good find. i see nothing wrong with parting a rust-bucket car. if it's that rusty on the lower portion there are likely to be some structural rust issues, like the steering pivot mount or subframe pickup points.

it will be awesome for you to have a complete matching parts car, that's rare for sure when you have an '87 TD. it's all most people can do to find one car to drive, let alone a complete parts car. if you're handy that will make it easy to keep your driver on the road almost indefinitely. if it were my project i would do as much testing on the engine now while it's complete and running, that should give you a good idea of the condition.

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