Volvo Wagon Expedition Vehicle

[Jason124]

Very cool build, Do you have any exterior pictures of the car? I have an early ford escort wagon and the mpg is great. You've got some great ideas can't wait to see the progress.

[carolinasuby]

Man, great to see the brick in such fine form. About 10 years ago I took my 1990 240 wagon on a trip through Colorado and Utah. That fine car took on some pretty rough roads and did about 8000 miles in a few weeks. No car will compare to the durability of Volvo's RWD/4cyl platform. Driving a 8 year old Suby now reminds me of my old Volvo.

[dirty Bakers]

Sweet rig.

[Accrete]

we had an XC70 wagon and enjoyed the ride and ability. . . but the shop time and part replacement sucked ,(

[alaskaboy]

Its not every day you see both a dog in the RTT and a barbecue in the vehicle. LOL

Wishing you fun travels!

[dieselcruiserhead]

Awesome, here is my old 83 245 below. This was the car that I learned everything I know about cars on. IPD overloads as well, otherwise pretty stock. And bullet proof, here it is after completely getting stuck in a gnarly driveway in upstate New York. With decent tires it could remarkably go almost anywhere. I remember driving on the pass between Mad River Glen and Middlebury with snow coming over the hood and it never stopped or got stuck, particularly for a real wheel drive.



I know your old 745 wagon well and that is an impressive list of mods! (particularly the Eaton locker). As you did the overloads you know about the rear suspension bushings. I think with these two mods you're right up there with the most durable cars in history so congrats and nice to see it.

Right now I'm re-living my Volvo wagon love affair as my daily driver/commuter is a 250 hp '98 V70R AWD rocket ship. Even though its front wheel drive in origin (technically all wheel drive) it has its roots firmly planted in "Volvo" and has remarkable similarities to my old 245. Besides that, it's just a snowmobile. Literally the best car I've ever driven in the snow.

Congrats and this is nice to see...

[Silverado]

+1 for flex shots in a turbo wagon

[IdaSHO]

Some good person in our Forum have that

Oh my..............

[flywgn]

Oh my..............

Same here. I like this one and the OP's changes.

Last evening I was looking at this thread on my laptop at our dining table and Diana stepped behind me, saw the XC70 above and said, "Don't even THINK about it." (We consider our XC to be 'hers' in the His/Hers thingy.)

Allen R

[Martinjmpr]

I'm building an expedition vehicle based around a 1987 Volvo 740 Turbo wagon because I want it to (1) handle and drive more like a sports car than a truck (2) get 30+mpg.

Nice, very nice! I love the idea of "doing more with less!"

Two quick questions:

1. You mentioned a G80 locker. So I'm assuming this is an AWD Volvo? I didn't think Volvo made AWD wagons until the mid 90's?

2. Are you really getting 30 mpg with the RTT and all that weight? And with an automatic transmission?