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I agree! This is really cool! Mechanic prebuy inspections will save you a lot of grief and money. Another way to save is to get in contact with a 150 club member to look at a 150 you are interested in...it won't cost any money and there is a chance a 150 club member may find something that is a deal breaker before you spend the money on a prebuy...if a club member thinks its a good deal then your money spent on a prebuy is money well spent. Another item to consider that is Huge is corrosion....one of my friends bought a "beautiful" appearing 150 a few years ago....the paint was really nice. He flew it home and then discovered really bad internal corrosion in the fuselage spar carry thru....it was so bad, the cost of repair exceeded the value of the airplane....I think Jim has a similar experience and it was so bad he donated it to a mechanics school.

Hey also welcome to the club!

You will find many helpful friends here....reminds me...I live in AZ and last summer found a 64E in Lenoir, NC about 80 miles from my Mom's home. I talked to Greame Smith, 150 club member from RI and he said he was going to the Flyin at Cleveland, SC I think about 70 miles from there and he said he could meet me when I saw my Mom in August...it was so cool talking to Graeme when I got there and he said his 150 was blue and white and I looked up and there it was! We looked at the 150 and I was impressed....but my eyes were so big and I totally missed the repair patches that Graeme pointed out to me. He warned me about getting emotionally excited about getting a 150. That's what is good about having a totally disinterested 3rd party set of eyes to look at what you are looking at.

Good luck!