Thanks, Jcyuhn. I wasn't seriously considering and ML... my friend mentioned them, possibly getting one for himself. The more I read about them on various sites and this one, the more red flags that hit me in the chops. We're very lucky living in Dallas. Always a huge lot of these discarded MBs to choose from

Kevin, man ..... what a post. Excellent info. I was driving home from work a few minutes ago when I pulled up next to and ML... I actually changed lanes to get away from it. Don't need any of that bad mojo rubbing of on my 960! Thanks for taking the time to write all of that up. So cool for us to hear the horror stories from a former company man that saw the customers/cars every day, and had to break a lot of bad news. You guys have convinced me that the '01-02 210s is the right move. I sent my wife the link to this thread and you had her cracking up..... "4 feet tall.." Greatness.

Post a pic of your Buick. I used to work for Year One in Atlanta (mid '90s) when we were still a small company. Love the 455 Buicks... Before this '73 convert, I had a '71 Boss 351 that I spent five years redoing and then sold. Awesome car. This one is more of a cruiser. Still trying to work out all the bugs (former show car). I converted it from ginger to white interior, and converted the 2v 351c to a 408c stroker/roller hydraulic cam motor. Once I get her dialed in, should be an easy 400 hp at the crank. Here are a few pix:









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