I have a 75 240D that I got for free. After I got it running, I parked it. All that was wrong was that the PO ran out of fuel.

The bad news is that this car is a basket case due to rust. The good news is that I found a 1980 that broke a timing chain, for almost free. This new one is a straight, rust free New Mexico car with a nice interior. I'm pretty sure that the 1975 year engine has what I need to get the 1980 running.

If I pull this together, I am going to sell the other car in parts for whatever I can get for them. The exterior sheetmetal is mostly good, all trim parts, drivetrain, etc. I value my reputation, so I'm not going to sell anything worn out, or bogus. I'm not greedy either, I just want a modest sum for my time to remove and ship the parts.

As far as I can tell, this car is completely original. The only problem was the salt.

If there is any interest, I'll post a picture.

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1986 300e 5-speed 223k
1995 Volvo 850 T5 wagon 65k
1985 F-350 475k

Are we talking about a manual transmission car ?
If yes, you " might" be able to sell some stuff off of it...

It's an automatic.

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1986 300e 5-speed 223k
1995 Volvo 850 T5 wagon 65k
1985 F-350 475k

I think you are going to have another problem that hasn't been brought up yet. The engines used in the W115 chassis cars had the oil filter housing locatd down low, by the drivers side front of the engine, while the W123 models had it located up top. If you are going to try this, I'd make sure that you have the clearance down low for that oil filter location in the W123 car. I've read elsewhere on this site that it won't fit.