Any car built today is leaps and bounds safer then 20 year old designs.

You should not have to pay a penny to fix that spring perch. I would be on the phone to MB of North America.

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1969 280SE
2027 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200
1988 Egg Harbor 37
1981 Boston Whaler 17