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$750 for a running 122 i pretty good...you could flip it for that anytime!
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Volvo 122s - Anyone have thoughts on it?
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I am eagerly awaiting sunday!
Im sure that rust spots and all, I could easily ebay it for 1500 bucks when im finished driving it.
And it may just be a beater, but its a beater with style! And if I finish some MGs, I might take it off the road and make it a nice car.
I do find it amusing that someone in the cars past put one of those cheesy lowrider chainlink steering wheels on it. LOL
Im sure that rust spots and all, I could easily ebay it for 1500 bucks when im finished driving it.
And it may just be a beater, but its a beater with style! And if I finish some MGs, I might take it off the road and make it a nice car.
I do find it amusing that someone in the cars past put one of those cheesy lowrider chainlink steering wheels on it. LOL
I love 122.s very robust cars, ones with drums on the front seem rare, most were discs. maybe around 62 they had drums. there are two seat styles, the later isn ore like a VW bug earlier are likely leather and not the corrugated vinyl stuff. window winders changed style. the trunk emblem was larger and sported the "male symbol on earlier 122's.
that car in the pic has later year hubcaps.
I think the v-o-l-v-o emblems on the hood changed from gold to silver in about 66 or so. earleir ones were gold colored. most parts within the series are interchangable
electrical system was good, very simple maybe 3-4 fuses its not made by the prince of darkness ;-) most had generators you can convert easy.
very liittle issues with degrading plastic, most plastic is actually bakalite which lasts over time. the vibyl seats don't seem to decompose, a lot of 80's cars are suffering from plastic rot now.
I have two of them, one has a 3 speed auto the other I put a 4 speed with overdrive , thats the one to have..
heads and cam from about a 74 140 will make it faster, bigger valves. I doid lots ot mine it puts out tons of power, B18 bored to B20 solid cast iron blocks and heads. push rods, early ones may be B16 with a single carb most had dual SU's which are what I like.
look for rust below drivers feet under the car, quarter panels, it is unibody so watch out.
bottom of front fenders catch ud, inner fenders , rear wheel lips.
suspension componets look at the rear axle there will be two rods, before about 67 they were a stamped out tin bracket thing they rust, later ones were round rod, there was a bit of a body mount change to incorperate that.
you cna drive it like you hate it ( I do) cheaper than therapy they say ;-)
heres a fun video.
that car in the pic has later year hubcaps.
I think the v-o-l-v-o emblems on the hood changed from gold to silver in about 66 or so. earleir ones were gold colored. most parts within the series are interchangable
electrical system was good, very simple maybe 3-4 fuses its not made by the prince of darkness ;-) most had generators you can convert easy.
very liittle issues with degrading plastic, most plastic is actually bakalite which lasts over time. the vibyl seats don't seem to decompose, a lot of 80's cars are suffering from plastic rot now.
I have two of them, one has a 3 speed auto the other I put a 4 speed with overdrive , thats the one to have..
heads and cam from about a 74 140 will make it faster, bigger valves. I doid lots ot mine it puts out tons of power, B18 bored to B20 solid cast iron blocks and heads. push rods, early ones may be B16 with a single carb most had dual SU's which are what I like.
look for rust below drivers feet under the car, quarter panels, it is unibody so watch out.
bottom of front fenders catch ud, inner fenders , rear wheel lips.
suspension componets look at the rear axle there will be two rods, before about 67 they were a stamped out tin bracket thing they rust, later ones were round rod, there was a bit of a body mount change to incorperate that.
you cna drive it like you hate it ( I do) cheaper than therapy they say ;-)
heres a fun video.
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I bought my wife a used 1967 Volvo 122s Amazon Estate in 1974. We owned that car until about 1983. It was almost bullet proof. [I rebuilt the engine myself sometime along in there]. We fell on hard times, and it needed work I could not afford to do, so I sold it to a traveling salesman who repaired the transmission and tie rods.
I now have a Volvo S-80 V-8 with the Yamaha engine. These are not cheap cars to repair, but it usually needs very little. I will keep it until it is no longer practical to repair. I may not see that in my lifetime. I am 80, and it is still going strong. ...J.D.
I now have a Volvo S-80 V-8 with the Yamaha engine. These are not cheap cars to repair, but it usually needs very little. I will keep it until it is no longer practical to repair. I may not see that in my lifetime. I am 80, and it is still going strong. ...J.D.
aww what's 20 years when we are talking old cars.. lol
i dont just restore old cars it appears I also restore old threads lol.
the 122S I just bought last summer has 65 thousand miles on it, the thing sure sat around. Its going to need lots of love byut I liked that Its not all worn out or modified. at 2K I coumd not refuse it, very original, but it does have a rusty firewall and some doors hood and trunk lid will be changed. every electrcal connection etc.
i guess becuse it was sitting not being fdriven it rusted on the outer shell but the iner fenders, frame etc look pretty good, I guess it missed being splashed so much with salt and mud.
was the M41 overdrive grearbox used in a lot of other english cars? I heard it was used in the sunbeam tiger.
im looking to recondition the carbs but with such low miles maybe the throttle shaftes and jets are ok, I there a good source for the float needles? I dont know if the needles will have a rubber tip, gaskets I can make. I bet it will need a good cleaning mostly. I'm aware that SU is still in business, Im in Canada and getting parts out of the US is increaingly difficult it seems. Europe has some different parts suppliers.
my brother owned a triumph GT6 for years, he sold it to a family friend who has now restored it. Loved the car.
i dont just restore old cars it appears I also restore old threads lol.
the 122S I just bought last summer has 65 thousand miles on it, the thing sure sat around. Its going to need lots of love byut I liked that Its not all worn out or modified. at 2K I coumd not refuse it, very original, but it does have a rusty firewall and some doors hood and trunk lid will be changed. every electrcal connection etc.
i guess becuse it was sitting not being fdriven it rusted on the outer shell but the iner fenders, frame etc look pretty good, I guess it missed being splashed so much with salt and mud.
was the M41 overdrive grearbox used in a lot of other english cars? I heard it was used in the sunbeam tiger.
im looking to recondition the carbs but with such low miles maybe the throttle shaftes and jets are ok, I there a good source for the float needles? I dont know if the needles will have a rubber tip, gaskets I can make. I bet it will need a good cleaning mostly. I'm aware that SU is still in business, Im in Canada and getting parts out of the US is increaingly difficult it seems. Europe has some different parts suppliers.
my brother owned a triumph GT6 for years, he sold it to a family friend who has now restored it. Loved the car.