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Amazons as far as the eye can see 120-130

posted by  spectratone on  Mon Nov 24 16:59 CST 2008
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You all might enjoy these photos from the LIFE magazine archives; your car could be in these pictures!

http://images.google.com/images?q=volvo&q=source%3Alife

Bill








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    Amazons as far as the eye can see 120-130

    posted by  uncle_bagley on  Tue Nov 25 01:03 CST 2008
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    Wow Bill, those are terrific. I'm going to use the first one as the desktop image on my computer.

    Cheers,
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    Barry -- 1967 122S 'Betty'








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    Amazons as far as the eye can see 120-130

    posted by  walrus3 on  Tue Nov 25 01:02 CST 2008
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    1960! Notice how many of the 122s are two-tone paint jobs!
    All of them B16 powered.
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    George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!








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    Amazons as far as the eye can see 120-130

    posted by  Gary L on  Mon Nov 24 17:45 CST 2008
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    Cool. Except of course, one of the shots is a little... errr... misleading. It is entitled "Swedish Volvo cars, on docks", but it's actually a boatload of Saabs (96's, I think). Well, at least they got the Swedish part right. :-)
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    Gary L - 1971 142E ITB racer, 73 1800ES, 02 S60 T5
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      posted by  agent_strangelove on  Tue Nov 25 04:59 CST 2008
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      I may be off my rocker but I think the background of the frist shot has the boat that is in the back of the second shot... Same import yard for Saab and Volvo?

      I have a couple of original photos of the Volvo export yard (Hisingen, Gothenburg) and those are up at:
      http://www.volvoadventures.com/assemblyplants.html (and see the second row of photos) They have to be from about the same era as the grills are the same and look to be b16 122. There is a single 1800 in the second shot is it would be like 61 or 62. There are several wagon in the second shot as well. Do we know when 122 wagons started being produced?

      Chris








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        Amazons as far as the eye can see 120-130

        posted by  Gary L on  Tue Nov 25 07:47 CST 2008
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        You may be right... that could definitely be the same ship docked in the background of both (Amazon & Saab) photos. The somewhat different viewing angle makes it hard to tell for sure. Incidentally, those "other" Swedish cars are in fact 96's. I did some research, and while both the 93 and 96 were both produced in 1960, the 96 had a much larger rear glass, evident in the photo.

        As for the date of your photos, can be no earlier than 1962 if there is a 220 wagon involved, as I believe those were first produced mid-year of 1962 production. Therefore, I would think the cars in the photo would all most likely all be B18 powered.
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        Gary L - 1971 142E ITB racer, 73 1800ES, 02 S60 T5
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