I have almost completed the surgery of swappping the engines from my wife's '82 (Josephine) to the '80 (Fatmobile) & vice Versa.

Fatmobile is happy with her new heart and apart from grinding a maligned exhaust against the front subframe, until it was adjusted, is sprightly for her 380 000km.
Josephine is still in recovery, due to some minor bleeding from the IP side gasket. She is expected to be up and about tomorrow.
Here is a shot of the Operating Theatre, during the operation. Note: the Doctor was not in the photo, because he held the camera.

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Tony from West Oz.
Fatmobile 3 84 300D 295kkm Silver grey/Blue int. 2 tank WVO - Recipient of TurboDesel engine.
Josephine '82 300D 390kkm White/Palamino int.
Elizabeth '81 280E, sporting a '79 300D engine.
Lucille '87 W124 300D non-turbo 6 cylinder OM603, Pearl Grey with light grey interior


Various parts cars including 280E, 230C & 300D in various states of disassembly.