Most any V8 swapped rwd Volvo is worthy of being featured here at DT, but today's example is the creme de la creme of the breed. This wagon has it all and it's turbo charged 5.0 Ford goes the extra mile to poo-poo any naysayer who says these swaps are not that fast by 2018 measures. I am not sure how much boost a Fox body era 302 can withstand, but it would be a lot of fun to find out. Find this 1989 Volvo 245 wagon for sale in Blacksburg, VA for $5,500 via craigslist. Tip from Molotovmotors.
Many a V8 swapped Volvo bricks have graced these pages, but few have all the qualities to make a truly primo driver. This is not to say that a car with an automatic or a sedan is a bad car by any means. Most would agree that the top of the food chain for these swapped cars is a manual trans equipped wagon. If you were to nitpick anything with today's wagon, it only has the Vanilla Ice era 5.0 Mustang engine which is not as powerful as a modern GM LS and it is painted a pedestrian silver instead of say poop brown. Find this 1991 Volvo 240 wagon for sale in Ephrata, PA for $8,000 via craigslist.
Most Craigslist ads purposely gloss over a car's warts and short comings. Honesty is a rare thing to find in any car for sale listing. Today's Volvo brick wagon seller takes things to a whole new level by actually waxing poetically about all of the car's faults, the scary predicaments the car has put him in driving it, and his own role in it's decrepit condition. All in all, it makes for a mildly interesting read, but the frightening pictures of the car make those words really come to life. Find this 1991 Volvo 240 wagon for sale in Townsend, MA for $1,500 via craigslist.
