[Laird Scooby]

I'm with John on this one Alan, a nice 1986 on 740GLE would be a better bet than an 84/85 240 and in a couple of years, would become tax/MoT exempt so you'd potentially make a bit of profit if you chose to sell it. With a 1986 on, you'd have the "low friction" B230E engine (try to avoid the carb GLE, the Pierburg is truly horrible on those!) which is better than the B23 IMHO.