Take the projects one at a time, believe me, thse are real keepers. So long as the engine hasn't grenaded and the doors arent rust buckets from the door handles down, you will make it.
Think of the safety, durability, reliability, comfort, class and exclusivity you have here. It could last you forever you know and once you run biodiesel you are way ahead of the rest of us
Look at all those Lebanese who dirve the 123 sedans to this day, those cars have been through TWO wars, 1980s and 2006 and the cars are still going.
If they can do it so can you.
Arriba Arriba W123 carajo!
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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...
1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)
2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd
Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp
1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k
2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive

(sold)