{"id":342,"date":"2025-06-22T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cameaims.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:38:58","slug":"theres-something-very-american-about-this-swedish-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cameaims.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/22\/theres-something-very-american-about-this-swedish-wagon\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s Something Very American About This Swedish Wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Turn up to a trackday in a Porsche 911 GT3<\/a> and everyone is going to expect you to put in some strong times. If you, however, are intrigued by the idea of giving a few of the Porsche fanboys a shock, you’re going to love this Volvo sleeper.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; At first glance it looks nothing special – just a regular, slightly scruffy 1980s Volvo<\/a> 740 wagon with a set of non-standard rims that seem kind of familiar. Wait, are those Corvette wheels<\/em>? Yes, they are, and the hardware they’re bolted to, plus the hardware that makes them spin, is all Vette, too.<\/p>\n Related: Paul Newman’s Souped-Up Volvo Wagon Is A Corvette V8-Powered Sleeper<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n See, while the body certainly belongs to a 1990 Volvo 740 GLE wagon, the heart and soul of this custom trackday bruiser is 2004 Corvette. The engine, six-speed manual transmission, limited-slip differential, brakes and suspension all come from a C5 Vette<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can probably imagine that this was no weekend swap. The “Volvette” build, which began in 2014, wasn’t completed until 18 months later, by which time the owner had sunk an estimated 1,900 hours and thousands of dollars into the project. The Corvette’s front and rear subframes needed modifying to fit the Volvo’s body and the torque tube required lengthening to work with the longer wheelbase.<\/p>\n
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