Looking for a good 201

[AustinChurch]

When I bought my 201 Missile, I had been looking at SR22s.  I called a buddy of mine who owns a Mooney/Cirrus dealership/maintenance shop and he suggested going with the Mooney.  He based his statement on the maintenance costs and airframe issues he sees with the Cirrus versus the Mooney.  I'm not berating Cirrus, just stating that newer isn't always better.

[jetdriven]

Parker, we ended up buying N201EQ and it is in Houston now.  Damage history yes, but 10 years ago and it has flown 1200 hours since then.

Quote: Parker_Woodruff

Or buy something really cheap and make it how you want it for a total of $90,000.  This one is in my backyard if you want me to go take a look for you.

Ditch the entire panel for a couple grand, buy yourself a 430W, SL30, and PMA8000B audio panel.  Everything will be new, under warranty, and the 1977 models have a nice useful load.

http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/MOONEY-M20J-201/1977-MOONEY-M20J-201/1183911.htm?dlr=1

If purchased correctly, I think you could have a really nice plane for $80,000.  Need to check what the fuel bladders did to fuel capacity, though.

Texas is a good place to buy a Mooney...good MSCs for prebuy and all the support you could need.  Get the prebuy at Don Maxwell or Dugosh with seller paying airworthiness squawks, you paying the base labor.

PS...As you can tell, I like to take a plane and make it EXACTLY how I want it.

[jetdriven]