Lost Paperwork?

"Marty" wrote in message
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I just looked at an ad in Trade a plane.
It's a Cessna Cardinal, 1968 (fairly cheap)with no paperwork which means
to
me, no logs.
Besides the obvious, what kind of hassles is there to lost logs?
If I were to purchase this plane, it would be with the intention of doing
a
ground-up resto.after a structural blessing by my A&P.
Say I got it, put in new avionics, new engine, prop overhauled, ADs
complied
with, fresh paint and interior. What else am I faced with? Any insurance
hassles?
I really like the Cardinals and see this as a possible opportunity since
Cessna won't make any more of them.

Marty


Shouldn't be too hard to find a dataplate that comes with complete
paperwork. It's done all the time with vintage and antiques.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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Shouldn't be too hard to find a dataplate that comes with complete
paperwork. It's done all the time with vintage and antiques.

That's exactly how my Cardinal was made. We took two damaged Cardinals,
completely rebuilt them and put the data plate from the smashed plane on the
new one because it only had 1200 TT.