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Volvo Amazon 133 Road/Rally - SOLD
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Description:
This car is in auction on The Market website. The auction is LIVE now and finishes on the 11th of November. Price is a lower estimate.
All bidding takes place on The Market (see photos for web address), plus you will find further text, over 90 photos/video fully illustrating the car and its service history, and the ability to ask questions directly to the seller. The text below is just a brief summary of our full description.
The vendor has owned this Amazon for almost three years, using it to compete in a 5 road/regularity rallies including The Classic Malts, The Three Castles and Le Jog.
He himself lives in Canada and has travelled over for a couple of events each year. ‘I’m not mechanically minded at all,’ he admits. ‘And Kevin Savage (considered one of the gurus of rally car prep) of Savage Motorsport has always prepared and serviced the car for me.’
‘He’s always done it very thoroughly, and added multi failsafe systems such as: the ability to switch between two fuel pumps in the boot; dual electronics in the engine bay; fitting a rally fuel tank with a spare fuel section; and a back-up for the rally computer.’
The vendor says that placing high on regularity rallies is more dependent on the navigator or driver’s ability than the car itself. ‘That said, it is a very, very strong car to drive. Kevin built it like a tank; it always started, never failed and I’ve always had full confidence in it.’
‘Now that I am almost 73 years old it is probably lack of confidence in myself that is starting to creep in. That’s why I’m selling it… 20 years of doing events (in a Triumph TR6, Mercedes 280SL and 300SEB before the Amazon) and constant flying over takes a toll.’
Proof of the car’s competitiveness comes from the fact that it placed 26th (from 75 starters) in last year’s grueling LeJog (Land’s End to John O’Groats) event, and Kevin Savage himself says there’s plenty of life left in the old girl yet.
‘It has everything you want in a road rally car and is still in very sound condition, although it may benefit from a paint job to freshen it up,’ says Kevin. ‘In terms of driving it’s really nice, and feels like a modern car. It’s not ultra quick as the engine remains standard, but it’s done quite well.’
The Amazon comes with a current MOT test certificate that’s valid until 03.04.2020 and the V5 document shows a total of 10 former owners.
There’s no doubt that she’s still a presentable old girl. From a distance the green paintwork is still in good condition, but get up close and you can see that Kevin’s right, in that it would benefit from a spruce up. That said, it could also very much be run as is – that choice is up to the next owner.
There’s a touch of surface corrosion here and there in the bodywork seams and joins, and the bumpers and some of the other chrome could do with restoration. The front n/s corner on the front one is particularly rusty and has had a touch of silver rattle can treatment at some point.
The boot lid has a leather securing strap fitted (there’s one on the bonnet too) and there’s a spotlight mounted at the rear. Tow hooks front and rear have been added and are marked with decals; up front there’s also a set of Cibie spotlights mounted on the front grill.
For much more description and photos see The Market website.
The vehicle can be viewed with us in Abingdon, South Oxfordshire.
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