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When Chevy and Ford are too bourgeoise, Volvo hot rod

February 27, 2008

Posted by Chris

Tags: arts|culture, concepts, simply bad a$$

Yes, I know. It’s hot. Motive writes of this Volvo hot rod was meant to mimic the first Volvo, the 1927 OV4. While these are not the actual panels they are close reproductions of how the car looked. The chassis is carbon fiber, the panels were handmade, the engine is a late model T5 (turbo five cylinder), the transmission is from a 960.

Basically, this is just straight up bad ass. It was unveiled at the Volvo Museum a few days ago and will soon make its way over to the US via SEMA. More pictures and an example of what the original car looked like, post jump.

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18 Responses to “When Chevy and Ford are too bourgeoise, Volvo hot rod”

bump909 Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

f*ck! that is beautiful!
b dash Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

thats pretty sick looking…
Ryan Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

Wow.
Charley Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Saw this on BFC yesterday.

I’d go with the briefcase delete mod and clears.
Jim Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

Bleargh- those wheels and tires have no business on that car. Couldn’t they have taken the steelies from an old P1800 or something and thrown ‘em on? The concept is interesting, though.
Jeff Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

Yeah. I’d do that in the exhaust pipe and leave a twenty on the dash.
bump909 Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

Jim - those wheels are 19×8 in front and 22×10 in back. somehow i don’t think some old crusty ass steelies would do it justice.. let alone house those massive perimeter brake rotors.
Ryan Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

I will agree the tires are ugly… but the wheels are definitely sick. I love the combination of old & new; something that IMO isn’t done enough.
bump909 Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

i also agree.. they’re ugly, but kind of neat how it has the volvo design incorporated into the tread design.
bump909 Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

^ tread pattern rather.
pelicaneng Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

too cool!
b dash Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 8:19 pm

technically speaking, isn’t this still a ford powered hot rod?
kansei Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

not a fan of the wheels but wow, stunning!

The T5 is icing on the cake. I’ve never seen one mounted longitudinally. Now I want to buy an old RWD Volvo and swap a nice modern T5 in (controlled via megasquirt or something).. mmm
PaulH Says:
February 27th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

i think the volvo T5 is mostly volvo derived, before ford took over, but porsche had a hand in making it…so really who knows what the true origin of the engine is. That said, its freakin awesome looking.
John Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 9:37 am

Clean. What rubber is that?
JK Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

The rubber looks to have the volvo insignia in it. Probably just a one-off set for this car. They could have used wheels that looked a bit more like the round wood spoked wheels of the original car, but overall it looks like they did a pretty decent job.

The T5 motor has little to no Ford in it. It was being used several years before Ford purchased Volvo.

Hot car.
b dash Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

ya, i know that the T5 is a very volvo motor. I was just saying that for the sake of the title
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March 18th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

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