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AAI did a twin GE CTE43 conversation (it ruined the look and didn't really increase the real range much),it finally got certified in '86, just in time to be priced right out of the market. Doing another would require an ultra rare project friendly DER, not certain what the point would be,. If a person for afford the conversion, they could just pay the fuel bill of the second iteration of the jetstar. I'm with wita, put the money in making the panel new enough someone would trust the thing. I would be ok with the original stuff, YMMV. Weighing in @ #44M, she's really just a ever so slightly wider, though taller (more headroom), and heavier version of a Saberliner. Both have solid airframes designed, from a bygone era. A wealthy eccentric collector would be the talk on the ramp, but for that kind of money there are lots of other options. There is a converted and pressurized Lockheed PV-2 that a guy uses as his corporate airplane flying around the Continental US and Caribbean. Nothing turns the heads on the ground or even the air like something classic. I guess if your REALLY wealthy you could fly like the guy with red bull, he flys a nearly perfectly restored/maintained Connie. In style. But these kinda stunts are serious money projects. Both of these examples cost lots just to maintain and service. They both have dedicated staff doing so. Nothing makes more thousandaires out of millionaires than a big, heavy, older airplane used for personal transportation. Beats flying public.

I’m seeing the light. I think it is the same as lots of Lear jets sitting as silent monuments to jet engine cost, fuel, and maintenance. A lot easier and less costly to rehab an older recip.

Nothing makes more thousandaires out of millionaires than a big, heavy, older airplane used for personal transportation. Beats flying public.

Which is why it is all the rage right now to own a share of a private jet.