You don't want a 124 car! No style or chrome...boooring. Pre-unification MB's are where the fun is.
For $8k you can pick up two NICE 123 cars. That's the ticket.

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E