RockNRace's turbo volvo wagon: SOLD

[rocknrace03]

well its safe to say now that i have the title and the car will be put on a car hauler later this week, i bought this car for cheap! its totally complete and just is in need of a little rust repair and paint and reassembly, NADA says restored they are work between 15 and 30k, that i dont believe im thinking more like 8-10k regardless i bought this car because its different and even more because my dad had one in highschool and always talks about it. enough of the talk on with the specs and pics

1973 Volvo P1800es

2dr wagon

2.0L 4cyl

4speed with push button electric over drive

attached some pictures, the car is from las vegas and has minimal rust, i bought it from there because the ones here simply fell apart. plans are to get on the road restore it over the winter and drive it daily from spring to fall, also may be considering swapping either some sort of volvo turbo motor, v8 ford or just maybe an sr20 or rb25 depending on funds ect....

hope you guys find this project neat, should be here in 2 weeks or so

[lownslow95]

Wow, the thing is hideous, but i'm sure once its all done, i'm sure it will be bad ass. Good luck with the build.

[rocknrace03]

yeah theyre def an ugly child that only a mom could love, but fixed up they look pretty awesome im gonna try and hot rod it a little something like this, but without the 30's

[Bates]

These things look like a mutated AMC Gremlin. I dig em. Keep the stock engine, putting a Nissan engine in this would just take away from its classic appeal.

[Ender81]

I have always loved the front half of these cars but the back always kills me lol. Cool pick up, love seeing members posting up their classics.

[PhillySVT]

I like it! I've NEVER seen one of those on the road before.

[rocknrace03]

Originally Posted by Ender81

I have always loved the front half of these cars but the back always kills me lol. Cool pick up, love seeing members posting up their classics.

yeah i like the coupes alot but the wagons are one of the only few years that come with fuel injection, my dads was a 66 coupe, it looked like some sort of james bond car, maybe this should be called project jamie bond: operation soccer mom

[Ender81]

There used to be one over in Breinigsville on a back road that I would see that was a coupe it's the only coupe I've seen in person and it was sick. Is there an advantage to the fuel injection?

[rocknrace03]

from what i read/ my dad/grandfather told me is that they are more reliable and less temperamental and it creates an extra 25-30 horse power

[Ender81]

That's cool I was just curious. I'm partial to carbs just because it's usually less complicated and more reliable but I come from the aircooled vw and antique bike world so they are a different beast all together. In the old bugs it's popular to rip out the fi systems lol.

[thefro526]

This thing is awesome, in that whole socially awkward, you'll probably pull an excessive amount of females in this vehicle sort of way.

I'm excited for the end product.

[Reds82]

sweet would be cool to see a old school B21ET under the hood once all done

[quattroguy]

I know the EFI system in that car, it is a breeze to work on and can be tweeked for minor HP mods.

[rocknrace03]

thanks guys, im excited for it to be here, its stressful having something you paid for not in your possession for a few days, but i have faith itll be here safe and sound. im contemplating dropping a v8 ford 302 engine with a t5 trans, one of the other guys at my work has the engine all apart out an old fox body that had 20k on it, he said 100$ takes it, its efi but id probably just throw a carburetor on it. im just not too sure if i want to jump into something like that and or devaulue the car. but although im going to restore it right, it doesnt mean that ill be taking the body off the chassis. i simply want it rust free and of good running condition. throw some new shocks and brakes on it and a real nice paint job.

so opinions

keep it classic with the inline 4

or "stop being a wussy and throw that v8 in already!"

[oneday]

Awesome find!

I4 or I6 with ITBs. Trumpets out of the the hood...ok that may be a little much, but seriously ditch the intake manifold and run ITBs.

[RedBowTies88]

swap it with a 2.3

those are strong motors for what they are. sweet car man

[PAdutch]

That's one crazy Wagon. My votes for a V8 now and put it back to stock when you wanna sell it. None the less its a cool car.

[rocknrace03]

got the title transferred today!




yay!

[rocknrace03]

well the car finally left vegas as of yesterday and will be here this coming wednesday! the original owner called to let me know that the truck driver let the car roll into the back of the cab when he loaded it so now i have to figure out how to get some money back, i understand that im restoring the car and it only creates a few extra hours of work, but its still not right, im going to see what i have to do, when i spend 1200$ on shipping i assume the car will be here safely and well so far it already has 3 creases in it that it didnt have before.... in an otherwise almost perfectly straight body..... enough of a rant at this point i just want the car here so i can begin working on it =]

[Ender81]

I would be pissed I admit.