I'm looking for any information the generous people of this community may have for me as I want to know if I am getting in over my head or not.

I am currently in school and will be going back in a month for autobody collision and bought myself a project car that I'm not certain they will accept as its more restoration than fixing dents/etc, plus I don't have the money to do a complete 100% restro like I'd like.

I bought myself a 1966 Volvo Amazon 220, B18(B or D?, does it matter?) manual 4 speed for $800US. It came with a parts car which is a sedan that I do not have yet but believe that parts car is a 122. Neither runs, guy says only carb work to run it... We'll see. Question one... In your opinions, was it an ok deal? These seem to only really be worth around $2500 in good condition in my area.

My other question is just looking for advice on what you may all say about it. If you could take a look at the pictures and let me know if you spot any trouble areas besides the fairly obvious, like the holes in the passenger side floor pan, driver seat floor pan.

The drivers side fender is rusted along the seem where the hood shuts. I can not afford to buy new fenders. Is there a way to weld patch that or do you know if the sedan version will fit the 220 version?

Couple other minor things. Theres a picture somewhere of the drivers door opening with a, what looks like, shredded rubber seal thats covered in cloth. These all seem to be bad in the entire car. Is there a part number for these and how do they attach? Looks like you unscrew some body panel and rescrew and they pinch in??

The latch that latches the rear window to the tailgate, its broke. Besides wiring it closed, there any way to fix this besides the $70 part? I would think there has to be some kind of other latch that would work in its place...

Last question before I head to bed. Below the tail light theres what looks like reflective warning lights on the car. How do you get those off? I see no screws and have twisted the cover but don't want to break anything lest I have to buy more stuff.

I appreciate any help and if you spot anything please feel free to mention it. This is my first real project car and I'm not scared of it, I just want to know monetarily, how much am I going to have to kick out as I don't have that much to spend.

Thanks.

On with the pictures. =)

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[IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/211/c/d/volvo_amazon_2_by_rogue77-d4276n3.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/211/b/7/volvo_amazon_3_by_rogue77-d4276pj.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/211/2/e/volvo_amazon_4_by_rogue77-d4276te.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/211/c/3/volvo_amazon_5_by_rogue77-d4276wb.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/211/d/9/volvo_amazon_6_by_rogue77-d42771s.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/211/f/7/volvo_amazon_7_by_rogue77-d42777o.jpg[/IMG]
^ door seal ?

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[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/211/b/e/volvo_amazon_9_by_rogue77-d4277cn.jpg[/IMG]
^ How do you get this off?

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[IMG]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/211/f/d/volvo_amazon_12_by_rogue77-d4277ip.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/211/a/4/volvo_amazon_13_by_rogue77-d4277jk.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/211/2/e/volvo_amazon_14_by_rogue77-d4277nl.jpg[/IMG]
^ Drivers side wing(?), there a way to weld patch this??

[IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/211/9/d/volvo_amazon_15_by_rogue77-d42781m.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/211/8/b/volvo_amazon_17_by_rogue77-d4277v8.jpg[/IMG]

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I can take more pictures if anyone wants me too.

Again, thanks for any help or pointers. =)