I still kick myself for not buying an aircraft fuselage from a salvage yard
that was exactly like my C-172 airplane, same year, same color...back around
1980.

It had been in a landing accident which only bent the front nose strut. The
rest of the airplane was like new. It was only missing the engine and had a
bent firewall.

Back then I could have purchased it for a fraction of what it is worth in
parts today and I would have had direct replacements for brakes, interior,
baggage door, windshield, wingtips, panel, you name it and I would only have
to go to the garage to find a part.

John