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Slow fixing up of the old bird..

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Slow fixing up of the old bird..

Going to start a thread to help keep me motivated in fixing up the 172..

1969 172K, 4600TT, ~900 on zero time lycoming, 8x6 on mains, 7x6 on nose.

Had a tie-down break last year in a wind storm and rt wingtip hit the ground. Relatively small repair, and had them throw in a new headliner in the process. I started to catch back up with BCP, and flew to Couer d'Alene last Friday and got the Selkirk 1/4" foam insulation. Cleaned the old adhesive and primed the back part then glued in the pieces on insulation I have. Selkirk's pre-cut had a different config than my plane. I ordered a bunch more 1/4" to replace on the side panels. Ordered a sheet of 0.040" kydex to start replacing all the side panels. Upholstery shop is putting new headliner in Friday morning.

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Updating a few other pieces in the short term, but need to fly more...

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