There are certain cars that look kind of timid and weird on the street but look completely boss in race form. We’d put the Volvo P1800 in this class. We have seen them are skinny tire equipped street cars and they’re basically MEH. We have seen them as pro street style drag cars and they’re pretty good. When we see them as road racing cars, though? Holy cow these things spin our crank at 8,500 RPM! This 1965 Volvo P1800 is a road racing champ and it looks amazing.
The naturally aspirated four banger is making some 250hp. It has raced SCCA and SVRA, has a five speed stick and the car is so nice it has garnered recognition at one of the country’s premier car shows. We think that this is the kind of road racing machine many BangShifters would think is cool because it is not the typical Camaro or Mustang. It’s a really tight and unique package that can win.
You can even scoop this thing up with the air conditioned trailer. Show up with a truck and leave a road racing operation! $45,900 gets you the whole shooting match with the car, parts, trailer, and all.
The Volvo P1800 platform has won loads of races and championships around the world in the decades that it has existed. The cure for the common car, this baby is perfection.
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If you watch the Nostalgia Drags from Santa Pod on Youtube you’ll see a P1800 gasser running a blown big block. It’s called No Saint and has got to be one of the weirdest looking gassers ever built!