My interest starts to drop after the W123 body style, though they did make plenty of W123 wagons.

My plan was to stick to my 300SD but my dream car is a fintail wagon and I have been wanting one for years. I told myself that if I ever found one I could afford that I would buy it no matter what the condition.

I think the fact that I own my two dream cars is pretty amazing. There aren't any other cars in the world that I would want more than my two cars, except maybe for identical ones in better condition. I don't plan on selling either of my cars and intend to keep them for life.

If I have to transplant the wagon parts onto a less rusty sedan, so be it. I've done lots of things other people thought were impossible and it has been done before, both installing a turbo diesel engine into a W110/W111 (I've done it before in a 1967 230S) and transplanting the wagon-specific sheet metal onto a sedan (Bob Gunthorp did this from a 1967 230S wagon onto a 1961 220SE sedan).

My 200D is practically rust-free other than the taillight panel (which I would be cutting out), some firewall rust-through, and rusty rockers and floors, of which I already have a set of replacement rocker panels. So I might transplant the wagon sheet metal onto the 200D. Then again, I could make it into a W111 wagon if I found a W111 sedan...

Other than getting the proper welding equipment, knowledge, and practice, it's all time, and for the measly income I have, I come out ahead by doing things myself rather than paying someone else to do things.

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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles