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M20F-1968

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  1. My airplane was in the Dallas area for 26 years in a hangar in pieces.  A local salvage yard knew I was doing the restoration and called me when they got a 1998 Ovation in after a crash.  The plane had 400 hours TT.  They asked me if I wanted any parts,  thus the birth of the M20F/Ovation model that nver made it to production:P

    Everything about the interior has been custom fitted, mostly by me, to fit the 1968 F model.  Fiberglass can be freely and easily remodeled and the Ovation interior parts are fiberglass, not Royalite or plastic (which you can not work with much in the way of modifications).  The interior passenger door panel was made to match the rounded window we placed in the F model door.  Interior parts such as the nose gear wheel-well cover which you can not get any more (nor did I want to copy the original) were made from scratch as a free-hand fiberglass lay-up.   The lower side panel were shortened, and the fiberglass areas made to receive the window pillars were cut out and relocated within the panel.   The window pillar next to the pilot's head, and the corresponding window pillar on the right side are in the proper position as all the Mooneys are essentially the same size and location in the pilot and co-pilot areas.

    If you are interested in doing something similar, you can find modern interior parts in the salvage yards.  I have the left and right ceiling panels left over from my rebuild (as I bought them before I got my hands on the 1998 Ovation).  I would be willing to sell them if you would like to move in that direction.

    John Breda

     

  2. Finished Panel

    G600

    GTN 750

    GTN 650

    S-TEC 60-2 with Altitude preselector

    Garmin 327ES (ADSB-out)

    GDL-69

    Ryan TCAD

    WX-500 storm scope

    Mooney O2 system (From Ovation)

    Shadin Fuel flow

    Shadin MS-2000 Altitude alerter

    Proscan Alerter

    P2 Gear Warning System

    Back-up instruments as shown

    Artex ME406 ELT

    PS Engineering PXE-7300

  3. I bought an interior from a 1998 Ovation and did the fiberglass work myself to shorten the panels and fit them into the F model.  It was actually not that difficult as fiberglass is pretty easy to work with.  Some Ovation brackets were installed to attach the headliner for the baggage compartment.  Brian Kendrick assisted with that.  The side panels are covered in leather and the headliner Eurostretch.  Given the options for an interior for the older planes, this seems to be the best option.  The end result is clean and simple.

     

    John Breda

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