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Scrapped Volvos

Turbo'd 24erty4er

Turbo'd 24erty4er

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I was wondering who on turbobricks might have the dubious distinction of having parted out or scrapped the most Volvos - those that through rust or accident were not worth keeping on the road. Much as we would like to save as many older models as possible sometimes they are past the point of no return. Post pictures if you would like, it may not be the most popular idea but it is one way of remembering a favorite Volvo or one that helped keep another one running. My list is longer than I would like but over the last 20 years I said goodbye to the following, all were rusting and or mechanical issues that I stripped for parts:

Gold 1971 142E
Met.blue 1974 142 GL
Green 1980 242 DL
Met. blue 1985 245 Turbo
Met. blue 1982 244 Turbo
Silver 1983 245 GL (U.S. model)
Gold 1981 264 GLE
Met. blue 1978 264 GLE
Silver 1986 740 GLE
Met. Gray 1988 760 GLE
Met. Brown 1983 245 Turbo
Silver 1983 244 Turbo
Silver 1981 245 GL
Met. Green 1981 244 GL
Red 1976 245 DL
 
'86 744ti-m
Bad cone clutch in trans, a bit of visible rust, cracked windshield, nasty interior.

Parted it out, broke even with spare parts left over (relays, dracos, and engine accessories), and had it dragged off.

Might have saved it if it were a wagon.
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I've only scrapped 2, but I've owned like 15. One of the scrapped ones was a '67 123GT (canada one) that was converted to a convertible. It succumbed to massive rust.
 
'79 242GT
'85 745Ti
'80 242DL
'85 245GL
'91 744GL
'95 944Ti
'86 764Ti

...I think that's all, for parted/scrapped/junked Volvos. The rest were sold as complete cars IIRC.
 
'93 940 B234F

Highway accident total loss i bought for ?150 to strip motor, gearbox, etc...

I've restored a '67 122 with every possible sheetmetal piece you can by. Rust doesn't always mean it needs to be scrapped. But you won't see me doing that again any time soon.
 
Ive done around 10-12 240s, 3 or 4 740s, 1 940t, 3 or 4 850s, a xc70. i have also done a 79 242gt. i work at a volvo shop and we too parts off them for used parts. i wish i wouldve grabbed more for myself, like 242 strut brackets, and the 90+ exhaust manifold for my 244ti
 
Scrapped a few:

beige '68 122s wagon
white '66 122s
blue '70 145s
beige '68 144s
Blue '71 144s
white '71 144s
Dk green '71 142s
sea green '72 142E
orange '79 242DL
'78 242GT
white '75 245dl
black '89 245dl
beige '83 245dl
Green metallic '94 965
 
Rusty cars should be scrapped as long as rust free ones are going to the crusher.

Living here in so cal, I don't know why anyone fixes up rust buckets. I still occasionally see rust free 122 and 1800 in the pick-a-part yards here. Definitely lots of 240s and later. And lots of other vintage cars. It's really a shame when I see the stuff folks are fixing up in other states, to have these cal cars headed to Japan to become toyotas.

I was gonna fix up the 123GT 'cos a lot of work went into the convertible conversion (it was even power). However, the car would sag when ever the door was open. I went to shore it up and when I scraped the undercoating and rust away, I found it had been shored up three time previously. There was nothing left to work with. The GT specific stuff and front clip ended up on a friend's 122, and that 122 ended up in the movie "father's day".
 
I lost count of all the ones I had for parts cars(that no one ever bought parts off of) but I'll try 6 140s, 75 242,69 145,86 245,3 544s, 5 120s and so on.
 
That is generally true along the West Coast, and other salt free regions - what we consider rusty out here would be a prime candidate for restoring or repairing back East. It does not take much to write off an older Volvo that has been in even a somewhat minor accident, never mind many that simply are hauled away that could be still running with some mechanical work. Every one I scrapped was just not worth keeping on the road, unfortunately. The last one was the 1983 245 GL originally from California, not that it helped. It looked good, but the body prep was quite bad so the paint looked pretty lousy on closer inspection, not that you would know it looking at the first picture, but the rust did it in. The rear wheel wells were in excellent condition though. Served me well on my current project for parts which saved me a lot of running around for odds and ends.


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I haven't scrapped one.
But that's mostly because I buy nice cars from the get go so I generally don't need a whole parts bin, and every car I've owned has only been improved since I bought it.
That might change in a few days.
Although the other big thing holding me back is the thought, what would the neighbours think? Living in an expensive suburb in a house I don't own, it's just easier not to cause friction.
 
I haven't scrapped any, just saved bits from scrapped cars. My mom's been through a ****load of 240's, but I'm not sure if they went to the scrapper or if she sold them off as fixer-uppers. My brother, however....if we keep giving him Volvos to destroy, he'll top the list. He pretty much dropped the crank right out of a 740ti. It burned a little oil, and his excuse was 'if it's a good car, you shouldn't have to check the oil.' We've both only been driving for just over 2 years, got our licenses within 2 weeks of each other.

I'm on my first car, he's on his...5th, I believe? Only 1 of those WASN'T a Volvo.
 
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