Rather than clutter another thread where this issue was tangentially discussed I thought I'd bring it up in a new post. I'm looking at a share in a 1972 Cherokee G model and one of my concerns were the tighter back seats of the older Cherokees. I currently fly a 1968 Cherokee 140 and the back seat is pretty darn tight. But the 72' 180 I looked at had what I thought was more room in the backseat than the 67' 140 that I fly. it also had a baggage door and baggage compartment which might be significant or not.
I always thought the entire Cherokee line was stretched in 1973 but the owner told me that the 72' was the first year of the stretch. While its not likely that I'll be sitting in the back seat I do want pax to be comfortable on longer XC trips.
So I did some research that has me a bit confused. As I said I thought the entire line was stretched in 73' but Wiki has some confusing info. It reports that indeed the Cherokee was stretched in 73' by 5 inches but then said the Arrow was stretched in 72' and then said later that the "Archer" was stretched in 72' but I thought the plane was not called the Archer until 74'.
Can anyone shed light on When or how often the Cherokee line ( in particular the Cherokee 180) was stretched and by how much? Was it stretched more than once?
I always thought the entire Cherokee line was stretched in 1973 but the owner told me that the 72' was the first year of the stretch. While its not likely that I'll be sitting in the back seat I do want pax to be comfortable on longer XC trips.
So I did some research that has me a bit confused. As I said I thought the entire line was stretched in 73' but Wiki has some confusing info. It reports that indeed the Cherokee was stretched in 73' by 5 inches but then said the Arrow was stretched in 72' and then said later that the "Archer" was stretched in 72' but I thought the plane was not called the Archer until 74'.
Can anyone shed light on When or how often the Cherokee line ( in particular the Cherokee 180) was stretched and by how much? Was it stretched more than once?
