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Sparrow did not have very large production run. Between the original, II, XTC, and Sport Special (SS), there were perhaps 100 to 200 kits shipped. Trolling the Internet, I identified 4 SS versions existing. Naturally, I keep tabs on them a bit.

One of them, N367BZ, is now for sale. The owner, Jim Steere, tried to sell it for a while, actually, and his price went down accordingly. A week ago he posted an ad to Barnstormers offering it for $10k. This is less than I paid for the same airplane.

I do not understand why he has trouble selling. Sure, he gets no points for the latest effort. Barnstormers ads work much, much, much better with pictures, and the airplane looks gorgeous in its previous photos. But he posted ads with photos before.

About the only area in which my plane is superior is that I have a BRS parachute. And a radio. Everything else is same or better on Jim's. Well, we could debate merits of my awesome Grove gear that is an envy of many homebuilders. Anyhow, N367BZ seems like a fine airplane, but... No sale even for $10,000. What gives?

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