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Vancity Volvos

finally snapped some photos whilst she was clean. Down in Walla Walla this week watching my folks farm as theyre in hawaii.

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Looking for some IPD sport springs and new struts to level her back out, some serious SAG

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Thanks guys I picked this ride up last august. her name is silvia and the odometer just rolled over 276k kms. Interior is mint, save for a few small rips in the headliner in the cargo area
 
Someone got a new 242?

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If that is the '82 242GLT it looks to be, it might just be the best Volvo ever made. Good score.


Also, spotted this one at work:

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Not very fast, but makes a good amount of power.

You should see the size of the turbo on it.
 
You were there when I bought it! haha

Was that yours [Gab's] too once? It was Theo's, and previously it belonged to some Caucasian fellow out in Abbotsford or something.

Yeah, I was tempted by it myself. We have one too many already. Anyone need a basket case '75 245? It's orange.

I think I met that car last year (or was it longer ago?) at the pick-a-part run when it was driven by a fellow from Surrey.

If it was Gab's, then he brought it by our place to pick up one of the teenagers once long ago. He had his open downpipe and overly cut springs made fun of, if I recall correctly. Glad to see it didn't go to the crusher.
 
Ugh, I would've loved to pick that 245 up. I hope it doesn't get parted out, but if it does, I'll take a few things...

Yes, same one as the one that went on the Pick-a-Part run. Pretty sure it isn't Gab's? His was a darker grey turbo, I believe.
 
Cool. Condition of the car and plans?
345k, M46 with working overdrive, some rust (buttcheek rust fixed by Theo...kinda). Needs new head gasket, but other than that, it runs pretty well and handles nicely with all the iPd stuff already in there. Will be taking it off the road in March to work on it, then I might make it a daily. GT grille and 7" rounds on their way already, but do need a flathood. :-P

Project thread will be up in the next week or so. It's really growing on me.
Well I know someone who would take the 242 off your hands if you really wanted the orange:-P

Yup, I know. He's #1 on the list if it ever needs to be sold.
 
Ugh, I would've loved to pick that 245 up. I hope it doesn't get parted out, but if it does, I'll take a few things...

I'd really like to save it from the crusher, but...

The brakes are leaking again. I replaced the calipers, octopus,
master cylinder, the rubber lines, and the front hard lines when
we got the car. The '75s got steel lines, rather than the
copper-nickel alloy Volvo switched to in '76, and they rust out.

The B20F is pretty tired, but runs okay. It takes a particular
vacuum leak to get it through air care.

The BW35 is broken, no reverse and the rest of the gears will go
soon. No big loss, that transmission is hateful, but the car is
not worth anything really without the ability to back it out of a
parking spot.

It has a couple of big dents in the passenger front fender.
Teenage daughter hit a pole while parking in a hurry, and then
managed to hit it again.

The paint is kind of crappy, but it is orange.

The interior is actually pretty good.

It's gotta go this month, we've been insuring it and it is a
stupid thing to spend $90 a month on.

If I have to part it, the hood will be up for grabs. I'll use
some of the sheet metal to repair rust on our GLT and my wagon.

I would love to see it go to a good home, it would make a sweet
project shell. I have a B21FT+M46 that I could potentially be
talked out of also.

[I know this is not the for sale section, but I thought it might
interest a local]

Yes, same one as the one that went on the Pick-a-Part run. Pretty sure it isn't Gab's? His was a darker grey turbo, I believe.


He had a silver '82 242GLT a few years ago, that he got rid of
when he got the 4runner. Sold it to someone in Surrey IIRC. It
could be the same car, how many '82 GLTs could be around these
days?
 
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Sim, we'll be in touch.

And who knows, that might be Gab's old 242 afterall then. Theo picked it up from an ad at Scandia Motors about two years ago. I didn't recognize the name of the owner before him though. :-P

Vancity Volvos: An endless, closed loop of buying and reselling old cars and old parts until they finally rust away. :lol:
 
Hey how rusty is the 245? If I can't have that 242 a 245 might be ok. Does it have a hitch and how much do you want for it? I'll be there on the 10th
 
Picked these up from a dubber today:

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I'll likely just shelve them until I need to mount some gravel tires, but I'm a sucker for old, small & skinny wheels.
 
Hey how rusty is the 245? If I can't have that 242 a 245 might be ok. Does it have a hitch and how much do you want for it? I'll be there on the 10th

The 245 is pretty good rust-wise, a typical coastal body. There
is a little rust in the floors, it almost looks like it collected
a bit of water there at some point, though the carpet is in good
shape. Nothing structural that I'm aware of, and nothing much
more than some small spots on the exterior. It is pushing 40
years old, and it shows.

The orange has been resprayed at some point in the cars history.

No hitch, but I have a small U-haul hitch for a 240 that I'd
throw in if you wanted it.

An interesting fact about the car is that it shows it as a 145 on
the ICBC paperwork. It is definitely a 245, it is one of the
first in Canada.

If you want it to build, and I know you have the means, you can
have it cheap. You will have to promise not to crush it though.
We'd really love to see the car go to a good home.

If you are seriously interested, I'm willing to keep it insured
and in one piece until the 10th. You would need to trailer/dolly
it home.

I'll try and shoot some pictures if the rain lets up.

A fast wagon is more bad-ass than a two door anyway.
Bad-ass and practical.
 
Can you send me a few pictures? Text them or email, whatever.

Pm me for the info. I prefere a 242 but a 245 in orange would be nice to tow the quad around. Since ktm's color is orange!
 
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