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Jeff Allen from The Car Chasers<\/a> built this custom 1963 Volvo called “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” in 2017. The body is 1963 Volvo 122S with bolt-on fender flares all covered in BMW Austin Yellow paint. The body is installed on a 2013 Corvette Grand Sport chassis. In the engine bay is a 7.0 L LS7 V8 built by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering<\/a>. Behind that is a 6L80 six-speed automatic transaxle. It stops thanks to Baer six-piston brakes in front and rear. Over those are Forgeline 18-inch wheels with BFGoodrich g-Force Rival tires (275\/35, 315\/30). The interior carries over the Corvette dash, center console, and steering wheel. There are Recaro seats with Takata harnesses. The unique vehicle is for sale on Bring a Trailer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Jeff Allen from The Car Chasers built this custom 1963 Volvo called “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” in 2017. The body is 1963 Volvo 122S with bolt-on fender flares all covered in BMW Austin Yellow paint. The body is installed on a 2013 Corvette Grand Sport chassis. In the engine bay is a 7.0 L LS7… Read More »Custom 1963 Volvo with a Corvette Powertrain and Chassis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":126112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-333"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Custom-1963-Volvo-with-a-Corvette-powertrain-and-chassis-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117816,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117816","url_meta":{"origin":126107,"position":0},"title":"1963 Corvette with a Supercharged LT4","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul Atkins built this 1963 Corvette at his company in Alabama. 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