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Prospective M20F buyer

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I think I already know the answer - but I've always had this impulse purchase thing that has bit me in the past.   I'm close to getting my private ticket, and am all jazzed about owning a plane, done all the research on insurance, hanger, ongoing maint etc.  I want to purchase something that will fill my current capabilities and satisfy my future dreams (read speed and cross country)  so I've decided on the Mooney over an Arrow.


Question is - is a '67 M20F without gps  2100 tttaf and 400 tsmoh worth 34K  8 on paint and 3 on interior?

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Question is - is a '67 M20F without gps  2100 tttaf and 400 tsmoh worth 34K  8 on paint and 3 on interior?

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If it's in good mechanical condition (no corrosion, for example), I'd say it sounds like a really good price.  I'd want to have an experienced Mooney mechanic take a look at it, though, to make sure it really is in good mechanical condition.

  • 5 months later...
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Just to update...  I had the plane checked out - it had a weep on the left wing tank as well as some other age related things that I thought needed attention (mostly interior related - the defroster tubes were circa 67 etc..)


The sequence of events - 


Purchase my new (to me) Mooney  Pull the interior and steam clean - for those of you contemplating an interior change - youd be amazed how things brighten up with a bit of elbow grease.   Got the left tank resealed.  Pull the loran and put in a used (free) king 90b vfr only for now. 


Get my PPL in a 172


Plan and fly my first cross country from Texas to Oshkosh (my instructor wanted to go - and I figured that would knock out the dual I needed for insurance)


Spend a lot of time looking at the sky waiting for the next majic carpet ride.  Going to start my IFR training soon !!!


I can say that all the hesitations about getting into a Mooney are pretty much bunk - the difference of my F compared to the cessnas and pipers I've flown is huge - it is such a stable plane, and lands like a dream .  


110 hours to date with 30 in my baby...     


 

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Glad to here another learning how great a mooney is...


Wish I could make it to Oshkosh but its a bit far, and I can't take that much time off...


 


Maybe we need a AK mooney fly in!

  • 2 weeks later...
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MARZ

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Quote: DaV8or

After you posted this, I realized that I had seen your plane at Oshkosh and even took a picture of you taxiing it in. However, I just spend about an hour pouring over hard drives and can't find it anywhere. I am baffled because I took two or three pictures of Mooneys that I could actually find there. How was flying in?

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