£ 14,000

Volvo Amazon 130 Regularity Spec - SOLD

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Auction is LIVE now, and finishes on 26 September at www.themarket.co.uk.

This lovely Amazon has had over £50k spent on a full professional conversion to full Road Rally/Regularity specification. So given that our estimate is between £14,000-£20,000, let’s start by stating for the record that someone is going to get the bargain of the century here.

Well-respected model specialist Amazon Cars, of Suffolk, carried out the works between 2010 and 2011, with long-distance rally experts Rally Preparation Services Ltd, of Witney, Oxfordshire then fully preparing the car to owner’s personal specification. Highlights are as follows:

• Twin-carburettor 2.0 engine

• Full re-spray in Red (original colour dark blue)

• Recaro Cross Sportster seats and Sparco five-point harnesses

• Safety Devices Volvo 120 FIA roll cage

• Gaz dampers and 20mm progressive road springs

• Upgraded anti-roll bars front and rear

• 10-bolt M30 Limited-slip differential

• Stainless steel oil catch tank, in-line one way fuel valve, twin Facet fuel pumps, braided fuel lines and large capacity alloy fuel tank

• High output alternator and heavy duty battery, electrical cut-off switch

• Brantz rally clock, ST230 Club Classic Tachometer and map lights

• AFFF fire extinguisher

• Sump guard, mudflaps, competition halogen bulbs all round and Cibie spot lamps

• Competition brake linings

• Spares kit

Built with a view to completing the epic Le Jog (Lands End to John O’Groats rally event), it never did. ‘For personal reasons I didn’t enter it,’ explains Barrie. ‘And I’ve never got back to rallying, so it’s been doing nothing since. That said, it’s had an MOT every year.’

That means it remains absolutely on the button and ready to go. Le Jog, Peking-to-Paris, Classic Malts, you name it and as far as we can tell this Amazon appears turnkey ready-to-compete.

To build one from scratch to this standard would cost a significant amount. Don’t believe us? Well, just take a look at the invoices in the photo gallery for proof and it’s the next owner who will directly benefit.

‘It still starts first time and drives extremely well,’ says Barrie. ‘I’m 81 years old now and I don’t think I’m doing an upcoming Le Jog, so it’s time for another person to enjoy it.’

The included V5 document shows a total of nine previous keepers in this car’s 52-year lifetime. It passed an MOT test on May 21 of this year, and that runs to the corresponding day and month of 2020.

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