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Definitely a likely possibility that it was an auto originally, but I have heard of column stick shifts with bench seats. As I said, I've never seen one. Easy to tell by the tranny tunnel, or tranny crossmember mounts.
Noisy diff can surely mean a bad bearing, which is usually the case. Or bad gears. But if its empty of fluid and has been sitting a while, some good old gear lube can work wonders.
Or it could well be in the suspension, driveshaft, transmission...etc. Real hard to tell sometimes. Especially from a computer monitor. Always best though to do the easy stuff first.
I have a '68 122 with an auto... they made 'em to the end I reckon.
-Matt
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-Matt '70 145s, '65 1800s, '66 122s wagon, others inc. '53 XK120 FHC
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