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The "Georgia Peach" 122 Project - A 35-Year Wait For a Special 1968
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I was first introduced to a 1963 Volvo 122s two-door by a cousin when I was about 10-years old in 1965. Later his brother gave me that car in 1976 when it had about 275K miles on it. I drove it another 100K miles until finishing the restoration, modification and painting of a really unique 1966 wagon and had it on the road in 1980.
Up until 1988, I had about 20 122s cars and one P1800 over a period of time had to sell all of them to finance building a new restoration shop where I restore and rebuild early road and racing cars for clients. Over the last 18-years, I have missed having a Volvo but never had to time to get another until just recently.
It?s a long story I will share with you another time, but this creme-colored 1968 122s wagon with a saddle interior has only had two owners since new. The first owner lived in Florida, and it was sold through Cars International in Atlanta, Georgia in the late-1970s and hence the "Georgia Peach" nickname it was give 35 years ago. The second owner, a friend from Massachusetts has taken great care of the car of it since then, and it was in regular use between the spring-to-fall season up until six years ago.
It is a wonderfully preserved car w/187K miles that has never been in any accidents, is almost rust free, and was repainted Desert Sand # 97 its original color for the first time ten years ago only because the original finish keep turning chalky. It has an M41 transmission w/OD and dealer-installed air conditioning. The B18 was rebuilt about 15,000 miles ago, and it is equipped w/a B20 fuel-injected head.
All of the work needed to improve and modify this car will be covered in this thread. I plan on doing it the "old school" way trying to use only n.o.s. or vintage parts for any modifications I make to it: engine, exhaust, steering wheel, wheels and interior.
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I was first introduced to a 1963 Volvo 122s two-door by a cousin when I was about 10-years old in 1965. Later his brother gave me that car in 1976 when it had about 275K miles on it. I drove it another 100K miles until finishing the restoration, modification and painting of a really unique 1966 wagon and had it on the road in 1980.
Up until 1988, I had about 20 122s cars and one P1800 over a period of time had to sell all of them to finance building a new restoration shop where I restore and rebuild early road and racing cars for clients. Over the last 18-years, I have missed having a Volvo but never had to time to get another until just recently.
It?s a long story I will share with you another time, but this creme-colored 1968 122s wagon with a saddle interior has only had two owners since new. The first owner lived in Florida, and it was sold through Cars International in Atlanta, Georgia in the late-1970s and hence the "Georgia Peach" nickname it was give 35 years ago. The second owner, a friend from Massachusetts has taken great care of the car of it since then, and it was in regular use between the spring-to-fall season up until six years ago.
It is a wonderfully preserved car w/187K miles that has never been in any accidents, is almost rust free, and was repainted Desert Sand # 97 its original color for the first time ten years ago only because the original finish keep turning chalky. It has an M41 transmission w/OD and dealer-installed air conditioning. The B18 was rebuilt about 15,000 miles ago, and it is equipped w/a B20 fuel-injected head.
All of the work needed to improve and modify this car will be covered in this thread. I plan on doing it the "old school" way trying to use only n.o.s. or vintage parts for any modifications I make to it: engine, exhaust, steering wheel, wheels and interior.
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