I believe the answers are no, and yes. In the earlier thread on this subject, somebody said that he lives in the upper midwest (Michigan?) and does resto work on 300SLs and stuff.
Take a look on this previous post. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19876 ................................................... Taildragger&fenderless
one of the great ones. thanks for not searching. got to down load all the pics. I really like that car.