This guy was driving down the street in his convertible Volvo with an IDF a2a missile strapped in the passenger seat. The funny part is Obama was visiting nearby.
I did grow found of the 1800 over the years, the lines grew on me. The Alfa Widewing posted is off course highly sought after because it can do so much more. PR3D4TOR, here's Petrolicious episode on the 1800: :aok
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: PR3D4TOR on June 10, 2015, 12:35:03 PM
:aok
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on June 10, 2015, 02:03:22 PM
They say Volvo is built like a tank so it's only fitting to have a missile on it.
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: Widewing on June 10, 2015, 02:10:11 PM
Volvo's P1800 was and still is their one truly stylish car. Performance was tepid, but it was an attractive car. You gents did hear that reference to the "tractor engines", right?
Beginning with the 140 series, Volvo's began a decades long tradition of looking like the box they were shipped in.....
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on June 10, 2015, 03:58:50 PM
Volvo's P1800 was and still is their one truly stylish car. Performance was tepid, but it was an attractive car. You gents did hear that reference to the "tractor engines", right?
Beginning with the 140 series, Volvo's began a decades long tradition of looking like the box they were shipped in.....
Tractor engines ... tell me about it, I drive a Triumph. :P
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: Arlo on June 10, 2015, 05:55:13 PM
Volvo's P1800 was and still is their one truly stylish car. Performance was tepid, but it was an attractive car. You gents did hear that reference to the "tractor engines", right?
Beginning with the 140 series, Volvo's began a decades long tradition of looking like the box they were shipped in.....
Volvo's P1800 was and still is their one truly stylish car. Performance was tepid, but it was an attractive car. You gents did hear that reference to the "tractor engines", right?
It's funny you should say that, because that 1970 Alfa GT Veloce you'd rather have back on page one has a 1.8L, 120 hp four-banger. :) The 1970 Volvo 1800 has a 2.0L, 130 hp four-banger with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection. Sure, it may look like a tractor engine to us looking back at it from 45 years in the future, but it was a damn good engine back then. It produces more power than the 3.3L inline six that you'd find in a low-end 1970 Ford Mustang. You would need one of the exotic Italian clockwork V12's to beat it in power per liter back then. Back then even the 1970 Porsche 911's 2.2L flat six only developed 123 hp without forced induction.
Here's a Volvo B20 engine modernized for rally driving. It produces 205 hp without forced induction, and they can easily be turboed to 500+ hp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh96cQVOI4M
Here's a beautiful turboed Volvo Amazon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-LUVC3v5Y
Here's a 560 hp Volvo 142.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xH4EcRs9XE
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: guncrasher on June 11, 2015, 02:31:28 AM
damn rednecks, show them a picture of a missile in a car. then they start talking about nothing except the car :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: artik on June 11, 2015, 03:03:49 AM
damn rednecks, show them a picture of a missile in a car. then they start talking about nothing except the car :rofl :rofl :rofl
Yeah... especially when we are talking on quite a remarkable missile Shafrir II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28missile%29#Shafrir-2). Historically it had around 50% of hit rate scoring 89 kills during Yom Kippur War quite a remarkable achievement. It kill rate was little bit higher that Sidewinder IAF had during this period, also it was mostly considered a result of better training with Shafrir II keeping it withing operational envelope.
What is more interesting is that its predecessor Shafrir I was a horrible missile that didn't get even a single kill during 1967 Six Day War.
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: ink on June 11, 2015, 03:34:05 AM
It's funny you should say that, because that 1970 Alfa GT Veloce you'd rather have back on page one has a 1.8L, 120 hp four-banger. :) The 1970 Volvo 1800 has a 2.0L, 130 hp four-banger with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection. Sure, it may look like a tractor engine to us looking back at it from 45 years in the future, but it was a damn good engine back then. It produces more power than the 3.3L inline six that you'd find in a low-end 1970 Ford Mustang. You would need one of the exotic Italian clockwork V12's to beat it in power per liter back then. Back then even the 1970 Porsche 911's 2.2L flat six only developed 123 hp without forced induction.
If GT racing in the late 60s taught us anything, it's not all about HP and engine displacement :police: :old:
The Alfa was much lighter by 400-600 lbs, better balanced and came with a nicely optimized 5 speeds. They were all over competitively racing and still are priced procession to those days in Classic Racing. 1800S ... not so much, except maybe if you are The Saint :D
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: Widewing on June 11, 2015, 07:49:08 PM
It's funny you should say that, because that 1970 Alfa GT Veloce you'd rather have back on page one has a 1.8L, 120 hp four-banger. :) The 1970 Volvo 1800 has a 2.0L, 130 hp four-banger with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection. Sure, it may look like a tractor engine to us looking back at it from 45 years in the future, but it was a damn good engine back then. It produces more power than the 3.3L inline six that you'd find in a low-end 1970 Ford Mustang. You would need one of the exotic Italian clockwork V12's to beat it in power per liter back then. Back then even the 1970 Porsche 911's 2.2L flat six only developed 123 hp without forced induction.
You guys keep showing me heavily modded cars to compare to a stock Alfa. Those Alfa's dominated their classes in racing for years. Where were the Volvos? When I was club racing, a few self-flagellating Volvo devotees built Volvos to race in the B-Sedan class. They were badly outclassed by the Alfas and Datsuns.
The Alfa engine was a twin cam, and it WAS fuel injected in 1970 for the U.S. market. Frankly, I prefer the Webers. Far more tuning options. That Volvo engine looks like a tractor engine because it was derived from one. The P 1800 was several hundred pounds heavier than the GTV, and nowhere in the Alfa's class for handling and balance, not to mention looks. One is a gem, the other costume jewelry. Volvos were rugged and remarkably durable. Alfas needed a bit more attention, but were far more rewarding to drive.
My 1958 Giulietta was a tour de force in style and performance for its day. My friend Kurt's 1974 GTV has a 2 liter that made 130 hp stock, but his now makes more than that at the rear wheels. Very minor tuning was required to bump up the power. Being a twin-cam with great breathing head design, the Alfa can generate substantially more power on a set of 45 DCOE Webers and headers after tossing the SPICA injection.
It's funny you should say that, because that 1970 Alfa GT Veloce you'd rather have back on page one has a 1.8L, 120 hp four-banger. :) The 1970 Volvo 1800 has a 2.0L, 130 hp four-banger with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection. Sure, it may look like a tractor engine to us looking back at it from 45 years in the future, but it was a damn good engine back then. It produces more power than the 3.3L inline six that you'd find in a low-end 1970 Ford Mustang. You would need one of the exotic Italian clockwork V12's to beat it in power per liter back then. Back then even the 1970 Porsche 911's 2.2L flat six only developed 123 hp without forced induction.
Here's a Volvo B20 engine modernized for rally driving. It produces 205 hp without forced induction, and they can easily be turboed to 500+ hp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh96cQVOI4M
Here's a beautiful turboed Volvo Amazon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-LUVC3v5Y
Here's a 560 hp Volvo 142.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xH4EcRs9XE
The Volvo could have 200hp and still have worse power to weight than the Alfa lol.
Title: Re: Is that a missile in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Post by: Widewing on June 12, 2015, 12:46:10 PM