I don’t know the cut off, but I thought the first 9000 series cars had a recall (at the owner’s expense). The coachbuilder was Maggioria, or something like that. There is information about this on this site.
Might want to check on this, and be sure...
(Sure that I’m not leading you on a wild goose chase, sure that this car was not affected, and if it was, sure that it was handled correctly and that the car was upgraded.)
Rocky
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