1967 Volvo Amazon Wagon

[benner]

Hi all
Found this beauty (it's all in the eye of the beholder) a few weeks ago after putting a want on a facebook group of all places. Turned out the car was owned by Adam who lived 5 mins away from me...small world.

The majority of the welding has been done but unfortunately it's been sat in primer under a holey tarp for the winter.

We moved the car last Tuesday with the help of a Ford F-150 pickup so at least it's in the dry now. Although it's driveable we thought it best to stick it on the trailer. With the windscreen travelling separately we had nowhere to stick the tax disk!



Anyhow this is the state of the car at the moment, it's being stored in Adams dads barn until we can get the engine out and ship it off to the paint shop which should be 2-3 weeks time.


Then it's back to the bare metal and a full respray whilst I rebuild the garage at home. Wanted to have the garage built before I took on a project but it was too good a chance to pass up. Needs must and all that...
Will keep you posted with progress but in the meantime does anybody know how to get the ignition switch out of the dash?

[topcat]

I love these old wagons, I look forward to pictures of progress!

[devilishdesigner]

nice, great to see another, there are quite a few of us on here now! looks like you got a fairly solid one too!

[grizz]

Great cars these.
They definintely provoke envy and stares.

Welcome to the site.

[Quarterless]

Yay another one. I look forward to watching your resto.

[loon]

and theres more

good find

[benner]

Engine is now out and the shell and all other relevant bits are off to the spray shop on Friday. Still trying to decide on a colour though...Any ideas?? Been thinking of a dark red or maybe the Volvo Grey (80).

[chevazon]

We`ll be starting our own forum before too long !
A M A Z O N A M A Z O N A M A Z O N

[trg1984]

i saw a rover city with really nice dark grey paint today, think itd suit a amazon down to the ground

[benner]

Amazon forum sounds great, had just discovered the Volvo forum and then it went offline. Seemed like it had loads of usefull info on it. Keep us posted...

[Bob the Fish]

Hi Benner,

Nice pics, nice project ...

There's supposed to be a pin in the ign switch that you push in, behind the dash, to remove the inner part. There's an armoured cable to the coil that you've prob seen by now.

Grey would be nice, the factory red is nice too - saw a drop-dead gorgeous red saloon in here in Cambridge at a carwash; 'twas a rainy day and the thing just oozed class over the other stuff around it...

[stripey]

new forum just started - www.rwdvolvos.org

Amazon owners are starting to gather there...

[DutyFreeSaviour]

The GF keeps going on about one of these (one day : - they're coming out of the bloody woodwork!

Nice find and hope you'll end up with a sweet ride, looks a great base. Any colour decision made yet? - Tough choice to make

[Padz]

think that'd look sweet as in a really deep red such as:
or maybe even a touch darker

[benner]

There's supposed to be a pin in the ign switch that you push in, behind the dash, to remove the inner part. There's an armoured cable to the coil that you've prob seen by now.

Yep thanks bob, found the pin after a bit of searching, it's awkward to get to but got it out with half a pair of circlip pliers like they were made for the job.

think that'd look sweet as in a really deep red such as

That's a lovely shade, slightly darker than what I had in mind but can just picture all the chrome aginst it...in danger of sounding like a perv but ooohhhh


Car is now at the bodyshop and work has begun on the garage. Foundations are laid and I'm selling my only daughter to fund a garage door. Those things are pricey!

[missantix]

This is gonna look really cool and eyecatching