The old beast has 363,000km, has already been bashed several times, front suspension is shot, engine leaks like a sieve, valvetrain sounds like ball bearings in a tin can, driver's seat is boogered, windshield is cracked and "sandblasted" (a joy at night in the rain), water pump and heater core both leak if the RPMs come up, and rear brakes are down to metal and have started leaving puddles of brake fluid on the ground.
I gathered all the part numbers to redo the brakes and was just about to order everything when the tranny started slipping badly in OD (more than it had been) and sometimes in 3rd. Driving to work (25 miles each way), the steering started binding, and not wanting to return to center without help.
I whipped out my trusty pocket calculator, quickly added up the cost of all the parts needed to bring it back from the brink, and........
If it's shaped like a brick, has the aerodynamics of a brick, and is even the color of a brick.....
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(http://www3.telus.net/neat/volvo/side.jpg)
Auuugh! Too many doors!
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(http://www3.telus.net/neat/volvo/rear.jpg)
GL? , not even a turbo.
Still, it has 114 tire-shredding horsies (at 5400rpm).
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(http://www3.telus.net/neat/volvo/front.jpg)
Needs 8 fog lights and a BIG hood scoop.
It also needs a 5.0 transplant.Other than that,nice little car.
Looks like a nice car but im with vinnie it needs a 5.0 lol
Here is a website for you http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gilesij/Volvord/ (http://"http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gilesij/Volvord/")
Bricks are good....
(http://www.turbochuck.com/images/Volvo/newshoes_1_s.jpg)
THAT is badass.
both hideous....
but thats just my opinion...
Always liked the brick look, not all of them but some.
I really like Chucks.
I had an '85 740 GLE that looked almost exactly like that, except mine was a four-eye. Same colour and everything. I loved it. It was slow as hell, but was a tank - I even used to drive it on the woods roads during deer season. Unfortunately it was the car I had my accident in back in '98 (was rear-ended by a Mazda 626, it ended my career in mechanics). I could easily see myself in another 7-series, though the next one would definitely be a turbo wagon.
If you find it's got too many doors you could always find yourself a 780. I considered buying this one a few years ago:
Yeah well, a 5.0 shouldn't reside in an '84 GT Turbo...just my opinion...so there ;)
Chuck took the words right out of my mouth!! and that silver Volvo is kickass!!
ontopic---> is this your only car at the moment?
I liked the silver one with the newer stang wheels the most.
a four banger should have never even been an option for a stang to begin with.. (Turboed or not)... so THERE... LOL :rollin: :shakeass: :evilgrin:
(lets see the comments when I put a '90 front end on the '84.....:mullet: :hick: )
Relax... Im kidding.....
Maybe... :D :toilet:
LOL I had a feeling you were going to convert it like the black (?) one you had. I love 86 GT fronts.
WHHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTT!!!! Why have that shiznitbox when you could get a Fairmont or LTD that is way cooler and would accept all the stuff you have in your garage when it gets to that point. The car is virtually clapped to the max...and if it was a Ford, you could justify bringing it back from the dead....that Swedish pen 15 pump is justifiably lame. No wonder the big three are dieing off, people think it is OK to own a car like this.........
Am I crazy???
lol, no I was just kidding, I am actually looking for an '82 GT front clips. but enough of the thread highjack...:mullet:
Bah.
Except for being underpowered, the NA Bricks are decent cars. The 200/700's are pretty much bullet-proof. 4-wheel discs, 5-link rear susp standard, as well as being RWD.
A 700-series 4dr sedan wouldn't be my first choice personally, but I think he needed something more than a project car at this point.
Some of you guys aren't happy unless it has a blue oval on it...
Some people prefer to go through life with blinders on.
I've always liked some certain Estates myself. :evilgrin:
Very interesting... I'm going to have to look into those.
Actually as far back as the 100-series cars (142/144/145) they had disc brakes front and rear (if not further back). I don't think the 140's had the 5-link though, but I could be wrong.
I'd do one, I think it'd be fun to play around with. Of course I'd like to do an RX-7 with a 5.0 too but thats another story.
Definitely 5.0 swap in that thing. Those cars make great sleepers. I like the 780 too, there's a nice one I see at school a lot.
i want a four eye 740 wagon with a 5.0 5-speed. I could haul my wife and kid and have fun while I do it....... MUAHAHAHAHA.
Geez, I go away for a day, and now we're on page 3???
Yep, I've already been there several times over the last year or two, as well as having a peek at this twin-turbo LS1 silliness... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2196921 (http://"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2196921")
Yes, it is. Unfortunately, it looks like the Bird will likely be sacrificed to the fiery furnace, unless someone want to buy what's left of it after I remove the only really reuseable parts (radio, alarm, and shiny new snow tires).
Quite correct. Since I rent a basp00get, park on the street, and have no place to work on or store a broken car for any length of time (unlike many here, who have 15-car garages, barns, shops, acreage and/or relatives with space to lend), and no time to work on it even if I did have the space, I was forced by practicality (Oooo... dirty word!) to buy something else.
nope but every time i buy a chevy. those damX lady's in my life take them. so i stay ford, so i can keep the cars/ trucks i buy.
well it doesnt look bad to me. nice buy.