Well I found another ride. My build is being put on hold as i finally found the car my wife has been begging me for.
This '66 122 drove 15 miles home under its own power.
Got it for $400 USD. The B18 in it runs fine and the person selling it wanted the motor back. Well i do have 3 b20b's in my garage so i was happy to make the swap.
Test drove it and put it through the ringer. Not a single noise out of her under any condition. Pounded hard on all the common rust areas and no rot. Suspension fair.
Almost all the trim was in the trunk. It looks like someone went about trying to restore it but Did not have the skills or time to complete the task. I know it was not the man i bought it from. He has a big shop and tons of volvo's.
Found all the parts that it was missing for 200 USD
While tracking down parts I asked my wife what color she wanted her block to be. She chose pink. WOW, it was rather hard to find 500 deg pink paint.
got the old b18 out
Got the front off. Only 4 bolts holding it on. The bumper bolts have rust-rotted in but i got them out with the air chisel.
Time to get it clean in there. Wife wants the inside egg-shell white.
Ill keep you all updated on the progress. Get my head back tomorrow for the b20b
Well head did not come back today so did more painting and cleaning.
Oh did some lead filling too for some of them fender holes.
This '66 122 drove 15 miles home under its own power.
Got it for $400 USD. The B18 in it runs fine and the person selling it wanted the motor back. Well i do have 3 b20b's in my garage so i was happy to make the swap.
Test drove it and put it through the ringer. Not a single noise out of her under any condition. Pounded hard on all the common rust areas and no rot. Suspension fair.
Almost all the trim was in the trunk. It looks like someone went about trying to restore it but Did not have the skills or time to complete the task. I know it was not the man i bought it from. He has a big shop and tons of volvo's.
Found all the parts that it was missing for 200 USD
While tracking down parts I asked my wife what color she wanted her block to be. She chose pink. WOW, it was rather hard to find 500 deg pink paint.
got the old b18 out
Got the front off. Only 4 bolts holding it on. The bumper bolts have rust-rotted in but i got them out with the air chisel.
Time to get it clean in there. Wife wants the inside egg-shell white.
Ill keep you all updated on the progress. Get my head back tomorrow for the b20b
Well head did not come back today so did more painting and cleaning.
Oh did some lead filling too for some of them fender holes.
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