Repairing an engine by leaving it in the original configuration does not cost much and a car with a worn engine is not much cheaper.
Repairing a ZF is expensive and may be more expensive than changing a few pieces of rusty sheet metal.
Rust is THE problem of Italian cars of the 70s and those that are not are necessarily very expensive, but you never know, your friend can have a big stroke of luck
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