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May 2nd, 2021, 00:20 | #11 |
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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.
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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... :-)
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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.
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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! ) 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.
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Are you thinking of Tradera, 'L.S.'? J.
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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.
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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 :-)
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It might well have been John, i can't remember for sure now but Alans link below looks familiar in the format.
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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. J.
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