Not suitable for Reader's Rides, as we don't own it anymore.
Back in 1986 my Dad got the itch to go circuit racing, and eventually after a long search for something suitable, he found a very cheap '64 Volvo Amazon.
It was a B16, left hand drive and brought over from Germany by a Squaddie (hence the S-Reg), and needed a bit of TLC.
Seeing as I was only 2 at the time, I don't remember a lot of it, but luckly, my Dad snapped some pics of when we first got it, and when it was finished.
It got finished (in a rather lush shade of grey primer) for the start of 1987, and had a couple of outings, but nothing special. it was stock apart from the cage and bucket seats! In '88 it got a P1800 gearbox and back axle to help the acceleration, and dome Spax dampers, and in '89 he put a B20 in, but when he got called up to the Gulf war, it was laid up and sloly rusted away.....
Throughout this time , it was a daily driver too, doing about 60 miles a day! I remember him saying that all our neighbours hated it, as he would leave for work at 5am, and the racing exhaust would wake everyone up!
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Anyway, on with the pics (scanned from out photo album):
First pics, top is the day we bought it (note my uncle's Pinto'd Magnum (eventually turned into a grasstracker) and my Grandad's 6 month old Alpine in background. Also, my Mum's Allegro too).
Bottom of the Mountain, Cadwell Park:
Back in 1986 my Dad got the itch to go circuit racing, and eventually after a long search for something suitable, he found a very cheap '64 Volvo Amazon.
It was a B16, left hand drive and brought over from Germany by a Squaddie (hence the S-Reg), and needed a bit of TLC.
Seeing as I was only 2 at the time, I don't remember a lot of it, but luckly, my Dad snapped some pics of when we first got it, and when it was finished.
It got finished (in a rather lush shade of grey primer) for the start of 1987, and had a couple of outings, but nothing special. it was stock apart from the cage and bucket seats! In '88 it got a P1800 gearbox and back axle to help the acceleration, and dome Spax dampers, and in '89 he put a B20 in, but when he got called up to the Gulf war, it was laid up and sloly rusted away.....
Throughout this time , it was a daily driver too, doing about 60 miles a day! I remember him saying that all our neighbours hated it, as he would leave for work at 5am, and the racing exhaust would wake everyone up!
.Anyway, on with the pics (scanned from out photo album):
First pics, top is the day we bought it (note my uncle's Pinto'd Magnum (eventually turned into a grasstracker) and my Grandad's 6 month old Alpine in background. Also, my Mum's Allegro too).
Bottom of the Mountain, Cadwell Park:
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