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Good stuff = it's practically the same suspension tech spec wise as the fabled unicorned monster stealth wagon. Bad stuff = this is a "one off concept car" $$$$$$$$$

And ...........it's missing one cylinder ffs! I mean really! How can that be good.

Very nice beach wagon all the same. For the night fishing trips of course. :)

They even ran once with toy dogs in the boot taped to the roll cage...

Joke was that someone at Volvo has misheard the name of the compertition and thought that it was the British Towing Car chanmpionships...

850 T5 was very popular with Police and company car users in the UK, as Volvo in those days allowed any engine in any trim level car, so it was possible to buy brand new a fairly cheap 850 T5 with wind up windows and a povo pack interior. Friend of mine in the leasing industry told me that most of these cars got through a first set of front tyres in about 4,000 miles. Once the owners had got that out of their system the second and third set went on at more normal intervals...

Great cars for their day, and even now...

I always have held a soft spot for OVLOVs and when I was on the market for a wagon I was seriously looking at V70's and XC70's, but then I test drove an M35 and the VOLVO was suddenly not even in the running, in fact no other wagon including A4 Audis and Merc's come close to M35 awesomeness.... errm

But while VOLVO's are the subject here is the meanest VOLVO wagon that ever was!

1967-Volvo-Amazon-600-hp-Front-And-.jpg

It's a '67 VOLVO amazon estate with a 600HP 3L Inline six from a VOLVO S80 up front stuck to the biggest snail I've seen on a non drag weapon.

Feast in it's glory!

Back in the GODS Robbie Frankovic (?) drove, as Dick Johnson and others described it, a "block of Sweedish flats".

It was pretty quick for a Volvo.

The other one I came across was a a rally car that was also very quick but not rugged enough.

I always have held a soft spot for OVLOVs and when I was on the market for a wagon I was seriously looking at V70's and XC70's, but then I test drove an M35 and the VOLVO was suddenly not even in the running, in fact no other wagon including A4 Audis and Merc's come close to M35 awesomeness.... errm

But while VOLVO's are the subject here is the meanest VOLVO wagon that ever was!

1967-Volvo-Amazon-600-hp-Front-And-.jpg

It's a '67 VOLVO amazon estate with a 600HP 3L Inline six from a VOLVO S80 up front stuck to the biggest snail I've seen on a non drag weapon.

Feast in it's glory!

ok, THAT is NICE!! where to buy? (haha).

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