[{"id": 16489065, "authorName": "Apathyfern", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/apathyfern/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh man, green with envy! GLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1735683249, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489072, "authorName": "traveler_1701", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/traveler_1701/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know this won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I like it.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735683320, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489152, "authorName": "wizenheimer1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wizenheimer1/", "bidAmount": 2025, "content": "$2,025 bid placed by wizenheimer1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1735684280, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16489216, "authorName": "phavriluk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phavriluk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice color. Applied by a buy-here-pay-here used car lot. One wonders what's under the paint.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1735684944, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489268, "authorName": "dje7", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dje7/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A Swedish Starburst.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1735685531, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489385, "authorName": "vintage_volvo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vintage_volvo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks like a nice survivor with no rust. They stand out already without striking paint. I've not seen any with a different rear seat and the CR-V seats are a good looking fit. \nGL to seller and buyer", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1735687165, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489529, "authorName": "JohnRiddle", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnriddle/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well, that wasn\u2019t on my 2024 bingo card. But love it, too!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1735689016, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489540, "authorName": "schigh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schigh/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "OMG. I'm sure that's not a Volvo color. But, it has a B18 and dual SU's. I'm good.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1735689195, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489591, "authorName": "7son", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/7son/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please pull the trunk liner & supply additional photos ...thx!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1735689999, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489822, "authorName": "nsanb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsanb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know this is blasphemous to some, but I've always wanted one of these to make a sleeper. Bumper delete, lower a bit and make it scream with some big HP. Maybe 2025 is the year!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735693818, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16489820, "authorName": "panardrod", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/panardrod/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The guy had paint left over from painting his Kawasaki? It's growing on me, and this appears to be a healthy 544. It's sister was my first Volvo in 1968, already improved by its previous owner with bigger front anti-sway bar, breathed-on B18, redone dash with matching speedo & tach, nerf bars front & rear... 'Handled very well, light weight, tossable, with spirited performance. Wish I still had it.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1735693879, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490044, "authorName": "Old_Ned", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/old_ned/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Citabria98, I\u2019m anxious to hear your comments. Happy New Year.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1735697890, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490252, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "..and @volvorelix and @130220 deserve a shout out! I have to admit I\u2019m kinda diggin\u2019 the vibe here - using a 544 as a blank canvas for clever repurposing and diy resto. The interior takes the cake in that respect and the green is a real anti-originality statement! I\u2019m usually a big proponent of old-school, non-metallic, period colors on curvaceous old dames, but for whatever reason this really pops for me! Too bad the painter wasn\u2019t just a tad more patient.\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735702512, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490378, "authorName": "MinutemanMike", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/minutemanmike/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You'll see this Swedish machine over any horizon. \r\nA few interesting mods like the engine strut \"stabilizer\". \r\nHome made or store bought?\r\nNice looking Personvagnar aka PV544 so GLWTA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1735706493, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490413, "authorName": "130220", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/130220/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@PDXBryan, I LOVE the look of this mild Custom. Awesome green paint with super comfy looking modern seats with Head Restraint! Nice inside and out full color change. Retains OG drivetrain and curvy cuteness. YES. PLEASE.", "likes": 12, "timestamp": 1735708293, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490431, "authorName": "sportydaddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sportydaddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have joked about \"Kermit, your car is ready\" in the past, but this is truly the Kermit color. Not my color choice, but I love these cars, GLWTA.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1735709415, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490557, "authorName": "hooper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hooper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks like with the correct shoehorn a S2000 mill may just comfortably drop in there.... May not be any faster. but the scream would be noticed.....", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1735719543, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490624, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I owned one of these for my first car, it was fun to drive for the times. Too bad about that color choice, looks to be a decent unmodified driver, perhaps someone would purchase and return it to a more appropriate color.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735731304, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490645, "authorName": "Old_Ned", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/old_ned/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@130220,PDXBryan, I also like this one. It only needs front disc brakes and a hot B-20 to be complete.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1735733326, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490796, "authorName": "longhorizon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/longhorizon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\u2018 windshield wiper arms are removed\u2019 -\nWhat luxury! With nearly an inch of rain here in the last 24 hours, I\u2019m (color comment delete) with envy!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1735739938, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16490941, "authorName": "Jetson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jetson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The seller was very original to choose this color, even if the color is not original. So credit for the seller's originality! :-)", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1735743255, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16491034, "authorName": "foggydogg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/foggydogg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mighty bold color for what seems to be a flip. Looks like a pretty clean example, especially the underbits.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1735744900, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16491354, "authorName": "GrnEnvyVolvo (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/grnenvyvolvo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hey just putting it out there that I knew color change was offensive to the purists and I respect that. When I found this car it seemed like someone had worked to maintain it as a driver and seemed like a super solid runner. I thought it should be revived and everyone should be able to see it in a new light. I believe the updates on paint and interior brings new life to and old car that someone can enjoy at local events. \r\nI will post some pictures of the paint process as all the stainless was removed and interior was also removed. Had a couple tiny rust spots on passenger floor and trunk they were treated and sealed. Car should be driven many more years without fear of decaying. \r\nCar is in storage so I will get pictures of the trunk tomorrow. It\u2019s a solid car.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1735749838, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16491381, "authorName": "berfinroy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/berfinroy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "These all need an OD for relaxed highway cruising. And these days everybody is used to AC in a closed car. Volvo's reputation for building no nonsense bullet-proof cars was deservedly based on this car.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735750222, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16491710, "authorName": "broodie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/broodie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"wiper arms removed\", does the wiper motor work?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1735755224, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16492132, "authorName": "Dustyone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dustyone/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by Dustyone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1735760712, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16492197, "authorName": "130220", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/130220/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GrnEnvyVolvo (The Seller), be sure to drown out the sound of disapproval on the color with the sweet B18 at 5,500 RPM. The green is grand! Plenty of PVs still out there on the West Coast. Not quite an endangered species like say a 1968 123GT. \r\n\r\nGLWTA!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735761705, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16492982, "authorName": "JetstreamRider", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jetstreamrider/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@grnenvyvolvo,\nEven as a purist, absolutely love the bold color!! I\u2019d have my childhood mix tape with Green Manalishi on continuous loop! Casual bystanders young and old would shout out with Rob Halford\u2019s wail as you cruised by. Dig it! GLWTA!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735774888, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16496861, "authorName": "Chris_A", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chris_a/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Honey, thanks for getting the car painted so I could find it in the parking lot. Nevada sunny day car, who needs wipers? Love the over the top color once I stopped laughing. Cars and coffee special. Really does look like a Kawasaki H3 750 color.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1735845324, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16497655, "authorName": "PB333", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pb333/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Won't be many 'undecided' votes on color. \r\nIn a thoughtful comment, Seller mentioned \"tiny rust spots.\" Not disputing, just saying that in my experience w/rust & older Volvos, potential buyers need to look deeper. There may be more \"green\" than you want.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1735847882, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16508708, "authorName": "FMausser12353", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fmausser12353/", "bidAmount": 2601, "content": "$2,601 bid placed by FMausser12353", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1735955326, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16510601, "authorName": "Dustyone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dustyone/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by Dustyone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736008183, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16510654, "authorName": "FMausser12353", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fmausser12353/", "bidAmount": 3101, "content": "$3,101 bid placed by FMausser12353", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736008804, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16510679, "authorName": "JGraham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jgraham/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GrnEnvyVolvo to hell with the purists. I'm green with envy over this green Volvo.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1736009021, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16510710, "authorName": "Citabria98", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/citabria98/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well, at least I know the proper color can still be sourced for my Kawasaki ZRX1200R, if need be. As an old geezer OCD vintage Volvo owner (544-122-1800), who is probably older than @Old_Ned, I\u2019ve always wanted to build a 544 SCCA legal road race car. If I had the time, space, energy, and youth; this car would be the perfect candidate, and does make my bidding finger twitch. I certainly would not change the color.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1736009304, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16514758, "authorName": "sportydaddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sportydaddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't have any problem with the updated seats, but the Metallic Kermit will keep me far away from bidding. It is a free country, so to each their own. \r\n\r\nThe one constructive thought is the old timey steering wheel looks out of place with the modern seats. Easy fix for the new owner. GLWTA!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1736054547, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16519821, "authorName": "smitty122", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/smitty122/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great 544, also great example on how important a color choice is, if one is planning on selling at some point. It can really limit interest.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1736174068, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16521114, "authorName": "AJMahoney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajmahoney/", "bidAmount": 3300, "content": "$3,300 bid placed by AJMahoney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736186688, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16522778, "authorName": "Mrsqueaks", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrsqueaks/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I remember walking into a Volvo Dealership near Atlantic City in the early 1960>s...and then checked out a nearby Saab dealer. I had never seen those cars in the flesh until then....Love the green!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1736192644, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16524292, "authorName": "tomberg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomberg/", "bidAmount": 3488, "content": "$3,488 bid placed by tomberg", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736199702, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16524330, "authorName": "2chevaux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2chevaux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "60 year old 544. Many think that older cars are greener then new ones. I am one of them and the green on this one underlines it ;-)", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1736200060, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16524625, "authorName": "AJMahoney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajmahoney/", "bidAmount": 3588, "content": "$3,588 bid placed by AJMahoney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736203600, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16526544, "authorName": "Citabria98", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/citabria98/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My finger is still twitching every time I think about this car lightened, lowered, and prepared, on Panasports; with me at the wheel, making a lot of noise, bringing up the rear at Summit Point or Watkins Glen. Dreams of relative youth\u2026..", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1736257344, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16526809, "authorName": "volvoracer9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volvoracer9/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Citabria98 I'm honored and humbled that I got to live your dream, sir. My '61 544 was built to SCCA F Production specs by a gentleman in Michigan who used to race his wildly modified 544 against the likes of Mark Donahue in the Trans-Am circuit back in the 70s. I was able to race it for 6 or 7 years at Summit, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, BeaverRun...and even finished 3rd at the Glen on one glorious day (...so no throwing shade about 544s \"bringing up the rear\" allowed! ;) My amazing racecar, covered in '50s-style flames, was not as bullet-proof as you'd expect though, and I had to put it on blocks when paying for my daughter's college took priority! Great times...", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1736261115, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16526849, "authorName": "Citabria98", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/citabria98/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@volvoracer9 That must have been a lot of fun. Kudos \ud83c\udf77 to ya!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1736261692, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16526969, "authorName": "kengta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kengta/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@volvoracer9 was your 544 Trans Am raced in 1972 and if so does it have a Brass Tag and/or Log Book with a number like \"72BS##\". I maintain a register of those numbers.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736262754, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16527083, "authorName": "volvoracer9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volvoracer9/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@kengta No, sorry if I wasn't clear. The fellow who build my car raced his 544 in Trans-Am. Mine was built for a client of his, a gentleman racer, in the 90s and I bought it in the early 2000s.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1736263763, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16529494, "authorName": "AJMahoney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajmahoney/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I must not be a Volvo purist, because I like the green paint.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1736276124, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16529979, "authorName": "kengta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kengta/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@volvoracer upon re-read you were clear. So can you provide a contact of that builder/racer if he has a shop. Not personal info here.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736277532, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16530905, "authorName": "JetstreamRider", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jetstreamrider/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@citabria98,\nGo for it! No regrets! Fountain of youth right here!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1736280166, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16531108, "authorName": "AlfaBase", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfabase/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As a 122S enthusiast, 544s have never called to me much, til this one. While newer Volvo seats could be a neat switch, these Honda ones look both supportive and pettable. Respect to the builder.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1736280856, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16531159, "authorName": "Greenpak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/greenpak/", "bidAmount": 3700, "content": "$3,700 bid placed by Greenpak", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736281057, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16531222, "authorName": "AlfaBase", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfabase/", "bidAmount": 3800, "content": "$3,800 bid placed by AlfaBase", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736281327, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16531241, "authorName": "Greenpak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/greenpak/", "bidAmount": 3900, "content": "$3,900 bid placed by Greenpak", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736281403, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16531267, "authorName": "AJMahoney", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajmahoney/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by AJMahoney", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736281508, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16531284, "authorName": "nsanb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nsanb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Somebody is getting a steal. So tempted, but I already bought something crazy this year (school bus) \ud83e\udd23 ugh", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1736281591, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16531295, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 1/7/25 at $4,000", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736281629, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 16531340, "authorName": "sportydaddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sportydaddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's not easy being green...", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1736281860, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16532471, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks like the \"purists\" left if for the high school kids.......", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1736286377, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16532911, "authorName": "TVOHIO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tvohio/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well, Green............", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1736290614, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16533658, "authorName": "Heyharry", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heyharry/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This was my very first car iOS 16 1965. Mine however, was a black 444 1958. Went smoothly over everything .. Kind of nimblle comfortable. Hi named the car, Olga.. Pretty obvious what this should be called kermit", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1736298376, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16541213, "authorName": "broodie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/broodie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "well, the wiper motor didn't work either ........", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1736395774, "type": "comment"}]