Super nice 122 shifter conversion

[B20 123GT]

im new to this board but i thought i would share this super slick shifter conversion with you, and as i used to be a volvo parts man i came up with it myself : ) we all know the shifters in 122's leave alot to be desired right. i was taking apart a 1967 123GT that had been wrecked and i was putting all the parts in my 68 122 like rear end overdrive recaro seat brackets ect. i saw a top cover off a 1974 140 in the parts room ant thought wow that would be nice, so going to the part films i saw that the raised tunnel in a 1974 140 was a seperate part mounted above the transmission tunnel. i ordered the tunnel piece the 74 shifter and shift boot. now this part may no longer be available from a volvo dealer but is pretty easy to cut out of a donar car, you have to cut out your 122 tunnel to allow the remote shifter to fit up into the body, then you install the 74 140 tunnel piece either with weatherstrip seals and pop rivets or it can actally be welded in, the top cover i got had a place for the overdrive lock out switch and i had the original overdrive switch relay and light from the 123GT, that car has long since gone down the road but i currently have a really nice 1966 2 door with all of the GT parts in it and we later realized that because my 122 has a headlight dipper switch on the floor there is an un used contact on the turn signal switch that works really nice as the momentary switch for the overdrive, and you can get an original looking od light off a 1800. Just some neat volvo stuff i thought you might like. ohh by the way this car has the 1974 140 shifter conversion as well.