Parallel parking only for the brick extensions that caught my attention, last September. Most striking was a 1998 Volvo V90 with a matching trailer.
The V90 -merely a renamed 960 wagon- is powered by Volvo’s 2,922 cc inline-six gasoline engine from the B6304 family. Late September, the daily driver had around 440,000 km (273,400 miles) on the clock.
Once upon a time, this was a Volvo 960 wagon. A big part of it, anyway.
A completely different approach to building an extension, a mighty fine 1997 Volvo S90 Executive stretch limousine by Nilsson Special Vehicles.
The Volvo’s overall length is 6.10 m (20 ft) and it’s also powered by a 2.9 liter six-cylinder, good for 204 DIN-hp.
The next picture I’ll post of a Volvo this long shows an FM or FH 4×2 tractor.
Related Volvo & Nilsson article:
In-Motion Classic: Volvo S90 Executive – Nobody’s Talkin’ by Don Andreina
That extended based Volvo limousine was probably better suit for then Soviet and Eastern bloc leaders. I read somewhere that Zil actually produced few samples of Zil prototype inspired by 9 series Volvo sedans because they liked the stated look of its design. The project went nowhere after collapse of Soviet in early 1990s.
Second gen Scion xb with defective original pistons are a good candidate to be a trailer . Cubed x 2
I prefer this version:
Visually better, but in both cases too much weight on the tongue . Repositioning the wheel arches would require too much work of course.
Reminds me of matching couple outfits. lol
Not an EXACT match, but I sort of did the same thing with my 2011 Ford Ranger and a truck bed trailer that somebody else built from an old Nissan pickup. The tail lights reveal it’s a mid-80s model, but BEFORE the “Hardbody” generation.
Back when I had my ’96 Aerostar roughly a decade ago, I found the trailer supposedly abandoned at the corner of my church’s parking lot. Weeks & months passed and nobody ever came up to claim it was theirs, and it had NO ownership information anywhere on the body or frame, so that’s how it effectively became “mine.” The first thing I did was repaint it (it was originally a light blue, albeit in rough shape) so it matched my vehicle–then and now. I later added black-and-yellow caution tape to the bumper to match what I had done to the Aerostar’s running boards (which were also black). It took quite a while to sort out the correct lighting functions through the wiring harness, but with help from a 5-flat trailer wiring connector and a circuit tester, I eventually got ALL of them to work–even the reverse lights!
When the Ranger came into the picture, I continued the caution tape pattern on the Ranger’s bumper and added 2 pieces of red reflective tape to match the Nissan’s built-in bumper reflectors. The end result is basically what you see in the following picture. If you look closely when viewing from the same side, you’ll notice the tape pattern on the Ranger’s bumper is going in the opposite direction as the tape on the Nissan’s bumper. The reason is because I didn’t use the same tape design for both bumpers and didn’t realize the difference until everything was done. But on the other hand, a perfect match would have required sourcing another ’93-’11 Ranger bed & frame (and therefore a whole new project entirely–along with more money), so it was just as well for everything to come out the way it did.
As the trailer will never see frequent use on the highway (hence the “slow moving” triangle attached with adhesive pads to the tailgate), I have no other major plans for it right now. It currently resides under a woodshed on my family’s property where it can be loaded up and hauled to wherever anyone needs firewood for the fast-approaching winter months. It & my Ranger handle this type of job VERY well. 🙂
Good job (the same applies to the driveway, btw)! Small, single axle utility trailers are handy tools. A few years ago, my brother bought a foldable one. It’s standing straight up against the side wall of his garage.
Pretty cool if I do say so and a huge upgrade compared to the inflatable single mattress used in my C30 for car camping. I would love to drive this combo just to get a feel for the dynamics. Here I thought I would be clever and find a LEGO brick shaped car trailer but no luck. Instead I found this full size V70 and it’s so cool I just have to post it. By the way that is a full size car trailer.
Fantastic Find! I love it.
I of course did one of these as well, But in a ’62 Valiant flavor:
Way to go slant!