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bigal;60131 wrote
Side Badge:
The badge on the side of this 145 doesn't have the lower part filled in with anything. What should be in here? "DeLuxe" perhaps? I've seen pics with and without something here.
The 73 and 74 models used different side badges to everything else.
The colour on the lower part of the side badge indicated the engine type; part numbers are for '145' badges:
Black = single carb B20A - p/n 1211740-4
Red = twin carb B20B - p/n 1211746-4
Silver or brown = D-Jet (73) or K-Jet (74) B20E (high compression) / B20F (low compression) - p/n 1211781-8
(source: 140 parts catalog, Group 8, page 128, item 39, and my memory)
The 164 TE models had "TE" in the lower part of the badge, but I've never seen any letters on 140s in that section of the badge.
About the tacho -
My 145 also doesn't have a tacho, it is a Type 1454362A (B20E; RHD made in Sweden) with metallic paint.
It's also worth noting that the English brochure doesn't mention the B20B engine as an option in any 140s, but both of my 142s left the factory (in Australia - type 1423349A) with them and 4- speed manuals. The blue Ballarat 145 IIRC was a B20B 4-speed, so I wonder if it was locally assembled.
Aside - JFYI, stumbled across a pace in Sweden that does clear front indicator lenses for our type of140s.
vparts.se/se/volvo-140-160/styling/blinkers/vita-blinkers-volvo-140-73.html
