Dave
There was no such thing as a standard 212, especially buying used. We had one being flown by an experienced Pilot, who said the tail controls were too stiff. When we opened it up, we found the Automatic Flight Control SI, which nobody had seen before.
Pictured is a typical purchase, this aircraft first went through Redhill, being converted to a water bomber, on its way to Australia.
A couple of years later, I got a phone call saying, "can you go to Fairbanks California to look at a 212", I said "you bet give me 10 minutes to pack". I went to get a ticket, and found that actually Fairbanks was in Alaska, and this was January.
The Aircraft was typical used, so it was purchased, on the way back I stopped at vancouver to look at a 61, which the company did not buy. However it introduced me to the delights of vancouver, and we have been going back there on holiday ever since.