Amazon: Seat availability

[Burdekin]

If that's Redcar (Gareth's) old car from Dublin then I'm a bit annoyed as I gave him a set of seat backs and headrests which he fitted. Assume someone has taken them out and used in another car.

My take on the seats is they look awful and look like your grannies sofa jammed in. Get a nice original restored set back in or some quality correct period seats and they will look like the dogs.

[Burdekin]

The sills don't look correct to me they look like they have the oversills fitted so this needs properly looking at. I could be wrong but early 2 doors I don't think had galvanised sills so if inspecting the car have a good looks at and around the sills.

[Alf ista]

Nice looking car at a fair price. Seats are probably more comfortable but look awful and don't suit in my opinion. Each to their own of course. You would source original seats eventually, probably fit new foam and covers and they would look great. You would still have the newer ones to put back in if you wanted to. If it was me I would change the Minilites to wide steels and it would be perfect! Best of luck with it.

[Derek UK]

2 door sills only went as far back as the B post. the rest of the sill, backwards, is part of the rear wing. That's why there is a vertical join showing there, or should be, as the front part of the sill is joddled under the wing. 4 door has front to back one piece sill.

[Army]

Originally Posted by wstlr

... I think I'll try and go and see it, at least to judge it in person. ...

That I think is the best thing you can do.

Forums are great places for advice and whilst there are lots of "real mechanics" here when we are giving advice here we demote ourselves to "armchair mechanic" status! You can't beat being there in person...

[Dibble]

Originally Posted by wstlr

Hi all,

I'm new to the forum and I'm on the hunt for a 2 door 122s.

I've wanted an Amazon since I was 17 (now 39) but was discouraged from buying a classic as my first car. Now that I'm in a position to afford one in good condition, have a garage and have the time to look after it, I'd like to drive an Amazon as my daily car (with the exception of the extreme winter months when there's salt on the road).

I spotted a 122s on ebay but at some stage it has had its seats swapped for C70 seats. The interior looks to be otherwise original. My question is, should I consider buying this with the intention to replace the seats with original Amazon seats? Are they hard to come by? A quick search online came up with none currently for sale.

I'm not in a massive rush to buy, so I'd rather wait to find the right car but it occurred to me that if the seat swap was relatively trivial then this could be a contender.

Thanks in advance for any / all advice.

Looks a lovely car and I would listen to what 123GT Amazon has to say. He has great knowledge of Amazon's. Other than the fact that the seats are not original I can vouch for the quality of C70 seats. I have an Amazon and a C70 and can safely say that they are the most comfortable seats of any of the 13 Volvos I have owned. Don't think you will go wrong with this car but I did think that with twin carbs it should be a 122S! The original Amazon seats are very comfortable btw!

[JP 1800]

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Regards JP

[wstlr]

Originally Posted by JP 1800

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Regards JP

Hi JP,

Thanks for your PM. I’m not able to reply because I don’t have over 30 posts but if you’re happy to email me on … (edited) then that would be great.

Cheers,

Kieran

[JP 1800]

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Regards