Rear control arm mount rust on w124 common?
 

I've found structural rust on my w124 that is pretty bad that I won't drive the car over 65 and I avoid potholes. It isn't my daily driver anyway with its many issues (mostly deferred maintenance, drive the hell out of it and turn the radio up). Has anyone else experienced this? The car looks like its been driven in salt and never cleaned or spent its time down by the beach. I'm going to fix it, but its way out of my league being its structural repair not like a rocker rot or something else. I'm sure it'll be about a 1k or 1500 alone for the repair.

Got any pictures?

Assuming the rust isn't isolated to the replaceable subframe, around here, $1000-1500 will buy you a decent 124 driver that failed smog. It might be sunburned but it won't have a lick of rust.

If you'd rather paint than weld - https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/5987105643.html

High miles but looks plug-n-play - https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/6005479957.html

If you can trailer it across the country - https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/6009604198.html

Consider options that keep the project in your wheelhouse.

ps I mean a parts car or a host for your 2.5 engine, not that you should go gasser.

Sixto
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