[RegulatorCountry]

Those SM coupes were great, the Maserati engine had issues with the timing chain that were very expensive as I recall.

First one I ever saw in person was owned and driven by Burt Reynolds. He apparently fell in love with the Transylvania County/Jackson County, North Carolina area while filming a rather infamous movie in the vicinity (the stereotypes perpetuated and magnified by which they’re still living down, lol) and built a home on a mountaintop there, named it World’s End or something like that.

[Seven plus One]

The wipers, windows, etc on the SM (I am afraid to imagine what the etc. could be) are hydraulically operated. The hydraulic fluid is the engine oil. The consequences of a leak on the way to a remote mountain home could be pretty expensive. That someone still drives a '73 (pretty often, too) is amazing. Detailed, frequent, and thorough maintanance is vital.