Do want.

That's so freakin' rad. Must have.

Nice.

But Vulvamino would be such a purrfect name!
Makes me proud to be a Canadian.

I saw a 740chero here in Portland recently, but was unable to swing a photo as we were going opposite ways on 224. Grr. It looked slick.

That would look great in the 24 hours of lemons...

Why go through all that trouble and leave the license plate pocket in the front of the "bed" from the old hatch? Weird.

That is pretty hot though, especially with the rear wiper.

I like when people mod these things to have tail gates..

Interesting find....can't say I'd ever want it.

The license plate holder under the rear window just gave me an idea for the most awesomest car chop you could ever do. Take this volmino and cut the rear bed off. Then put the rear wheels up under the seats and sit on a fuel cell. Oh and give it stacks out the back. Think of how dangerously rad the wheelies could be. Plus it would be like driving inside two lego bricks.

THIS has to be Jalopniks LeMons Tow/Support Vehicle!!

That is stupendous. Thank you, Schweppes!

It keeps winking at me.

I have a 240DL wagon and was thinking about doing this whenever I "retired" it from daily status.

Oh, and as far as names go, I was thinking about keeping it simple. Find an el camino badge, steal the 'el.
240 D 'el'

Seen a few of these. For how easily they seem to come together, I'm kinda surprised Volvo never did it from the factory.

Oh. And it definitely was a wagon to start off as. Just remove the rear windows and chop the roof above that point. He even used the wagon rear window as the cab rear window. It's an early 80s based on the front lights being the double squares.

shit, i was meaning to take a pic of this truck. that dealership is a block from my house here in london ontario. cool car, always thought it was a neat mod.

yeah, it started out as a wagon, you can tell when your up close to it.

@petedmeatv: 240 D 'el - brilliant!

It's an '82 ... front lights have the reflectors underneath (which rules out an '81), and it still has the 10 mph "commando" bumpers (which rules out anything '83 onwards when they went to the 2-1/2 mph bumpers).

Extra points if it happens to have that craptastic LH version 1.0 fuel injection too that was used for all of about 6 months.

I can't tell if it has a black grille or no grille at all, but if the wheels are original, then the beast probably has the stonkin' (for 1983) B21FT turbo engine. Screw the V8 conversion!

Daddy likes.

I remeber seeing one of these (if not this one) in London Onatrio - I think it belonged to Eastgate Volvo

You know, since older Volvos drive like trucks anyway, they might aswell have a pickup bed.

Volvo should have gotten into that game.

Wonder why Volvo never made these. It looks so--natural. Logical.

@danio3834: Yeah, but Chickentax.

Ruined sooo many possibilities from Europe.

@jaylake:
Which Portland?

I emailed Mr Martin pics of a red 740 Turbomino here in Portland ME before. Guess the white 240 was better.

@CEman: He said '224,' so it's this one...

A guy I know in Springfield has one of these too - it's based on a 240 wagon, though, so it's a little bit bigger. It also has more parts made out of rusty diamond plate and angle iron. He calls it his El Cavolvo. And he's actually Scandanavian, so that's the legit name for such a vehicle.

I'm going to have to pay a visit soon, with camera in tow...

@jconli1:
Actually due to our crash bumper regulations, we didn't get the 83' style until 86. So therefore, it could be anything up to 85'.

@kmulcair: My grandfather lives near the dealership too, which is why I was in the area.

@walt_chisel: Yes, the Volvo lives in London. The dealership used to be Eastgate Volvo, but now it's something like Silver City Auto (and I think it has been for the last 10 years or so?).

Remember, the number designation was not officially used between '80-'85, so I'd say that this is indeed an '82, but it's a GL wagon.

DL's had a different grille with the logo on the center, GL's had the offset grille. GL's gained the front air dam from the GLT models for this year. GL's also came with alloy wheels. Then again, Virgos are now as common as wiring harness failures.

@Novaload:

Dude - Did you just sneak a Supertramp lyric in there? cos I just started humming "The logical song"

Hey Murilee, don't forget the boys in Kenosha and the -boy designation. AMC truckcars are named after the AMC Cowboy.