Needs an Ikea Umlaut couch for a backseat, or something like that.

But if I ever buy a Volvo C30, that is totally going on my roof.

\m/

Will it be named the Gustav Eriksson?

Now you just need a horn that plays ABBA's "Dancing Queen" for when you do those wicked jumps over creeks and such while running from Sheriff Olaf P. Coltrane!

Now *that's* a hood scoop. And is the sway bar welded angle iron? I can't wait to see this babt at Altamont.

Found your plate...

@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: clever, clever man!!

(thanks wikipedia)

@Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother: I can just hear Sammy Hagar singing the song as the V8olvo screams around the track.

Få henne gjort!

Factoid for the day: In the contest between the United States and ABBA to field F1 drivers in the last thirty years, the United States leads two to one.

NOW WHO'S BAD!

@anaxomander: That's not a sway bar. That appears to be some sort of shock tower stiffening beam. The sway bar would be attached to the A-arms around the bottom of the car.

Still nice technology. Angle iron rules!

@mechimike: Would the term Strut Bar apply?

In the midnight hour she cried- "bork, bork, bork"
With a rebel yell she cried- "bork, bork, bork"
In the midniight hour babe- "bork, bork, bork"
With a rebel yell- "bork, bork, bork"

Isn't "Swedish Rebel" an Oxymoron?

@mechimike: Yes, it's a strut tower brace.

@kleinlowe: In the midnight hour she cried- "bork, bork, bork"

My inner Billy Idol Muppet is rolling on the floor laughing his felt, yarn, and cardboard guts out...

[video.google.com] OHHHH mamma, she's singing a beautiful tune.

SWEDISH WAYLON JENNINGS: "Zem Duk boyz got zemsellfs in a heaps of trouble now, ya fer shur. Zat Folfo bedder grow vings, ya."

More importantly, I have three words for you, friends:

Swedish. Daisy. Duke.

And if you look at it from another direction, its pretty black metal, too!

Sorry if I've missed it since I dropped from being more of a regular reader, but I still have a need to get myself equipped with some Black Metal V8olvo livery gear...

@charles_barrett: talking about swedish muppets

Yumpin' Yimminey!
Well-built Swede indeed!

Clearly, the Dukes of Göteborg have their priorities in order.

Form is so much more fun than function.

Swedish Daisy Duke???
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Oh boo, what kind of paint job is that?

Just kidding, I love it!

Now our car? Completely covered in brown Rustoleum. That's how we roll. Literally.

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: Fuck... Rustoleum Brown is the new flat black. I'm calling Tim Gunn as I type this...

@bzr - Pinko Commie Bastard Edition:

I was thinking:
Miss Martin and the Swedish Experience

@charles_barrett: Yeah, we figured the "Murdered out" style is overplayed, so we invented "Dirted out."

@DoctorNine: Uff Da!

@charles_barrett: make it work

If I can get the cardboard to slide under the roof rack, I'm striping the old 740 wagon. The car's blue, but I may use rustoleum brown instead of yellow. Sweet.

I call "trendsetter" WRT the "Rustoleum Ruddy Metal Primer" look. Invented it back in '99 when I painted my entire '77 Suburban in it. As a fellow I used to know said: "With a brush...out of a bucket."

Well, I _did_ use a roller on the expansive roof.

Actually, for a while, it was a combo of primer black, gray, and ruddy brown. That was such a beautiful look...

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: Shoulda brought it to bimmerfest!

@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: No, no, you mean:
"YOU BETTER Make it work, BITCHES..." (Just channeling a bit of Project Runway via Logo).

You know, if it weren't for all the comments, I'd probably comment on this.

@cazart: -Well Done.

just what I was thinking.

yes a kood ole boyyy, neffer mennink ne hermk...

Ya, sur, ya betcha!
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You know... you might save a few pounds of race weight and add countless coolness if you whip out the sawzall and give it the El Volvomino treatment!

You need a sticker in the window of Calvin pissing on a Saab logo

I liked the blue and white masking tape version. Great result though, I can quite honestly say that I've never seen that combination! Sven & Åke, The Dukes of Göteborg.

@BigEnusBurdett: More appropriately, a Chevy or GM logo, because the General holds Saab's heart in a cage.

@defconracing: One of my drivers wad there.

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: err was there.

What? no rhino liner?

@TexanIdiot25: Someone at Team Black Metal V8 Volvo needs to invest in focusing lessons. Yikes!

LTDscott, your decals were shipped today, waiting in Murilee to sent me a jalopnik logo.

I'm a little sad that they used stars instead of crowns, but that's still awesome.

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To much worl less Jalopnik....I love your progress. You are definitly one of us!

@kleinlowe: There's a comment of the day.

I'm 100% swede, and I approve of this volvo - and it's awsome styling - for a full 110% !!!

If you guys doesn't reach the checkerd flag first in that v8 powered swedish behemoth, I will take a flight over and seal-whip you with a fresh baby seal!