Guys,
What a great bunch of guys! Thanks for all the feedback. This aircraft has always appealed to the Engineer in me but Lordy, finding the right one with the right people is a challenge and certain pilots I have talked to steered me away from it...I have always come back though :-)
A couple points..
1) Plane and Pilot (October Issue) picked the 1964-1967 Skymasters as one of their 75 best budget buys under 60K, thus my interest in an older one.
2) Do you necessarily believe that just because an aircraft has only flown 100 hrs in three years it has problems? I have found nice ones in that category that the pilot(s) just don't have time to fly.....that is the whole reason they are selling.
3) I hate to categorize, but I'm almost to the point I won't buy from a dealer. I seem to get more sincere responses from owner/ sellers and I seem to know more (thanks to this website and other info) than they do about them...they just don't sell that many.
4) FYI - I found a web site that tries to hook up pilots trying to partner, it looks legit and is free right now..
http://www.aircraftpartnership.com/About.asp
5) What are you guys getting charged for overhauls? I am finding aircraft at about 1500 hrs per engine and feel obliged to calculate in an overall in the purchase price although I know that they can go longer than this.
6) Finally, do you know of any owners looking for partners or heck just owners that love and can talk about the breed here in Arizona?
6) Nice work on the web site Mr. Mckenzie. Thanks again for the help gang, you have been great.
Kevin R.