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List Volvos and Volvo parts for sale, want to buy, or for trade. Include your location!
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Post by foggydogg »

'67 122S, sure is red.
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Side view looks a bit ...wavy.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-volvo-122s-52/
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
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1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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Post by BlackBart »

Very red. Some bondo wounds on the back (?).

I want to know more about the low rider red wagon in some of the garage pics.
ex-1984 245T wagon
1994 850T5 wagon
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Post by foggydogg »

'79 242GT-ish 4 speed O/D, mild mods with Stylin features.
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The seats look a bit lumpy.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1979-volvo-242-gt-4/
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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Post by foggydogg »

A pair of '06R-manuals,
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Both silver, this one with seriously low miles.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-volvo-s60r-12/

And a wagon, no reserve. Bought local to me, New England transplant.
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Showing its age a bit, owner shares records on request on pdf .
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-volvo-v70r-33/
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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Post by abscate »

I’ve seen they silver In my ReaR view miRRoR many times.
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Post by foggydogg »

'65 1800S, a Repeat BaT subject.
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Not a big fan of the interior combination.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1965-volvo-p1800s-11/
Already over the '18 hammer price, but it's in Canada, with those logistical challenges for us down South.
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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Post by abscate »

These P1800 get passed around even more than my gigolo service I used to fund college.
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Post by foggydogg »

'67 122 4 speed wagon, which BaT mentions - twice! - has a polished fuel filler cap.
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-volvo-122s-51/
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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Post by foggydogg »

And now, for the laugh-riot of the day...
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-volvo-1800e-26/
Somebody needs to take this 'dealer' out back of the shed and administer a stern talking-to.
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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Post by abscate »

I like “ what’s the over/under on the ad getting yanked”

And

“ I miss jim Leavitt”
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