1967 Pro-Touring 122 Amazon (Project Volvo X)540 Horsepower LS6/Tremec TKO600 5-Speed

[Red535is' slave]

this is an exceptional build! ive always loved thses cars!

[Edgar.]

This is quite amazing, mate. It's unique as hell, to say the least it will hardly look like a Volvo. And if your painter can pull it off, then my god, considering the room for error is as wide as it gets on a paint job.
Obviously you can't stroke the gun from left to right, since it will have more of a silver look between the length end strokes. So up and down the whole car? Just paint the damn thing!
Personally, the color will make or brake the car, since it will be a hugely modern look. Willing to see how you'll pull it off.

[yurotrash]

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Here are some Volvo X updates, and it looks like the car is finally getting some color on it next week.. It has been blocked sanded about 10 times already, and the results really look great, although it is really hard to show it in these pics. We have settled on the paint application process, and we will be painting the assembled exterior of the car first, and then exploding the car back to pieces again, so we can then achieve completely overspray free jambs and engine bay.

I have had my Email hijacked, and barely got it back, so I hope people havent gotten to much spam from my accounts, because I was not out of the country and robbed.. LOL It is amazing what kind of trouble that can do, and how much havoc they can play on your linked accounts, let alone actually get them back after being locked out of them.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

This is quite amazing, mate. It's unique as hell, to say the least it will hardly look like a Volvo.

Personally, the color will make or brake the car, since it will be a hugely modern look. Willing to see how you'll pull it off.

I hope that it still recognizable as a Volvo Amazon, because I was only wanting to make changes that fit the car, but also highlighted the Performance Presence in public. And you are right about the color making or breaking the car, but it isnt like I painted it Purple.. LOL

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Well I was hoping to get some color on the car today, but it doesnt look like the weather is going to work with us, because we have some major storms and winds over the next two days.. Here in rural Southern Oklahoma, we have to take this into consideration, because there would be nothing worse than the power going out (Which happens alot during our storms) in the middle of spraying, so we will have to wait till Friday morning to start the paint process..

As of right now, we have the car basically bolted together so we can get the exterior painted, and as I had explained earlier, we will take the car back apart after the exterior is paint, so we can then paint under the hood and jamb the car out. I just thought I would post a few pictures of how some of the body looks all together before paint, along with how the body mods came out in the primer stages also, so we can really see the difference after paint..

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Here are some pics of the hood hinges after my powder coating, and I think they came out quite nice, and will be a pretty close to body color.. I figure I would try powder coating one set of hinges to a fairly close color, because I wanted them to be durable, and hopefully they would look good enough to keep.. I will have another set painted body color, but painted hinges dont look too good for very long, so I figured this was worth a shot..

If they look good, I will also be powder coating the hood latch, door checks, door latches, ect, ect..

[The Norwegian]

this build is god like!!! you are a real craftsman

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

this build is god like!!! you are a real craftsman

I dont know about all of that, but I appreciate it.. LOL Just hope that this car gets the publicity I am looking for it to get, especially since it will be more than a trailer queen, and will be abused on the Road Courses..

[BoostMe]

Have to say I love this build. Can definitely see the deep pockets! Ha. Congrats on owning an awesome car!

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Have to say I love this build. Can definitely see the deep pockets! Ha. Congrats on owning an awesome car!

My pockets would have needed to be much deeper, if I didnt do most of the work myself.. LOL Other than the final body work and upholstery, I do all the body mods and metal fab, mechanical, wiring, design, assembly, research/ordering, so I dont farm much out, so I dont really have any labor cost. Labor is really what eats up most of the cost to build the professionally built trailer queens out there, but I dont think those guys will have the same satifaction that I have.. I have never been able to stand beside a car that someone else built, and try to claim that it was all me because I paid for it, but there are some of those guys at the shows that do... LOL

[CubbyChowder]

dude this is honestly all just beautiful. Even in primer, the body just shines. So excited to see the final product.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Finally got the Swedish Ops T-shirts in, and I think they came out great, so I hope people like them.. I have them in a standard T-Shirt, along with a Dickies brand Shop Shirt, and they cover the Classic Volvo P1800 and 122s (Amazon). I thought it was a clever idea to showcase the Swedish Ops components, by installing them in a technical line drawing view of both Volvo Models, as you can see with all the internals of the vehicle line drawing.

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

dude this is honestly all just beautiful. Even in primer, the body just shines. So excited to see the final product.

I appreciate the kind words, and I sure hope the color is a 100 times better than Primer.... LOL

[danacve]

It is self centering, and will bolt in with out removing the rear axle.