original 1967 invoice

[podair]

Last week we had TurboExec's wonderful timecapsule with his mint condition M20E, today I found my 1967 M20F 's original invoice in (one of!) the pile of documents I got from OY-DFD's previous owner. OY-DFD is a 1967 M20F imported new into Denmark in 1967 and still under its original registration, but I fly mainly out of the UK, having bought the aircraft 18 mths ago.

The June 1967 invoice issued by Mooney's distributor in Europe at the time (Air Aviation SA in Geneva) to the first owner in Copenhagen reads as follows:

Mooney Executive standard $21,995

operational group $3,350

Brittain Group III autopilot with altitude hold $3,308

Altimeter conversion, all weather ADF set, set of head rests $50

King KMA-12 marker beacon console

Ferry costs $2500

 

The avionics have been upgraded since, but sadly I seem to have lost altitude hold in the process! I now have an STEC 40.

I also have a photo of OY-DFD parked at Gatwick airport in 1969, today one of the largest airports in the UK and certainly not accessible by GA. The cars parked behind it made me wonder whether I d embark on the same trips as I do with the aircraft with these cars! (weekly trips across the channel to France).

Any ideas what the options and operational group details were at the time?

 

 

 

[KSMooniac]

Nice find!  I also have the original bill of sale from Mooney to Willmar for my plane, who then sold it to the original owner in Wisconsin. 

What I find most remarkable is the cost of the autopilot relative to the rest of the cost of the plane!  ~15%...wow.