Reply With QuoteStunning! - thanks for sharing.
Stunning! - thanks for sharing.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Stunning car but is it a restomod?
Carbon fibre body, completely different rear suspension, different engine, brakes gearbox etc. How much of the original car is left?
I thought a restomod took an original car and made modern improvements?
What a lovely car
I like that car - thanks for posting.
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The spirit of restomod is mixing old and new whilst retaining the character/original concept.Originally Posted by jaytip
Last edited by Chris_in_the_UK; 24th December 2020 at 22:33.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
This is very cool, thanks for sharing. A beauty!
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From memory something like the metal in the A-Pillar and the bonnet release. It's not a Restomod at all, and I seem to recall Volvo don't want their name associated with it.
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Don’t get me wrong, I’d be all over that thing if it was offered to me, I think it’s stunning. But Singer, who were the first (or thereabouts) to do restomods, are far more subtle and retain far more of the original car.
Irrespective of how they've got there with this, it looks and sounds fantastic !
Once again I find myself wishing I'd kept this...
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We restored one at the workshop, about 8 yrs ago. The car was bought by a nice guy who had the intention to get it restored, right from the start. After blasting, the only bad spot on the car was... the battery tray! A major saving of time and money. The car had lived its whole life in Texas, so the top of the dash and even the plastic 'crystal' on the gauges were bad. I remember that it took a while to get replacement gauges. The order went out the moment the work on the car started and the last of the gauges was found a week before the car was back on the road.
The original Volvo engine was still in good condition when the guys at the machine shop opened the engine, they found nothing problematic! These cars are really, really good. Downfall is the fact that Volvo used layers of sheet metal to add strength! Wonderful when it's all dry and well-preserved, but normally it's the beginning of a lot of nasty rot!
This made it one of the fastest restos in history: little over 8 months! (Normally it's always more than 12 months - my TR took 23 months to restore...)
SORN, same owner for at least the last 8 years...Once again I find myself wishing I'd kept this...
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Maybe David still has it, not been near his neck of the woods for ten years at least.
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