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List Volvos and Volvo parts for sale, want to buy, or for trade. Include your location!
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Applied in the parking lot? Yes.
Anyone remember the JC Whitney catalog of tacky junk for your car?
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Post by foggydogg »

matthew1 wrote: 15 Dec 2022, 14:28
foggydogg wrote: 15 Dec 2022, 06:35 '80 Brick, on a dealer consignment
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1980-volvo-240-4/

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Appears to have been a Garage Queen, said to be one family, sort of.

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One fellow in the comments section claims to have laid hands on it at the factory.
Complete with 8-track.
I love it. Strange period-correct-looking (?) door guards... anyone know if this was a dealer option, or just a straight 3rd party auto parts store buy-it-and-apply-it-in-the-parking-lot thing? Looks like the application was not by a professional...


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When I had the (first) repair and repaint done on my 1800S, instead of buying all new side trim from Volvo I had something similar done at the suggestion of the body/paint shop, some sort of franchise thing. It was done in the parking lot, the guy was a butcher, but it was straighter than this job and did look pretty good. Fresh out of the Navy the factory trim wasn't in the budget after body work and paint.
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Post by foggydogg »

And now, for something completely different ( tip'o the hat to M. Python ):
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Close to 400 pics, a claimed $50k in work receipts.
Trans is based on a pretty rare Mercury Merkur from the wayback.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-volvo-142-3/

Owner/builder mentions the Odyssey buying the car in Canada to start the project.
Just listed and over 80 comments at the moment. This should be an interesting trip.
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1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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Post by foggydogg »

BlackBart wrote: 16 Dec 2022, 10:23 Applied in the parking lot? Yes.
Anyone remember the JC Whitney catalog of tacky junk for your car?
Hey, watch yourself, I bought stuff from them (they still exist in some form*, I got a kingpin kit for the Studebaker 3/4T not too many years ago.)
*https://www.carparts.com/jc-whitney
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 »

matthew1 wrote: 15 Dec 2022, 14:28
foggydogg wrote: 15 Dec 2022, 06:35 '80 Brick, on a dealer consignment
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1980-volvo-240-4/

80 244.jpg

Appears to have been a Garage Queen, said to be one family, sort of.

80 244 18k.jpg

One fellow in the comments section claims to have laid hands on it at the factory.
Complete with 8-track.
I love it. Strange period-correct-looking (?) door guards... anyone know if this was a dealer option, or just a straight 3rd party auto parts store buy-it-and-apply-it-in-the-parking-lot thing? Looks like the application was not by a professional...


1980_volvo_240_1980_volvo_240_587ea525-9e3d-46fe-8697-4664bf7a2124-BLi3F6-03249-03250-scaled.jpg1980_volvo_240_1980_volvo_240_7a82c1fd-c71a-407a-8036-487a404c0a13-oe4BSx-03053-03054-scaled.jpeg
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foggydogg wrote: 16 Dec 2022, 20:37 Hey, watch yourself, I bought stuff from them (they still exist in some form*, I got a kingpin kit for the Studebaker 3/4T not too many years ago.)
I think I bought the JC Whitney dual exhaust kit for my 302 Bronco HS project. Because HS, because loud. It was one side of the exhaust system and an additional glass pack to replace the stock muffler on the other side. Plenty loud. What I don't recall is how the crossover pipe on the stock exhaust was capped.
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-volvo-122s-60/
Restomod.
In the firm grasp of a dealer.
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 »

'73 ES, two pedals, offered as a non-running no reserve 'project',
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-volvo-1800es-96/
They don't appear to be kidding, poor thing
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And here is that parking-lot-installed trim again.
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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 FireFox31 »

Slightly off topic but might interest people. A 2000 V70 SE with 50k miles and supposedly a manual transmission at a dealership in Chicago. Pics of the shifter or it doesn't exist. I've seen a few of <60k mile gems come up on eBay and AutoTrader recently, but this is the only one which claims to have a manual.
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Post by scot850 »

Over $10k and the front LH front fender at least looks repainted. Would be nice to see the interior.

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