Mine was bought from my grandfather who was the original owner.
He put ~250K on it, and had gobs of service records (all blank as the carbonless paper is wont to do).
Fortunately the shop he has gone to for the last 15 years still is in business and covers me on jobs I can't handle myself. Good relationship, as they agree with me the car has issues that are quite fixable (and worth it if you do it yourself) but not worth fixing at shop rates. I'll be pulling my rear half axles and driving them in late Feb, where they will inspect and rebuild as appropriate (since they have the tools and such).
-nB

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'83 300D Turbo
Current: ???K mi - 19.2mpg -> 17.4mpg -> 22.9mpg ---> ODO Died
bought at: 233.8K mi - 10MPG For $1.00
3.5 cylinders work: 320 320 100 340 280
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