Mr. Blewregaurd
New member
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2007
- Location
- Denver
Hi all. High time a started a project thread for this car since things are actually starting to move along with it. We will start with a little history.
This was my first Volvo that I'm sure at least some of you will remember.
Had a lot of fun putting this car together, met a lot of new friends because of it, blah blah blah. Basically it was a rust bucket. Windshield frame was toast, floors were toast, rear quarters and inner fenders were gone, all the usual spots. It didn't show it in all the doctor'd up pictures that got passed from some BS instagram page to the next but it was bad. I considered fixing all the rust, but it was just a lost cause. I couldn't bring myself to part it, didn't really want to sell it, so it sat. I always really wanted this car to be a 122, but I couldn't afford one.
So one day about a year later, this clapper finds its way into my life. Traded a beater 245 i had straight up for it. Had been sitting next to a barn for 27 years.
After a few winters worth of sporadic work, it sits like this now
So somewhere in the second year of owning this 122, I decided that the bagged 245 was no longer adding any value to my life, so I sold it. Unfortunately it went to a guy locally who still brings it back to me to get fixed (I own a shop) so I get to slowly watch it die.
Last picture I took of it, only picture of the two together
/End history lesson. The 122 project rarely gets worked on, but some day once I get back on it I will start a project thread for it. Anyways, moving on......
This was my first Volvo that I'm sure at least some of you will remember.
Had a lot of fun putting this car together, met a lot of new friends because of it, blah blah blah. Basically it was a rust bucket. Windshield frame was toast, floors were toast, rear quarters and inner fenders were gone, all the usual spots. It didn't show it in all the doctor'd up pictures that got passed from some BS instagram page to the next but it was bad. I considered fixing all the rust, but it was just a lost cause. I couldn't bring myself to part it, didn't really want to sell it, so it sat. I always really wanted this car to be a 122, but I couldn't afford one.
So one day about a year later, this clapper finds its way into my life. Traded a beater 245 i had straight up for it. Had been sitting next to a barn for 27 years.
After a few winters worth of sporadic work, it sits like this now
So somewhere in the second year of owning this 122, I decided that the bagged 245 was no longer adding any value to my life, so I sold it. Unfortunately it went to a guy locally who still brings it back to me to get fixed (I own a shop) so I get to slowly watch it die.
Last picture I took of it, only picture of the two together
/End history lesson. The 122 project rarely gets worked on, but some day once I get back on it I will start a project thread for it. Anyways, moving on......