The"Pics of my Amazon on the road"thread...

[Roffeman]

I bet you don't see those old repair shops much these days. I used to work at one of those in Sweden in the seventies.

Those were the days when they actually looked and listened to the car instead of plugging in a computer.

[Roffeman]

...and I see your red Amazon and raise you my blue 1970 Amazon.

On a lonely two lane black top somewhere in Sweden 1978:

[Amma122s]

Hahaha! That must be one of the most favourite pass times out on swedish country roads going by those tale tale black lines all over the country hehe!

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[Burdekin]

One thing I know about Swedes is that they're a bunch of petrolheads like us Aussies...

[heckflosse]

Originally Posted by Amma122s

Don't let the thread die guys !!! Must be loads on the road still..

Today I was off out picking up my winter tyres I ordered..not your usual tyre depot lol...it was somwhere in them there woods !





Finally found the place



Picked the wheels and tyres up and headed for home..

Looks like a scene from' Deliverance'. Who's pickin' banjo here?

[Roffeman]

Originally Posted by heckflosse

Looks like a scene from' Deliverance'. Who's pickin' banjo here?

Mmmm, No banjo in Swedish Deliverance...that would be Ola or Sven but he is playing an accordion!

[Roffeman]

Enough of all these Amazons. How about a 1966 Volvo Duett. These were mainly used by the utility companies back in the day and they were pretty sought after in used condition for us Volvo nuts. They came stock with limited slip and 4:56 rear ratio. Fun on snowy Swedish gravel roads.

A plumber traded this car in at the dealership I worked on. I lobbied the boss for weeks so I could own it!

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

I guess this might count as a road shot, because I did drive the car to its first track day.

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[heckflosse]

Originally Posted by Roffeman

Enough of all these Amazons. How about a 1966 Volvo Duett. These were mainly used by the utility companies back in the day and they were pretty sought after in used condition for us Volvo nuts. They came stock with limited slip and 4:56 rear ratio. Fun on snowy Swedish gravel roads.

A plumber traded this car in at the dealership I worked on. I lobbied the boss for weeks so I could own it!

Oooh, that's gorgeous.
What about the cut down tractor ones they built? Cant remember the name.

[Roffeman]

Originally Posted by heckflosse

Oooh, that's gorgeous.
What about the cut down tractor ones they built? Cant remember the name.

"Epa traktor"

Yeah, a lot of these Duetts met that fate. To explain: this is a very Swedish fenomenom. After the war the need for farm equippment exceeded supplies so the then generous Swedish government allowed farmers to cut down a car with a frame and make it in to a traktor.

They had the wheel base altered (I recall 2.5 meters) and rear axle bolted to the frame and only firts and second gear could be used.

First a lot of T Fords and model A cars were used but since the Duetts were frame based they were used i great numbers. Farm tractors could be driven at 16 years of age without a license and you could not drive a car until 18 so a lot of kids discovered that they can be used for transportation, myself included.

When it was 20 C below and my competition had mopeds, who do you think got all the girls?