MAY SWAP, RWD, DOCH, ANY CONSIDERED!

sounds like a typical mayo young lad.
Just buy on condition if the log book is there you don't need to base the purchase on his personality. If your not happy bring someone in the know with you to have a gawk at the car underneath etc. I think it's worth a punt at that money. Would want to be a very special E36 to fetch 2K+ IMO.