The guys over at Speedhunters called this gasser-style Volvo Amazon “a baptism of fire”. Given that it’s powered by a blown, 500 HP 331 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi V8 and stripped down to the very barest of essentials, that may be an apt description for the Hemizon!

Perhaps the best thing about this creatively constructed Volvo, though, isn’t the specs or the power to weight ration or even the exposed metal finish (which, I mean- it just looks awesome!). No, the best thing about the Hemizon is that it seems like it was built for the express purpose of making noise and annoying it’s owners’ neighbors. This excerpt, from the original article, sums it up:

For quite some time, the 331 Hemi sat on a stand in the corner of Larsson Customizing (the shop that built the Hemizon’s chassis). It wasn’t left unused though. Oh, no! Every Friday, Henrik and his team would get some fuel and start it up on the stand to listen to the V8 roar into life and sing angrily until the fuel ran out. “We love Fridays!” smiled Henrik. “What about the shop upstairs?” I asked. “They hate Fridays!” he laughed. So it was motor first and everything else later. It’s a plan that you’ve got to admire.

Speedhunters has a lot of great background on this car, which they’ve alternatively dubbed “the Hemizon” and “Rat Fink’s Zombie Nightmare” in different parts of the article. If you’re into that, click here to head to the original article. Otherwise, feel free to leaf through the high-res photo gallery at the top of this post and let us know what you think of this wild Volvo in the comments section at the bottom of the page.

331 ci Supercharged Volvo Hemizon

Source | Images: Speedhunters, via Paul Gerrard.