Buying a Piper Cherokee 180 For $10,000! Will It Start and Fly Home?

Our cheapest airplane purchase yet! We bought a Piper Cherokee 180 for only $10,000. Will it start for the first time after sitting and can we fly it home this video? This project plane needs a little work, but it should make for a fun rebuild series. This plane would normally be worth $40k-$80k, so we got it dirt cheap at only $10k. This plane is the cheapest 4 seat plane deal ever I think? It was even cheaper than our abandoned $16,000 Zodiak 601!

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[stevenflattum]

I have 28, 000 hrs and yet it is still a blast watching your videos ! Keep them coming!

[DKofDAH]

I have absolutely no idea of planes what so ever. But give that old girl some love. A deep clean, a little polish and maybe some touch ups on the dashboard etc.
and please keep these videos coming. The world of general aviation is fascinating

[CessnaPilot]

I'd choose the interior for the spend. Shoulder belts are a must have IMO.

[granddad-mvef]

The Cherokee 180 was my favorite rental. Economical, reliable and fun! As to your question: I am old. I like Piper aircraft. I am not sure about Cirrus (ONLY my uninformed opinion) and I think they are much too expensive. Now, do I like the deal? No. I LOVE the deal. Like you said, having cash on hand makes a huge difference.

[jimmccoy]

Awesome purchase! Looks like the deal of a lifetime! You are very interesting to listen to and without any F bombs, I really love that! Thanks

[JRGarage]

Here before all the “stop encouraging people to buy cheap airplanes” comments 😂

[daviddefelice]

That 140 brings back a lot of memories (from the early 1980's). I bought N6904W so that I would stay with my flying lessons. My instructor had a bit of a speech impediment & always called them Cherokeets. Good luck fellas. Luv your channel.

[SonnyPruitt-qs]

People are starting to unload the toys, I am seeing Corvettes, boats AND airplanes selling for thousands less than they were last year and I think it will continue.
That's a nice find..good luck!

[davidklassen]

I own and fly a 1965 PA28-180 they are great airplanes. The 65 is the first year that had the fiberglass cowling like what your 235 has. As well as the bigger spinner. We paid 45k for ours with a 1200 hour engine which we had to overhaul at the next annual but now she flies well with the new engine. It gets off the ground in 650 ft with just me and full tanks. I can’t complain about that and 1, 030 lbs useful load burning 6.5 gph at 9, 500 cruise. You really can’t beat it. I love the videos. I have most of my hours in Cherokees, i trained, soloed and did 2 checkrides in them. Soon to be a commercial pilot. If you ever need someone to ferry a small plane, especially a Cherokee, I’m willing to do it!

[MrJohnBos]

A Cherokee 180 that's one annual away from airworthy for $10K???? She is the Funk & Wagnalls definition of a "diamond in the rough". Yep, that was an Aztec. PS: The afro hairstyle went out in the 70's 😁

[jamesharkness]

You guys are killing it! How did we all miss this on barnstormers!

[mississippichris]

"Not that bad" is what we all say when looking over something we really want. I once said that about the roof on a house I bought. The roof looked much, much worse the day after the closing than the "not that bad" it rated before.

[brandond]

Love those old Cherokees with no toe brakes. Fun using the hand brake to slow down.

[NotthesingerChrisMartin]

What a find! Super jealous I didn’t see this one!

[carlosp]

I was shocked when Larry and I went out to see it before you wired the money. I was expecting to find a bird nest or two when I first heard about the price but the more Larry and I looked it over the more impressed we were at the condition of the plane. This was an incredibly good buy!

[w.townsend]

I learned my lesson from the Cirrus you guys bought that needed the parachute repacked. Definitely would rather have the Cherokee.

[ThatBobGuy]

Nice plane! Hope you did a title search...I **know** you did a title search, right? I was almost caught by an unscrupulous seller who tried to get me to do a quick cash transaction on one of those "great deal" airplanes. Luckily, one of the airport regulars took me aside and clued me in. There were two...count 'em **two** old liens on the title. One of them had actually been satisfied. But I called the other lienholder up, and they said that they'd give me a reward if I'd take the plane on a "test flight" and deliver it to them. I was tempted, but I didn't. But crisis averted!

[Michael-oypz]

Greetings from Australia, you guys never cease to amuse me with all your fun antics. Well done fellas 🇦🇺✈️

[leevandyke]

Congrats on the new plane, Mann I am so tired of congratulating you on your purchases. L O L you know I don’t mean that as a 75-year-old dude I’m extremely happy for you and your brother.

[alrad]

Maybe your best buy yet. As you said Jeff, cash is king, and being ready to act quickly often nets these gems. I can't even begin to name all the great deals I lost because I didn't have cash on hand. Great job guys!