Tag: Volvo

  • Good, honest Turbo Brick

    Good, honest Turbo Brick

    We love Volvo Bricks and,of course, love Turbo Bricks even more.  The seller gives a good amount of info here and this seems like a great, original car.  With one of these, the teacher’s car story fits perfectly.  The only downside is it’s severely lacking in clutch pedal. Would you keep it as-is and hope…

  • Frbidden Fruit: Volvo 480 Turbo in the US!

    Frbidden Fruit: Volvo 480 Turbo in the US!

    We recently search all the way to Europe to find one of these, as they’re true favorites. The question here is whether anyone can drive it in the US, especially CA…hmm.  If it was a 1988 model, we know EPA would be okay, but 1989? Click for eBay ad SLO, CA $9,500 starting with ZERO…

  • Homebrew Volvo 142 convertible

    Homebrew Volvo 142 convertible

    Volvo never made a convertible version of the 140 series. Actually, the C70 in the late 90s might have been the first Volvo convertible in many decades.  Regardless, someone decided this needed to be built. The resultant car is pretty attractive and this is a more complete homemade convertible than most-the top looks decent, there…