Hi
The Cessna's at EFT belong (I just found out this morning because it came in my info pack!) to Ari-Ben Aviator.
According to my letter, they have six of them, but I'm not sure how old they are, however, I have read here that they are well maintained.
With regards to a good Cessna 172 checklist, I think Jeremy Pratt wrote one, and you can get it in the AFE website
www.afeonline.com and that's about as far as I dare go, because I'm not sure you can 'advertise' here on the forum and I'm also not sure of what constitutes 'advertising' as opposed to 'recommending' a product.
anyway, good luck with your training.
Wayne