Hi, I realise its a very long time since this post - do you still have the Diamant parts and spar kit? Just a long shot!
Many thanks
Paul.

On Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 3:19:18 AM UTC, wrote:
A FFA Diamant 16.5 Sailplane, s/n 44, is being parted out. As a former
owner, I spent a large amount of time and money to try and repair and
restore the ship to new condition. Unfortunately, bonding problems in
the right wing proved intractable, and the restoration was abandoned
many years ago. I am now assisting the current lienholder in parting
out the aircraft. All original parts are available with the exception
of the horizontal tail, instruments, and the right hand wing "box".

Even if you have a perfect ship with no need for any repairs, you might
be interested to know that the project includes $8000.00 of new factory
spares for the restoration, purchased just prior to the factory being
sold. New parts include such items as an instrument panel, controls,
levers, bellcranks, handles, decals, wheel parts, bearings and
fasteners, which are very hard to come by. These parts, as well as the
entire original control system, have been stored separately in sealed
plastic bags indoors at room temp for the last 19 yrs. Also available
is an excellent original canopy in the frame and the Service Bulletin
#8 spar stub kit with the ONLY installation tool in existence! The
ship is stored in a rare original factory FFA aluminum enclosed
trailer, modified by Gerlien to be an exceptional light weight (1800lbs
loaded) design that has been towed rock steady behind a compact car at
90 mph.

Mike Malis
Days 661.572.5528
Evenings 661.284.6967