Check out this 185. Super price, 297K. Its above 100K over the other offerings.

https://www.controller.com/listings/air ... cessna-185



Rgs,

Patrick

"Yes dear, I promise I'll try to sell the Cessna at the end of the year".

It's pretty. It's clearly a well-loved airplane.

I calculate Vref at about $175,000.

And it is "eloquent" according to the ad.

Good luck with that one. It does have elements of desireablity, such as the Hyde skis and the big tires and rather low total time. However the Robertson STOL STC would be a deduct for most.

Add up all the goodies plus a good starting point airplane and you might get to $180k-$190k. Not sure where the extra 100k is hiding.

My guess is the asking price is reflective of total investment from day one.

The 185 is a uniquely capable airplane, they don't make 'em anymore, and many of the ones they did make have been pack mules. Hard to find one in such turnkey condition, let alone under 2000 TT.

This is one of those deals where somebody might just want a "new" 185 and write the check.

Amazing, I had a 1973 185 that was the cover plane in Cessna brochure.
Paid 29,000 for it sold for 45,000.
It was a low time never commercial plane, though it did come with a spray kit.
It had the Robertson STOL kit. Into a stiff breeze you could do a no roll take off.

With floats it might be worth those $. Too someone as in connoisseur

I don’t know. It seems to lack the street cred you’d like to see in a hairy-chested backcountry plane.

Oh I guess I would say the asking price is inversely proportional to how much he “REALLY” wants to sell this ship.

Having watched the prices on these things for the past year, I'll say he isn't $100k too high on the price; he's just 6 months early with his listing.

For that price it needs a 550 and floats.