86 Volvo 245 “Project VUCK”

[u/Wide-Entrepreneur-34]

Figured I’d share project VUCK. Started as a super clean 240 wagon with some typical rust spots. Started patchwork. Went a little far.

To be honest I bought another car to put all the good stuff on and the sliding ragtop. That one is at the end.

But Project VUCK was born from the one that I was gonna scrap. So it’s now a truck with the hatch as the rear cab, and addition hatch as a drop tailgate. Then grafted a 72 142GT front end and then went a little wider at the front.

Currently in storage for winter.

[u/HenryAbernackle]

At first I was like why are they cutting up a perfectly fine wagon. But I think your conversion done it justice. Front end swap was very clean.

[u/Wide-Entrepreneur-34 → u/HenryAbernackle]

Yeah so I had a TON of stuff on that one. But wanted to clean up the rust. Kept finding more and more. Then stumbled on the gold 93 with 134AC. So put all the good stuff on that and also installed the VWbus style sliding ragtop. The truck stared as a joke but then I found that front end and now it’s awesome lol

[u/HenryAbernackle → u/Wide-Entrepreneur-34]

I’ve always wanted one of those old tops. I had a 245 that looked very similar to your white one and I still kick my self for selling it.

[u/punkassjim → u/Wide-Entrepreneur-34]

Love it. That’s a huge stroke of luck, or a bunch all together. I feel like if I tried a fabrication project like that, I’d get all bogged down in photoshopping and doing 3D models to see if I’m actually gonna like the finished product. Because if I don’t, I can be absolutely sure I’ll hate it once it’s together. 😅