1966 Volvo 122

[99sil-teg]

Love this car man, it has just a great over all OEM+ classy look !

How about some more shots of the inside ??

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Just check the main page, his feature has some killer interior shots

[KarlC]

Sidenote: better picture of the beauty rings. They have grown on me for sure. Keepers.

Love this car man, it has just a great over all OEM+ classy look !

How about some more shots of the inside ??

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[Fredrik]

Brilliant! This Amazon is one of the best looking ones i've ever seen, and we have a bunch of 'em here in sweden in all different styles! Love the paintjob! Wish i could get my '65 a fresh paintjob but i'll go with the old "worn out-look" for now, haha.

[StancedC10]

Love the build. One of my all time fav Volvos.

[99sil-teg]

Congrats on the feature man, well deserved!

[Yezzz]

I had a little moment of joy when I opend stanceworks this evening, a full feature on one of my favorite cars on the forum. Big congratz dude, you are a big inspiration and you made me wanna buy an Amazon as a first car haha.
Maybe have to reconsider that tho...
Anyway, keep on the amazing work!

[philohlean]

Dude congrats on the feature!!!! Car looked right at home on the front page of S/W. Doubt I'll ever tire of looking at those pictures.....

[Keith602]

If you're planning on trimming the lips back why not do a little of both to keep it tidy and some of its strength? You could slit the metal either side of that bump and roll the majority of the arch lip that way. I'm assuming the bump is at the top of the arch i.e. top of the tyre area? Just a thought maybe from looking at pics but obviously I don't know the car

Yeah that bump is the tricky part. Its solid and extends to the edge of the lip. Its basically right at the top of the arch like you were saying. Im really just thinking it will need to be cut. The fenders themselves are very rigid, not too worried about losing strength. Im sure some will be sacrificed, but should be ok being its an old volvo, everything was overbuilt. Ill find out more after the holidays when I get back into it. Thanks for the suggestions

[The Simps]

If you're planning on trimming the lips back why not do a little of both to keep it tidy and some of its strength? You could slit the metal either side of that bump and roll the majority of the arch lip that way. I'm assuming the bump is at the top of the arch i.e. top of the tyre area? Just a thought maybe from looking at pics but obviously I don't know the car

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Not sure how I just stumbled upon this but really cool build. Always seem to really like these cars done the right way

[Keith602]

So I got a fender roller and heat gun and was all bolted up and ready to roll. When I was running my hand along the lip to clean any debris out I noticed this random mass of hard material connected to the fender lip. I guess I will be having to trim the fender instead. Not sure if I trust myself to do that haha







I added the spacers on the rears and did a little pull to get the lip to clear the tire. Its definitely wider looking and fills out the fenders more but I cant go any further until the fenders are trimmed.

[Keith602]

Don't mean to add more work to your plate, and I an to criticizing at all, but have you thought about getting rid of the spare tire sump? It really isn't that hard to do, and it really evens up the look from the rear, and I have found that it is way more noticeable the lower you get the car.

Thats funny, I was just thinking about that actually as I was looking in the trunk to get the air stuff set up better. I was thinking I could possibly put the compressor, fuse block and relays in there, but it wouldnt really work. So, I thought that I should just cut it out and fill it. You can totally see it hanging down from the back. Doubt I will get to it right away, but yeah pretty sure im going to do that.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Don't mean to add more work to your plate, and I an to criticizing at all, but have you thought about getting rid of the spare tire sump? It really isn't that hard to do, and it really evens up the look from the rear, and I have found that it is way more noticeable the lower you get the car.

[Keith602]

Put the new spacers on the front. Went from 10mm to 42mm and they definitely helped the sucked in look it had before. Soo much better! Pretty much where I have to leave it for now as its just about making contact with the fender. Did a little pull in one area where it was actually hitting. Fender roller coming soon though. Im dreading the rears...


I also gave the front a little more camber via some shims.

[Keith602]

One thing that I found out about rolling the front fenders, and something that Keith might want to consider during this procedure is. As you flare or push the fender outward in the center, the fenders length actually shortens in overall length, so you will start to get a lager Fender/Door gap at the bottom, and I think you can see that in the pics of the car in the supplied link.. I went through this during my trials, and it doesn't take much fender manipulation to really affect the gap.. So be careful, because your car is already beautifully painted, and I would **** to see any adverse affects.. Just take a look at the 1st direct side view pic of the front fender results, and you will notice that the bottom of the fender pulls away from the bottom door/rocker area, and that causes an uneven door/fender gap as it goes up.

The rear quarters lips on these cars are terribly tough, and I wonder if that tool will have any real affect? How much more gain are you trying to get is the question, because there are so many layers of metal on the rear arch, along with a closed in wheel well, so I don't see that tool pushing the quarter out as it did with the fenders in that link supplied.. I know how tough they are, because I actually built metal fender flares and modified the quarters for my car, because I didnt get enough no matter how much I jacked, hammered, or rolled. So when I found out I wasn't going to gain a minimal amount, I decided to go ahead and get all I wanted being I was going to have to go through the effort anyway.. LOL

Thats good to know! Well, I dont know that I am trying to flare them all the much, really just aiming to roll the fenders as to get as wide a stance as I can get without going too extreme. I would love to have your rear fenders though haha! I might do a slight pull. But yeah, im really just stepping up from a 10mm spacer to around 25-30mm. I ordered the fender roller on ebay and should have it by the end of the week. I hope it does the job, but if not oh well. Its going on craigslist right after either way, so I wont really be out anything.

Sidenote; love the routing of your exhaust