DMEarc,
I'm curious... what a/c type were you originally intending to purchase? And What was wrong with it? Guessing that there was serious corrosion.
Finners - it was a C172, cheap enough to fit the avionics I wanted. Purely interested in it because of price, rather than actual specific preference.
I'd suggest you consider paying for an aircraft with all the avionics you want already installed. I put significant amounts of cash into an major avionics fit on my last aircraft I owned (in the States) and I would have come out way ahead buying a good example with what i wanted already installed.
-Jason
DMEarc, I have a G-reg aircraft with all the kit you want that fits both your budget and your mission profile, which I may be selling fairly soon, though not right now. You can write to me at: anton at my username dot com.