Don’t let anyone dissuade you about the airplane. Some Yahoos will tell you it has “This” and “That.” Heck, every machine has “This” and “That”. Mooneys are great aircraft. Make sure the engine was majored, and hopefully the aircraft was loved and had a hanger now and then. But it will all work out! God bless and enjoy!
Yes....I am a Bastard;-). I owned that craft for four years. Sold to an ANG pilot from Mountain Home Arkansas; duty station Ft. Smith. I know her damage history, and have a copy of the logs...until 2008.
She’s a great bird; 150 knots at 9gph. If I can get it for 40K I’ll probably put a zero time reman in. I won’t get my money back out of it, but it would last the rest of my flying life.