The 262C was designed in-house by Volvo's Jan Wilsgaard, but largely built by Bertone in Turin for the 1977-1981 model years. So not designed by Bertone, it was just built there.
Dude! This thing is BEYOND cool! When the hood was lifted it almost looked like it came from the factory! I love everything about this car! The story, the dad owning it, all the mods, holy F! This thing is so damn awesome! Always stoked on your videos dude!
I like that he’s keeping the car forever because it’s his dad. You know Dad’s don’t get a lot of praise like that everybody go out they way for their moms but don’t forget about your pops the good fathers out here we deserve our flowers too🌹
Shawn...your GENUINE love of cars, is why I think you are so successful, and I gotta say, Bro...as a Car Guy myself, you are one cool M'fer. Eric...your Dad must be happy that you continued his build, and dropped in the monster LT4. This car is a nasteee sleeper; close the exhaust valves....and say goodbye to many a wanna be Hot Rod, without much effort (provided you get'er to hook). The absolute "COOL-NESS" of this channel, is outta sight - feel like I'm having a martini with Dean Martin, and winking at the ladies!
This brings back memories. In the mid eighties, I built a low mileage, black on black '78 Bertone, with a tunedport 355 w/NOS, cam, and a B-W T-5. Took me almost a year. What a fun car. Had good success on the show circuit. Drove it everyday in the summer. Slam you in the seat at 100mph, but got a little squirrelly above 145mph (air would get underneath it) had to make sure it was pointing straight ahead when you pulled the trigger. Flat hood, '86 bumpers and grill and headlights. Even had A/C. Drove it for a few years and spanked many a Corvette and Mustang 5.0. One of my best builds.
Please don't change the wheels, the newer factory wheels are perfect. Just widen the rears so you can fit a wider tire. That'll also cure the fact that they sit way too far inside the fender. But absolutely fantastic car.
Eric, your dad sir, is a badass. He built that car spot on and fyi Shawn Grand Nationals would easily run in the 11's with bolt on adds and quite possibly this car could've been faster with the GN powerplant because it might have hooked up better.
Reminds me of a 262c that had an LT1 put into it, from The Silent D Motor Show channel. Honestly, apart from the P1800, this has got to be the best looking Volvo ever!
I'm a volvo guy and i love that his father chose to use a Bertone for his dream build. In all black it looks like a European Grand National those beautiful 80's body lines. That's why pops went with the grand national v6. Now its complete get the wheels stepped up and wider to 18 and tub the rear .
That car is so sweet. Something that would help these new drivers is go race dirt track and tune the car yourself like I did. It taught me how to diagnose what was going on with the car and how to fix it.
I remember years (more than twenty) ago when Tom Cruise brought his converted Volvo Wagon to set. Common conversion at that time with one vendor offering turnkey converted cars. Most sold were wagons, the coolest.
Crazy i am right now doing my 92 volvo 240 wagon gen4 5.3 with 7875 swap after 3 years of pulling stock stuff. I cant wait till finish it up and put it on my channel.
In the 90’s I had a 760 turbo converted with a small block Chevy roller cam big intake and carb T5 borgwarner 5 speed transmission it was such a badass sleeper✊
Hey Shawn, I remember working on them back in the 80’s. In Philadelphia, Bertone’s were common maybe because of the University Prof’s thinking they had a legitimate street muscle. Lol, I will always defer to a 69 L88 with Sidepipes as legitimate Street Muscle. Maybe someone can put a stock one on your show. Thank You 🙏
Real Talk of he buys some different wheels and widen the rear fenders this might be the best Volvo swapped cars I've ever seen..Great Review and story!!..👍🏽🏁
The current rims you have look almost a little too big for the wheel openings but still look kind of stock. But if you go with a 19 OR 20 inch that will be the end of any actual sleeper look. Great car, thanks for making the video.
Ive seen several Volvo conversions most just don’t appeal to me, i get what was involved with the conversion but I’ve seen four doors and wagons and they just aren’t good looking to me leaving me asking why did you do it but looks are subjective. However, this one i really like and actually looks good. Nice job and nice car!
I love seeing this page get the attention it deserves I cant remember the number I know I’ve been here since b4 at least 50K subs at the max mite of even been less and the video quality in combination of veichles reviewed has always been amazing!!!
Not even close! Do a search for peterbjorck here on RU-vid. He's got a volvo 245 that he's putting a gallardo v10 in. He thought that the old engine was'nt good, it was just a toyota engine 😄
@@viktorjohansson86 while Peter's latest wagon is a cool ride, that's nowhere close to the most powerful 240. I have a more powerful one and I'm not even close to the big hitters.
Hey Guys, I am an Volvo Driver/ Fan for longtime. And you won’t believe, last week I’ve seen a Bertone parking. And I know who’s the owner. I got to make friendship with this Dude. Volvo did very misty and hidden good Cars- they will also live forever.
Mini tubs, might as well get a narrowed 9 inch for shits n giggles. Pretty cool build definitely something unique. Not a fan of the alcantera , I think that LT 4 can carry the extra weight of nice leather. Watching Sean pull it out of the garage. It almost reminds me of a Bentley R turbo w/Bertone styling window treatment. That’s going to be next level ridiculous with the pulley upgrade an E 85 and they could easily make 900 hp with the right parts. As you know I’m sure
