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Last October I bought a Cessna 182R 1981. I was lucky enough it came with a hangar. The plane was generally in good flying condition, though the paint was and still is in bad shape. I tracked all my expenses for the first year. I know this is generally something people are looking for...
First Year of Ownership - Cost of a Cessna 182 - Pilots of America
I would have dumped the old cessna switches for something else and made sure there was room for extra ones. I'm sure we could have used a larger font, but I'm pretty happy with the font size in person. While this was happening the interior was out. I started to go down the path of replacing interior parts as well.
In earlier years, when the fairings were "optional at extra cost" equipment, Cessna manuals had a footnote on the performance charts about deducting 'x' knots if fairings not installed; I don't see such a footnote in the 172N manual. Assuming an "average" 172N, I'd guess about 115 KTAS with full fairings and 110 without. YMMV. 4.
The model year is not indicated for Cessna single-engine models; after the model number prefix the numbers are sequential (with some exceptions, as noted below, and don't necessarily start at '1').
Cessna 150's had a 69" prop to allow for more RPM and more ground clearance. My 48 model with rag wings and the C90 cruised true airspeed at 94 knots (108mph). The seat back had 3 or 4 slots to adjust it forward and back but the bottom cushion was fixed which I believe came from the factory that way.