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Uckfield500 Apr 8th, 2024 15:36
All.
Anyone know Olly got on with this car?! He must have finished uni by now!

I used to own it.

Thanks.

classicswede Apr 8th, 2024 19:38
try sending him a message

morwenna240 May 5th, 2024 23:19
Maybe he sold it to someone who loves it as it is, a bought a BMW 3 series. . .

Uckfield500 May 7th, 2024 16:26
Let's hope so!

Simpsonsclassics May 8th, 2024 11:36
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Originally Posted by Ollly244dl (Post 2775283)
Went down to see the Volvo for first time.

Engine and gearbox all seem smooth and starts first time. Pulls nicely through all the gears and still stops 10x better than my 03 KA lol.

Couple things need looking at like heating and radio. But think heating just a fuse. With the radio if I wanted to put a modern DAB din one in I have what changes would be needed for the radio loom. Are there adapter kits or is an older radio easier.

Shocks are a little shot but still drives nicely and doesn't need to pass an MOT again:regular_smile: .

Found all the history car only did 30k miles between 1980 and 2001 and other than some rust on the rear bumper and a little on the roof doesn't seem to be any major spots.
https://i.ibb.co/qmDY3Vv/IMG-4081.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/RQ1Kb2y/IMG-4082.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/5nXrVgP/IMG-4084.jpg
This is such a great looking car. Looks a very clean example.

morwenna240 May 8th, 2024 21:29
So, where is it??!

Uckfield500 May 16th, 2024 15:11
I had it for a couple of years - it was untidy in places, but authentic and not messed about with. I sold it in 2012 - wish I hadn't!

morwenna240 May 16th, 2024 18:10
Sympathies, Uckfield. The numbers of cars we all wish we hadn’t sold are like grains of sand on the beach. A large beach.

Clifford Pope May 17th, 2024 09:32
If you think back to almost anything you ever owned in the past it would be worth a bit now, in some cases a fortune.
The moral is to keep everything, do as little as possible in life, concentrate on staying alive, and then when you reach 60 it will be worth millions and you can start living and enjoying it:regular_smile:

morwenna240 May 17th, 2024 20:01
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clifford Pope (Post 2950193)
If you think back to almost anything you ever owned in the past it would be worth a bit now, in some cases a fortune.
The moral is to keep everything, do as little as possible in life, concentrate on staying alive, and then when you reach 60 it will be worth millions and you can start living and enjoying it:regular_smile:
Ye-es, but this is hindsight, dear fellow. . . Ah, ok, tell this to the teenagers, who’ll go: eh? Ya kiddin, these bits o crap? Nah! An then, 40 yrs later, aw shucks! History tells us that nobody ever learns, ever. “War to end all wars?” Oh dear.
Forgive my pessimism.


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