This 1962 Volvo PV544 is believed by the seller to have been sold new in Canada and spent time with a couple in Tampa, Florida until its purchase by a US service member in the early 2000s. The car is said to have been driven between South Carolina and California on multiple occasions before being placed into warehouse storage later in the 2000s, and the seller purchased it from a friend in 2018. Power is from a 1.8-liter inline-four paired with a 4-speed manual gearbox, and features include blue paint over a red interior as well as metric instrumentation. The seller has reportedly refreshed the driveline, fuel system, brakes, cooling system, and more in the past several months. This PV544 is sold with spare parts and service records, and is titled as a 1961 example in California in the seller’s name.

The body is finished in light blue with chrome and polished accents. The paint on the driver-side door has worn through to primer, while rust spots and additional blemishes are shown up close in the gallery below. There is a dent and a mark on the rear end from a previous accident, as well as a panel gap in the trunk lid at the top left corner.

Volvo mudflaps are equipped along with several grille badges, while the door mirror is absent. A stock mechanism holds the trunk lid up when fully opened, and the seller notes functional locks for the doors and trunk. Steel 15″ wheels featuring Volvo dog dish hubcaps were mounted with Nexen tires in June 2018. The braking system reportedly features a new master cylinder and rubber lines.

The front seats benefit from new upholstery and foam padding, and a new shift boot is equipped. A dealer-installed air conditioner is mounted under the dash, while the corresponding piping and other components were removed at the time of the seller’s purchase. The windscreen wipers and heater do not work.

The horizontal ribbon speedometer registers in metric units, while the fuel gauge is labeled “bensin.” Just over 67k kilometers (~41k miles) are indicated on the stopped odometer, with true mileage unknown. The speedometer is said to squeak occasionally when the car is moving.

The 1.8L B18A inline-four reportedly features a rebuilt cylinder head with fresh valves, springs, and pushrods. A Weber carburetor has also been fitted along with a corresponding intake manifold and throttle linkage, while the remainder of the fuel system was overhauled with a new tank, pump, and lines. The synchronized 4-speed manual transmission benefits from a new clutch, pressure plate, and throw-out bearing. Fresh fluids have been added to the engine, cooling system, gearbox, and differential.

A new exhaust system is equipped from the manifold back. The seller reports a driveline vibration and states that the driveshaft U-joints should be replaced soon. Rust-through is in the spare wheel well. Spare parts consist of driver and passenger-side mirrors, new brake shoes and wheel cylinders, an oil pump, main bearings, mud guards, tail light lenses, engine gaskets, a canvas spare tire cover, and removed A/C parts. Available records are said to date to 1997. The rear differential carries a tag showing a 4.10 ratio.

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