Volvo 164 TE

[marky4]

Well i have just been browsing through You Tube something i've not really taken much notice of up until a few weeks ago but this morning i'm mortified. An American bloke as bought what looks like an immaculate 164 TE from Holland in mettalic blue very well looked after and he gets in and starts it up and it's running a little lumpy but i think it's under 100000 miles on the clock. So far so good , he pressure tests the cylinders and everything fine BUT he then says the engine's coming out because i'm converting it to electric. I know it's his car and he can do as he chooses with it but why a 164 TE FFS .Obviously i turned it off and watched Dean of Machines try and resurect another of his old Volvos instead .I would have been happier for him to convert a Ford Mustang. I need a beer

[morwenna240]

There’s no accounting for taste, tha knows! Just look at all those SSK 540 substitutes, Excalibur’s, panthers a that. . .

[Derek UK]

David Bello is a devoted Volvo enthusiast. See his previous restorations, especially the Amazons. He has several 164 models and is taking his time with this conversion which isn't going smoothly as far as the parts from the conversion "specialists". He's willing to spend his own money to get these old Volvos back to life. Dean is a different sort of enthusiast who is willing to drive around in cars that are virtually at the point of death. Cars that would have been laughed out of the MOT station in the UK. Both worth watching but for different reasons.