200HP AWD 1957 Volvo| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

ultraclyde Dork
6/22/12 2:04 p.m.

http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/3083698009.html

Not mine, yada yada. Seen on Bringatrailer and linked to the original ad.

1957 Vovlvo wagon with drivetrain from an awd turbo DSM. good golly, yes, please. I WISH I lived close enough to be on this.

92CelicaHalfTrac MegaDork
6/22/12 2:11 p.m.

WUT.

ultraclyde Dork
6/22/12 2:17 p.m.

I KNOW, right??!!

ArthurDent HalfDork
6/22/12 2:55 p.m.

The front looks a little different. Maybe since it is lowered (edit - apparently the body was widened to fit over top of the Talon unibody chassis).

Ian F UberDork
6/22/12 3:01 p.m.

Holy crap.

The vintage Volvo lover half of me wants to lynch the guy who built this.

The GRM/hot rodder half wants to build a statue to him...

This car makes my head explode..

92CelicaHalfTrac MegaDork
6/22/12 3:02 p.m.

What makes my head explode is how the next "logical" step is to get this thing in the over 300awhp range.

irish44j SuperDork
6/22/12 3:59 p.m.

THATS

berkeleyING

COOL

Osterkraut UltraDork
6/22/12 4:05 p.m.

Well I didn't know I needed that so badly.

ReverendDexter UltraDork
6/22/12 4:32 p.m.

OoooOOOOOOooooooh!

clutchsmoke Reader
6/22/12 5:10 p.m.

I think I need that car in my life!

kreb GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
6/22/12 5:43 p.m.

If that's what he does with his volvo, what's that Synchro got in it?!

If it was within 100 miles of where I live, it'd probably be in my garage right now.

Vanamaxagon
6/23/12 1:05 a.m.

My apologies to Volvo restorers, but this one was really far gone when I hauled it home, so getting it back on the road as a hot rod seemed like a fun option. It has been, after the heartbreak of bad batches of bondo. Woulda been just as much fun as a rat rod and a hell of a lot cheaper! That said, we have driven this thing all over the states without missing a beat. Winding back roads are a blast, and interstates are a breeze. Time for someone else to have some fun with it, I'm putting a Prius drivetrain in my '64 VW bus. BTW, the Syncro has a 3.0L Nissan VG-30 V6 in it with 216,000 miles. Haul ANYTHING and be the last vehicle moving in a snowstorm. I may be nuts, but I USE my rigs.

dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
6/23/12 7:08 a.m.

Vanamaxagon welcome!!!!! I hope you stay around. You sir are very close to reaching the status of automotive god with those creations. I think you will find that many (if not all) around here share both your taste in "hot rods" and your belief that they should be used on a regular basis.

If you were not so far away I would be calling you about eh Volvo. It would make the prefect NE vehicle. My best friends father had one for years. I have great memories riding around in one of those as a kid.

simplecat New Reader
6/23/12 9:14 a.m.

^Agreed, you'll find alot of like minded people around here.

Twin_Cam UltraDork
6/23/12 3:10 p.m.

An old Volvo with a new AWD Volvo drivetrain and a weird van thing with a Nissan VG30 in it? Congratulations, one post and you're already GRM royalty.