Up for sale is a Bell 206BIII Jet Ranger
Helicopter.
Asking price is $5,500 USD, CASH, or best offer.
I have put together a video giving all the relevant information on this item,
including photos, videos, links and wisecracks.
You can find it here
I will include here the photos that are in that video, and all of the text from
it too. Here's a
link to the wikipedia page on the type of helicopter this is.
This is not a
replica, but is an actual Bell helicopter.
I THINK it's a Jet Ranger, but it
might be a different variant that is super close to it.
I cannot say for
certain. It is non functional and currently not flight worthy. I cannot say with
any certainty if this could ever be made flight worthy. I will leave that
mystery up to the buyer.
If the title of this post and video says "For sale" then it's
still available. If it says "Sold" it is no longer available.
This helicopter was Screen used in the arnold
swazrnegger classic True Lies, a Rihanna music awards performance and numerous
other TV shows and movies.
You can see that since that awards ceremony video was shot, the choppa has
had some components removed, including the rear end of the tail section, but it
is otherwise in tact.
Being sold as is. It is non functional. Included but not
pictured are the two main rotor blades. Actually one of them can be seen lying
on the ground under the beast early in the video. There is a motor in the top of
the helicopter, which I suspect was used to articulate the blades as seen in the
music video. I'm not sure if it still works. I have not run power to it.
Located
in Los Angeles, California, is available for immediate pickup. This thing is
pretty heavy, and will probably require some kind of wheel rig to get it onto a
trailer.
I will not be able to manage shipping logistics for you, but if you
need help I can point you to some reliable resources that I have used in the
past.
This would be a great buy for a film or tv production studio as a process
helicopter, or it could be redressed as a sci-fi vehicle. I got an inquiry from
a paintball place that was thinking of using it in one of their courses and as a
photo op. There's a million and one great uses for this unique piece of film
history.
If you have any questions, please add them in the comments below, or
you can DM me if you have an offer or a curiosity that you'd rather not post
about.
You can see fromt the videos and the picutres that overall it's in
fantastic shape, and seems to have a few coats of paint on it obscuring some of
the finer details.
The interior obviousl needs an entire re-dress, and the main
windshields are msising.
For the curious, I can definitely piont you to some
local fabrication shops that would no doubt be happy to bid on helping you
attend to the details you want to breathe new live into.
Hopefully we can find
this ship a great new home, with someone who can take good care of her and give
her a new life.
This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a rare and
fascinating piece of movie history.
