Well, I had a wonderful surprise. A 1966 Amazon should have a B18 1.8L engine with 90 HP. I noticed the number stamped on the block is 496996. After much Googling this is a B20B 2.0L 118 HP engine! This model engine was never installed in any car, but was a replacement that could be […]
1966 Volvo Amazon
Issues and enhancements to the Amazon
’66 Volvo – Exhaust Issues
Our first day on the trip from Seattle to Little Rock we started getting dizzy and sick in the Volvo. I thought I could smell exhaust. 🙁 So the next morning I checked the manifold and it was leaking pretty badly; (pictured) between the manifold and downpipe. At this point we were in Yakima WA, […]