1966 Volvo 122

[Keith602]

A couple of new shots

Not much to speak of in the way of updates, for now im just in the process of building a little air gauge console for between the seats.

[Earl]

Beautiful as always

[Keith602]

Rainy day pics

[Keith602]

Glad he fixed it=) Sucks that he won't work on it anymore in fear of damaging something else=/

Yeah, its too bad. I'll be fine though. I really just needed someone to make sense of the problem and get it set up again. The idea of not having to do the "not fun stuff" was appealing though. I still have a leak I need to address. Im kicking myself for not upgrading to the newer style rear main seal housing. The old felt seals are pretty much useless. When the motor was out it was a good time to fix it. I didnt know you could just order a b20 housing/seal. I had always heard you had to have the old housing machined to accept the newer hard rubber seal. So now I have to do all the work again to get to the seal.

I'm trying to keep my mouth shut on Swedespeed until i know the cars better, but i feel obligated to tell you how much I love this car.

I was on the verge of ordering Salt Flats with grey centers for my 220 the other day, then remembered your wheel choice and immediately felt like a chav.

Go for it man! The ones with grey centers are nice! Wouldnt have worked for what I was going for so I got the polished. It just made things easier when it came time to powdercoat.

[cobrawannabe]

I'm trying to keep my mouth shut on Swedespeed until i know the cars better, but i feel obligated to tell you how much I love this car.

I was on the verge of ordering Salt Flats with grey centers for my 220 the other day, then remembered your wheel choice and immediately felt like a chav.

[Earl]

Glad he fixed it=) Sucks that he won't work on it anymore in fear of damaging something else=/

[Keith602]

All is back to normal. He took care of the wheel and his guy did a great job.

before


after

[3CVariant]

Very nice Amazon!

[Keith602]

great job, i love this car...

btw: your car is my PC wallpaper

Thanks! That's awesome

[Keith602]

Out of curiosity,since the Su carbs have been giving you trouble.Why not go with a more improved set of carbs like the Weber 32/36 or the much better dual Mikuni hsr carbs?
I have the Weber on my 122,been a pretty solid carb,never any issues.May eventually upgrade to the HSR carbs when I feel like dishing out 1k.

From what I've heard/read the weber is not an upgrade but more of a comparable replacement which is apparently as finicky, if not more that SU's. I'm sure the mikuni carbs would be nice, but again, there would have to be substantial gains in either performance, reliability, or consumption for me to head in that direction. In the end, the SU's I have on the car probably just needed new jets, floats and to be set up properly after all the other engine adjustments had been performed. I'm planning on not needing to mess with them for a while.

[V66]

Out of curiosity,since the Su carbs have been giving you trouble.Why not go with a more improved set of carbs like the Weber 32/36 or the much better dual Mikuni hsr carbs?
I have the Weber on my 122,been a pretty solid carb,never any issues.May eventually upgrade to the HSR carbs when I feel like dishing out 1k.

[GMartins]

great job, i love this car...

btw: your car is my PC wallpaper

[Keith602]

Just a couple of new shots for fun

[Keith602]

yeah, those lil gremlins will haunt you

glad to know there's a trustworthy mechanic who maintains beautiful cars like yours.

Sounds like he wont be working on in it the future. Basically said he lost money on the deal and next time it could be a scratched fender or something. Oh well, back to where I was before, but yeah its running now and shouldnt need anything soon.

Glad she's running fine now, you deserve to have fun with the car with all the work you put into it, looks great man

Mate your volvo is sex on wheels! You did such a nice job fixing her up, I went through your whole build I dare say you've hit the nail on the head here bro, props
I might sub this thread incase you get another flush of genius

Keepin it classy.

Thanks guys!

[crf1877]

Keepin it classy.