I have a 83 300D and I have a guy wanting to sell me a 80 300D. What are the differences. Would any of the body parts exchange. I know the main difference is that the 83 engine is Turbo Charged and the 80 is not, but I suspect the base engine to be the same. How about the transmission?

I'm going to go look at this car (80 300D) tomorrow and I would like a good idea what I can and cannot use off of it.

It's really nice to have a place to go as informative as this site and I for one appreciate it.

Bill

Anybody know the differences between the 80 300D and the 83 300D? Can the 80 be used for parts for the 83?

I going to go look at this 80 300D this afternoon and I'm hoping that someone would be able to shed some light.

The body parts are mostly the same.

The engines are significantly different - enough that you would only want to use very minor things. The turbo engine was strengthened a lot in the internals to take the stress of producing extra horsepower.

Not sure about the transmission.

The seats could possibly be a slightly different style, but would still bolt into your turbo.

Ken300D

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