Hi all, first post on here but I've been a lurker for awhile. I've got an early J model that landed gear up, acquired as salvage and I'm working with an I/A buddy to get it flying again. It needs lots of TLC but I enjoy a good project and have had a lot of fun with this so far - I enjoy working on airplanes almost as much as flying them. I'm a long time owner of a Cessna 140 so I have another way to get my flying fix in the meantime I've got most of the belly damage repaired and slowly putting stuff back together. Fabbed new skins and a couple belly formers. Still waiting on flap hinge stuff from Mooney. I'll attach a few pics, maybe start a bit of a project log as time allows.
My main reason for posting is I need replacement nose gear doors. I can get new ones from Mooney but before I do that, just thought I'd check once more to see if anyone here has some they want to let go of. It's $1300ish per door new from Mooney, which actually isn't too bad considering salvage places are asking $1000ish for old ones and I haven't been able to find any in stock. Also will need some kind of ADSB solution eventually, I am leaning towards a GTX335 or similar. I plan to keep the steam gauges but would like a simple GPS so a GNX375 is also a consideration. So if anyone is pulling something like that out of a panel, keep me in mind Ok, thanks for reading!
