I am Giorgio Pace from Rome.
I bought and brought to Italy from Gatwick at the end of 2009 Peter Vallance's Ercoupe 415-D G-EGHB.
I wish to inform about the restoration work I'm doing on EGHB.
The aircraft was fully disassembled and luckily I have not found signs of corrosion.
The fuselage, wings, rudders have been stripped and polished.
The cockpit has been completely rebuilt, giving it the original look with chrome strip and the glove box, the electrical system and the fuel system was rebuilt.
I removed the rudder pedals and restored the mixer.
The tanks were removed, cleaned up and treated with specific enamel for tanks and inside was mounted foam against explosion. The leather seat and side panels have been rebuilt, and we have changed the side and rear windows. The engine mount and nose gear was disassembled, checked and repainted. The engine still has 600 hours.
The compressions are good, I did overhaul the magnetos and changed some gaskets. I'll keep you informed and I attach some photos of restoration. This is the only Ercoupe in Italy. The last one was cancelled about 25 years ago,
Giorgio