Ryan:
If this is an authorized TriStar dealer, and the price is good, then you might consider it, but you're right, a new MG series machine will never have the character of the older ones.
Below is a photo of my CXL after restoration, just to give you a look at all that beige-and-black CXL goodness at its best. An MG series machine is a nice vac, but it ain't a CXL....
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