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Well then,

 I guess this is where I'm going to talk about all the things I have done thus far with my 
 '74 AA-1B which after pre-buy was found to be just a bucket of fun.

 Here's the short list of all the things done to my first purchased aircraft. I will be adding pictures
 and storyline details sometime in the near future:

 * Paint Job (this was a planned item at purchase time):
    -> Delamination (minor, but required disassembly of A/C)
    -> Overhaul of prop (expected) found to be illegally modified (not expected) = new prop.
    -> Investigation of prop now deemed Spinner to be unusable (not expected) = new spinner.

 * Since we're doing the paint and the plane is disassembled, you may as well:
    -> Replace the Interior. It's out anyway! This really '''is''' a good idea when then plane is stripped out.
    -> Replace the glass. (old windsheild was 1/4" anyway - rear windows crazed)
    -> Install 3point Whelen strobe system and dump old rudder beacon. (saves 3amps!)
    -> Install fuel flow meter (EI FP-5L) - a pilot's best friend in an AA1 w/O320 conversion!
 
 * Unplanned surprises:
    -> 1000hr Engine was over 12yr inspection interval - thus needed an overhaul.
       I can't stress how important this point was on the prebuy that the inspector missed.
       It's nothing more than subtracting the year the engine was last overhauled from today
       coming to a difference and mentioning that to the owner.

       In the process of the overhaul:
       -> Mags were shot (have great pics of what bad mags look like. ;)
       -> 2 cylinder tested good compression, but deemed replaceable. So 4 new cylinders were installed.
       -> Followers were shot. - Upside to this whole overhaul was was: Crank/Cam cam back standard!

 * Additional Add-ons (after the everything was back to running):
    -> Custom Bow Mount for Garmin GPS296
    -> Connect GPS296 to Fuel Flow (EI FP-5L) for extra features.
    -> Casper Labs Spin-On Oil Filter
    -> Newer/Modernized Oil Pan Quick-Drain. 
    -> (2) New Scupper Drains for each wing.

 * Additional Repairs Since putting the plane back into service:
    -> Transponder to Encoder Cable replaced.
    -> Transponder re-aligned (not part of normal pitot/static check)
    -> Wiring cleanup from behind the panel. T'was messy back there!