Sold!

The new owner drove it from the Bay Area to Seattle area yesterday. He posted a write-up here:
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/what-has ... 1832306765

I have a 1998 Volvo V70 T5 with a manual transmission. The car has 214000 miles on it. I am the second owner, and I bought the car in April 2016. The previous owner bought the car new at the Volvo dealer in Palo Alto, CA, and it spent its whole life in California. I have a 2-inch thick stack of ...

This is quite a find! It looks like the sedan twin of rspi's 850R Wagon.

Looks like a keeper! Your paint appears to be in much better shape than my 1998.

kippster41493 wrote:

PS78 wrote:Here's a good video to change hearts and minds for you battle wagon guys hahaha.

This video and another similar one I've used to convert people over it's great!

HAHAHAHA! The guy who made this video is such an idiot, but he's my kind of idiot.

Just double check with a visual on the crank mount (Right engine mount). They changed around that time and even the web-page says to check.

Can't argue all ore OEM but all good suppliers in my experience. If shipping on the amazon part is free then makes sense to buy there, but I think for US ...

RobertDIY has a 3 part video series on YouTube about how to repair the dash and make it mount solidly to the firewall.

Looks like I won the lottery on this one! I live 1 mile from a pick-n-pull that usually has at least 10 P80's. There's one not too far away in Fremont, CA that sometimes has as many as 30 of them!

They are sometimes pretty beat up, but usually no rust!

How did you restore the interior seats? They look beautiful. My 2002 S80 driver seat is all cracked. Did you go to a upholstery shop? How much is it per seat? Can you sell me the leather skin?

One option would be to look in a junkyard for an S80 with good seat skins. I found some good ones for my ...

I think these are the OEM manufacturers of the engine mounts for our cars. Does this look right? And, before I order these... can better deals be found elsewhere?

Front engine mount. (Part # 6801722)
$60.99 (free shipping). Hutchinson .
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/volvo-engine-mount-front ...