They don't salt the roads in Northern Sweden as it's too cold for salt to melt the ice and snow. If you can find a car from the great frozen North, it would be better. They do come up for sale. Rob from Amazon Cars in Suffolk brought a beige 144 over from Northern Sweden. It looked to be rust-free when I saw it. He drove it to South Africa.

Perhaps Venomtail should place a wanted ad in the Luleå Gazette and Chronicle:

Wanted: Volvo 245 1974-79, must be in really good condition and capable of long touring journeys across Europe. Pay up to 10,000 SEK. Call Venomtail on 0044-7XXXXXXXXX.

This has been a good discussion, unfortunately the only person missing from it has been Venontail - I do so hope we will see him/her again...

:-)

Agreed, Alan. It's really strange and frustrating when people start the ball rolling and then appear to quickly lose interest and vanish off into the ether.

Although you perhaps intended it as 'tongue in cheek', I like the idea of an ad in a Swedish paper. English is widely spoken in Sweden and finding a car at £1,000 (give or take) should not be beyond the realms of possibility. It would undoubtedly require work, but 'Venomtail' did indicate that he was looking for a project, but it would hopefully be relatively rust-free.

There is also a magazine which circulates in Sweden called Nostalgia (www.nostalgiamagazine.se) that covers cars, along with bikes, boats, planes, etc., and which has a very comprehensive advertisement section which would offer much wider coverage than would a local newspaper

The only downsides of this will be that the car would be a left-hooker, although that didn't seem to phase 'Venomtail', along with the difficulty and cost of bringing it to the UK. At that price-point, my guess is that it could easily double the cost of the car!

Nevertheless, as you say, an interesting discussion.

Regards, John.

There is also a Swedish version of ebay, the name escapes me at the moment and that often has car parts and i believe cars on it too. I bought the oil cooler for my 760 from it with the help of a member of the Rover forum (a native Swede and he doesn't like Volvos! :err: ) so if the OP/Venomtail is interested, i can ask for details of that site to have a look and see what is available.

John, i think he actually wanted a car with the handlebars on the wrong side as it seems he plans on using it to tour Europe. If so then a car from Sweden would be a good choice.

Are you thinking of Tradera, 'L.S.'? J.

Yes indeed, John - it seems to happen quite often that someone comes to the forum for advice or assistance on some matter, half a dozen well meaning members chip in to develop a good answer, only for the OP never to be seen or heard of again.

I do hope I'm wrong about Venomtail - but I have a feeling...

Alan

PS. Whilst it was meant to be amusing, the idea of an ad in a Swedish paper or magazine (online) was not entirely a joke, it would make great sense.

I found this one on Tradera John, but perhaps it s just a little rougher than Venomtail is looking for:

https://www.tradera.com/en/item/1001.../1947-volvo-pv

:-)

At the price, Alan, it would certainly be a useful source of spares for someone, if nothing more! J.

It might well have been John, i can't remember for sure now but Alans link below looks familiar in the format. :thumbs_up:




Have i lost the plot or was Venomtail looking for a 245? :thinking:

He was, but I think Alan may have been using this as a representative example of the type of thing that is available, and not indicative of a specific model. It does however tie in nicely with the other thread dealing with a PV that we have also all posted upon. :regular_smile: J.