Hi Alex.
Consider this as a possibility: maybe you can let the budget dictate the spec (assuming you have some choice available to you on Cyprus!). If a car seems to be in good order for its age (to you or your mechanic, as the case may be), then allow perhaps three quarters of your budget for the purchase and the remaining quarter as a fund to be used for contingencies (repairs and/or restoration) over, say, the next year or two. If you spend the fund you will still have a good couple of years driving within your original budget, and whatever you spend from that point on will likely be what you would have had to spend, on any car, in the ordinary course. If you don't spend all of the fund, you've had a double win!
There is no doubt that the model is very suitable as a daily driver, particularly in a place like Cyprus where you can have your choice of top (none, soft, hard or then again none!) nearly all year round. Good luck with your dilemma!
Cheers,
kns.
1965 230SL, Manual
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