I thought I'd share my winter project. I bought a 180J, 2376 TT w/factory float kit in April last year. The paint was 39 years old with alot of sun damage. Plane spent all its's life in Madras, OR, great dry weather but sat out alot in the hot sun in the summer.

The interior was completly original (as well as the airframe) only STC was auto fuel. I'm adding New windscreen,BAS shoulder harness, BAS handles, Kenmore GW increase, Garmin 400W,new paint, new interior including headliner (found 8 dead mice up there), SCS vinyl floor & mats.

My wife knows about most this stuff Hopefully she'll just notice how nice it looks..


Project begins.


No turning back



Apply stripper, pressure wash and repeat 3 times!



Painting begins!



Moment of truth. Will the vision in my head be a night mare or exactly what I want....

Love it

This forum has gone Skywagon crazy!!

Oh keep it coming man, keep it coming....

Love the project posts

Yep,the year of the Wagon for sure
Love this stuff,keep it coming.

Fly safe,
Chuck

Decided to change the 39 year old fuel cell's since the wings were off.



It's good to have long arms to reach all the snaps & buttons!



Out with the old



Gained 3lb per side with 2 ply cells ....

Wings went back to paint shop. Hopefully painted by the end of next week.

My painter was able to finish up some other projects and spent the last week on my 180. Need to wait about a week for the clear coat cures, and then the fun begins!

Wow! Can't wait to see it put together. Beautiful.

Made a little progress this afternoon. I'm afraid this is going take forever...

Sharp looking 180!

Thanks MM. Was able to spend some time at the hangar this evening. It's starting to look like a 180!

That thing is lookin' sick!!!!

Made some more progress tonight.

The wings are next!

I think that was Ron O. old plane eh?

I think that was Ron O. old plane eh?

Yes it was.

Nice looking paint scheme!

Beautiful job!! You are going to have some serious fun showing this one off, please keep us posted on progress

Had a good week. Reinstalled the flap handle, replaced wheel bearings & races, installed BAS shoulder harness brackets and bolted the wings on!

I was able hang and rig the flaps, hang the ailerons, install the tail cone and rear position light. The plan for next week is rig the ailerons, install wing tips, hang the prop and install GPS antenna. The parts bench is starting to look bare!