It is - I don't think there's a dent on it, and it was maintained by an import shop so what repairs have been done were done with correct parts so nothing's cobbled together or "retrofitted". Pretty much all the paint is weather checked and there's rust starting under the corners of the front bumper (visible), over the rear fenderwells, and at a few spots on the unibody rails, but I believe it will be mostly neutralized by stripping the areas and spot-shooting some rust stop primer and rattle can paint of an appropriate color. The driver's seat and a few other interior components have decent wear, but once again nothing's beat up or really broken badly. Driver's front and pass. rear window don't work, rear window is starting to delaminate, needs right upper? ball joint and a carrier bearing, and all the brakes mostly due to rusty rotors. A/C doesn't work, as well as tach and dash clock. I'll be driving it as soon as I get it home, chipping away at repairing all the little things when I can. With a good cleaning and that spot rust repair it'll be more than presentable as-is, and it'll just be my DD so the wife can have the Cruze for the baby (carseat in the rear). PO said I could keep it, or fix it up and sell it, but since I've admired the W123's for a while yet they aren't practical enough for my purposes to justify buying one in decent shape, I'm going to keep it unless it comes down to having to let one of my rigs go.
The Cruze has gotten exactly 25K put on it every year I've owned it because all my other rigs get 12-13 MPG ('85 GMC 1-ton and '67 Suburban), so with the Benz in the fleet now it'll allow wifey and I to each have an economical car for our daily needs... and give me a DD that's a rolling conversation piece, to boot. My wife has tentatively named it "Pearl".
And if I do drive it until it flat out needs restored (probably close to a decade from now), I'll do that and continue driving it. That's kinda the plan for my 'Burb, too - restore, use, repeat.
Should I start a GoFundMe for "Pearl's Revival and Immortality"?