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BaT Megathread

List Volvos and Volvo parts for sale, want to buy, or for trade. Include your location!
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A stock, well-done ‘53 Chevy with the club cab windows is just perfection. These companies are trying way too hard to make it into something it’s not, like the ridiculous Broncos going for hyperbucks.
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Well, that exceptional 122 wagon went for $19,250 after a last minute bidding battle.
Not so bad for a car like that I don’t think. I feel like I’ve seen one in the high 20’s, but people tell me collectible prices have softened. I don’t think you could restore one for that.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-volvo-122s-80/
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Post by foggydogg »

It mildly resembles an Amazon, but...
Volvo-LS7 122.jpg
...it's a movie prop.
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Even if you're hot rodder or "resto modder," that's just sad.

<EDIT> I thought it was just a rendering....sigh.... So, he was so clever he couldn't modify a Corvette chassis, so he just stuck everything out the sides.
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-volvo-tp21/
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69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
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00 V70xc x2, both now dead
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1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox

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You can throw a lot of money at anything, can't you?
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Post by foggydogg »

Another one that used to be a 544.
1963_volvo_544_IMG_0984.jpg
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-volvo-544-2
Lots to look at. Looks well-fabricated. Sold on BaT in November '19 for $25k.
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00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
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Post by volvolugnut »

I kinda like the Yellow Thing.
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foggydogg wrote: 08 Feb 2025, 07:55
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-volvo-544-2
Lots to look at. Looks well-fabricated.
So if that's a Corvette rear end, did they swap out the transverse leaf spring for coilovers? There's a single trailing arm, and a flimsy looking lower control arm (unless that's a rear toe link). So then, is the driveshaft with U-joints a lateral link for sideways loads?? There would be pretty big loads on a modern Corvette.

I'm not understanding what restrains the hub from left-right-left / vertical rotation, unless that trailing arm is really rigid like on an old 911.
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Post by foggydogg »

Rerun, no sale at $6500 in November.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1959- ... gn_2461171
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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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