Left Hand Fuselage Vent Opening

[Old Chub]

After looking on the internet (unless modified after production) it appears the 1968 C model (maybe E, F and G too) did not have a left hand fresh air intake just aft of the firewall.   Does anyone have a 1968 model short body with a fresh air intake vent on the left hand side?

I wonder why Mooney eliminated the intake vent for this one year as I found 1965 -1967 had one and 1969 on appears to have one.

 

 

[Utah20Gflyer]

I have a 68 G model and my plane does have a left hand air intake. 

[Ragsf15e]

My 68F does too.

[Shadrach]

67 F has one.

What’s weird is that most Cs have them but some don’t. Does not seem to track model year.

 

Vented 67

Vented 67

 

non vented 68

non vented 64

[Utah20Gflyer]

1 hour ago, Shadrach said:

67 F has one.

What’s weird is that most Cs have them but some don’t. Does not seem to track model year.

 

Vented 67

Vented 67

 

non vented 68

non vented 64

Was it a factory option perhaps?

[Shadrach]

2 hours ago, Utah20Gflyer said:

Was it a factory option perhaps?

Looks that way. I would miss it in the summer time. I have to believe the designer intentionally positioned it so that it generates max airflow right up the left leg of the pilot’s shorts.  I have flown a number of GA aircraft but Mooney is the only make that I have flown with “ball conditioning”.

[0TreeLemur]

1 hour ago, Shadrach said:

Looks that way. I would miss it in the summer time. I have to believe the designer intentionally positioned it so that it generate max airflow right up the left leg of he pilot’s shorts.  I have flown a number of GA aircraft but Mooney is the only make that  I have flown with “ball conditioning”.

I call it the "ball cooler".