Interior Refurb Complete!

Jay said:
Buy food over the slow winter months! ;-)

I guess I shouldn't complain about the cold weather here in El Segundo
California (temps Hi: 70, Low: 56).
This morning I was feeling very cold and could see my breath, it was 61
degrees.

But when I look at Iowa City weather (Hi: 44, Low: 29) it doesn't compare.

As I here it , "It is never too cold, your just not dressed warmly enough".

Glad to hear about your new aircraft interior.

When I checked into replacing an armrest on my C-172 I was quoted $100-200
from a Cessna dealer and it was unpainted. That was
as far as I got on my interior remodeling. I paid around $200 for a vacuum
pump that failed instead and there went my budget.

John

But when I look at Iowa City weather (Hi: 44, Low: 29) it doesn't compare.

Bah. It was 16 degrees here yesterday. 29, indeed! :-)

Now today it was supposed to snow/rain, and gradually warm up. Instead
there's not a cloud in the sky -- perfect flying weather!

When I checked into replacing an armrest on my C-172 I was quoted $100-200
from a Cessna dealer and it was unpainted.

Rule #1: NEVER go to a Cessna parts dealer for stuff like that. Check with
Wentworth salvage yard -- they've probably got 200 armrests sitting on a
shelf -- most likely in your color -- for (relative) peanuts!

Also, you can have them repainted/reupholstered/repaired for next to
nothing.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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