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Mark,
Your observation's correct and would bring up an initial suspicion about this car being a standard 122 with a few 123 GT parts added on. (not saying this is the case, but it is a fairly common ruse, or honest mistake).
To clarify your observation, they also could have mounted their original 123 GT hardware on non-original, replacemtn seats from a pre-'68 122 (no headrests), but ....
As far as 123 GT seat hardware goes, for instance. There was just recently a set of the very same 123 GT collapsible "sleeping seats", the CHROME SEAT HINGE HARDWARE ONLY, for sale on eBay. The 2-seat set went for a considerably high price $400-600)
By the way, unless I'm missing something, the VID Plate is absolutely NO proof whatsoever of a 123 GT.
My current 122 (a 132xxx Type Number, has a B18B engine from another '67 122S that came, original, with the option of a factory installed B18B, and was indicated as such by the "133xxxx" Type Number on the VID plate, identical to, again if I'm not mistaken, to the 123 GT Type number, in both '67 "V" and '68 "W".
The B18B was an option on '67 and '68 122S's. This was recently confirmed by Phil Singher on the 1800list (Yahoo Groups)
All you 123 GT owners out there, would a true 123 GT have anything in the "S", or "Special Equipment" field?
No one seems to know the codes, and what "Special Equipment" that they designated, but Mike Dudek has postulated that maybe LSD and other features could have been indicated by the "S" code numbers.
Anybody know about the VID Plates "S" code numbers??
Not absolutely positive on the 123 GT or the posibility of a '67 mid year addition, but, generally speaking, the 122 headrest were introduced with '68 model.
All 122 seats, I believe it's from '65 on, or all post '65 models, have the headrest mounting hardware inside, just no headrests, so head restrants can be added without additional internal hardware.
gary - '67 122S (w/ the heart of a GT), '72 ES
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