Depends on what you consider "old". Parts for some of the older E225
engines are getting scarce, but airframe parts are pretty much
available. They're really not much more expensive than Piper or
Cessna, and probably last longer with proper maintenance. The real
question you should be asking is how well maintained are the aircraft
you're looking at. I've seen 1960 models go from $40K to $110K. Yes,
those were selling prices,

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 09:46:04 -0700, "The Weiss Family"
wrote:

All,

I was recently perusing through some of the newer Trade-A-Plane listings,
and I saw tons of old Bonanzas.
Within the last 3 days of listings, there were probably 10 or more.

From previous threads in this newsgroup, I have read that the older Bo's are
expensive to maintain, typically due to the high cost on parts.
So, I was wondering why the parts are so expensive and/or hard to come by if
there are so many planes out there?

Does someone have an older Bonanza who could comment on this?

Adam