Wanted: S70 T5M

koffinb · Post by **koffinb** » 01 Feb 2011, 20:44

CAN SOMEONE PLEAASSEEE HELP ME? I'M SEARCHING FOR AN S70 T5 MANUAL TRANS. IN GOOD COND. I SEEM TO ONLY COME ACROSS AUTOMATIC TRANS. I KNOW THESE ARE REAL RARE CARS TO COME BY, BUT I WAS HOPING SOMEONE ON HERE MAY HAVE THE HOOKUP TO SUCH A VEHICLE? DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT YEAR, I JUST WANT SOMETHING IN DECENT SHAPE, THERE IS ONE FOR SALE LOCALLY, BUT IT'S AN AUTO..I'M REALLY CONSIDERING IT, BUT I'D MUCH RATHER PREFER A MANUAL....THANKS IN ADVANCE

Post by **jblackburn** » 01 Feb 2011, 20:57

You and everyone else. There was one by me years ago when I was looking to get a Volvo; but it was gone the DAY after the ad was put up. They are EXTREMELY rare.

I was never one to like an automatic transmission, but the S70 isn't half bad at all in automatic form, and still a blast to drive.

JRL fixes up and sells a good number of these cars, and may have a lead on one somewhere. He's got a very nice V70 T5M in the works.

Post by **BEJinFbk** » 01 Feb 2011, 22:27

koffinb wrote:CAN SOMEONE PLEAASSEEE HELP ME? I'M SEARCHING FOR AN S70 T5 MANUAL TRANS. IN GOOD COND. I SEEM TO ONLY COME ACROSS AUTOMATIC TRANS. I KNOW THESE ARE REAL RARE CARS TO COME BY, BUT I WAS HOPING SOMEONE ON HERE MAY HAVE THE HOOKUP TO SUCH A VEHICLE? DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT YEAR, I JUST WANT SOMETHING IN DECENT SHAPE, THERE IS ONE FOR SALE LOCALLY, BUT IT'S AN AUTO..I'M REALLY CONSIDERING IT, BUT I'D MUCH RATHER PREFER A MANUAL....THANKS IN ADVANCE

Good Luck in your search - You might give autotrader.com a shot.
And puh-leeeese...
Take a deep breath and
STEP AWAY FROM THE CAPS LOCK KEY.
Thank You.

Post by **JRL** » 02 Feb 2011, 05:54

PM me with your email.
I actively search for these cars but now that they're older the search is becoming harder and harder.
You need to understand that most will have mileage over 150K and many of those are now junk!
Only 350 1998 S70T5Ms were built for the US and only about 50 or so wagons.
In 99, the number is FAR less on both and no 2000s to speak of.

There's one (98 S70) I know of that may still be for sale in the Midwest with under 100K miles but he's not giving it away
My V70 (wagon) T5M will probably be for sale within a few months but will be horribly expensive as everything on it is new or rebuilt.
I just sold my 98 S70T5M with 148K miles, totally re-done, but it sold for about 7K!
Good ones still bring good money

Post by **sariano** » 03 Feb 2011, 15:02

1998 VOLVO V70 TURBO
VIN: YV1LW5377W2410495
STATION WAGON
2.3L L5 FI DOHC

CAN YOU DETERMINE FROM A VIN IF A CAR IS MANUAL OR AUTO?

Post by **sariano** » 03 Feb 2011, 15:06

I found an S70 (no t5) manual.

Post by **sariano** » 03 Feb 2011, 15:18

I also found an 01 S60 T5 manual going through auction.

Post by **JRL** » 03 Feb 2011, 16:39

sariano wrote:1998 VOLVO V70 TURBO
VIN: YV1LW5377W2410495
STATION WAGON
2.3L L5 FI DOHC

CAN YOU DETERMINE FROM A VIN IF A CAR IS MANUAL OR AUTO?

Yes that is a WAGON!

YV1LS is a sedan
YV1LW is a wagon
There may be one number which says manual or auto but I do now know which

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » 05 Feb 2011, 13:59

I have found the following site to be very useful interpreting the VIN.

http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/vin_idx.shtml

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » 05 Feb 2011, 15:00

There is a 99 S70 T5M for sale at Harrison Auto Sales, Irwin, PA

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.js ... f=crclbyst