So here’s the deal with this thing. (This car is not a basketcase, but it does need stuff. Please read up before contacting me.) This is a 1967 4 door volvo 122 with a B18 engine and 4 speed transmission. I purchased this car a few years ago and it was basically a shell at that time. Someone had taken it apart to paint and then never put it back together after the paint job. I purchased the car and several boxes of spare parts (still lots of parts to go with the car). My goal for this pr... So here’s the deal with this thing. (This car is not a basketcase, but it does need stuff. Please read up before contacting me.) This is a 1967 4 door volvo 122 with a B18 engine and 4 speed transmission. I purchased this car a few years ago and it was basically a shell at that time. Someone had taken it apart to paint and then never put it back together after the paint job. I purchased the car and several boxes of spare parts (still lots of parts to go with the car). My goal for this project was to build a daily driver and make it as cool and comfortable as possible. There were a lot of firsts for me with this project and while not perfect, I do have a background of building old motorcycles and I restore pianos for a living so there isn’t too much that would be considered “botched”. Thai car runs, drives and even stops (mostly)! However, you’re going to need to put some work into it before you can make it your daily. There’s an electrical short somewhere and it is draining the battery. You’ll strand yourself cruising it before this is resolved, so I’d recommend just towing it home. The car has like 4 wires though, so it shouldn’t be too hard to track down. Below are the details of the car. Everything referenced as “new” has been purchased within the last 3 years. Body / Exterior The exterior of the car and as you can see, it’s pretty complete. The badges that are meant to go on the fenders were pretty sun faded and weren't put back on. I was planning on repainting the sunbleached enamel on them but never got around to it. The paint is in overall decent shape. It was repainted with a single stage sometime in the last 10 years. There are some chips in the paint that are from being shop worn. I think it was sort of in the way for a few years in someone's garage / shop and got a few bumps along the way. There is a dent in the rear passenger side door from the wind catching the door of my sprinter and swinging into the volvo. I had a paintless dent guy come out to check it out and he thought he could work it out without too much trouble. This car was smacked at some stage and they used bondo on the rear drivers side door frame when repainting. This is sort of a high use area and the bondo cracked and chipped out during my ownership. I’ve taken a magnet to the car and surprisingly there really isn’t too much more bondo on there. I think the door that was compromised was replaced instead of repaired. Speaking of the doors, they have new gaskets, window rails and rubber blades on the window trim. I added a couple of NOS Reydot fog lights that I was pretty hesitant to let go with the car, but they look like they belong there and I didn’t want to take them off and leave unused holes in the bumper. So… my loss is your gain on that one I guess. Interior The interior was pretty rough when I first got the car. A lot of the fabric had deteriorated. In the spirit of making the car comfortable, it received a pretty major overhaul. Seat frames powdercoated New seat foam New skins for driver and passenger seat New carpet New mats New door cards New center console that sits over the trans tunnel Headliner is in nice shape New heater control cables New heater hoses New Windshield Engine / Trans Inside the car now is the stock B18 engine. It’s been rebuilt once that I know of. I replaced the headgasket and saw that there were oversized pistons. During that rebuild they also installed a lumpy camshaft and I have never been able to get it to idle super smoothly because of it (maybe you can whisper to the carbs better than I can and get it a bit smoother). The synchros in the trans are going out. It’s driveable, but you need to learn to shift it in a particular way to make it not grind. Because of the idle “issue”, I purchased a new B20 motor that I had intended to build stock + and replace the current B18. The B20 block is currently at the machine shop, but it has not yet been machined. They are waiting on me to pick the rebuild kit before they bore it. That motor will come with the car. It also has a high compression head. Instead of rebuilding the 4 speed transmission, I purchased a 5 speed. It is still in the crate that it was shipped to me in, but it looks clean and the seller said it was rebuilt sometime within the last decade or so. I have never run it, so I can’t speak to its actual performance. That trans comes with the car. Here’s everything that I did to the motor, New Head Gasket Reproduction heavy cast aluminum valve cover 123 Ignition with bluetooth option New plugs / wires Radiator was re-cored at Greenwood radiator (significantly nicer than repops). Heatercore re-cored by Greenwood radiator (this car's heater warms up more quickly than any other car that I’ve owned. Even modern vehicles) New radiator hose New thermostat Heater box powdercoated New fuel pump New GM style alternator Rebuilt the stock SU carbs New starter New coil Brakes / Suspension This portion is pretty well sorted. New front brake calipers New disks and pads New braided brake hoses New rear brake drums and shoes New KYB shocks front and rear New master cylinder All New linkage So there you go. Most of the hard and expensive stuff is done, but it will need some attention before you’re reliably driving it every day. Known issues (recap) Idle (mostly a non issue, I’m just neurotic) Trans needs swapped Electrical short needs to be tracked down. Chips in the paint should be addressed to prevent rust The fuel filter has always filled with a bit of sediment. I replaced it periodically, but the gas tank should probably be replaced or refreshed. While cutting the rear passenger floorboard I accidentally cut into the fuel line… Thankfully I did not explode, but the line that was damaged was replaced with braided hose. The fuel line should probably also be replaced. Making new hard lines and flaring the ends is actually pretty easy and inexpensive. If I can do it, you can too! The back seat also needs recovered.

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