Junkyard Gem: 1965 Volvo Amazon Wagon
Volvo did moderately nicely promoting the homely PV444/544 in the USA starting within the center Fifties, and its better-looking successor first appeared on our shores as a 1960 mannequin. That was the Amazon, which was out there right here by means of 1968. At present’s Junkyard Gem is a kind of vehicles, present in a Northern California self-service yard not too long ago.
The Amazon identify wasn’t used on these vehicles in North America (they got 122S badging right here), however all people makes use of the home-market identify for these vehicles by this time.
The engine is Volvo’s dependable 1.8-liter pushrod straight-four, rated at 115 horsepower and 112 pound-feet.
The transmission is a four-speed guide.
I’ve discovered fairly just a few discarded Amazons throughout my junkyard travels, as these are rugged vehicles which have lengthy impressed highly effective affection from their homeowners.
This one was so beloved that its ultimate proprietor penned a farewell be aware to its flank earlier than sending it on its ultimate tow-truck trip to Decide-n-Pull. The automotive saved at the very least two lives, although it will have been good to get extra particulars right here.
The automotive that did all of it!
It was in tough form by the point of its retirement, with the top-down rust you see on California vehicles that stay close to the Pacific and its salt spray.
Junkyard consumers had bought many of the inside and trim elements by the point I arrived.
The substitute for the Amazon was the 140, which arrived in the USA as a 1968 mannequin and later developed into the 200 Sequence.
Turns you right into a Swedish rally driver!
Volvos are constructed so nicely that they final a mean of 11 years in Sweden.
The perfect Amazon commercials are in Swedish, after all.
