Even if the cause of the broken camshaft wasn't due to valves hitting pistons I bet they did right after the camshaft broke.

If you want to repair this it is a head off job - you have to check the valves for straightness among other things...

If you want the less rusty car to run again I'd be just swapping the OM617 in there.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!