Well, I knew it was crazy, I just love the body of the W108 so much. The idea of selling it to get a newer, less lovely diesel seemed to bring too much pain.

So, at the risk of making everybody gag, if I want to explore the idea further... Which engine(s) would be the one that "fits directly on the mounts," and is a driveshaft that's "pretty close" a euphemism for "mechanic run screaming from the shop in disgust?"

I'm certainly not willing to spend what the car is worth to create Frankenstein, but if they did it a lot in Europe....

Thanks everybody, by the way, this is a great resource for me to learn from.

Yianni