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I was chatting with the owner of N8427J, a 150G with the O-320, and he said his wings held 42 gallons of gas. I thought the long range tanks held 35. He said his airplane had "172 wings." What's up with that? He's asking 45K and it seems well equipped with avionics albeit not the latest. Here's his Craigslist add:
http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/rvs/1437459127.html

42 gallons and "172 wings" nonsense in my opinion. He might have Texas Long Ranger tanks (ACT now Del-Air) which are 40 gallons total, as compared to factory long range tanks which are 38 gallons total.

Like Royson said he may have the ACT or Del-Air tanks. Mine list quantity 20 each side and will hold that plus a tad more. Being an old hand at fuel Valve replacements and Gascolator draining my entire system will hold 43.1 Gallons. That is rocking the wings and using Wayne's stick to tap the fuel down. Useless number for me but nice to know.

132mph at 7gph? BULLSPIT.

My be Jeff, but it climbs at 2000 FPM - that is good, very good

Climb at 2000' / min. More bullspit.

Oh, it'll see 2000fpm here... in the winter. And light. I even see 1,000fpm. Just has to be around 0 degrees with a DA of -5,000'

And a 75 pound pilot.

Though I haven't looked closely, I *think* 172 wings will bolt up to a 150. The two share a lot of components - the tapered outboard section of the wings are the same (ailerons, wingtips, the tapered section itself). The biggest difference is the 172 has a longer straight section (between the strut and the fuselage).

But until now I've never heard of someone actually putting 172 wings on a 150.

I would like to see the paperwork for this.