I actually called the seller about 3 weeks ago. He really did not know much about the airplane as his son did all the flying, could not tell me anything about the avionics, just said it flew straight and level and had no corrosion or hail damage. He did say the autopilot, which I guessed might have been a Brittain Accutrak or something similar, worked sometimes, but would need to be overhauled. After about 20 minutes on the phone all I came away with was this plane was based at Bill Elliot's (NASCAR driver) private field in his hangar, had a gear up on a grass field about 20 years ago, damage was minimal and repairs were done by a local mechanic. I asked a lot of questions regarding the history of the plane for which he did not have answers. Finally I asked for some close up pictures of the panel and a couple of logbook pictures of the last annual and he said it would take him some time to get that. In closing he said come on over, look at the plane, and if I didn't like it I could go back home. He was polite, but certainly did not want to put any work or time into selling the plane. The first $37K took it. And I found this interesting, I searched the FAA database and found the plane was registered not to him, but to another individual in south central GA. I also thought this might be a diamond in the rough, but after that phone call I thought it better to look at other aircraft.