Before I started working on his 124 a buddy of mine’s dad who owned an import car shop maintained it. We often joked about how that car paid his college tuition.
-D > On Dec 16, 2020, at 10:51 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Anemic at best. Not much power. Very well balanced though. Fix It Again Tony. > The 124 was a much more spirited driving car, with a dohc italian four banger > and a manual trans. Very high rev limit. The sohc 128 (X/19) not so much. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: December 16, 2020 9:28 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: d...@penoff.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300CE project $1,500 > > My ex brother in law bought one of those (turd brown color) new in 1977. > Brought it over to the house and asked me if I would service it for him (I > had been maintaining his Fiat 124 sport coupe as a favor to my sister.) > > Took one look at it after raising the engine cover and immediately said “No!” > I can’t imagine what a nightmare it must be to work on that engine. Looked > like a fun car, though. I don’t recall ever driving it, but I might have. The > 124 was a fun car to drive when it ran. > > -D > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
