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Originally Posted by uberwasser
The car is really pretty.
Search it with a fine tooth combo for rust. If you don't find any, and especially if you can do a compression test and confirm the engine is in decent health, I'd pull the trigger without much hesitation. If it were me. I feel like most of those mechanical issues are going to prove relatively simple, from my personal experience. What is not so simple is trying to return these cars to being so pretty when they've been left to rust, sun bake, etc.
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Yeah, an OK paint job would be an easy $3K. Yes, I am having mine painted now. Long story, won't go into it. I'd rather deal with mechanical than body paint work. The interior looks great too. Mine didn't look good when I bought it. But I cleaned it. A lot of grunge, deep in the 'grains' of the vinyl. Looks good now though. Also, look at the door seals. I found a set of MBs reasonable. 'Ouch' is the word for genuine MB door seals regularly. Also, a lot of work to be done mechanically other wise.
I am wondering about chain stretch, injector pump timing and how that might effect the op's performance issues?