Buying/selling homebuilts

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

The problem with buying a classic (as I understand it) is that I won't
be able to do the repair and maintenance on it. I've seen a bunch of
old ratty Cessna 150s sitting around the air parks that look like they
need a lot of TLC to get flying. If I bought one of those, I'd have
to pay an A&P a fortune to get it in the air.


Another reason to buy a used homebuilt...

I'm still thinking it would be better to scratch build myself. I'm very
picky about how things go together and I doubt someone else as picky as
me wouldn't sell a plane they've built.

If it weren't for the certification rules, I'd buy an old classic and
restore it myself. I think that would be as satisfying as building
something from scratch.

Tony