It can be difficult to come up with the money at your age W123Fanman. Hey, we were all 15 once upon a time and you have a good dream plan there. It is complicated by the transportation problem also. I would work with your parents on this one if I were you. It does look like a good body, though I see all the padding has fallen out of the rear seat cushion - pretty common on those cars. 300D turbo would be nice, but you would need a different exhaust system also. The oil filter problem needs to be addressed, though with a bit of thoughtful machine shop work a plate could be made to shut up the old mount and move the filter system elsewhere and probably mount the nipples for the cooler hoses right off that plate. But money and transportation problems must be resolved before you can proceed. Work on it!

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