This Volvo Amazon Is A 300 Hp SR20DET Smörgåsbord Of Awesome

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 11/14/2013 at 12:33 • Filed to: Daily Turismo

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The Volvo 122S/Amazon is a 50's styled classic Volvo that (usually) doesn't cost an arm/leg to purchase, drive or restore. Today's Amazon isn't just a good deal, it is a crazy restomodded hot-rod with a turbo Nissan engine.

Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in Mission Hills, CA currently bidding on ebay for $5,100 with a 5 days to go. Seller submission from Oprah85. Recent questionable market transactions ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ) have suggested the 122S/Amazon market is trending upward like crazy, but the vast majority of 122S/Amazons around are still good deals.

If you feel like you are experiencing deja vu - you are not alone. The car you are looking at was recently featured on DT as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The previous ad lacked good information and didn't include a single underhood shot and pics were taken with a 1990 vintage cell phone camera.

This time the ebay listing includes some glorious high resolution pics of the Nissan SR20DET under the hood. This 2.0 liter inline-4 is turbocharged, intercooled and is good for 300 horsepower according to the seller. Also under hood is a rack-and-pinon steering system and brake booster from a BWM 3-series - this thing is a real smörgåsbord of mixed parts.

The interior has been freshened since the last time we saw it - those nasty green seats have been replaced with some saddle brown leather and the carpet is also new. The interior also has an air conditioning setup, but it needs a compressor installed and some charging/sorting before it functions.

Suspension is setup via airbags at all four corners with a few compressors and a small air tank in the trunk. Not sure what an airbagged Amazon handles like, but it sure looks good with those mesh wheels tucked slightly under the fenders.

The seller was also nice enough to include a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - worth the time if you want to know more about this turbocharged beasty.

See a better restomod Amazon? Or got your own seller submission...email us here and we'll post it for free : !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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Photo credits: ebay; Oprah85

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CalzoneGolem > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 12:37

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I've got nothing but contempt for those wheels. This really needs some nice steelies with dog dishes as the Lord God intended.

Gamecat235 > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 12:39

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Mother of god. That is beautiful.

Sparf > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 12:46

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I've been thinking of doing something like this for quite some time now. It just needs a set of black bolt-on fender flares (along with bigger tires and deep offset black steelies to fill them out) and it'll be perfect.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 12:47

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I love that colour, and 122s come to think of it.

I wonder if anyone's done one with the 5-cylinder turbo from the T5, or the Yamaha V8 from the XC90.

Those would be my go-to choices for modern engine swaps.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > CalzoneGolem 11/14/2013 at 12:58

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I'd have also used a 5 cylinder from a V60R to keep it all Volvo, plus it would sound awesome.

CAR_IS_MI > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 12:59

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So much want!!! SO MUCH.

RightFootDown > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 13:06

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Love it!!!

Casper > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 13:32

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That would be a fun car to have as a DD.

Frank Grimes > DailyTurismo 11/14/2013 at 17:32

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What a lovely car! I hate the steering wheel wrap.

KamikazePigeon > DailyTurismo 11/19/2013 at 19:37

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My god! It fits!

Dsscats > DailyTurismo 11/19/2013 at 21:41

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Its up to 12,750