Used Car of the Day: 1965 Volvo 122S

by Tim Healey

Published: March 8th, 2024

Unofficial Volvo week continues. I wanted to move on from Sweden but this 1965 Volvo 122S is too unique to pass up.

This restored car is black-on-red, which is apparently the rare "19" color combo.

The car was restored, repainted, and the rust removed over the past 6,000 miles. It still has the original engine and the carbs have been serviced and re-tuned. There are also performance spark-plug wires, a sport exhaust system, and a swapped-in manual transmission. The suspension has also been reworked and Bilstein shocks are part of that.

Exterior renovations include a new front nose, front and rear inner fenders, rockers, rear quarter panels, and more. Inside there's a new dash pad, headliner, and Momo steering wheel.

The flooring and hat shelf still need to be redone.

Other mods include a LED third brake light, a Bluetooth head unit, rear three-point seat belts, and Hella driving lights.

The ask for this Pennsylvania-based car is $25,000.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Redapple2 on Mar 09, 2024

25 large? That s a bit dear. I would nt drop that much on a Peugeot 504 diesel stick.

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- 28-Cars-Later on Mar 11, 2024
  
  Seems a tad high but well I know what I got stupidity reigns.
  
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28-Cars-Later on Mar 11, 2024

I've got a much better UCOTD (disclosure: no relationship to seller).

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