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Which wagon for mild offroad use?

posted by  80series on  Mon Sep 17 06:08 CST 2018
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Im a Toyota guy through and through. My Land Cruiser is my baby and my serious offroad toy. With that being said, i'm REALLY wanting a wagon to lift a little and make into a FS road exploring, comfortable camping/ occasional driver. I've been doing a lot of reading about 2/7/9 wagons and cant really seem to find one that is favorable over the other for my intended use. I think they all look great with a little lift and a bigger tire. I'm definitely wanting a locker/LSD of some sort coming from an offroad background. Does anyone have any comments as to why one "series" would be better than the other? I look forward to finding a decent specimen to begin with, but i am pretty handy with a wrench and a welder, so busting some knuckles doesn't bother me one bit!








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    Which wagon for mild offroad use?

    posted by  mila on  Wed Sep 19 08:31 CST 2018
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    I'd say the Volvo Sugga TP21! :-)

    http://www.volvosugga.org/
    https://bringatrailer.com/2014/06/05/bat-exclusive-1956-volvo-tp21-sugga-4x4/

    Sugga = Sow



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    Which wagon for mild offroad use?

    posted by  Chris Mullet on  Wed Sep 19 07:56 CST 2018
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    Here's a cool looking XC70:

    http://hooniverse.com/2012/01/04/wagon-wednesday-volvo-v70xc-dakar-edition/

    Apparently the car has since been destroyed in an accident.
    --
    Current rides: 2005 Volvo S80 2.5T, 2003 Volvo V70 2.4NA, 1973 Volvo 1800ES (getting ever closer to road worthiness)








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    Which wagon for mild offroad use?

    posted by  james_a_sousa on  Tue Sep 18 16:36 CST 2018
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    A friend of mine is a rally driver.

    He has driven factory cars for Subaru. He drove in LA at the X games a few years ago.

    He has prepped several cars of his own. He strips out unneeded parts (and sells them) then he strips the rest of the car and adds continuous welds on all seams, he buys extra strong wheels from England, he adds a full belly pan made of the plastic used to line hockey rinks. He changes a lot of the mechanical parts to heavy duty stuff, and builds his own electrical systems with switches and fuses in the cockpit.

    See - Snorace - on youtube to see what a 740 can do - basically stock.

    See - Volvo Rawhide - as well to see 740s doing some offload traveling.

    I think both videos will impress you.








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    Which wagon for mild offroad use?

    posted by  Volvo From Heck on  Tue Sep 18 08:57 CST 2018
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    The 200 series is shorter (wheelbase and overall), narrower and lighter than the 7/9 series. An LSD unit can be added to either but you may find 940 Turbo models with a locker from the getgo (my '92 940T had that). - Dave








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    Which wagon for mild offroad use?

    posted by  james_a_sousa on  Tue Sep 18 08:31 CST 2018
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    Go to Sweden my man!

    The Swedes do more things with their Volvos than you can imagine.

    On YouTube you can find terror traiktor - a tractor with a turbo Volvo engine - can you say drifting a tractor ???

    Or EPA tractors - two seat Volvos that are limited in speed (two transmissions in series) that teens can drive.

    Or build a tall rally car - plenty of Volvo rally videos.

    Try youtube or clubs in Sweden to see what you can do with a brick.







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