Mr.Borrie
The Sneaky F*ing Ukrainian
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2006
- Location
- Netherlands
I have had many Volvo's over the years. Many of the cars have been on my 'want to own at one point' list. The Volvo 360, Volvo 242, Volvo 760 Turbo, Volvo 142.
There where just 2 Volvo's left, the Volvo P1800 and the Volvo 780.
A few weeks back i saw a 780 popping up at a guy who does demolition racing. Usually a sign that the car was bought cheap and ready to be destroyed.
It looked terrible in the photo's so i made him a partial trade plus cash offer for it. Weeks later he send me a message i could pick it up.
When i got there i was in for a surprise, this must have been one of the first car that looked worse in real life then the photo's. However the offer i made him was very low and i already had the trade in 740 on the trailer so what the heck, i got the 780.
This 'gem' has been build in Italy and lived its whole life in France, been imported around 2008 to the Netherlands where back then cars up till 1986 where tax free. Around 2011 the rules changed and this model with a Diesel engine went from taxfree to 140 euro per month in tax alone.
I assume it has been parked under a tree with the sunroof open because the interior is shot. strangely the underside of the car has zero rust, curtsy of its life in salt free and sun drained France.
The good thing is car runs, steers and brakes fine, engine (diesel) runs good no smoke.
Most of the electric work, even this crazy radio frame
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I could go on about this car but i guess pictures work "best" ..
There where just 2 Volvo's left, the Volvo P1800 and the Volvo 780.
A few weeks back i saw a 780 popping up at a guy who does demolition racing. Usually a sign that the car was bought cheap and ready to be destroyed.
It looked terrible in the photo's so i made him a partial trade plus cash offer for it. Weeks later he send me a message i could pick it up.
When i got there i was in for a surprise, this must have been one of the first car that looked worse in real life then the photo's. However the offer i made him was very low and i already had the trade in 740 on the trailer so what the heck, i got the 780.
This 'gem' has been build in Italy and lived its whole life in France, been imported around 2008 to the Netherlands where back then cars up till 1986 where tax free. Around 2011 the rules changed and this model with a Diesel engine went from taxfree to 140 euro per month in tax alone.
I assume it has been parked under a tree with the sunroof open because the interior is shot. strangely the underside of the car has zero rust, curtsy of its life in salt free and sun drained France.
The good thing is car runs, steers and brakes fine, engine (diesel) runs good no smoke.
Most of the electric work, even this crazy radio frame
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Un2UhSxSi3w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I could go on about this car but i guess pictures work "best" ..
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