In HS, I almost talked my parents into a V6 wagon instead of the 245, since they were used to V8s. They sat in it, drove it, studied the brochure....I was pretty sure they were going to do it. They bought an American V8 wagon. But that V6 was the Peugeot Renault Volvo joint project, right, and had s...

This story from Down Under starts with a brief overview of early Volvos in country. " Meanwhile... the first 144 was imported into the country. It was ordered in 1967 by businessman Eric Nordling to be delivered with 36 ignition keys. When asked why 36, he replied that his wife had a habit of l...

Look like Brits in the African Campaign, WWII - is that a Bren Gun? When my younger son was a teen, he built these elaborate WWII airplane models, and this cool little 3" long Desert Patrol jeep out of three different kits combined for all the gear and details. IMG_0568.JPG IMG_0569.jpg IMG_05...

abscate wrote: ↑10 Aug 2022, 14:09 I’m now painting the house with the same scaffolding instead of a 4K paint quote

I think a paint brush might be easier. The scaffolding can't be the easiest thing to lift up and paint with.

Iowa grows CORN. Idaho grows POTATOES. Just saying. volvolugnut That’s a long running tuber joke between me and Erik. Kind of like my Austria Kangaroo series,which started with my business partner in VorArlberg…..hope I spelled that right OK got it. But the hash up grates on me. volvolugnut Half ba...

Festival of the Unexceptional "Patina" https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/the-best-cars-wear-their-stories-dents-and-all/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_NA_EML_UN_DailyDriver_Thursday&hashed_email=ad2c8f3e6066a9f29ed9e67903e572cd43215462a7144348b4094f113...

First gen Ford Escape.

volvolugnut wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 08:51 Ancient rock piles in Scotland.
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Every Sunday, used oil was auctioned off at that grill..

For you , luggy…..

Don't mind me, I'm just hangin' out here shootin' really cool photos. southern-ring-nebula-2-_custom-60c7d16d9c36f085646be2dad4585892c783952d-s1300-c85.jpg This caption says - "An enormous mosaic of Stephan's Quintet is the largest image to date from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, covering ...

Had one of these when I was younger. Went off to collage and my partner sold of every car we had in a joint collection.

Another year and model on that was in the collection.