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It is fascinating to see how people transform the old panels in our Mooney's through upgrades and new technology.  I thought it would be fun to create a thread where folks can post before, during, and after photos showing panel upgrades for folks to browse and consider the possibilities.  I'll start with this "back to the future" look where we took the 1967 original panel and upgraded it to a standard steam gauge six-pack, plus a WAAS/ADS-B and electronic engine monitor.  I hope others will post what they've done.  It will be fun to see the collection.

 

 

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rbridges
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Can I just post before during and after pics of my bank account?

Brian E.
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Before.  Certainly you'll note the RMI and state of the art LORAN.     During: After will be once the GFC 500 is installed!

StevenL757
StevenL757

My turn...All in all, 10 years' ownership and four phases of upgrades to get it where I want it.  Lots of work, but grateful and fortunate to be able to own and fly this thing.  The revised W&B gi

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1 hour ago, rbridges said:

Can I just post before during and after pics of my bank account?

That's funny - extra credit for the account that takes the biggest hit!   Also need a category "most bang for buck"!   Anyone removing glass and replacing it with steam gauges should be noted too.

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JimB Proficient

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I'll participate! 

Before

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Scary.......(just FYI, don't show your wife a picture of your aircraft like this....)

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Fitting new panel

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carusoam Grand Master

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Who said Mooneys run out of panel space?

They were’t wrong... they were just too early!

Brian has room for an inflight entertainment screen...

The Average color screen count is on the rise.

:)

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Before, during, after and a photo of most of the old wiring that was removed.  Some of this wiring were live wires that were not attached to anything!!!  Just added to as the years went on and never removed.

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On 1/9/2021 at 8:02 PM, Brian E. said:

Before.  Certainly you'll note the RMI and state of the art LORAN.

 

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During:

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After will be once the GFC 500 is installed!

This is one of the best examples of how the information density has changed over the years. 
 

from a fairly good panel of the 90’s to probably 3x the information in 60 percent of the space.  
 

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On 1/9/2021 at 5:02 PM, Brian E. said:

Before.  Certainly you'll note the RMI and state of the art LORAN.

 

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5569Q right panel.jpg

 

During:

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After will be once the GFC 500 is installed!

Probably one of my favorite panels. Simplicity.

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On 12/17/2020 at 6:01 PM, LANCECASPER said:

Before November 2015

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Then after mid 2018

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Now I’m having a new panel cut and a JPI-930 put in.

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More pics to come . . 

 

It's getting there . .  I should get it back this coming week

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