Is a $315k 1954 Cessna 180 Market Top?

[wheaties]

Don't get me wrong this bird is amazing. Only way it could be better is with an RSTOL. IO-550, more Garmin glass than needed, beautiful paint, etc.:

http://www.skywagons.com/airplanes-...0-skywagon-315000-not-here-placerville-n180xr

...but it's also a 1954 Cessna. So is this signalling market top or we still got ways to go?

 

[WannFly]

holy zeus!!

 

[Greg Bockelman]

Methinks the owner doesn’t want to sell it.

 

[MountainDude]

$100K engine, $100K avionics.

 

[GRG55]

Methinks the owner doesn’t want to sell it.

BUT, the owner's wife does.

Talk about "keeping up with the Jones".
Something for @Mtns2Skies to aspire to with his 180?

 

[Stan Cooper]

That's one helluva 180 for sure. If I win the lotto....

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

jeez louise now it's 325K, people are bidding it up?!

 

[flyer770]

Think I’d rather go for a 182 or even 206 for half that and use the extra money to keep it hangared and fueled for quite awhile.

 

[AA5Bman]

Bank of Utah Trustee?? Hmmm...

 

[3393RP]

Bank of Utah Trustee?? Hmmm...

It's not uncommon for an aircraft to be placed in a trust administered by a bank. No "Hmmm" there.

 

[Kevin Holbrook]

Is the useful load really only 960 lbs? I really thought you could haul things in those planes.

 

[wheaties]

Is the useful load really only 960 lbs? I really thought you could haul things in those planes.

The 185 is the true load hauler. The 180 is the smile inducer. If I flew that plane I guarantee you I'd be smiling.

 

[Groundpounder]

No beacon? I'll pass.

 

[AA5Bman]

It's not uncommon for an aircraft to be placed in a trust administered by a bank. No "Hmmm" there.

You might be right, but I always thought that was what a repo’ed airplane looked like.

Is the useful load really only 960 lbs? I really thought you could haul things in those planes.

The early model 180s and 182s were not that great for useful load. I think they gross out at 2,550 vs (as much as) 3,190 for later models. But you can get wing extensions on the early models that give you a 400 pound gross weight increase (from 2,550 to 2,950) which is substantial. I think the gross weight went up to 2,950 in the early 60s and increase over time from there.

 

[OkieAviator]

All that glass and one of those CO2 detector cards?

 

[Lowflynjack]

I'll take this one and still complain about the price! Cessna 180

 

[Brad W]

no AOA indicator?

 

[Johnbo]

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