Well, for those of you who followed that nice Green 1968 122S Non-GT, I wanted to let everyone know that I picked her up this morning and have it under my garage now. I was under the impression that it did not run, but the owner came out and met me on dry ground to get it loaded onto my dolly. He swapped in the original glass fuel pump and she fired right up.

If you recall the photos, the rust on this car is fairly minimal. The passenger front fender has a few spots including a bad one on the top right behind the headlight. The rest of the body is excellent. There are two rust holes. A fist sized hole in the passenger side footwell right in the corner, and a golf-ball sized hole in the trunk.

And that's it. There may be a bit behind the reflectors, but it's in remarkably good shape. I jacked it up and looked at the underside. I can say that it's the most intact, undamaged vintage volvo underside I've ever inspected. I think I really lucky out on this one. And after my structurally rusted 1800ES experience last fall, I'm quite relieved.

Because the seller never registered the title to himself, I'm technically buying it from the original owner, which is a nice plus. The original owner kept the car in a garage from 1985 until 2002, when he put it out in the open and the dashpad cracked. It's never left Lincoln County, Missouri. It has 150,000 miles - supposedly original...

Here's where it gets interesting. The original owner replaced the engine after the original threw a rod. He saved the head and supposedly had it machined. But, before he could arrange from a new block, he found a complete 1968 B18 engine from another volvo. Weirdly this engine is embossed as a B18 (near the rear of the block) and has 1968 embossed up on the front. That's a bit strange in my experience. Is that really the year of the engine?

So, I've got another head, as well as a rocker, timing gear, and rusty cam shaft (worth saving?) There were a number of nice little sundries in the trunk.
Such as a small horde of trim rings. I got 4 slotted aluminum wheel covers (held on by the hubcaps), 6 black "V" hubcaps, and 6 very nice trim rings.

It also came with a new water pump, new master cylinder, several OEM brake rebuild kits and a couple short brake hardlines.

But as to driving it?
The engine is running really rough, and the choke does not work - because the #1 choke is frozen. Not the cable. The jet is stuck - really stuck. So, the car barely starts and dies quickly. It has a pretty bizzare vacuum PCV system with the PCV valve out at the booster. I suspect that wasn't helping...

There are a few electrical gremlins to chase out. e.g. the hazard lights do not work at all. front clearance light is out. Wiper switch was broken off. etc.

I need to get the carb issue figured out first, and then I can fault-trace the brakes. BTW: even with a new MC, there is no brake pressure. Weird. I swapped in my own working booster, but I'm not sure what's wrong - or even if the original MC was at fault. More fun to come.