Y E S !Read and heed what Niall and Bill said.
Everything checked out on Mary Lou on my pre-buy. She came out of North Carolina... no major issues.
First annual compressions went from the 70's to 13 in one cylinder.

A complete $5500 top overhaul later at her first annual in my care things were good.
Hey... i was new, it was my first time buying a bird and I knew NOTHING about the existence of the Club. I figured if they were an A & P/IA, things would be straight up and square.