Looking over my $500 Volvo 164 Rescue - Ep 2 

Dear David Bello. I'm eagerly looking forward to watch the restoration series of this great and mostly unknown Volvo type. Best regards, luck and health.

Kind of exciting in that that 6 was parked at the same time our 960 came off the showroom floor. Love the “constant reassurance” comment. ...Making sure we’re all following along.

Had a 1970 in High School through my college days and beyond. Loved that car. I did lots of mods on her. IPD springs, sway bars and shocks. Had a set of aluminum wheels on it. It was originally an Auto, but i found a 4 speed with overdrive in 1982 for in. What a difference it made. I sold the 164 in 1986. I have looked for it everywhere with out luck. Thanks for sharing . Brought back a lot of great memories.

Excited to follow this project. 🇸🇪

This is a very cool , very easy project ! 1969 I was seventeen . I started my automobilelife with 142 and 144:s. The bootlid is no problem, all you need is a Swedish piasavakvast. Back in the day everyone had the piasakvast for the bootlid. Looking forward to follow this project.

When restoring the B30, try finding a K-cam, it really awakens the engine without loosing drivability. Also try to find steel gears for the cam, the old bacelit gear often shreds on the B30 since it's such a long cam. A shredded gear wont destroy the engine but will leave you stranded. Also, the front bearing for the cam usually gets beaten up on B30, but it's easy to replace.

Never seen a 6 cyl with manual and think it was added later

David! Awesome find. Sorry about the Stromburgs but way better than trying to fix old fuel injection! My 70 145 had Stromburgs that never worked right. Triple SUs would be amazing! The 164 is one of the smoothest cars I’ve ever driven. I didn’t buy it in 89, and I regret it.

Google vallåkra amazon 162. Or just vallåkra Volvo. And you Will find crazy 70-80 style volvos.

So Sweede , Love the 242 I am working on. These cars are rugged!

This is great. Can't wait to see this beauty all polished up and purring. The trim around the back lights and the shroud for the rear license were all originally plastichrome. Adds a nice little sparkle to the car.

im glad that david finally got into the 140 series. i too for the longest time didnt think i would but now i have 2 and honestly i love the 140. it is the perfect step between the amazon and the 240. if an amazon feels too old and a 240 feels to new then the 140 is the perfect choice. the 164 is just gorgeous

Hello David, I have a similar story to you. two years ago I bought a 1969 164 at a farm Auction for 175.00 CAD. Parked since 1985 but she started up first turn with nothing other than some ether and a fresh battery. If yours was parked with any gas in the tank look at getting a new tank.

I love watching your vids. You’re so knowledgeable, I learn a lot. Thanks.

Congratulations too both of you 🥰 one Volvo and one boy. 🥰

Cool project.... now I need a 164! ...

Exciting! Can't wait to see how you get on! David 245 :)

With 4 speed! both mine are the autos... Nice. Lots of fun. Congrats look forward to seeing you fixing this up.

Rollin in my 164!! Good luck with the project.

Dave I owned a 244 in early 80s auto right hand drive because I live in the Uk it was comfort u felt like king on the road mate in the 70s until around 88 these cars were very popular in the Uk I will be interested watching you work on this car great video mate I have subscribed Phil in the UK

Its the turnsignalhousing on the front bumper

Beautiful. Yours is exactly the same as mine, with the AC also. At some point in its life it got an M410 but it lost its CD175s to be replaced by SU H6 carbs. Works but theres an issue with the throttle return springs. I had to source correct wheels, had the servo rebuilt and did all the suspension and brakes. Just working on bodywork now. Its a lot of work. Dont get disheartened, mine was a basket case when I got it :-)

Really nice projekt. Its got potential. Green ext. and beige int looking forward to see what will happen

👀 looking foward to this process !

best car volvo ever made

It’s Awesome!! Like I tell you, I have two 123GT but also a great blue 164E

Yeah Zenith-Stromberg, too complicated. You know you want the webers. OK, I want you to get the webers so I can hear the sound.

Hi Dave, Nice project! You have a rear seat passenger! Look at 12:33 - behind the rear seat armrest....

Man am I excited about this restoration,good luck not everyone including myself has the cojones for such an extreme project.245 Wagon myself

Wholly cow.. you've got your work cut out for you on this one. Looking forward seeing 'er back and looking sharp!

Superb, looking forward to this one

The trim surrounding the taillights and above the license plate was originally some sort of chrome - plating, or otherwise over the plastic. It faded fast from new. On my ‘71 142E that I owned in the very early ‘80’s, I ended up painting it all a semi-gloss black.

Nice looking rear end on that car. I’ll check out your older videos while I wait for an update on the project. I keep thinking my wagon is too far gone then I see you doing this. Totally worth saving, keep up the good work. Any tips for fixing a leaky windshield near the top? The metal is all rusty not fully rotted out but it’ll get to that point if allowed

Mycket bra objekt 🇸🇪👍🏻

Nope, we don't call vinyl "fabric" in Sweden. But the early models like 1968-70 was available with a nice kind of cloth seats.

1 remark about towing a car on a trailer: NEVER load a car the wrong way around (EXCEPTION: if the car has the engine in the back like an old VW beetle or Porsche 911 you SHOULD load it backwards). Why? Because the weigh distribution is dangerous having that heavy-ass lump of an engine BEHIND the trailer axels. Loading it the way it was done in this video promotes oscilating instability. You need proper tung weight on the hitch coupling. In this case the saving grace was the heavy truck doing the towing. That said: cool car, nice score! I think these engines had phenolic cam gears. These are prone to cracking. You might want to change it for an aftermarket steel gear rather sooner then later. If that gear cracks the engine might end up with damaged/bent valves.

Great.In 69 the upholstery was in wool not vinyl in 70 -75 it was leather but iam not sure in the usa

Hey David David here love the 164 I wish they would’ve made it in a two door or a wagon that would’ve been cool just FYI headliners out of the two series front back glass and some door panels can be interchanged on the 164 FYI oh and I have a new set of steel cam and crank gears with seals and the cam plate take care.

Nice to see that you like old volvos greetings from sweden

Nice car and video. I picked up my 164 few years ago and it was similar condition. Not driven since the 90's but I got it running pretty easy. I'm building a garage atm and going to start working more with the 164 when it's finished. Going to follow your project cos there is just never enough 164 stuff in the internet. Btw my radiator was also toasted so I got Universal Fabricated Aluminum Racing Radiator For Ford Mopar 24" x19" x3" from ebay. It fits in there but needed to modify the upper hose and the fitting in the cylinder head.

Nice vid👍Toyota - thats a propper daily driver - Love them (never fails). Love old Volvos too❤️

Happy New Year

A critical point in many of the 140 and 164 series due to rust is the reinforced upper bracket in the wheel arch for the rear shock absorbers

Hi, I have the same car, nice cars, greethings from Guatemala.

Never trust someone who sells an old volvo without a huge pile of miscellaneous paperwork and spare parts.

not all 14x comes with shifter like yours :) I am currently parting out 144 from which I could donate some parts like headliner.. But sadly I am located in Easter Europe (Latvia)

University of New York sticker in the back window tho.

Exciting

Oof i have 242 to get running and driving for 1000km roadtrip in spring

I really enjoy your videos man!!! But really cant wait to see an XC90 update!!!! Super exited for the future of this car!!!

For any parts,or if you need something you don’t know about this model let me know!! I have a big cardboard box of NOS parts!! Anyway enjoy it! This is a very nice project!! You know,I love 140/160 series and probably you’ll start to love it too!! P.s. The rear end exhaust was original from factory,was very rare with this shape,try to keep it,don’t change it!!!!!

You have a Dead mouse behind the armrest 😝

The S code #5356 is a "special" specification code. These are common to late Amazons and beyond. Even Volvo don't have a list of these. I haven't tried to look this one up but it might be for AC. Google Volvo S codes. The chassis number can be identified here. www.164club.se/modcod.html www.164list.se/ Good luck David.

Why didn't you pressure wash the whole thing (engine bay, etc.) before setting it up in the garage?

There is a 264 close to me, that has been kept sitting inside a warm garage for the last 15 years. Im tempted to get it, but I know nothing about the PRV6, I wonder if its worth my time, or if I should find a car to save with a B-series engine instead

Numbers aren't supposed to match. Simple as that.

I'm looking forward to watching this restoration. I restored a '73 144 last year and it was a lot of fun. My 144 was in a bit better shape than this 164, so it will be interesting to follow along with David's progress. I would DEFINITELY inspect the inside of the gas tank... mine had quite a bit of rust and they no longer make replacements, so I had to restore the tank myself. VPAutoparts also sells seat covers (brown) for the 164... they're a bit spendy, but they would work well: vp-autoparts.com/en/artiklar/cover-rear-seat-140gl_164-73-74-brown.html

What does it typically cost to restore a car as you do it? And how much time does it take?

So did Soren drive it out to you in Cali or is this old footage?

If you want some help from sweden with parts or whatever just tell me :)

I am confused do you live NM or CA?

This color in this clip looks nice on a 164 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zh3w8Fw2fWM.html

Was that a mouse though?

When you are done with this take off the suspension and tint the windows and put on maybe ocean mk18 or super dtm rims and a different exhaust and a fire sound system👌🏼

$500, you were robbed😟