Before-During-After Panel Upgrade Thread

[0TreeLemur]

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.

 

 

[rbridges]

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

[0TreeLemur]

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.

[PJClark]

Out of order but there you have it!

[JimB]

I'll participate! 

Before

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

Fitting new panel

After...

Edited December 17, 2020 by JimB

[Yetti]

More of a before, during during

[LANCECASPER]

Before November 2015

 

Then after mid 2018

 

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

More pics to come . . 

 

[flyboy0681]

Here's my contribution to this thread. Before, during and after.

[bob865]

My Turn.

Before....

 

During...

 

After:

 

[Brian E.]

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

 

 

During:

After will be once the GFC 500 is installed!

[carusoam]

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.

-a-

[Greg Ellis]

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.

[bavareze]

It's funny how $15k in avionics upgrades cant make a $300 ipad feel useless....

 

 

[81X]

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

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

 

 

During:

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.  
 

[squeaky.stow]

Before

[squeaky.stow]

After

[Niko182]

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

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

 

 

During:

After will be once the GFC 500 is installed!

Probably one of my favorite panels. Simplicity.

[LANCECASPER]

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

Before November 2015

 

Then after mid 2018

 

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

More pics to come . . 

 

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

[Davidv]

[Joe Zuffoletto]

This is an upgrade I performed on my 1998 Encore back in 2010.

Before:

During:

After:

 

 

Edited January 24, 2021 by Joe Zuffoletto

[flyboy0681]

No matter how radical the change, the King autopilots always stay in their original position.

[dkane1]

My 1999 Ovation upgrade, just finished.  Very blessed!

Before:  

During:

 

After:

 

 

[Brian E.]

10 minutes ago, dkane1 said:

My 1999 Ovation upgrade, just finished.  Very blessed!

Yes you are--very nice!

[StevenL757]

44 minutes ago, Brian E. said:

Yes you are--very nice!

Very impressive.

[Marauder]

2001

2013

2017

2021?

"Now I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the avionic shop could bring?"