Showing posts with label John Harbinson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Harbinson. Show all posts

Friday, August 14, 2015

Murdered Out Mustang Motor Mom-Mobile: 1993 Volvo 940 V8

By John Harbinson -- Volvo made THE perfect sleeper platforms with both the 7 and 9 series cars, the wagons in particular. With a garage, some tools, and a spare v8 laying around, they could be absurd pavement pounders. Paul Newman, while probably not the first to look at a Volvo station wagon, and think Hmmm, I'd love to have an engine in this that could put my Labrador through the rear glass, he definitely made the swap more popular, especially with a second car, identical to Newman's Own, being commissioned for David Letterman. Surprisingly though, Jay Leno doesn't have one, and nor do I. My search of the interwebs will continue until I have enough cash to scoop one up. Find this 1993 Volvo 940 sleeper on Craigslist in San Luis Obispo, California, for $3000.


Saturday, July 25, 2015

Varg I Fårakläder: 1986 Volvo 745 Wagon, Ford V8


DT E-i-C Vince: This next feature is written by John Harbinson, who you may recognize as the teenage car collector from the BringATrailer.com People's Choice Best Feature of 2014 that he won for buying an old rusting pile of Jensen parts.  John raised his hand when we offered folks the chance to write for Daily Turismo and this is his first (hopefully of many) feature:  The above Swedish phrase, translates to "a wolf in sheep's clothing", and this impressive Volvo 740 wagon epitomizes the phrase. This particular 740 wagon started life with a diesel powerplant, but was converted to Mustang power in 1998 with a kit from Converse Engineering, the same company who built the 960 wagon for David Letterman and Paul Newman. Find this 1986 Volvo 745 wagon with Ford V8 swap offered for $6,000 in Richland, WA via craigslist.