Hi new to the site but not new to volvo's, here is a post from the volvo owners club forum about my volvo amazon.
In June 2004 My Dad and I found a Volvo 133 abandoned on an allotment. The owner had owned a few of these cars over a period of time, each one ending up on this allotment for spare parts. The owner suggested if we could restore the car, then we were welcome to take it and any parts from the other cars free of charge.
I was 12 at the time and was keen to learn to weld and gain further skills in car maintenance.
The rear wheel arches, quarter panels, boot floor, front inner wings, were all in a sorry state. The view from the front seats was on to the front tyres and callipers. Showing only 54,000 miles, the inside of the rocker cover and valve gear led us to believe the mileage to be genuine.
Once safely home, the brakes were unseized to allow the car to be pushed in and out of the garage. The petrol tank was removed, along with the entire interior to help prevent the chance of fire while welding. All rusty areas were cut back to solid metal, being either replaced with new panels if required and available, or repair sections fabricated from sheet steel. Both rear inner and outer arches and quarter panels were available new. The front inner wings and box sections were replaced with our own fabricated sheet steel. Both of the bolt on front wings needed just a good tidy up.
We have put extras on the car such as hazard warning lights and a rear heated window, 2" simonz exhaust 4 branch manifold, calibra leather front seats. We have also put the correct later type grills on.
We have found out that this volvo was featured in practical classics in 1994 on an artical tunning the volvo amazon.
The only work not carried out by dad and I was the rechroming and spraying.
Here are some photos before and after.
The volvo s60 T5
Came over and spoke to a few people from the site today at TRAX, everyone was friendly and i felt really welcome.
Big thank you to the man that read a fault that came up on the way there much appreciated (Off to Volvo tomorrow to get it sorted).
Time to get ordering a few goodies i think after looking at the other s60's gave me a lot of ideas.
Ash
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