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A crazy thought...
I was reading an article at VClassics about changing out the rear axle from an 1800 to get rear disk brakes. While that woulld be a nice addition to my 1967 122, I was more intruiged by a mention of how the wheel-stud arrangements were modified to use 140 and later bolt pattern wheels. The author went to a machine/race shop and had the old studs machined off. Then new bolt studs were installed on a "modern" pattern allowing the use of more readily available volvo wheels.
Does anyone know anything more about this modification? Compared to finding someone to "widen" my wheels, or trying to find some other car's alloy wheels that will fit on my Amazon, this sounds like a much more promising alternative.
P1800s (of any flavor) are as common as moonrocks around here.
Ideally, I'd like to used the alloy wheels from my 940 or the stock alloy wheels from my 740 GLE, which I believe is the same tire and bolt pattern used on volvos from the early 140 to the late 900 series.
Thoughts, Concerns, Emphatic Warnings?
Another question would be if one could use later style volvo rotors (240/700) and fit them to the front of an amazon?
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You mean Volvo makes cars that are *NOT* Wagons?!?
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