From several posters you got the sense that if something "smells" wrong you walk. Learn to develop and TRUST this instinct. You just proved yourself that there are planes as close as your own neighborhood for sale.
While we were looking for ours, we walked from seemingly fine airplanes because something smelled wrong. There were always more to look at.
I especially like Stephen's idea of having a non-emotional buying buddy there with you to point out all the flaws. I am amazed at the hangar rash on our plane that we never saw during the negotiating process. And there were lots of things we didn't catch that someone else might, such as end play on the crankshaft, loose bearings on the horizontal elevator, loose thru bolt on the cylinder (I know guys, you've heard this before) and these are all things I now know to check for. Get yourself a good, recommended mechanic, sounds like your going to need one soon!
BTW, I found a couple of 67 G's that sound like a more reasonable deal than this one, and one is below 20k! I recommend you stick w/ 67 or newer models as you intend to fly with your wife and that's the year they increased the cabin width slightly. HTH.
