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Volvo – boxy but nice
Volvo flatbed kludge?
You gotta like fine touch of adding a “Volvo” to the rear… did he really think that’s gonna fool anyone?
But of course… with a Swedish Volvo truck, what goes better than Swedish IKEA furniture?
um, where did they put their gas tank?
A crushed bumper is just a fact of life on Minnesota’s winter roads, people adapt. I just hope that’s removable because it’ll never survive the salt and sludge when the snow is back.
I love the fact that they’ve attached a back windshield wiper. How thorough. Are the back doors even usable with all the electric tape on the side rear?
And it’s TURBO! Ridin’ dirty now for real!
*sheds a tear for poor defensless volvo that has been abonineered into a truck*
enjoy it marie M cause i submitted this over a month ago and got no props. i can tell you that you took this pic in ny, more specific brooklyn
Too awesome.
if jesus were to rock a vo that would be the one….jesus loves a turbo
It’s a voody!
With such carpentry skills, I bet there’s crown molding on the ceiling!
This deserves a win for sure.
An illegal win, maybe, but a win.
With a Minnesota plate, of course. Ya, sure, you betcha!
It says minesota
ahh! i saw this one on the street a few weeks back (was either in manhattan or brooklyn) unreal kludge!
@gideon
volvo are a swedish company.
The bumper may say “Volvo” but the hood ornament shouts “Schwinn”.
Would you look at that MUFFLER!
Oh, a swedish El Camino.
I didn’t think it was possible, but it looks even more like a brick than it did before.
Not El Camino, “El Turbino”. Also, Ohai to Lightchild!!!!
Just AWESOME! I want one too! ))
What? No trailer hitch?!
Where are you going to hang the trailer hitch from? That Volvo wagon is Unibody, and everything south of the Mason-Dixon Line has been sawed off! You can see the tailpipe hanging in mid-air now…
Paulo, you’re #1!
Yep, Bruce. While the “rear-view” looks pretty good ~ the “side-view”, showing the gutted and bare tailpipe area, looks unfinished…at best.
Looks like the beginnings of a portable Swedish sauna.
Damn, you beat me to it! This is a good idea, but a waste of a good car. Maybe, like someone posted earlier, the rear end was smashed, and it was going to be totalled anyway. Who knows.
this car parks on my block everyday i was meaning to post it up here. someone beat me to it. damn.
For safety, durability, and, gosh darn it, head-turning good looks, nothing quite compares with cheap wood paneling.
@redial
Under the rear seat, just like it is normally. It’s perfectly safe there, unless you take the trunk off. Um…well, the good news is that this model of Volvo will do 150, so they have to catch you to blow you up….
@DukeW
It may do 150 mph, but is it faster than the speed of ugly?
Volvo: Now comes with free rear-mounted evil villain’s lair.
Is that duct tape that’s holding the rear screen on?
How is this even functional? Whatever you put in there is just gonna fly right out…
LOL @ Fernando’s comment
Again I say, still better than the stupid rice racer body kits.
@b.
I’m going to go out on a whim and say this was a wagon initially.
Not my ideal car, but hey, they got the model and brand right!
I like how they saved the badges to put back on after the Kludge. Stay classy!
I get this one…. it’s a hearse for midgets…this guy is filling a “niche” market!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maketing 101 in college
the workmanship is outstanding. amazing.
@gideon
Volvo is Swedish.
They couldn’t afford the high-priced optional tailgate.
business up front, party in the back
i would believe it if the plate was west virginia
@Paulo Oliveira
You beat me to it. I was going to say “El CaVolvo!!!”
Ya but they need to remake it in diamond plate for safety!
They’re form MN, go figure!
Considering this is a Volvo the mod may have actually improved the vehicle aerodynamics.
should’a made the rear out of wood decking
subtle hint that volvo needs to make a truck?
Volvo – it’s not just for breakfast anymore.
I didn’t know the wood style was back, i’ll get the model T!!!
No, no, no. You guys have got it all wrong. This isn’t the humans doing. This poor Volvo was having trouble finding a suitable mate, and it evolved. Now all of the female Volvos he failed to attract will crowd all the driveways and parking lots he visits!