Trying to find the original owner of RV9 90388

[joe gremlin]

Originally Posted by jask

Sorry for your plight but your situation should serve as a warning for anyone interested in purchasing a project to contact vans and check the history of the builder number. I doubt that Vans will change or make an exception in their kit sales policy to provide another fuselage.

Why would they not want to sell someone one of their kits?

[rvbuilder2002]

Originally Posted by joe gremlin

Why would they not want to sell someone one of their kits?

Read the first post again...... I don't see that he every wrote that.

[joe gremlin]

Originally Posted by rvbuilder2002

Read the first post again...... I don't see that he every wrote that.

The first post didn't. The second post did.

[rvbuilder2002]

Originally Posted by flyabq

Hello,
I have purchased the Wings and Tail from RV9 90388. Vans told me that they also sold the original owner a Fuselage as well. They have no other record of that fuselage. it doesn't mean that someone else didn't buy it, just that they didn't register it with vans. The original owner was Brian Woodruff located in Hillsboro OR. Does anyone happen know him? Or what happened to the Fuselage for 90388?

Thanks!
Jeremy

Originally Posted by joe gremlin

The first post didn't. The second post did.

First post is quoted above. There are no other posts in the thread by flyabq.

[joe gremlin]

Originally Posted by rvbuilder2002

First post is quoted above. There are no other posts in the thread by flyabq.

Correct. Your point?

[jask]

Anne at kit sales is nice to work with.

[BMC_Dave]

Originally Posted by joe gremlin

Correct. Your point?

How dare you ask a question of someone not the OP

[flyabq]

Sorry for the delayed response guys. Yesterday was a crazy day. I was trying to find the original owner to see if he still had the original fuselage and might want to sell. I talked to Vans and they said that they have no issues selling me another fuselage if I can not locate the original one sold to my serial number. I was just hoping that it was floating around and I could save a little money and clear up some space in someones storage at the same time. No big deal if I can't locate it. I will just get another one.

[kentlik]

Crazy threadness...

[rvbuilder2002]

Originally Posted by flyabq

Sorry for the delayed response guys. Yesterday was a crazy day. I was trying to find the original owner to see if he still had the original fuselage and might want to sell. I talked to Vans and they said that they have no issues selling me another fuselage if I can not locate the original one sold to my serial number. I was just hoping that it was floating around and I could save a little money and clear up some space in someones storage at the same time. No big deal if I can't locate it. I will just get another one.

Now that all of the conclusion jumping and speculation has been put to rest.......

Van's assigns a serial # to any given RV project, based on the serial # of the empenage kit used to build any given airplane.

There are serial #'s assigned to the wing spars and center sections of fuselage kits, but they are for tracking purposes only and have no connection to a specific customer/serial # or aircraft kit.

Bottom line.... a kit section (or sections) doesn't become a lawn ornament just because the group of kit sections originally purchased together, no longer is.