Years ago the husband of a friend of my wife asked if I would help him rebuild/ restore his Opel GT. I always thought they were interesting cars and I agreed to have a look.
The guy was CHEAP. He wanted me to "rebuild" the engine by reusing all the parts in the engine, including rings and gaskets. he had some surplus used parts so i could pick the best available used parts. But he did not see the need to even buy a gasket set.

I beat a hasty retreat.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags