New Sky-Tec lightweight starter conversion (replaced pull to start handle)
New Plane Power lightweight alternator
New Gascolator (Steve’s Aircraft in OR)
Carburetor - Overhauled and updated model
Cessna 140A engine mount (per STC)
Overhauled Magnetos
New Plugs and Plug Wires
Exhaust system repaired (exhaust tube are properly centered in cowling exit holes)
Airbox and baffles repaired
Recent battery replacement
Interior
New interior by Lorraine Morris - Gray vinyl seats with gray side panels and carpet. All in excellent condition. Rated 9 out of 10.
Exterior
Overall bright white with red major accent and gray minor accent in very good condition. Rated 8.6 out of 10.
Remarks
Complete logs. No hail. No damage history. No corrosion. A very good fun version of a 150 with the excitement and challenge of a taildragger.
Owner Notes:
This aircraft was purchased for my wife to learn to fly and to be her personal aircraft. She did get her license in a different tail wheel aircraft and didn’t fly this one.
No expense was spared in preparing this aircraft for the mission.
David Lowe is the STC holder for the tailwheel conversion for early C150 aircraft. His STC uses all Cessna parts and effectively returns the fuselage to a C140A, whilst retaining the larger O-200A engine and amazing flaps of the C150.
The aircraft was purchased at Skywagons. It was ferried to Kentucky, where David Lowe is based, for extensive upgrades. The STC conversion is fully documented in a binder and featured upgrades to main gear box, belly skins (correct thickness for moving the gear to the proper location), door post upgrades, new tail cone (to undo the previous tailwheel installation and to facilitate C140 tailwheel with factory parts), long range patroller tanks in factory jigs, per plans patroller doors, v-strut, new interior installation, panel upgrades, new engine mount (per STC), lightweight starter and alternator, additional original panel pull switches and LED lighting,
David re-rigged the airplane and I flew with him for an afternoon. It flies really well and he is happy with how the project turned out. The aircraft was ferried back to California.
Radios in older aircraft can be a mixed bag. I wanted to ensure the radio worked perfectly so I had a completely new system installed. New wires from GA and LEMO plugs to new radio harness to new Garmin COM to new RG400 cable to a new antenna. The entire signal path is all new so you can push the transmit button on the yokes with confidence, hear ATC clearly and conveniently pick up ATIS with the monitor function. Radio and transponder displays are matched - both are white on black display for high legibility.
The Patroller doors are wonderful to fly with as they provide an unobstructed view of the ground for the pilots. For example, you can watch the wheel touch if you’re not the pilot flying.
The Patroller tanks allow for long range flights and/or the ability to operate from fields which don’t offer fuel.
The panel was refreshed in 2026 and comes with a fresh annual.
ATC will frequently identify this as a Skywagon on the ground. I tend not to correct them as the silhouette with the square tail looks more like a C180 than a C150.
The aircraft draws attention wherever it goes. People wave, want to know what it is, ask for rides and so on. Kids love the ability to see out with the Patroller doors and the individual seats with extended rails allow you to position the seat where you need it.
