Hello David. Thank you for your kind intro to the group.
I paid tops for mine because it really is a very nice aircraft with low hours and has the 0-320 up front. I spent $50k and have spent a little more putting the GPS/moving map stuff in it.
You can purchase a very nice Autocrat at the moment for about $42k from memory and average condition J5's with a Gipsy generally go for the mid to high $30k's. Have a look at the AAAA site as there is usually something there. There is also a short wing Piper PA 20/22 at present which will probably bring about the same money as I paid for the J5 D.
Make sure you get what ever you might settle on carefully looked over by a rag and tube LAME sich as James Williams at Classic Air in Albury.
Good luck
kaz
