You've described a parts car. I've been guilty of giving a hurtin' vehicle a chance for life before, but there ought to be a pretty good reason. Follow some other posts here and you will realize that a really nice 81-85SD can be had for about 3K. Get one of those.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

listen, look, .........and duck.