Looks to me like you STOLE that car for the price you paid. The 116 Diesel is probly the scarcest and one of the best ballanced that MB ever built. It will handle like a sports car. 116 ball joint suspension is comparable to the 123 but with chunkier components and different geometry (zero offset i've heard), originally developed in 1973 and then miniaturized and scaled down a bit for the 123 circa 1977. I would say that all 116 Diesels are keepers and worth restoring.