I just looked at and drove an 84 300D turbo SW. It had 350K km, 218 mi. I was surprised how quiet and smooth it was. A bit doggy on acceleration in drive from the start but better and adequate when using 1st. a quick look underneath showed normal oil leakage in the front but the rear driveshaft body area was totally black and wet with ? Other indication of blowby was apparent on the valve cover and expect this would be normal. and a little black smoke at startup when the owner revved it up. Does this look like worth pursuing ?
I was only able to drive it in a large 4 level underground. and he wants $4500 CDN but was willing to go down as it needed rear shocks which I'm presuming are standard type as opposed to leveling type that are connected to the fronts ? as the fronts look like regular items. it also has rust starting all over though real small areas.

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robvan