Oh No, not a Volvo Amazon.....

[Purplebargeken]

Oh yes, a Volvo Amazon. Belongs to Keith Moody of PC magazine. Pick up on Friday.

[drpaul0209]

Oh bloody hells yeah!!

[soe8m]

Volvo powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Jeroen

[Purplebargeken]

Interior is a little careworn.

It has had:

A rebuilt engine
Correct cam
Twin carb conversion
Tubular fanimold
Sports exhaust
Bilstein shocks
Recored rad and other bits
Mintex pads
Lecky fan fitted
Bloody decent tyres
Passed MOT last week with no issues at all and will come with a suitable hub puller.

[Purplebargeken]

Tacho and a host of other gauges fitted to make sure all is good, plus new seatbelts front and aft.

[Edin Dundee]

Jeez Ken, you won the lottery?

[Purplebargeken]

No Bill, had my 50th pressie brought forward from April.

Oh bloody hells yeah!!

Cheers mate

[Carledo]

Superb choice Ken! Wish I'd never sold mine! It carried my missus to hospital for the birth of both my kids and many many other memorable journeys, never let me down despite abuse and neglect, towed more than its own weight for hundreds of miles at a time, treated a foot of snow like dry tarmac, etc etc!
I'd buy it back in a heartbeat, but AFAIK it's now in Germany towing a Ferrari on a racecar trailer!

Steve

Oh and heres a tip, if the front seats are that bad, get some post 64 ones, for the 65 model year (which came out in Oct 64) the seats were ergonomically designed, one of the first production cars to feature this, and are much more comfortable than the earlier ones. Mine being Nov 64 was one of the first cars so fitted and the seats still rank as some of the most comfy I've ever sat in!

[NickMorgan]

Good one Ken. I look forward to reading more about it.
Nick

[merlind100]

Bring it to Ace cafe next Wednesday Ken

[Purplebargeken]

Sadly I'm working mate, otherwise.......

[merlind100]

Shame, would have been nice to catch up, staying in W5 this week

[Purplebargeken]

W5 eh. Ealing. I used to work in Ealing in the mid '90's.

Would have been good to catch up. Would you be meeting Joe Earnest and Flipper by any chance?

[alolympic]

Hi Ken,

Great choice, I have a serious urge to get an Amazon one day, oh, and a P1800. Hope you share your experience of it on here.

[Purplebargeken]

You should scratch that itch Al. They are great wafty, comfortable, pseudo 50's Yankalike barges.

More pics and updates to follow when I can. Am a lot hindered at the moment by a rather painful back/leg combo. So things will be a little slow and 'as and when'.