There's a real nice 115 body pea-soup green gasoline coupe down the street from me at a used car dealer.
You must have had a lot of problems with your glow plugs. Apart from the waiting period in cold weather, I have never had any problem with the glow plugs on my diesels. (Although I disliked the series plugs and converted the 77 to parallel plugs--much better system).

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13