Can anyone ID these Volvo remains (maybe 240) in a wood?

[mjk164]

So, I've known about these two cars for about 20 years, slowly fading into a wood in South East England. One is definitely a Volvo as it says so on the head and based on the shape of the rear drivers side door it looks like a 240, but it has chrome trim and I can't find any pictures of one with chrome door trim. The one in front of it is a mystery, the rear quarter suggested a Ford Capri but the handles are wrong. Anyway, here are the pics, Volvo first:

[mjk164]

4 cylinder petrol with front discs. Any ideas?

[DW42]

How about an early '70s Hillman Avenger for the second one?

The Volvo would have to be a 1972 model or later given the flush door handles. The chrome may have looked like that on a 140 series car, but the engine looks OHC not OHV to me.

Avenger:
https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/attac...1&d=1618957570

[mjk164]

Thanks, I think you're spot on with the Avenger, the front number looks right too. Good call on the Volvo too.

[DW42]

It was a fun little piece of 'carchaeology' to do. I love how both cars have mostly returned to the earth. Maybe someone can get a better ID on the Volvo. The intake manifold should be familiar to some on this forum. Maybe ClassicSwede will know.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by DW42

It was a fun little piece of 'carchaeology' to do. I love how both cars have mostly returned to the earth. Maybe someone can get a better ID on the Volvo. The intake manifold should be familiar to some on this forum. Maybe ClassicSwede will know.

I agree it is really interesting that both cars have returned to the earth in just a few decades. I find that quite sobering in that if we (humans) suddenly ceased to exist there might be almost no sign of us having been here after only perhaps 100,000 years - a blink in the eye for the planet.