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One year ago our electric Volvo caught fire

12 September 202330 June 2022 by Lars

One year ago on June 30th our 1967 Volvo Amazon wagon EV conversion spontaneously caught fire during our travels in Sweden. A project I worked on for almost six years to achieve OEM feature level with a classic appearance. Due to the lack of resources and busy supporting others doing conversions as EVcreate I have not been able to make much progress on rebuilding it. Nor have I further information on the exact cause. Intend so share more soon and speed up the process for bringing her back on the road. Donations / support is still welcome. Read full post : One year ago our electric Volvo caught fire »

Actually it is a miracle there is so much left of the car

12 September 20232 December 2021 by Lars

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Actually it is quite a miracle that there is so much left of the car. The leather interior seems to be able to even handle the impact of the powder extinguisher quite well. In the end I found a specialized cleaning company to get rid of the remains of the powder. Read full post : Actually it is a miracle there is so much left of the car »

Volvo back home delivered by Jansen Restorations

12 September 202326 October 2021 by Lars

On October 26th last year the Voltvo came back home. Delivered by Jansen Restorations, video by Saskia, music by the kids. The first couple of seconds one would not even say it is that badly damaged. Read full post : Volvo back home delivered by Jansen Restorations »

Car has not been released by the insurance

12 September 20231 October 2021 by Lars

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Currently (October 1st) the car has not been released by the insurance. Have not been able to do any investigations. And besides the garage is a mess. So until now just had coffee and developed some hypothesis and plans. Read full post : Car has not been released by the insurance »

Today exactly three months ago the Volvo caught fire

25 September 202330 September 2021 by Lars

Hi everybody! Today it is exactly three months ago that the Volvo caught fire. Seems like a good time to go back online. I will start sharing the story of our trip. Spoiler: no happy ending. Read full post : Today exactly three months ago the Volvo caught fire »

Took a while before I had the courage to visit the car

12 September 20237 September 2021 by Lars

Took a while before I had the courage to go to Jansen Restorations and face the car again. To be honest I had made it less worse in my mind over the weeks so it was quite a shock. Significantly more damage to the interior than I had hoped for. Read full post : Took a while before I had the courage to visit the car »

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