afrat
New member
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2007
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
I began looking for a 122 what seems like forever ago, but I quickly realized I wasn't going to find one in the condition I wanted, for the price I wanted. Every now and then I'd check forums and Craigslist to see if there was anything new out there worth looking at. It always resulted in cars that were either too expensive or in my price range but just too far gone. That all changed yesterday when I bought myself a nice birthday present: a 1966 122s automatic, with a bonus of a Frigi-King AC!
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It's a little rough around the edges but I think she'll clean up nice. The previous owner informed me that he was the second owner of the car and that it had always been a town car up until 2005 when he bought a truck and garaged the 122. He had an alternator in it when driving it but swapped it out when he listed it for sale because he wanted to keep it original. To my knowledge, and it's not a very broad knowledge of these cars, this car is all original.
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It's missing a few bits here and there, and the interior isn't perfect, but it's good enough for me. The radio is gone, as well as the dome light, and the bands in the seats are shot, so I sit very low right now. Surprisingly all of the exterior trim and pieces are there except for the trim on the right front fender. Cosmetics won't be too much of a concern right now because I need to get this thing reliable so I can sell the 245. A lot of people have told me that it would be a shame to make this car a daily driver but I think it would be a shame not to drive this every day.
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As far as I can tell, everything on the engine is stock. If someone notices something that isn't, please let me know! I don't know a whole lot about this car but I plan to become very well acquainted with it. It isn't currently running because the generator took a crap. The guy I bought it from gave me a new generator but the pulley won't come off the old one, the bolt is stuck on it. My goal right now is to put as little money as possible into it to get it running, and only buy what I need to make it safe an reliable at first. Here's some goals I have so far for this car:
That's the short term goal list for now. Sorry if this was too much text and not enough pictures, the only camera I have is my cell phone so I have to take pictures in ideal light or else they turn to crap. I plan to list a wanted ad for parts soon so all of you guys who have 122 parts laying around, I might need them!
Thanks for taking the time to share my excitement about owning this wonderful car!
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6762607629_49b7690d3d_z.jpg">
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6762609171_a2d81b9775_z.jpg">
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6762505811_e74d79a53b_z.jpg">
It's a little rough around the edges but I think she'll clean up nice. The previous owner informed me that he was the second owner of the car and that it had always been a town car up until 2005 when he bought a truck and garaged the 122. He had an alternator in it when driving it but swapped it out when he listed it for sale because he wanted to keep it original. To my knowledge, and it's not a very broad knowledge of these cars, this car is all original.
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6762503085_8cfa795333_z.jpg">
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6762498325_5d4ef47469_z.jpg">
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6762501131_5f361b7e65_z.jpg">
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6762489575_89d0857ec3_z.jpg">
It's missing a few bits here and there, and the interior isn't perfect, but it's good enough for me. The radio is gone, as well as the dome light, and the bands in the seats are shot, so I sit very low right now. Surprisingly all of the exterior trim and pieces are there except for the trim on the right front fender. Cosmetics won't be too much of a concern right now because I need to get this thing reliable so I can sell the 245. A lot of people have told me that it would be a shame to make this car a daily driver but I think it would be a shame not to drive this every day.
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6762606367_ea32aefecd_z.jpg">
As far as I can tell, everything on the engine is stock. If someone notices something that isn't, please let me know! I don't know a whole lot about this car but I plan to become very well acquainted with it. It isn't currently running because the generator took a crap. The guy I bought it from gave me a new generator but the pulley won't come off the old one, the bolt is stuck on it. My goal right now is to put as little money as possible into it to get it running, and only buy what I need to make it safe an reliable at first. Here's some goals I have so far for this car:
- Upgrade to an alternator.
- Rebuild the carbs.
- Complete tuneup.
- Upgrade the brake system (not sure of my options yet).
- Possibly rebuild the wiring harness.
- Clean, clean, clean.
- DRIVE IT.
That's the short term goal list for now. Sorry if this was too much text and not enough pictures, the only camera I have is my cell phone so I have to take pictures in ideal light or else they turn to crap. I plan to list a wanted ad for parts soon so all of you guys who have 122 parts laying around, I might need them!
Thanks for taking the time to share my excitement about owning this wonderful car!
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