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The Volvo
Amazon was introduced in the year 1957 and was produced until 1970. The
model is officially known as the Volvo 120 series. The Volvo Amazon was
designed by Volvo chief designer Jan Wilsgaard.
The Amazon became the second model in 1957 next to the Volvo PV 544
fastback model. Volvo hoped to increase international sales with the
Amazon; that worked out positively. These very strong, reliable cars
were fairly popular those days. The Amazon was a ideal family sedan and
a very tough opponent in races and rallies due to it's legendary
robustness and reliability.
In the year 1962 a Amazon station car model was presented: the 220
series.
The "crown jewels" of the Amazon series are the (1966-1969) 123 GT and
the (1968-1970) 133 GT. Volvo fitted a P 1800 S engine in a Amazon
two-door coachwork and voilą the GT was born! The 123 GT was fitted with
a 1778 cc. 96 bhp engine, the 133 GT was fitted with a 1987 cc. 100 bhp.
four cylinder engine.
The GT was equipped with a four speed manual gearbox combined with an
overdrive (Laycock de Normanville), a sports steering wheel, fog lamps
and a rev. counter on top of the dashboard. Nowadays these cars are very
much sought after for historic rally events.
Technical
data
Four cylinder
engine
2x twin choke Weber carburettors
Specially tuned engine.
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information.
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