1966 VOLVO 131 AMAZON on ebay

123GT-AMAZON · Jan 30th, 2013, 23:29

incase anyone thats looking for one has missed this i have just seen this listing on fleabay see what you think ....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966-VOLVO...item257a51b20d

sorry for image size ( i used listing image ) i wish the admins would install the image resizer mod on this forum board would help tidy postings like this up

swedishandgerman · Jan 31st, 2013, 09:07

Wow! There's a decent amount of filler behind that there back wheel!

I think that's what I'd call a 10 metre Amazon

ANDREWNT · Jan 31st, 2013, 10:17

Think this car was in Anglia Car Auctions Saturday 26th Jan can't remember sale price though! A Unused Triumph Spitfire there did £20k!!

123GT-AMAZON · Jan 31st, 2013, 12:07

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Originally Posted by swedishandgerman

Wow! There's a decent amount of filler behind that there back wheel!

I think that's what I'd call a 10 metre Amazon

yeah i did notice the extra depth to that back valance

filler was my first thought that must be covering some bad rot

Tail · Jan 31st, 2013, 18:46

Looks like a seam on the sill as well just below the rear of the door but the whitewall tyres and boot rack look nice

MrAP · Feb 1st, 2013, 13:39

That went to many shows around Sussex and Surrey last year, the then owner told me he didn't keep any of his classic cars long after tidying them up. The o/s rear wing had obvious accident damage repair and he had started spraying it a different shade of white/cream. The paint finish was not good but it may not have been fully polished when I last saw it since only the drivers side had been resprayed. The bonnet and roof look as though they are still the original colour.
I hope those bidding have quizzed the owner further regarding the bodywork since details in the advert are very lacking!
A couple of my photos on Flickr of it below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78002012@N00/7768259236/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78002012@N00/7768279822/

123GT-AMAZON · Feb 1st, 2013, 22:32

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Originally Posted by MrAP

That went to many shows around Sussex and Surrey last year, the then owner told me he didn't keep any of his classic cars long after tidying them up. The o/s rear wing had obvious accident damage repair and he had started spraying it a different shade of white/cream. The paint finish was not good but it may not have been fully polished when I last saw it since only the drivers side had been resprayed. The bonnet and roof look as though they are still the original colour.
I hope those bidding have quizzed the owner further regarding the bodywork since details in the advert are very lacking!
A couple of my photos on Flickr of it below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78002012@N00/7768259236/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78002012@N00/7768279822/

thankyou for the post always good to see images from the past , on the second image link at a quick glance the chrome trim down the side of the car looks iffy on passengers front wing may be a optic illusion

minty muller · Feb 3rd, 2013, 16:45

Hello chaps,

I know this car well - it was my dads...

Generally, it was actually a pretty solid old bus really - the bottom of the O/S back wing was filled, but not to cover rot - he reversed it into his caravan coming home from a car show last year...

He couldn't get a replacement panal at the time, so decided to fill it in the short-term, then do a proper repair in the spring - unfortunately, at about that time, it started causing him no end of problems with bad running - he replaced the carb with a rebuilt unit, put in another rebuilt distributor, a new fuel-pump etc, etc, but still couldn't get it to run properly - so in the end, he decided enough was enough and part-exchanged it at a classic-car dealers against a '66 Morris Minor Traveller...

If its now running properly, someone would have a good car really - it had a brand-new windscreen & rubber fitted the week before he sold it, new tyres, brakes and rear suspension bushes, new radiator, & new plugs/leads etc...and god-knows what else!

I've got an idea another trader has bought it, from the dealer my dad sold it too...

Regards to all...

Guy.

Tail · Feb 8th, 2013, 19:47

On again with a buy it now of £5495

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966-VOLVO...item257a970535

ANDREWNT · Feb 8th, 2013, 21:00

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Originally Posted by ANDREWNT

Think this car was in Anglia Car Auctions Saturday 26th Jan can't remember sale price though! A Unused Triumph Spitfire there did £20k!!

Price reported as £3937 at auction might help with negotiations for prespective purchaser

Jan 30th, 2013, 23:29	#1
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Feb 1st, 2013, 13:39	#6
MrAP Junior Member Last Online: Oct 1st, 2014 09:47 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Crowborough East Sussex	That went to many shows around Sussex and Surrey last year, the then owner told me he didn't keep any of his classic cars long after tidying them up. The o/s rear wing had obvious accident damage repair and he had started spraying it a different shade of white/cream. The paint finish was not good but it may not have been fully polished when I last saw it since only the drivers side had been resprayed. The bonnet and roof look as though they are still the original colour. I hope those bidding have quizzed the owner further regarding the bodywork since details in the advert are very lacking! A couple of my photos on Flickr of it below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/78002012@N00/7768259236/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/78002012@N00/7768279822/ __________________ 1966 122S Last edited by MrAP; Feb 1st, 2013 at 13:44.

Jan 31st, 2013, 10:17	#3
ANDREWNT Member Last Online: Jun 20th, 2023 18:09 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shotley Bridge	Think this car was in Anglia Car Auctions Saturday 26th Jan can't remember sale price though! A Unused Triumph Spitfire there did £20k!!

Jan 31st, 2013, 18:46	#5
Tail Master Member Last Online: Nov 29th, 2020 00:42 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Newton Abbot	Looks like a seam on the sill as well just below the rear of the door but the whitewall tyres and boot rack look nice

Feb 3rd, 2013, 16:45	#8
minty muller Junior Member Last Online: Apr 25th, 2013 08:33 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Kettering	Hello chaps, I know this car well - it was my dads... Generally, it was actually a pretty solid old bus really - the bottom of the O/S back wing was filled, but not to cover rot - he reversed it into his caravan coming home from a car show last year... He couldn't get a replacement panal at the time, so decided to fill it in the short-term, then do a proper repair in the spring - unfortunately, at about that time, it started causing him no end of problems with bad running - he replaced the carb with a rebuilt unit, put in another rebuilt distributor, a new fuel-pump etc, etc, but still couldn't get it to run properly - so in the end, he decided enough was enough and part-exchanged it at a classic-car dealers against a '66 Morris Minor Traveller... If its now running properly, someone would have a good car really - it had a brand-new windscreen & rubber fitted the week before he sold it, new tyres, brakes and rear suspension bushes, new radiator, & new plugs/leads etc...and god-knows what else! I've got an idea another trader has bought it, from the dealer my dad sold it too... Regards to all... Guy.

Feb 8th, 2013, 19:47	#9
Tail Master Member Last Online: Nov 29th, 2020 00:42 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Newton Abbot	On again with a buy it now of £5495 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966-VOLVO...item257a970535

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