1987 Mercedes-Benz 300TD

• Champagne wagon paint looks even and straight in the exterior views, so no respray bill showing.
• Black aftermarket-style wheels are fitted instead of factory wheels, so budget if you want correct wheels back on it.
• Tan seats and door panels look clean with no tears in the small interior photos, so no obvious reupholstery bill.
• Dash looks uncracked and the console wood looks intact, so dash money can wait.
• Wagon cargo floor carpet looks worn and stained, so budget a cargo-area detail or carpet work.
• Engine bay looks dirty and grimy with a grubby, rusty-looking core support, so budget a thorough service and cleanup.
• Two sampled photos are not this car at all — a red Land Rover Defender and a dark blue Porsche 911 — so the gallery mixes in other cars and cannot be fully trusted.
• The last sampled gallery image is a tiny US-flag icon, not a car photo, so the gallery tail is padded.
• Underside is not shown in the sampled photos, so I can't judge rust or the wagon's rear suspension underneath.

Money: At $12,980 the tidy cabin helps, but the dirty engine bay, non-stock black wheels and a gallery contaminated with two other cars mean verify everything in person before paying.