The Land Lord at my shop has a 1978 240D manual with 180,000 miles on it. The body is very good with only a small spot of rust on the front where a rock may have hit it, the interior looks good with small cracks on the dash, has manual windows. There is one hub cap missing. I have not heard the engine run but he says it does run, I think he said it has been sitting at least 5 years maybe more. He is going to try to get it running so I can test drive it. He is the original owner, said he used to buy one every two years. I was wondering what kind of problems there would be after sitting for so long and would like to get some forum users opinions of its value based on a decent running of the engine, if it turns out it runs fairly well, and if it would be worth the time and money for the manual trans.

Thanks
Chris