How pilots get Bug parts!

Well, I had been working on a deal for several days to get the replacement pan area and jack point I needed to fix my pan.  I found one online for the driver's side pan that would work for my passenger side pan fixes.  It is original, german metal, and in decent shape.  Using original stuff is so much better for a variety of reasons.

It was in southern California and realized we had an airplane trip there later in the week.  I convinced the buyer to drive 90 miles round trip to drop the pan off at the FBO and picked it up on our empty leg back to Vegas yesterday.  I wrapped the "new" pan in some canvas and shipped it out VIP style.

I need to get the area sandblasted and then will start working on getting the area patched on my pans.