Tag: Swedish
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Frbidden Fruit: Volvo 480 Turbo in the US!
We recently search all the way to Europe to find one of these, as they’re true favorites. The question here is whether anyone can drive it in the US, especially CA…hmm. If it was a 1988 model, we know EPA would be okay, but 1989? Click for eBay ad SLO, CA $9,500 starting with ZERO…
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Homebrew Volvo 142 convertible
Volvo never made a convertible version of the 140 series. Actually, the C70 in the late 90s might have been the first Volvo convertible in many decades. Regardless, someone decided this needed to be built. The resultant car is pretty attractive and this is a more complete homemade convertible than most-the top looks decent, there…
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Forbidden fruit: Volvo 480
Your humble host has wanted one of these for quite some time. Perhaps a pre-1989, easy-to-import model will come up and maybe even in left-hand drive. Click for Autotrader UK ad Goole, England £694 Volvo + flip-up headlamps = tasty Ad text: 3 Doors, Manual, Coupe, Petrol, 128,000 miles, Metallic Blue. JUST REDUCED FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY!…
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Got V4?
Here we have a cool, largely forgotten classic, the Saab Sonett. In this case, it’s a Sonett III, the last of the breed. Stylistically, these are the least funky Sonetts and they lack the two-stroke engines of the earliest models. Still, we wouldn’t mind having one here at HQ. What happened to the V4 engine…
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Sleeper potential
Volvo 142s and 240s are often modded, whether it’s rally-style or an engine swap. Here we have a 1974 164E, which was closely related to the 140 series, but had a luxury-oriented front end and an inline six tuned for comfy cruising more than spirited driving. This one, however, has triple carbs, hot cam and…
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Best Volvo Bertone Coupe collection in the world?
If we understand this ad correctly, this person has no fewer than four Volvo Bertone Coupes for sale, spanning two (well, both) generations of the product. Bottom line: These are all pretty awesome in their own strange ways. The 262, in particular, was an odd, 70s attempt at Swedish luxury. Click for Craigslist ad 1988…