Mooney 201 (1978)
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This interior is done in a light taupe colored leather with an
accent fabric and light tan carpeting. This is one of the most popular
seat designs, with customers most often choosing two different colored
leathers. In this case the customer chose an accent fabric that
contains the navy blue of the exterior and the light tan of the
carpeting and exterior, tying the exterior and interior together
nicely.
Other examples of this seat design with different leather and color
choices are the 1979
Mooney 201, and the 1968
Mooney Executive.
You can see this airplane be transformed from what it looked like
with its original, worn out interior, through the renewing process
to the completed new interior by checking out the description
of the process page.
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Here is a good view of the front seats showing how the accent was
also used on the insets of the side panels. On the far wall is a pocket
for checklists with a couple of pencil loops sewn in. |
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In conjunction with the interior installation, new rear seats
were installed in this airplane, in this case, from a 1968 Executive
(FAA form 337 required). The original airplane had a rear bench
style seat. The new individual rear seats recline to three different
positions, fold forward or come completely out in about 30 seconds.
This owner also wanted rear headrests installed to help create
a natural barrier between the cabin and the baggage area.
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Here one of the rear seats is removed showing the additional space
that is available with this optional configuration. There are a
couple of different modifications available based on the availability
of parts. This owner has only one child so they travel with 3 seats
much of the time to give them flexibility in loading.
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| This shows the rear seat area with both seats removed. This leaves
a very large area in which to carry things like camping gear, golf
clubs and other bulky items. The seats come completely out of the
airplane in about 30 seconds. |
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Here is the baggage area. Note that Lynn used carpeting on the
backs of the rear seats in this application because the seats can
fold forward. This gives a more durable surface on which to load
things. Also note the matching cargo tie downs. The old ones were
black and worn after 22 years.
Some owners have even said that, after Lynn gets done with it,
the baggage area looks too nice to cover up with baggage!
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