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Ha! you were willing to drive alot farther than me! I do remember the video he had sent me of it starting/running and of the interior. It looked pretty fresh.
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I'm no longer looking since I decided to go with a really nice '84 764GLE sedan (with a new factory crate D24T from Germany) I found and maybe swap the engine into a 945 someday...
I'll post details/photos in the showroom when I get a chance.
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All this talk of the rarity of 1985 740 TD wagons with the M46 makes me want to try and restore mine instead of looking for a nice later model 700/900 series wagon to eventually swap the D24T into. My car is VERY rusty, although with enough time and patience (and a lot of work) I could make it nice again. I really can't stand the maroon interior though, and the car basically needs to be gutted and completely redone from front to back to get it up to my standards (I'm a bit OCD when it comes to my cars). Would it be sacrilege to yank the engine & trans and put it in a later model, or should I bite the bullet and restore the 85?
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Nothing wrong with installing the diesel stuff in a later wagon. For that matter, I'm sure you can find a gas wagon from the 80s like yours, but from somewhere south where it wont be rusted out.
Jason
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Yeah, with as much work as this one needs I'm not sure it'd be worth the time or effort when I could find a nice one to swap the engine into. By the time I was done it'd basically have a whole new body anyway...
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Ya swapping the diesel powertrain into a similar year gas car is pretty easy from what I understand. Make sure you keep the cross member from your car and then everything bolts in...
Jason
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