Project Family Cruiser -- 1974 Volvo 142

[Slamburgers]

Never thought a Volvo could look so good! You have opened my eyes to a new kind of auto appreciation...
Very nice sir! Well done!

[austindavidg]

I just got a 1970 Volvo 144s a few months ago....Towed it 30miles home...rebuilt the carbs ran it for ten minutes, shut her off and pulled the motor for a rebuild, the b20 is at my machinist right now! ....btw your car is my new background!

http://austindavidg.imgur.com/all/
A Few pictures of it are on my imgur

[Alexridesabike]

Wow that looks fantastic, taking those front bumpers off made a huge difference. Love the car, the gold gotti's and that blue really flow nicely together

[gdogg16]

I agree with the 16's especially with my 145 also I am even more jealous of the fact you have gotti's and epsilons. TWO OF MY FAVORITE WHEELS!!!

I'm a wheel whore.

On another note, I finally got around to taking a decent photo of the car.

DSC_3617.jpg by KeysarPhoto, on Flickr

[btober]

these are both awesome!

[montgomery]

Thanks! When I started this thing, the one wheel I lusted over for this was the gotti and I was able to score a set for a very reasonable price. IMO, it's the perfect wheel for the car. I did however recently purchase a set of 16" Epsilon Southern Ways that I'll be refurbing for "options". I personally think 16" wheels are the perfect size for the 140 series cars. I have a 15" set of southern ways in BMW fitment as well if anyone is interested....

I agree with the 16's especially with my 145 also I am even more jealous of the fact you have gotti's and epsilons. TWO OF MY FAVORITE WHEELS!!!

[Raarasutra]

HOLY AWESOME BATMAN!!!

[Steve.]

Wow I can't remember ever seeing one of these but I love both of them. That front end is beautiful and the Gottis, as said, are a perfect fit. I hope I'll see your new one around Maryland sometime.

[gdogg16]

Zanesquad reporting in.

I love both of your 142's and I am very jealous of those ferrari gotti's. I have been looking for a set for my 145 forever but The only ones I ever find are way over priced (Last set I saw was $4500).

Thanks! When I started this thing, the one wheel I lusted over for this was the gotti and I was able to score a set for a very reasonable price. IMO, it's the perfect wheel for the car. I did however recently purchase a set of 16" Epsilon Southern Ways that I'll be refurbing for "options". I personally think 16" wheels are the perfect size for the 140 series cars. I have a 15" set of southern ways in BMW fitment as well if anyone is interested....

I just shipped a pile of screws off to get gold chromed by atlas plating for the Gottis. Funny story, I hand polished all 64 screws when I refurbed the gottis and I forgot to clear coat them before reassembling the wheels, so first time in the wet they rusted. So I'll be fixing all that here in the next few weeks when the screws get back from plating.

damn, thats some classy shit! keep it up!

holy class! I love this!

Love it love Gottis all around win

Thanks guys!

Love those center caps

Me too! I think they make the wheels.

Nice old ride ! And old gotti are awesome

looks awesome

those Wheels are so sick...

Thanks!

[gdogg16]

think the gotti's are rare, you should show them the "other" wheels you had next to the 140

Thanks again for the help rolling the fenders the other day, Dan! I pulled the steering wheel off and installed the hub adapter, still waiting for the steering wheel to come in..

[MadMax]

looks awesome

those Wheels are so sick...

[Sbimy]

Nice old ride ! And old gotti are awesome

[tyler589]

Love those center caps

[AMGwheelwhore]

Love it love Gottis all around win

[20rabbit08]

think the gotti's are rare, you should show them the "other" wheels you had next to the 140