Buying The Cheapest Cessna 210 In The World & Flying It 1,000 Miles Home!

We bought a 1964 Cessna 210 for $27,000 and proceeded to fly it 1000 home across the country. This is by far the cheapest Cessna 210 in the country, and one of the cheapest flyable piston single airplanes too! We bought this plane sight unseen after it's been sitting for years on end, for the most part. Will it make it home without any issues? There is a reason this plane was so cheap, you will see in today's video.

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[planeflyer]

If you're in Pecos ever again, borrow the courtesy car and cross I-20 to the north, head west on the frontage road to Bickley and turn north, find the Burrito Depot on the right hand side of the road. Small family owned, very good.

[eddiegardner]

$27, 000 for that plane is a steal. Yeah, it's old and the instrument panel is crude, but $27, 000 and it flies. Anything that flies is amazing.

[cjlawrence]

$27, 000 with an engine upgrade by Victor what a steal,

[louiemorales]

The previous owner sounds like a generous good person. We need more poeple in this world like this. What a blessing!

[m-roddr.funtimes]

$27k and runs that good ? Seems like a great deal- even with the noted items that decrease value. The exterior paint and motor looked primo for not getting the JR detail yet! Green with metal flake? - It’s back in!!

[bryanrobinson]

To be honest this is what a 50 year old plane should cost.

[jeffcox]

You guys made me chuckle. Lates 70's as a budding commercial pilot I got about 20 hours in a D model. My favorite Cessna next to the 185. Those days no intercom, no A20's no EFB's and not much complex airspace. I think you guys did a very good deal. Engine is good, prop looks newer, interior and exterior in good shape. Aside from the usual stuff I suspect the only thing that might give you fits is the hydraulics and gear components. For what you paid thats very acceptable risk. BTW thanks for helping me relive my early days of aviation.

[kmg]

This video felt neither long or short, it was just right because the story is interesting. Very happy for you guys, looking forward to seeing good progress on this plane.

[herkloader]

Get your mechanic to look over that landing gear really good, especially the truss mounts. Those are notorious for cracks and are expensive to replace.
Also, while it's up on jacks, do the Uvalde gear door mod. It basically eliminates the rear gear doors, reduces weight, and drag. No doors extending out into the wind during extension and retraction. For the mod, a clean looking hole hole is cut into the outter, gear doors for the wheel to go through and the door is riveted onto the airframe as a panel. Probably the most popular mod on 210s.
Oh, if you get GamiJectors, be careful running those on that older IO-520. It'll run a little hotter than factory with Gamis. Run them a littke richer than what the book recommends and the engine will last well past TBO.
I say you got a good (should say lucky) deal if there's little to no corrosion on the airframe and no metal in the oil or filter screen.
The D model is a good rugged 210. Strutted Centurions are essentially faster 206s with lots of load hauling capability.
When you tuck the gear up and level out in cruise, it'll give you 160 knots at 65% power all day long with that McCauley 3-blade prop.
Panel is pretty nice too for it's age. Nice interior too.

[gezac]

Safety items first.Seatbelts with shoulder harness, fire Extinguisher, ETC. Then engine management systems. Then required radios, IE ADSB, Then avionics. Then make it look perty.

[robertbraun]

Love the keeping positive!!..
That's a steal for that plane. Love it because it looks so much like the first plane I flew.
738 whiskey Lima, in McAlester Oklahoma.. 1978 172N. Old but solid.. Been many years since that flight. Shout out to Dave Esio that volunteered his time for instruction.. Amazing guy.
I've since had a heart attack and been diagnosed with leukemia so I no longer pass medical, but absolutely loved it and that freedom for the time I had it. This plane reminds me of it because of the color scheme.

[rrr]

As an A&P for the last 43 years good to see you youngsters out there with the passion i once had for the business! great buy, wish i still had my project bird a 195 i was partners on out of (RHV) in the early 80's

[keepingtheswineinline]

In 1986 I bought a ‘64 210D for $12, 500 with a newly overhauled landing gear power pack. That was the greatest airplane. If you needed to haul weight it’s the bird for the job. The two small rear seats are not legal to use unless you change out the slip lock seat belts. Great find. Makes me miss my old 210

[jacobgreen]

A&P mechanic here for a flight school. We’ve been updating most of our 172s with the Garmin GI-275 engine monitor. Pricey but the install isn’t too difficult. Can monitor EGTs, CHTs, RPM and etc and pull datalogs for troubleshooting

[boogerwood]

Good deal is potentially the understatement of the year. Hopefully nothing pops up. Expect it will. A plane sitting will have issues, but glad you guys made 1000 miles without incident.

[neskyz]

I've rescued 2 planes....my first a Piper Colt that had sat for 3 years and the second a Cherokee 140 that got 1 hour of flight time per year for 3 years. Both of them I did the same thing....bought them, fixed a few things and then flew them over 1100 miles! Great channel, glad I found the channel.

[jirons]

Pecos FBO burritos are the lifeline of any west Texas pipeline patrol pilot. I even found a stray dog at the airport and we found a home for him. Feels like ages ago even though it’s only been 3 years.

[paullaverty]

Every time I watch one of your videos, I'm truly amazed at how you search out these fantastic deals? It's 2:10 for the price and the condition. What was a score no matter about the log books? And all that. The engine all the money is in the beginning so having A Super good engine and good cylinders is the battle. Get the oil samples. Do the conversion with the filter. And you know what else to do, Really impressed by such a great deal end condition

[nostastic]

Good to see someone selling a plane for a great price! We need more people like that.

[petegarcia]

Yeah this longer format is great. I really like CitationMax, but, all he shows is the clean and simple flight. You guys show all of the shenanigans like building burritos, fixing the plane and all of the ground stuff, where he does not. You guys are not boring and I really enjoy the content! Keep 'em coming guys! :) This is unqualified, but, it would seem well worth $27K!