I paid $100 for my TD almost 3 years ago and have done nothing to it but change the fluids and drive it. It'll need brakes soon and it needs a couple glowplugs. There are a few rust issues that need to be addressed in the near future but it's by no means a rust bucket. I've only put a few thousand miles on it so far since it's a play car, currently just shy of 107,000.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)