Cleaned her up and this is how she repays me.....

[Hank]

10 hours ago, Skates97 said:

. . . if I sold in the future . . .

That's the right attitude!

But if you're redoing the panel / interior anyway, I'd think about going T-P-M. I avoided colors here because my Mixture is, of course, red, but the other two are black.

[1964-M20E]

Yeah recently got checked out in a 172XP 195HP with CS prop.

 

I was constantly adjusting the mixture when I was wanting to adjust the prop.  It didn't take long to get used to the different layout.  The instructor corrected me a few times and I told him that my Mooney it was just the opposite and that the Cessna had the layout wrong.

[DXB]

When I installed a new panel, I replaced my 48 year old original throttle cable, since it had to be fully removed anyway during the process, and it's the most critical of the 3 cables. The mixture and prop didn't have to be fully removed, so I kept them.  Plus they were a youthful 40 years old - yikes I probably should have replaced also .  I did swap them to the more conventional positions and later painted the center buttons to the standard colors.  I really like them this way - it feels more intuitive.  They will get changed too at the next overhaul.