Just a heads up. I thought the same way about the guys I bought the Champ from in April. They were much less than honest, especially the one that did the work and annual on the plane who is a captain for Southwest AND a CFI.
Pete
I feel ya.
"She's a solid airplane. I'd have no reservations flying her anywhere myself." Direct quote to me in a phone call from the seller's A&P that
did the annual pencil-whipped the annual when I bought my 150.