Hello mlennan:

Okay, I just checked the ride heights. On the left side both front and rear the ride height is 23", on the right side the ride height is 23-1/4" both front and rear. Just as a reminder, I measured from the bottom of the rim to the high point of the fender's wheel opening arc.

My car is parked on a bridge with a decent camber so that might explain the variance between right and left.

Cheers,

Jeff Pucillo

Nice car, look's like mine(posted yesterday, Claude from Repentigny QC), that color is dark green isn't it?

Very nice!!!! That one was on the IPD classifieds wasn't it?

Hello Mlennan:

Wow, I thought that I was the new owner of the prettiest '67 122 Wagon in America. I have had mine about 2 months and it looks great, really great, but not quite as great as yours. Congratulations.

My brick was previously owned by a rather fastidious Volvo tech so I suspect that my ride height is pretty dead nuts. I will measure it tomorrow as recommended in subsequent posts and write to you on Monday. Can you wait that long?

Cheers,

Jeff Pucillo

they sit high all round, personally I prefer to install rubber donuts at the top of the springs for the extra clearance. makes the ride smoother. Anyway, paint job looks good, enjoy.

VERY nice looking car! You'll enjoy it... treat her well, and she'll do you right back.

Can't tell if its sitting level in the picture, but it looks like the rear springs probably are worn. Replacements should be cheap, and easy to install.

IPD sells overload springs which willl certainly do the job of getting the rear back up, but beware, they make for a harsh ride. Only go with that option if you tote heavy stuff. Which I do in mine, and I'm please with those springs....

IPD may have stock stiffness springs as well.. not sure. If not them, somebody does.

Or maybe the previous owner forgot about the bars of gold he/she stashed in the spare tire compartment....?

-Matt

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-Matt '70 145s, '65 1800s, '66 122s wagon, others inc. '53 XK120 FHC

A similar question was asked at Volvospeed, and Bay 13 told the person to measure from the bottom of your rim to the edge of the fender.

If it is of any use, all our bricks appear to have the same space between the front and rear wheels and their respective fenders - including the two 740s that had over 230,000 miles on them.

Perhaps you can put in another post that asks other 122 owners to take that measurement. You can get several sets of measurements and come to a conclusion.

BTW - you can use a long subject line so that brick owners can understand what you need as they scan the list of subjects.
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96 855R, 95 855,854, 90 744 Ti - 343,000 Volvo miles put on 7 bricks

First, congratulations!

You are now owner of Volvo's absolute most lovely designed car.. Well, in my opinion! :-)

Check out the picture, scanned from a 1965 brochure.. It coul give you an idea of the "original" clearence.

The original rear-springs had an tendency to worn out quickly. If the bushings and so are replaced in the front, check out if the bolts where tightened while jacked up! -typical "wrong-doing" -since the bushings most be tightened while the bearing-arms i.e. are in "normal" possition..

Anyway, the original wheel-clearence WAS very high, not like today where everything has to "fly low"... :-)

Hope you understand my english..

/Soren