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Originally Posted by JamesDean
Hmmmm I wonder how salvageable this situation is.
I would put it up on a rack and just rip off all the undercoating in that area and see whats going on. I'd put on new sills and fix whatever else.
Alas, I do not have a lift.
Ideally...I would find a nice healthy SWB W126 with bum motor/trans and dump the 300SD's drive train into it. Both this SD's engine and transmission are in quite good shape. I just dumped like $600-800 into new motor mount, turbo rebuilt, intake/exhaust reseal, oil pan reseal, turbo drain tube replacement, new valve cover gasket, upgraded alternator/wiring, and a freshly tested and balanced set of injectors.
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I have a running driving 420SEL in good shape with an engine that needs a timing chain and guides soon (or to be swapped to diesel  ) Virtually no rust on the car, and it still drives fine. Its for sale cheap!
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