closely, and discovered that it was in fact a well-built airplane.
It appeared very straight, and had no evidence of damage. The fabric was pristine, even if covered in a thick layer of dust. I looked closely at the areas typically prone to wear and damage, like the landing gear legs, the gear leg sockets, and the steel tail post structure. All looked good. The tailwheel was not the stock pizza-cutter type that comes from Kolb, but rather the upgraded full-swiveling unit with the inch-wide wheel. It looked hardly used at all. From all I could see, this aircraft has been well-preserved from all its years being stored in the dry, desert environment of southern New Mexico - no corrosion.
The interior was quite spartan, with bare aluminum floor pans and simple fabric sling seats with minimal padding. Instruments were basic analog types, and looked old. It had the single center-mounted control stick. Engine was a 582. The whole aircraft was painted an ugly shade of red, including the nose cone, wing struts, tail-bracing wires, and boom tube. Kinda like the guy built the airplane, then painted every inch of the exterior.
Here's the kicker - it's not N-numbered. We all know this category of aircraft in now in the "lawn ornament" category, or else it could have value for salvage parts. So the owner should not expect offers of great sums of money for his Kolb. He indicated that he was hoping to get about $5000 for it, but in light of the current situation with registration, will likely not be offered that much. That said ...
I see a potential opportunity here for somebody getting a good Mark-3 for cheap, if you're willing to do a bit of restoration work. If it were me, I would disassemble it, strip off all the fabric, remove the engine and all the old instruments and wiring, and start over from there. Take some pictures of the airplane parts in its bare-bones state, and approach the FAA as if it were a newly-constructed kit. Get it registered in the Experimental/Amateur-Built category. It would be WAY cheaper - and faster - than starting from ground zero from a kit. Several kit builders have done it this way since the FAA's grace period to register fat ultralights has passed, in 2008.
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alienwes
Joined: 11 Dec 2012
Posts: 64
Location: Roswell, NM
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Cheap Mark-3 For Sale |
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I called to buy this plane as I live just a few hours away. He said the plane has already been sold awhile ago. I guess I am back to saving money and trying to sell my PPC. If anyone on this list is ever around Roswell NM you can land at my place. I have about a 1000 foot strip and I can help go get fuel to fill your plane.
Wes
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Guideman
Joined: 31 Oct 2013
Posts: 23
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Mark-3 For Sale |
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I just got on to read some of the posts which I usually enjoy and are very informative. As I was reading this one I realized I had seen this posted several months ago. Then I realized that this is the airplane I just bought a few weeks ago. As Mr. Kirby said it is very well-built but just needs some good loving care and elbow grease. And I do plan on a total restoration.I wish I could meet the original builder just to visit with them. And as he said the paint job is less than nice and probably will be completely redone. If anyone knows about this airplane or who built it I would like to get in contact with them just to have some background on it. And the rotax motor on it.
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alienwes
Joined: 11 Dec 2012
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Location: Roswell, NM
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:03 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Mark-3 For Sale |
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You got a great deal on that plane. Not sure of the history of who built it. Are you thinking of registering it as experimental exhibition? There's a DAR in Clovis that can help and he said he would do it for my friends PPC that most those could never be registered. Worth a call to Donny Lewelin at 575-760-7800. He is a DAR with the function codes to do a lot and you may be able to get it registered without a full tear down and rebuild. Best of luck to you.
Wes
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Guideman
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:16 am Post subject: Re: Cheap Mark-3 For Sale |
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Thanks for the info, I will call him as I get further into this project.
Keith
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