Will It Run? 35 Years Abandoned 1967 Volvo Amazon 122s - (Part 3) 

What a great episode! So much fun seeing you start her. Oh. That poor starter motor had some dramatic wake up😂. Gotta love these b18's! They don't need much to run 😀. I guess I would go with the cheapest carb option just to make her run ok for now. Anyway, this looks and sound promising! Congrats!

One of the most beautiful cars ever built! And one of the most reliable!

Thank you SO MUCH for making this Amazon 122s series. I've had a 1966 Wagon sitting a garage for 25 years and finally decided to get it running this year. Your videos have taught me so much already and are only teaching me more. I really appreciate it!

This is almost exactly my first car: A 1967 Volvo 122S 2 door, white, 4 speed transmission, and not running. My father helped me get the car running, and I purchased it with my own $300. You'd better believe I'm going to subscribe and follow along. For my money, stick with the SU carbs. You will grow to love them as you rebuild and tune them. As simple as a motorcycle carb, and tbh I think you can make this a really good runner with nothing more than a couple of kits. Throttle shafts may leak a bit, but you can still drive it perfectly. I never bothered with the shafts, and the car had great throttle response and mileage (@30 mpg).

I had a 242 we changed the B20 with a B21, it had the same need for a “gentle” tap on the starter. It worked almost every time, when it didnt work, I had to push it backwards out from the driveway to the streeet, and then push to a rolling start😊

Awesome that you were able to start the Volvo after being parked for so long.

SUs are wonderful IF they are clean and IF the worn throttle shafts are replaced and bodies rebushed and IF you hook BOTH chokes up! The poor old girl is trying to start with only the rear choke cable attached. But what a great old car! I have a '67 wagon that I adore. Slow and ponderous but fun to drive anyhow and so cool to look at. These cars are a real snapshot of the sixties (fifties styling, too!) and they are really rugged and reliable, a very practical classic for these modern times.

Clean the SU's and get it running. Changing the carbs won't help much of anything unless you're doing "other things" to the top end. The Dual SU's can stay with the engine up to like 150hp and pretty high rpm, once cleaned and tuned. They are really reliable and well preforming carbs. Nothing else on the list would be an upgrade....

Great video, got so excited when it started to run, it’s been in a long sleep! That parts washer definitely looks to be worth the investment. Looking forward to the next one!

If I had this car, I would keep its patina. Fix any severe rust, change basically all components, gaskets, rubbers and so on. Go through the electronics or just install some new wiring, refurbish the carbs or get new ones.

It runs! Yaaaaayyyy! SO satisfying getting something running, even poorly, after sitting for so long. I just got my 242 running after it sat for 20 years. The fuel system needs major cleaning, but it runs!

Great videos! Thanks Dean. I recently picked up my brother's 1963 122s. Just has surface rust, body, panels and floors are solid. Going to get it running and try to sell, no idea what it's worth 😂

Not sure what the rest of the plan for this one is but... if you'd be interested I've got a complete B21 turbo engine

That was amazing to see it starting up like that! Good job and keep it going! 🙌

I’ve got a 65 122s. Still driving

I'll agree with the majority here, and say rebuilding the SU is probably your best bet. A friend helped me with mine, and once they get dialed in, you're golden. I'm probably putting the cart before the horse, but I would also pull the heater box out and clean clean it out before you run the heater. Thankfully, I never ran my heater until I did that as I had about a pound of dirt and pine needles in mine. I'm guessing yours has around 5 lbs in it based on it's slumbering location. It's now the best heater I have out of any or our "modern" cars.

Absolutely loving this series so far mate it’s such a cool car I love your tapping tool 🤣

Hey Dean, I'm glad u decided to save her, good luck with ur startup and resto I l be enjoying the content!

Fun to watch it coming back to life congrats on saving it

Great job getting the ol' girl to fire up! Always such a great feeling

The starter on the V70 didn't want to start when it was below freezing after getting the engine back in. But after a week of starting the car to go to work, it hasn't given me a lick of trouble since. Even at -27F.

Who abandoned this 😢 Happy that it's in good hands now.

bushings and teflon sleeve job for the SUs, bam

A bit of tip with the cleaner. Use distilled water in the tank and use sealable containers filled with diesel or what ever you want to use as cleaner. Put the containers with the parts into the cleaner and go. No need to drain the whole machine after use. Some containers are better as they let the sonic waves travel through. There are Mikunis that are straight bolton replacements. Best and most modern carb at the moment. Expensive though.

Of course it starts. Those B16-B18-B20 engines never dies. I tried to kill a B18 when i had a old 142..... No chanse. hahaha

You should probably buy a k-kam and a 36/36 dcd weber carburator. And bigger carburators just makes it a bad fuel economy, so don't buy dcoe, 42. (If you wan't) you'll need to remove the engine and make a whole renovaton. Grind the top, forged stakes, forged crankshaft, forged piston, etc.

Oh man. The intro was awesome! This was probably my favorite video of yours to date. Amazing editing! Hearing it finally run was an amazing thing! Seeing the bone dry clutch system makes me thankful for the cable cars I have right now! I look forward to what's coming soon with this old beaut!

Nice work we need to talk I am pretty much in the same boat that you are and I need to get mine to start lol.

Don't forget the manual chokes on the bottom of the SU's, if you pulled them out it would have run. These tractor engines do not like the cold. SU's are simple and great I would buy a used set and give em a chance, but either way good luck with the project!!

Lewis says full blown throttle bodies... No messing! I say rebuild the SUs..... Awesome video, it def wants to run!

Tappy tap! Works every time👍😂

Did you pull the plugs and soak the cylinders in anything? About to do the same to my 67 122 and I’m thinking of soaking everything for a week in Marvel Mystery before I give her a fire. Sat since ‘95.

ask honey if the key is getting warm ?

Nice video! and nice car! and I´d go weber!... ;)

Assuming your not going for the full stock resto id say get a webber. They are about 350 and you could probably get around that for the su carbs. I went with the webber and its sooo much easier. Starts and runs everytime. No noticable difference in power.

these engine should have three woven flat copper grounds

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Crusty pants 😂😂

weber dcoe 40 4 the win