Ford reintroduces the 1965 Mustang

[saggs]

actually, some of it, such as cessna's new lsa are outsourced to places like china.

Cirrus is owned by the Chinese government now, as is TCM and Epic...      they should change names to Chirrus, Chontinental and Chepic maybe.

It's not just GA planes either, look at transport aircraft... Chinese companies have been building what are basically rip-off copies of Antonov, Boeing, Airbus and Embraer designs for years.  And of course the military stuff, with the Nanchang copies of Yaks and Migs, and now what seems to be an F-22 copy.  The Chinese seem to be great at production, but not so much on originality.

[AWwrgwy]

actually, some of it, such as cessna's new lsa are outsourced to places like china.

Just searched google for "2011 Cessna".

Nothing but bussiness jets.

Anybody making private, light, recreational aircraft anymore?

No? Only kits?


wrongway

[CAP1]

Just searched google for "2011 Cessna".

Nothing but bussiness jets.

Anybody making private, light, recreational aircraft anymore?

No? Only kits?


wrongway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_162

[saggs]

Just searched google for "2011 Cessna".

Nothing but bussiness jets.

Anybody making private, light, recreational aircraft anymore?

No? Only kits?


wrongway

I think you greatly exaggerating.

Cessna currently still makes 162 (LSA), 172, 182 and 206 for single pistons.  

As for other light recreational aircraft, since the creation of the LSA catergory there has been an explosion of new manufacturers.   There are currently more cheap(ish)  LSA planes on the market then you can shake a stick at.

Right now it is definitely a buyers market for light aircraft, just look on Trade a Plane, or Controller or Barnstormers.  There are hundreds of used 2 and 4 seater piston planes in decent shape for under $35K right now.

[AWwrgwy]

I think you greatly exaggerating.

Cessna currently still makes 162 (LSA), 172, 182 and 206 for single pistons.  

As for other light recreational aircraft, since the creation of the LSA catergory there has been an explosion of new manufacturers.   There are currently more cheap(ish)  LSA planes on the market then you can shake a stick at.

Right now it is definitely a buyers market for light aircraft, just look on Trade a Plane, or Controller or Barnstormers.  There are hundreds of used 2 and 4 seater piston planes in decent shape for under $35K right now.

I didn't look at the Cessna sight closely enough.

Yes, they do still make five recreational light aircraft.

I missed the "propeller" drop down menu the first and second times I looked.



wrongway

[CAP1]

I didn't look at the Cessna sight closely enough.

Yes, they do still make five recreational light aircraft.

I missed the "propeller" drop down menu the first and second times I looked.



wrongway

 a  182 i think can be considered more than a recreational aircraft. we use em in cap, with the g1000 cockpits.

[VonMessa]

Just searched google for "2011 Cessna".

Nothing but bussiness jets.

Anybody making private, light, recreational aircraft anymore?

No? Only kits?


wrongway

Some of us are still doing scratch-builds 

[icepac]

It's a good thing ford made so many cars on the same general unibody.

My first car was a 1966 ford fairlane.

I was overjoyed when I got my first job at a gas station a few weeks later and did an oil change on a ford granada.

They were identical underneath.

I found a granada ESS that had been spun into a pole and swapped over all the good stuff like super fat sway bars front and rear as well as braking bits and the steering box.

The steel wheels were also nearly 2 inches wider than the 5 inch wide stock rims of the fairlane.

Made the Fairlane much more capable on the streets.

Kind of wish I had saved a ESS granada.



Of course, I really want a shelby maverick.

[CAP1]

It's a good thing ford made so many cars on the same general unibody.

My first car was a 1966 ford fairlane.

I was overjoyed when I got my first job at a gas station a few weeks later and did an oil change on a ford granada.

They were identical underneath.

I found a granada ESS that had been spun into a pole and swapped over all the good stuff like super fat sway bars front and rear as well as braking bits and the steering box.

The steel wheels were also nearly 2 inches wider than the 5 inch wide stock rims of the fairlane.

Made the Fairlane much more capable on the streets.

Kind of wish I had saved a ESS granada.

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Of course, I really want a shelby maverick.

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 granada and 66 fairlane are 2 different chassis.

[Skuzzy]

The Granada was different than the Fairlane.  The 62-68 Fairlane, Falcon, Mustang, Ranchero, and Comet all shared the exact same underpinnings (and most of the mechanical bits as well).  In 1969 the platform was changed.

[ozrocker]

Only thing with you Stang boys to remember. Camaro has beat Stang
out of factory every year, except 1



                                                                                                                               Oz

[CAP1]

Only thing with you Stang boys to remember. Camaro has beat Stang
out of factory every year, except 1



                                                                                                                               Oz

 negatory on that. camaro has always been [playing catch up. we've been through this before. do a search.  

 now, had you said that dodge has wiped up the streets with every 60's mustang or camaro, you'd have been right.

[icepac]

Everything from the granada including sway bars bolted right onto my fairlane.

[Skuzzy]

Front sway bars have floating ends, on Fords, so they will almost always bolt up, if the wheel track is about the same between the cars.  Try the control arms, idler arm, or front spindles.  There is no way those would work.

I worked at Ford for a number of years, in the parts department.  I have a pretty good handle on what will swap with what.

[Shuffler]

My Mom's maiden name was Ford.