volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse PowerDork
8/25/22 9:27 a.m.
volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse PowerDork
8/25/22 9:29 a.m.

Image 7 - 1961 Volvo 445

I bet that hood dent would pop right out.

Image 2 - 1961 Volvo 445

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse PowerDork
8/26/22 9:56 a.m.

One bid so far.  This thing would make an awesome LeMons or Challenge project.  Interestingly, it's full frame, unlike a normal 444.  So one could probably swap a modern truck chassis under it and have a neat rat-rod or off roader.  

102.4" wheelbase, according to wikipedia.  

procainestart
procainestart SuperDork
8/26/22 10:26 a.m.

My parents had a '62. At 13, I'd drive it around our suburban town while my dad was at work. It was a total oddball car on the road back in the '80s, but no one looked twice. I was a dumb kid. By the time he sold it, the rust was impressive.

Glad to see there's a bidder - that car is going to put/keep another one back on the road. The two-tone paint, wood everywhere, and two doors are super cool, says someone not biased, at all... 

Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself PowerDork
8/26/22 10:33 a.m.
volvoclearinghouse said:

  So one could probably swap a modern truck chassis under it and have a neat rat-rod or off roader.  

102.4" wheelbase, according to wikipedia.  

52" track width would make that difficult, unless you happened to have a CJ6 or Scrambler you didn't know what to do with.

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
8/26/22 10:46 a.m.

This thing is CRYING out for RX8 subframes and giant box flares.  

 

I cannot help you.  You are on your own.  Remember the Bad Decision Triangle moto.  Buy now, the deals are only available temporarily but the ability to justify later is permanent.  

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse PowerDork
8/26/22 10:47 a.m.
Russian Warship, Go Berkeley Yourself said:
volvoclearinghouse said:

  So one could probably swap a modern truck chassis under it and have a neat rat-rod or off roader.  

102.4" wheelbase, according to wikipedia.  

52" track width would make that difficult, unless you happened to have a CJ6 or Scrambler you didn't know what to do with.

That's what fender flares are for.  IIRC, a Geo Tracker is pretty narrow, and also full frame.  

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
8/26/22 11:01 a.m.

That looks like a decade long project to me!

hobiercr
hobiercr GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
8/26/22 11:24 a.m.

Love the honesty in the ad. VCH, you need this in your fleet.

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse PowerDork
8/26/22 12:16 p.m.

The floors look to me like they've been patched with fiberglass.  No telling what's underneath that mess.  Yugh.

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 UberDork
8/26/22 10:15 p.m.

I can smell that from here. The Volvo tar paper smell never goes away. Mine looked almost that bad when I bought it in 1976, and I ran it until the early 1990s. 

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse PowerDork
8/27/22 8:37 a.m.

In reply to TurnerX19 :

A friend of mine once told me that old Volvos and Russian Volgas have a similar smell.  Maybe they used the same tar paper.

This one probably smells like that, and hantavirus.  

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