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Hi Jerry.
I feel it is fun that I can share what I know. But my knowledge apply to the Swedish market, and maybe cars in D were equipted different, and what I reffer to is not what differ the cars apart from year to year but from 121/122 and the 123 GT. As for the U.S. I did not know B20 Amazons were not sold here, so I learn something new everyday.
OK. I checked it out. In Sweden there is ONE 123 GT '70', that I know off. It is a RHD, and to be honest I do not know where is was sold new. RHD could be from UK , Malaisya, South Africa, or another RHD country. Volvo had plants in South Africa and Malaysia (there is a picture of an Amazon painted in a colour that did not appear until 71, the pic is from South Africa). I know the person who has the '70', and he is a big collector. If you, or you know anyone with membership in the Swedish Volvo Amazon Club, look into the member book' and find Jan Nyren. The reason I also mention Malaysia as a possibility is because I got hold off a new steering wheel,regulator, etc from there.
And I am sorry I could not find the journals over the engines. The one i have can identify any B18,B20, B30, so it is still packed down in Sweden. I thought it would just be fun to see if yours still has the original engine, and you could check the serial on it to know about at least how many '69's were made (if yours was the last one).
67/68 had several items: foglight and extra highbeam light (Hella), SEV Motorola regulator and altenator, the relay bridge (for the relays (Hella) to the extralights, horn, and regulator), dual horns, wing mirrors (two good used ones were sold from U.K. recently on ebay), overdrive, tach (smith), folding seats with chrome sides (Recardo), 4 1/2 inch wheels with chrome inserts (covers the whole rim), chromed extention for the exhaust pipe, engine and trunk compartment lights (comes on when you open them). Between '67' and '68' it is the saftey feature that makes them apart. '68' had the new heat control in the dashboard, new rear view mirror, matte black trim (inside) around the front window, different cranks for the sidewindows, etc. basicly everything that seperates '67' and '68' apart. They never had limited slip or 5 1/2 inch rims standard as suggested by some. Volvo did not even offer the 5 1/2 inch rims at all.
As for 69/70, I do not know too much on exactly how they were equipted. The lost the wing mirrors and lights. But I have never seen the engine compartment so I do not know if they lost the regulator and altenator too. It is special for 67/68 since it was the same equiptment as the swedish police amazon had. It is not harming the radio waves as a regularly equipted volvo might do. Maybe you can bring some light on this for me.
I have found on ebay a different rear badge, than the one for 67/68 and I do not know if it for 69/70. How does your look like? The one i found did not have the "arm" on it, it was just the peice that said GT.
There are problably more items I have forgot that make these car unique. I have had a dedication for several years to this model, and have had 4 all together, all '67's. I am currently looking for one, but I have only found one in North america (in bad shape and in Canada), so I am hunting in Sweden, Holland, Belgium, and Switzerland for now.
If you would not mind, could you please scan me a copy of the sales brochure for the '69'.
I have temporary misplaced my sales brochure for '67', the Swedish market. If you want to, when found, I can scan and send you a copy.
When you mention the hand brake, what are you refering too? Are they equipted different in D?
Looking forward to continued correspondence.
Sincerely, Bjorn
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