Hi Guy's
This is another one of Mark's restorations in Parafield Gardens. He is a continual buyer and rebuilder of SB's in Adelaide. Most of his machines are not original rather they are just built up from other machines so you'll never know if this machine left the factory in the same format as it's being sold in.
He just paints everything silver opposed to replating all the hardware and fixings.
One thing is assured is that the reels and bottom blades are of first class machining as he does use a reputable machinist.
Basically what you would be purchasing is a "John H Ellers" car as it was he that brought in "Production Line Reconditioning" and that's what you would be getting.
As far as cracked rails are concerned Mark won't let that slip through, so you can be assured that there are no issues there, but do remember you could restore one yourself at a far cheaper price than what's being asked as he is making a reasonable amount of profit out of it and that's what you could be saving.
Cheers,
BB