Alex and Karl have another Volvo build in motion: a 1983 242 that they’re transforming into a tube-frame silhouette car with a turbocharged ... compartment to FIA Rally cage specs.

Back in 2007, I yanked this clock out of a characteristically mustard-yellow Volvo 242, found in the now-defunct ... evolved several times during the car's 18-year production run.

The only complaint that could be leveled against today's Nice Price or No Dice Volvo is that it's sadly not a wagon. Other than that, its kit and condition are what most of us would want.

But even so, the LS2 V8 under the hood of this custom Volvo 242 DL speaks a universal love ... Pitty, because the GTO is one of the all-time great muscle cars of the last 25 years.

It's a Volvo 142 that rolled off a Swedish assembly line in 1972. There's a little four-cylinder engine up front, a solid axle out back, and not much but a gas pedal in between. It is a rally car ...