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Re: I spotted a Volvo! thread

Post by scot850 »

I used to have that Smiths Tacho. I had it on my 123GT back in the late 70's and early 80's until it was written off while my brother was using it (not his fault!). I removed it before it went to a specialist Volvo breaker, then it got sold with all the parts for my project 221S wagon when we moved to Canada from the UK. Sad time in deed! Oh, and the Smiths rev counter never worked worth a damn!

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^^ HA!! So much for nostalgia for original parts! There are a lot of them out there in that same diameter, but they don’t say VOLVO and they don’t say SMITHS.
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Spotted a white 245 wagon with license plate BRICK while waiting for the Q70 bus to LgA airport in Queens
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We named our first 245 Volvo 'Beast'. It would never do smoky burnouts but it did smoke sometimes.
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Saw a cool car yesterday
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Caption….you can’t even clear a parking lot bump stop….
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I was on my roof and spotted a VOLVO!

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Post by BlackBart »

I spotted a BUNCH of Volvos! At their new museum.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/walk ... o-with-us/

King Gustaf's car, the first Volvo, a tractor, all kinds of stuff. The photos are in .avif format, I can't save or post them.
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I spotted a 740 V8 pickup.....on a Fiat forum...

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