Duder
Watch it man, there's a beverage here!
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2009
- Location
- Torrance, CA USA
I'm pretty stoked about my latest 240 acquisition. This is my 4th 240 total and it's a real gem. Of course I've got two others in project status: the beige 242 that is almost done, and blue 245 V8 swap that is still in the early phases. So this 75 will be more of a rolling project, if anything. I want to keep it on the road and do smaller jobs here and there to clean it up and augment the awesomeness it already has. No big plans yet other than enjoying it.
Specs:
The story starts with Luke (122power) who went and rescued this car from the Cortez, CO "field of dreams." This was a collection getting sold off last year. There was a thread here and it also got posted on BringaTrailer. Looks like there were 15 to 20 cars there, mostly PVs, Amazons, and 1800s. Honestly the 75 looks like it was in the best condition overall. When Luke got it the distributor had been pulled for unknown reasons. He reinstalled it, flushed the fuel tank, did some much needed maintenance jobs and got it running. Apparently it was full of wasp nests and fine red dirt from the Colorado field. Luke flat towed it back home with a custom front bumper setup and wheels/tires from a nearby 83 245.
Somehow it seems all the pea green 75s end up in Colorado, if andysbeta's cars are any indication. Some kind of weird Volvo vortex in spacetime?
BaT posting
TB thread
Colorado seller's flickr album
Based on papers in the glovebox it looks like the car was originally running around in northern CA, in the Sebastopol area. There are receipts from Petaluma and Santa Rosa too. So I think it lived there most of its life before going to CO in 2009 or so.
Through conversations I found out about the car back in September and expressed interest. Of course being a 75 it's smog exempt in CA, which is awesome. But I was also drawn to the overall survivor condition and the awesome green color. I'm in the LA area and Luke is up in Vacaville, between the Bay Area and Sacramento, but he was kind enough to hold the car for me until I was going to be up that way for Thanksgiving with my wife's family.
Insert several months of patient anticipation here!
Specs:
- early production 1975 model year 245 DL
- B20F engine with intact K-jet system; air injection deleted
- M41 4-spd + overdrive manual trans
- 4.11 final drive
- mostly original Berkshire Green paint (aka pea green) code 118
- dark brown vinyl interior; seats recovered with brown cloth
- ~230k miles
- has ipd sway bars and braided stainless brake lines
The story starts with Luke (122power) who went and rescued this car from the Cortez, CO "field of dreams." This was a collection getting sold off last year. There was a thread here and it also got posted on BringaTrailer. Looks like there were 15 to 20 cars there, mostly PVs, Amazons, and 1800s. Honestly the 75 looks like it was in the best condition overall. When Luke got it the distributor had been pulled for unknown reasons. He reinstalled it, flushed the fuel tank, did some much needed maintenance jobs and got it running. Apparently it was full of wasp nests and fine red dirt from the Colorado field. Luke flat towed it back home with a custom front bumper setup and wheels/tires from a nearby 83 245.
Somehow it seems all the pea green 75s end up in Colorado, if andysbeta's cars are any indication. Some kind of weird Volvo vortex in spacetime?
BaT posting
TB thread
Colorado seller's flickr album
Based on papers in the glovebox it looks like the car was originally running around in northern CA, in the Sebastopol area. There are receipts from Petaluma and Santa Rosa too. So I think it lived there most of its life before going to CO in 2009 or so.
Through conversations I found out about the car back in September and expressed interest. Of course being a 75 it's smog exempt in CA, which is awesome. But I was also drawn to the overall survivor condition and the awesome green color. I'm in the LA area and Luke is up in Vacaville, between the Bay Area and Sacramento, but he was kind enough to hold the car for me until I was going to be up that way for Thanksgiving with my wife's family.
Insert several months of patient anticipation here!